Naruto, Uzumaki Menma, just wants to conquer the world

After washing up and performing the transformation technique, his body looked like a man.

Just like a scarecrow, who can tell the real from the fake?

In the Hokage's office, the Sandaime and Danzo were still arguing about how to deal with Uzumaki Menma.

"The talent of the Nine-Tailed Imp must not be wasted. It is better to let me train it."

"Ahem, then, do you have someone more suitable than Hatake Kakashi?"

The prophecy came true, and this short sentence choked Danzo's throat.

How could Danzo, who has been in a high position for decades and is familiar with every tree and blade of grass in this ninja village, not understand the skills of the Konoha ninjas?

Among the three ninjas, Orochimaru defected, and Jiraiya and Tsunade are no longer part of the active ninja.

At this stage, Kakashi Hatake is the undisputed number one jonin in Konoha.

On the one hand, Hiruzen was trying to shut him up with these words, but on the other hand, Hiruzen was showing him the powerful general he had.

"It's time for Jiraiya to come back. Let Naruko go to Myoboku Mountain and let Menma go to the training cave. This is a good arrangement, right?" said the Sandaime Hokage with a smile.

"Come to think of it, Yamato's Wood Release can also suppress the chakra of the tailed beasts, and the Anbu will be suitable for him."

However, in Danzo's eyes, these are precisely manifestations of the ninja's "weakness".

When did the decisive ninja hero Hiruzen become so indecisive and lose his edge? He actually needed such an excuse to refute himself?

Yes, if it was the Hiruzen of that time, Danzo would be just a sharp sword in his hand to kill the enemy.

When there is a consensus: Danzo has the final say.

When there is a difference of opinion: Hiruzen has the final say.

How could he not be capable when he was given orders to rescue the defeated army, when the country was in danger, and when the ninja village was falling apart?

His name "Ninja Hero" is not just because of his military force. He armed intervened in the Rain Country and counterattacked to destroy the Sky Country. His style of doing things is as domineering as a lion in the ninja world.

The one who could wield Danzo's sharp sword was the ninja hero Hiruzen, not the kind-hearted, sentimental old man now.

008 Graduation Class: People with Ulterior Motives

In Danzo's eyes, the driven ninja hero Hiruzen who led Konoha into its golden age is no longer there.

This is of course, because Hiruzen's self-confidence is long gone, and now he is just an old man's nostalgia and sentimentality about his golden age.

He was proud of the fact that he had brought Konoha into its golden age and had trained many talents during his reign.

The number of participants, the scale of the Third Ninja World War, and the heavy casualties far exceeded those of previous wars.

Every day he has to face the casualty list, and every day he sees familiar figures disappearing from his sight.

This war was like the turning point of Konoha's decline, triggering all the contradictions beneath Konoha's prosperity.

His carefully trained disciple Orochimaru defected, his wife who had been with him for many years left him during the Nine-Tails Rebellion, and his eldest son and daughter-in-law died in battle.

The humiliation of Kumogakure, the irreconcilable conflict between Uchiha and Konoha...

Faced with the general trend, he is no longer able to change it. As the Hokage, he can do nothing and he is already depressed.

The greatest sorrows in life are nothing more than: the bankruptcy of a career you are proud of and the departure of loved ones.

The "Will of Fire" that he originally believed in and could protect people is actually a concept that is now a candle in the wind. He himself has doubts about it, but he doesn't know how to survive after giving it up. At his old age, he no longer has the ability to change.

The former ninja hero is now just a paperhanger trying to support the dilapidated remains, his abilities having been burned out in his youth.

In the end, what is the point of holding power?

Wealth is a joke to a ninja, and fame is nothing more than two more names in front of the grave.

Enjoyment is a taboo for ninjas. The only endings a ninja can face are suffering and death in battle. The fate of every Hokage is nothing but death in battle.

It is an honor for a strong man to die in battle at the highlight moment, and it is a shame for a strong man to survive.

He could only watch as time eroded his strength and he became increasingly powerless in the face of reality.

Would he, in his prime, have caused the Uchiha clan genocide to occur?

As long as he stood there, the ninja's aura was enough to force the Uchiha clan to choose to trust Konoha again, and Danzo would never dare to walk alone under his nose.

Even if he wanted to kill all the Uchiha, he would personally give the order to Danzo, or even do it himself, instead of wavering and letting others make the decision for him.

Precisely because he was old, his strength was declining, his decisiveness was lost, and a series of declining events in Konoha had reduced his prestige, and he was no longer the ruthless ninja hero he once was.

When I was young, I was full of passion and thought I could change the ninja world. But when I came to my senses, I realized it was just an illusion and my hands were stained with dirty blood.

