The world I hear is completely different from yours.

P.S. Bonus chapter to make up for what I missed. By the way, dear readers, let's adjust the update schedule a bit from now on: one chapter at noon, and the bonus chapter in the evening. What do you say?

Of course, it's useless if it's not good either O(∩_∩)O haha

Chapter Ten: Eighteen Naked Men Robbing a Caravan

After a satisfying meal, Tsunade sat leisurely to the side, sipping tea and watching Minato and Kushina busily washing pots, pans, and chopsticks in the kitchen, without offering any help. As a woman who had been in love, Tsunade naturally knew that she should stay there calmly drinking tea and not disturb the two people working together in the kitchen.

As for whether it was too impolite for her, as the host, to have Minato, a guest, cook and wash dishes, Tsunade didn't care at all.

As the saying goes, working together as a team makes the work easier, and cooperating to complete a task can have a very good effect on deepening the relationship between two people.

"But I have to admit, Minato's cooking skills are really good. Kushina, what do you think about having him cook for us every day?" Tsunade teased as she saw Kushina come out of the kitchen after finishing her chores.

Kushina blushed and didn't reply.

Minato smiled slightly, seemingly oblivious to any hidden meaning in her words: "I'm so sorry, Lady Tsunade. I need to go to the Land of Wind on a mission in a few days. I'll cook for everyone when I get back."

"Going out on another mission? Come to think of it, isn't it a bit too frequent for Tianqing to give you missions?" Tsunade immediately changed the subject after hearing Minato's reply.

Every ninja would never reveal their mission information to anyone other than their teammates, because any leaked mission information could be used by malicious individuals, thereby endangering their own and their teammates' lives. Therefore, ninjas who carelessly leak mission information would not live long.

However, Minato just casually mentioned that his next mission target is the Land of Wind. Tsunade doesn't think this was just a momentary oversight on Minato's part. So, is this a low-level, publicly known mission, rather than a high-level, classified one? Or does the village have other plans targeting the Land of Wind?

"Actually, my workload isn't that heavy. After all, if I want to become a great ninja like the Third Hokage who protects Konoha, there's still a lot I need to do," Minato said with a hint of regret.

Generally speaking, as a national-level strategic weapon, a Jinchuriki must be constantly monitored and controlled by the strongest person in the village—the Kage. Therefore, if Minato wants to successfully pursue Kushina, he must become the next Hokage. Otherwise, once the next Hokage takes office, Minato might not even have the qualifications to get close to Kushina.

But as a ninja from a commoner background, how easy is it for Minato Namikaze to become the next Hokage?

Previously, Amehara, who came from a commoner background, became the Third Hokage because of her achievements in creating a puppet technology industry chain for Konoha, accumulating huge wealth for Konoha, and leading a lone army to defeat a country with minimal casualties, even directly invading the enemy's capital.

Compared to Tsunade's unprecedented achievements, Minato Namikaze's current accomplishments pale in comparison. Tsunade, as an elder of the Konoha Cabinet, is naturally well aware of this, but at least from the perspective of her peers, Minato Namikaze's chances of becoming the Fourth Hokage are quite high.

The Third Hokage, Tensei, has been in office for over a decade. Her appearance hasn't changed with time; she still looks like a young girl. In other countries, many secretly call her the "Immortal Witch," and many others use various connections to inquire whether Konoha has successfully developed a ninjutsu for eternal youth. Judging by her physical condition, it seems Tensei can remain Hokage for a long time.

However, based on Tsunade's observations over the years, it seems that Tensei himself wasn't particularly enthusiastic about the Hokage position; rather, he appeared to have been forced into it by some force. Furthermore, Tensei's decision to establish the Konoha Cabinet after taking office, citing his unfamiliarity with government affairs, appeared in Tsunade's eyes more like Tensei's laziness in managing Konoha's political affairs, thus decentralizing the Hokage's power to the Cabinet elders.

Tsunade, a newly appointed elder in the cabinet, could see this, and the other old foxes in Konoha's upper echelons were naturally well aware of it as well. Therefore, many savvy people in Konoha knew that as long as another suitable candidate for Hokage emerged in Konoha, Amehara, who was too lazy to manage political affairs, would probably voluntarily step down and give way.

Among the young people of Minato Namikaze's generation, were there any more outstanding candidates than him? The answer is naturally no. Therefore, Minato Namikaze's main competitors were still those seniors who were more senior than him and already had a high reputation in the village, such as Danzo Shimura, Orochimaru, and even Tsunade herself.

Therefore, Minato Namikaze now needs more achievements and missions.

