Konoha: Offer your heart to the Hokage!

finally come.

Even suppressing his excitement, he stepped forward to act.

Given his authority in Konoha and his position in the family, if he wanted to, he could point at Nakime and say that she was his illegitimate daughter, and no one would question or object.

However, since Nakime is an important pawn who needs to stay in the Zenin clan for a long time to activate the Heavenly Gift Technique, her identity should be made as realistic as possible.

Nakime tried her best to cooperate after seeing Jin, but her heart was still racing uncontrollably.

Despite being prepared, I was still overwhelmed by the sheer shock of seeing it with my own eyes.

Lord Yan is one of the most vicious criminals in Konoha's history. It's unexpected that the Hokage would have such a close relationship with the most vicious criminal.

Such a contrast was too stimulating for her.

At the same time, she also realized how highly she was regarded for knowing such a secret.

They would give their lives to express their gratitude for being recognized and appreciated.

After some conversation, Nakime's identity was confirmed by Jin himself: Zenin Nakime, the niece of the Konoha Hokage who had been lost in the ninja world.

The background of the Zen family is entirely fictional.

Nakime was actually in disguise.

In addition, there's Orochimaru, his adopted son.

The large Zen temple community doesn't resemble a family; rather, it's more like a group of strangers from an underground gold exchange, temporarily assembled and banded together for mutual benefit.

If it weren't for Uchiha Chiri, this "outsider," this family would have fallen apart!

Before we knew it, it was afternoon work time.

Chiri went to the Hokage Building to handle official business, while Shiji stayed at home to maintain kinship with her "only surviving blood relative".

The moment she left, the warmth on Shen'er's face vanished, and the fake smile on her lips disappeared.

He turned around and looked at Nakime with a blank expression.

Mingnu was very sensible and dared not put on airs as a so-called "niece." Even Lord Yan had to address her respectfully as "Lord," so she dared not have any thoughts of overstepping her bounds.

She knelt down and bowed deeply before Shen'er.

"Get up."

"While you are in Konoha, keep your true identity hidden. Remember, nominally, you are my niece."

"Yes! Lord Dia... Lord Shen!"

Nakime reacted quickly, immediately adjusting her position and standing up straight.

"How well have you mastered the Heavenly Delivery Technique?"

“I can use it consistently,” Nakime answered truthfully, “but my chakra reserves are insufficient, so I can only activate it once a day at most.”

“Once…” Shen Er seemed to ponder for a moment, then asked, “What about Uchiha Yan?”

"Lord Yan can perform this twice a day."

"Come with me."

Shen Er acted swiftly and decisively, leading her into the meditation room.

He stood in the center of the room: "Teleport me to the outskirts of the Forest of Death."

"This?" Nakime looked surprised and cautiously advised, "Lord Shen'er, the Heavenly Delivery Technique is a ninjutsu used to teleport items. Lord Yan tried to use it on a living person, and the target was directly decomposed into a blood mist."

"It's alright."

Seeing how confident he was, even though Mingnu had her doubts, she had no choice but to do as he said.

She took out her pipa, took a deep breath, and plucked the strings.

Zheng

Strange fluctuations emanated from the space, and invisible chakra gathered towards Shen'er.

The Heavenly Transmission Technique possesses superb spatial teleportation capabilities, but its drawback is that the casting animation is too long.

For this reason, this technique cannot be used in actual combat. Otherwise, the negative effect of "live people being teleported will be decomposed into blood mist by spatial power" alone would make it usable as an S-rank combat ninjutsu.

Even while under the spell, Shen Er endured the pain of her skin tearing without changing her expression.

The power of space was rapidly slicing through his body. But in contrast, his powerful self-healing ability began to take effect, quickly repairing his damaged body. Tearing and healing alternated, forming a balance within him.

As the chakra condenses, the cutting speed increases.

finally.

With a "whoosh," Shen Er disappeared from the spot.

At the same time, an alarm sounded from the Konoha Barrier Team: "Team Leader, a strong chakra fluctuation is occurring in the village."

The shift leader's expression tightened, thinking there might be an enemy invasion: "Where did this come from?"

"Uh... Death Forest, it seems to be the Zen Temple clan."

"The Zen Temple Clan?" The squad leader breathed a sigh of relief. "It's alright now, let's lift the alarm. From now on, we don't need to worry about alarms in the Zen Temple Clan's territory."

"Is this okay? Won't it be against the rules?"