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On a mountain path in the Valley Kingdom, a caravan is slowly making its way forward.

"Who's there?!" The caravan guards at the front spotted the woman ahead and shouted. As caravan guards, they had naturally fought many bandits before, so they had no reason to be afraid of a woman who wasn't even carrying a weapon.

Amidst the guards' curious stares, Ye Cang produced a torch and said in a seductive voice, "Young people, wouldn't you like to pass on the torch? This torch comes from the Sun King's City, and it's only 998! Take it home right away! For just a little money, you can save the world in no time!"

Red Secret Technique * Eighteen Naked Men!

Before Ye Cang could finish speaking, Scorpion couldn't wait any longer. With a wave of his hand, eighteen bald puppets with strong muscles rushed forward, knocking some unconscious and killing others, and instantly looted the entire caravan.

"Ah!!!" Yekura protested angrily, hands on her hips, like an angry cat with its tail held high: "They haven't even finished their promotional material! Why are you in such a hurry to attack?!"

"Big-breasted, brainless idiot! It's just robbery, why do you need to make any promotional claims? Do you think you're one of those financial managers?" Scorpion looked at Ye Cang with the disdainful gaze of a genius, too lazy to even answer.

"Ugh!!! I'm so angry! These caravans were all fat sheep that I painstakingly found! Can't you, who only did the work, appreciate my hard work?" Ye Cang puffed out her cheeks and said angrily.

"Speaking of these goals, Yekura, do you hate Konoha?" Sasori suddenly asked, looking at Yekura.

Yekura blinked her bright, sparkling eyes and looked at Sasori with a puzzled expression.

"Stop pretending! All eight caravans we've attacked recently were from Konoha, while you let all the caravans from other countries go! I'm not stupid! What exactly are you trying to do?!" Sasori said coldly.

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PS First update

Chapter Eleven: The loneliness of successfully showing off but no one understanding it.

Upon hearing Sasori's question, Yekura looked up at the sky at a 45-degree angle, her face filled with a strange expression: "You ask me what I want to do? Then Sasori, do you know what you've done?"

"I know your ass! You stupid groundhog!" Scorpion, seeing Yekura's bewildered, tilted-back posture, maintained his cold, aloof expression befitting a domineering, taciturn young man, but inwardly, a herd of alpacas was stampeding through his mind. "I asked you a question, couldn't you just give me the answer directly? Why did you have to ask me? If I knew, why would I be asking you?!"

Ye Cang turned around, feeling annoyed that no one appreciated his successful attempt to show off, and said to Sasori, "Sasori, if you keep this straightforward, STEM-minded thinking, you'll probably have a hard time finding a girlfriend in the future."

"Heh." Scorpion spat out those two words through gritted teeth before tightly shutting his mouth again, afraid that he might get too excited and start cursing, thus ruining his image as a taciturn, beautiful boy who was like an eternal puppet. To be honest, ever since he met Yekura, this neurotic goofball, Scorpion felt that he had cursed internally more times than he had cursed anyone in his entire life combined.

Seeing that Sasori still had that expressionless face, Yekura couldn't help but feel disappointed at the lack of communication, and then began to explain: "Sasori, what do you think the residents of the Land of Wind think of the Third Kazekage who was stripped naked and allowed to be touched by you?"

This time, without waiting for Sasori's reply, Yekura continued, "The title of the strongest Kazekage is no joke. Sasori, because you entered the Kazekage's personal guard, a high-ranking position in the Sand Village, too early, you haven't personally experienced how much the lower and middle classes of the Sand Village, and even the entire population of the Land of Wind, admire the Third Kazekage."

Shukaku, the Sand Beast, has roamed the desert since ancient times and can be considered a mobile natural disaster in the Land of Wind, the most terrifying demon among all the residents of the Land of Wind. The Third Kazekage, who was able to subdue and suppress Shukaku single-handedly by relying on Magnet Release, which is extremely effective against Shukaku, is a "god" in the hearts of all the residents of the Land of Wind.

"Therefore, although the Third Kazekage, who possesses godlike power, cannot be found now, he has only been missing for a period of time. Perhaps he is still fighting an enemy somewhere. So, before finding conclusive evidence to prove the Third Kazekage's death, Sunagakure will not accept a new Kazekage. And what do you think will happen to a village that has lost unified leadership?"

In the original story, the sudden disappearance of the Third Kazekage caused the entire Sand Village to search frantically, like headless flies. This frequently led to conflicts in the already tense international relations and ultimately became the fuse for the Third Shinobi World War.