"Are you stupid? The Third Hokage is the biggest rule in Konoha. Just tell the Third Hokage, and if he says it's okay, then it's okay."

"Yes."

Shen Er, who was being discussed by the barrier class, instantly appeared on the outskirts of the Death Forest.

"puff……"

Before he could even stand steadily, he coughed up a mouthful of blood. Looking down, he saw large cuts all over his body, especially around his waist, where a long, narrow bloodstain had appeared, clearly indicating that he had been cut in half at the waist by spatial force.

The upper body was swaying precariously, about to split apart from the lower body.

But this kind of injury is nothing to him.

Numerous threads of resentment emerged from the wound on his waist, quickly stitching the torn body together.

Then, he formed a hand seal with one hand to activate the secret technique of physical regeneration, accelerating the healing of the wound.

In just a few seconds, the upper body, which was about to separate, was reassembled with the lower body.

"That's really indecent."

He shook his head.

After actual testing, it was found that with his current pure physical strength, he was not able to withstand the side effects of the Heavenly Gift Technique unscathed.

To avoid being cut in half by spatial forces upon landing, one must either activate Lightning Release Chakra Mode to harden the body before teleporting, or activate Creation Regeneration in advance to counteract the disintegration of the body through self-healing speed.

This is still at close range.

If the teleportation is over an extremely long distance, the damage to the body will likely increase further.

but……

Compared to these minor details, the success of the divine gift technique brought even greater joy.

He smiled.

From then on, the entire ninja world became his hunting ground.

Let's start with the Hidden Mist!

Thinking this way, Shen'er avoided the patrol teams in the Death Forest and calmly returned to the Zen Temple clan's territory.

When Naruko saw that Shen'er had returned, her heart finally settled down.

Seeing Shen'er completely unharmed, she couldn't help but be shocked. A ninja's body could actually withstand the tearing caused by spatial teleportation.

The Hokage before me is far more terrifying than I imagined.

Nakime said with awe, "My lady, you've returned."

"Hmm, you're using it fairly well," Shen Er pointed out. "But the chakra fluctuations are too obvious when releasing the Heavenly Sending Technique; that needs some adjustment."

"My control over chakra is not precise enough. I will try my best to improve."

Shen Er didn't say anything more and connected to the parasite located in Xiaoren Village.

Uchiha Yan's voice came through: "It seems Nakime has arrived on your side. How did you find her Heavenly Delivery Technique?"

"There's no problem."

"You're a monster," Uchiha Yan remarked.

Despite being the Hokage, he possesses physical abilities comparable to the Raikage.

This guy is better at hiding than anyone else.

Shen Er didn't dwell on the matter further, simply saying, "You first take Wu and head to Les on the border of Wuyin to await orders. Tomorrow night at midnight, I'll teleport directly there to meet you."

"Tomorrow? Okay." Uchiha Yan immediately replied.

She was excited about the prospect of the two of them infiltrating other ninja villages to plunder.

The Heavenly Transfer Technique can theoretically cover the entire ninja world, and it can even directly teleport people into the forbidden areas of other ninja villages.

However, due to limitations in the caster's chakra manipulation precision, the greater the teleportation distance, the greater the deviation in landing point. If teleported directly to the Land of Water, the error could even reach tens to hundreds of meters.

Since it was his first time being a bandit, in order to avoid unexpected risks, Shen'er decided to land in a safe area first and then sneak into the Fog Village.

evening.

Upon returning from the research institute, Tsunade noticed a young woman in her home and her eyes were filled with hostility. However, after learning that this woman was Jin's only remaining "niece" in the ninja world, her hostility vanished, and she instead took the initiative to approach her and make friends.

The next day.

Shen Er, as usual, went to the Hokage Building to handle official business and spent the whole day peacefully.

After nightfall, he told her that there was something he needed to deal with personally at the Chirigen base, and asked her to rest first. Then he quietly went to the meditation room.

The meditation room has been modified with a special barrier, so that any ninjutsu released inside cannot be detected by the Byakugan or Sharingan, except by the barrier itself.

Therefore, there is absolutely no need to worry about Zhili noticing anything unusual.

Even if she were to discover his flaws, he could simply confess everything. However, Shen Er always hoped to maintain a spotless and perfect image in the eyes of the people of Konoha.

He was the perfect best friend in front of Hashirama, the perfect Hokage in front of the villagers, and the perfect husband in front of his wife.