"Missing?" Sasori recalled his actions and asked doubtfully, "I didn't clean up the scene after I made the move, did I? Aren't so many obvious traces enough to prove the Third Hokage's death?"

In the original story, Sasori, due to his strength, meticulously cleaned up the scene to create the illusion that the Third Kazekage had disappeared. However, this time, having obtained the Celestial Cloth, Sasori appeared much more confident and therefore did not bother to clean up the scene.

"You certainly didn't clean up the scene," Ye Cang said with a sly smile. "But I cleaned it up after you left!"

"But what does this have to do with our caravans that specialize in robbing Konoha?" Sasori was starting to lose track of Yekura's thought process. What was that saying again? "Mental patients are more joyful, and eccentric idiots have broader perspectives." Sasori was now beginning to truly understand this.

"Of course they're related!"

"These Konoha merchant caravans were specially selected by me; they're all veteran caravans that have served Konoha for many years. They suffered such a great loss this time, so naturally they'll send some of their best ninjas to investigate. Now, if I were to lure these Konoha ninjas on their mission to investigate together with those hot-tempered Sand ninjas who are anxious about the Third Kazekage's disappearance, guess what will happen next?"

The sunlight was blocked by a small patch of dark cloud, casting a shadow on Yecang's face that obscured all her expressions, leaving only a fanatical, sinister grin on her darkened face.

In that instant, Scorpion suddenly realized that the big-breasted, brainless, stupid woman in front of him might actually be a madman a hundred times more insane than himself.

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A secret underground laboratory in Konoha Village.

Orochimaru, wearing a white coat, is examining Danzo Shimura.

Snap! Snap! Orochimaru was carefully cutting the bandages wrapped around Shimura Danzo's body.

In his early years, Danzo Shimura was severely injured in a major battle. Not only was most of his skin burned off, forcing him to wear bandages all the time, but he also lost his once-proud strength, turning him from a powerful ninja into an ordinary person.

Sizzle! Orochimaru used brute force to rip off a bandage that was tightly stuck to Danzo's body, and in the process, he also took a small piece of flesh from Danzo's body, causing blood to gush out from the wound!

However, such excruciating pain was nothing to Danzo; it didn't even warrant a wink from him.

"Orochimaru, I heard you recently took on a disciple? Weren't you always busy with experiments? Why did you suddenly decide to teach a disciple?" Danzo asked casually.

"Hehehe, that disciple is quite a good experimental subject," Orochimaru replied in a hoarse voice.

"I see." Danzo nodded and changed the subject: "It's been quite some time since the First Hokage's cells were transplanted into me, but the Senju cells and my body still haven't integrated. Instead, there's been an increasingly intense rejection reaction. Are you really confident you can solve this problem?"

"This research has been progressing very smoothly," Orochimaru replied.

"That's good. I look forward to your results." After rewrapping the bandages covered with special medicine, Danzo got up and left.

Orochimaru stood in the laboratory, watching Danzo's retreating figure, a cold smile playing on his lips: "You heard I accepted Tensei's request to take on a disciple, and you're afraid I'll side with the Hokage, so you rushed over to confirm my stance? Mentioning the First Hokage's cell experiments, are you trying to threaten me with that? But you probably didn't expect this, did you? Using the First Hokage's cells for experiments wasn't my idea. It was Sarutobi-sensei who started this experiment under the orders of the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju. I'm just a successor!"

In the original story, Orochimaru needed to conduct numerous human experiments in his pursuit of immortality, which is why he cooperated with Danzo. But this time, when the "immortal witch," Tensei, who hasn't aged a day in all these years, appears before Orochimaru as the Third Hokage, what need does Orochimaru have to go through all that trouble and cooperate with Danzo?

"Red Bean, come here." Orochimaru called to his newly taken female disciple. "Now I have a task for you. Take these things to the Third Hokage. Don't worry, there will be at least three groups of ANBU protecting you along the way. Your Third Hokage values ​​you very much."

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P.S. Bonus chapter! Thank you all for your votes. I'll make up for the missed chapter tomorrow.

Chapter Twelve: Aquarius Gold Saint Minato Namikaze

Clutching a package tightly in her arms, Anko emerged from the underground laboratory. From there, she made her way towards the center of Konoha Village. She walked cautiously through the streets, carefully observing every passerby, before finally making her way safely into the Hokage's office building.

From the bushes in the distance, a member of the shadows wearing a cat-face mask watched Hongdou walk into the building, then said to his companion, "This little girl is quite alert and patient; she seems like she'll be a good seed in the future."

The masked operative beside him nodded in agreement: "Indeed, very good. Alright, we should head back now."

To ensure smooth communication with Orochimaru, Tensei arranged for three groups of ANBU to be on standby near Orochimaru's secret laboratory. Orochimaru's willingness to accept the surveillance of these ANBU was the best way for him to express his stance to Tensei.

So when Hongdou came out, a group of secret agents followed behind her to protect her. This is the real reason why the little girl was able to reach her destination safely.

The ANBU members, who were on guard against, only retreated reluctantly after discovering the ANBU members behind Anko.

Danzo wasn't stupid either. Under his orders, everyone who left Orochimaru's laboratory was followed and even questioned by members of Root to ensure that his secret with Orochimaru would not be exposed.

But how could members of Root dare to defy the Anbu? Don't forget, the current Hokage isn't the increasingly weak Hiruzen Sarutobi from the original story, but rather Ameharu, who still looks like a young girl. With Ameharu's strong support, the Anbu didn't hold back in teaching several Root members who had overstepped their bounds a lesson, which immediately made Danzo and his group much more restrained.

Seeing Hongdou timidly walk into the office with her package in her arms, Tianqing quickly waved to her: "Hongdou, come here, your sister has prepared some black tea and sweets for you."

Watching Hongdou nibble on her sweets, Tianqing felt an urge to pull her into her arms. It must be said, Tianqing adored Hongdou; her rosy lips and white teeth as a child, and her courage and resilience as an adult, all exuded a special charm. In the original story, Hongdou, as a disciple of a rogue ninja, still managed to bravely prove herself amidst the skeptical gazes of other ninjas, demonstrating her exceptional qualities.

"By the way, Little Red Bean, do you know what's in this package that Orochimaru asked you to bring?"

Holding a cup of black tea, Hongdou shook her head adorably.

Tian Qing unpacked the package, took out a small black ball, and walked towards a pile of puppet parts placed on the table next to her.

Click, click, click! After a series of rapid movements, Hongdou still couldn't see where Tianqing had installed the small ball into the puppet parts.

"This small ball contains First Hokage cells specially modified by Orochimaru. These cells possess extremely strong vitality and will provide a continuous source of power for these puppet parts."

As Tian Qing spoke, the originally gray-black puppet parts, after absorbing the chakra from the small ball, seemed to come alive and gradually displayed a vibrant golden yellow.

"The inner lining of the Saint Cloth, woven from the threads of the umbilical cord of God, absorbs the life-giving blood provided by the First Hokage's cells, thus bestowing upon the wearer immense power. Simultaneously, the First Hokage's cells also provide a large amount of chakra, further strengthening the external puppet components. This is the new Saint Cloth, a combination of the First Hokage's cells, the threads of the umbilical cord of God, and Konoha's latest puppet technology!"

"This kind of Saint Cloth has absolutely no side effects and only brings a huge boost to the wearer's combat power. Let's call it the Golden Saint Cloth because of its golden color!"

"Oh, oh." Red Bean nodded, sipping her black tea in small sips. Being so young, she naturally didn't understand the preciousness of this golden armor; she simply nodded unconsciously.

"Oh, right, Red Bean, you absolutely must remember to exercise after eating sweets!!" Tianqing suddenly remembered the middle-aged, overweight version of Red Bean that appeared in Boruto, and hurriedly reminded her, "That's a future we absolutely must avoid!"

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Early in the morning, in the Konoha training ground, Kakashi Hatake, Obito Uchiha, and Rin Nohara stood at the entrance, waiting for their new instructor.

Unlike the system in later generations where ninja academy graduates were led by Jonin, the current tense relations between countries meant that the Jonin in the village had a lot of missions to carry out, so they couldn't spare enough Jonin to guide the newly graduated Genin.

Therefore, usually, the supervising Jonin will only begin to provide guidance to the Genin squad under his supervision after the Jonin has completed his own task.

"I wonder who our instructor is?" Nohara Rin leaned against a tree and muttered to herself. "But I suppose the one who gets sent to instruct a genius like Kakashi must be a truly remarkable Jonin."

"Hmph!" Upon hearing the words of his goddess, Obito Uchiha curled his lip, looking displeased.

At this time, Obito Uchiha was not yet the ruthless man who would later become determined to overthrow the world for his goddess, vowing to throw everyone in the world into a virtual world. At this time, he was just a hot-blooded underachiever, single-mindedly wanting to surpass his genius teammate Kakashi, gain the recognition of the entire village, and incidentally prove himself in front of his goddess.

Unfortunately, his goddess is now clearly favored by Kakashi, who is far superior to him.