Everyone is sacrificing, everyone is suffering.

Whether it is the son of the Fourth Hokage or the family member of the Third Hokage, the visible civilians of Konoha and the invisible civilians of the Land of Fire, everyone is suffering to varying degrees.

As the Hokage, he had no right to complain, he knew it very well, all he could wait for was death.

Menma was also waiting for something. He was waiting for the result of today's class division, because this would determine who his Jonin teacher would be.

Bloodline determines your upper limit, but your master determines your lower limit. Most ninjas have not reached the point where they can reach their upper limit.

As long as you have a good master, even if you are a commoner ninja like Jiraiya or Minato Namikaze, who has no family secrets, no bloodline limits, and no special physique, you can become a strong man.

Most ninjas will never become a jonin in their entire life, let alone this stage.

Jiraiya, who has no bloodline, can single-handedly defeat the entire Hyuga clan. Only those with the strength of Orochimaru who have reached the bottleneck are qualified to complain about bloodline, because they have already climbed to the limit of civilian ninjas.

Under Jiraiya and Orochimaru, you will not encounter the trouble of bloodline. At this time, there is no need to think about the issue of bloodline. The master is the most important.

A Hokage being a master is like having a Hokage as a father.

The Hokage may not be able to teach his son well, but he will definitely be able to teach his disciples well.

You know, in this world, there is a well-known family, and the head family is very cautious about the branch family.

However, in this world, the masters will teach their disciples all their weaknesses, giving them everything they know. If you dare to learn, they will teach you.

Without Jiraiya's connections, would Minato Namikaze have had the opportunity to see the Flying Thunder God, which is classified as an S-level ultimate ninjutsu? Would he have the opportunity to learn the Sage Mode of Myōboku Mountain?

No matter how good your talent is, without a master, you are like a headless fly.

You are smart and you can learn, but people just don’t teach you, don’t show you, and don’t give you the opportunity to learn. What will you do?

A good master is like a shortcut, and this road resource is very scarce.

I'll leave it at that, the master in this world is a version choice, a path for commoners to grow into masters like the Sannin. Those who kill their masters are pure beasts, worse than pigs and dogs.

Therefore, Menma thought about this problem very early:

If I were to encounter a situation where my master stood in my way, the most I would do would be to cripple him, destroy his chakra meridians, and then live a leisurely life as a rich man.

Instead of being very filial and killing his entire family.

What do you think? I am still very kind, right?

What, what if Konoha simply doesn't give us a good master?

Impossible, absolutely impossible! I am very confident in my own judgment!

The lower limit of a Jinchūriki's growth can at least develop to the level of an elite jonin. No matter how much the ninja village guards against the Jinchūriki, it is only mental PUA.

The ninja village wants the Jinchūriki to serve as a fighting force and wants the Jinchūriki to have the power to control the tailed beasts, so...

The level of the ninja who teaches the Jinchūriki is at least a master in the Tailed Beast Coat Mode who can suppress the initial explosion of the tail.

Time goes back to the present, and the students are about to face the final moment of graduation and class division. Teacher Iruka's voice echoes in the classroom.

"From today on, you will be independent ninjas! But you are still just novice genin, and the real hard work begins now!"

"In the future, the village will assign tasks to you. You will act in groups of three, except for one special case, which I will explain at the end..."

"Each group will have a jonin teacher following you. You must complete the tasks entrusted to you by the ninja village under the guidance of the teacher."

While Iruka was speaking, this voice suddenly reached his ears.

"Stank tones, fun of foolish talk." This is what Menma muttered to Sakura in a very low voice.

However, Sakura did not understand what he said. She looked at him with disgust as usual and avoided him for fear of being misunderstood by Satsuki.

Iruka had already walked up to him and slammed his desk hard, "Menma! What were you mumbling just now!"

"Yes!" Menma stood at attention as if in a stress response, and replied without thinking: "I say: General Manager, I think so."

Even though he couldn't understand his language, Iruka knew that this guy wouldn't say anything nice to him. But he then thought that today was the last day of teaching them, and he didn't want to leave any unpleasant memories, so he sighed and just let it go.

28 people actually attended a class of 27 people, and each of them had their own agenda, for example:

Hinata was praying in her heart: Be with Menma-kun, be with Menma-kun.

Ino had similar thoughts as Hinata. Even though she was refuted by Menma last time and was given a cold shoulder, she still couldn't help but pray.

The other girls in the class also hope to be in the same group with Satsuki-kun or Menma-kun.

Yes, putting aside Satsuki who is dressed as a man, the little shota Menma is very much to their liking. Even though they dislike Menma on the surface, it is only because of the cowardly thought that "everyone hates him, and I can't be the target of public criticism."

Because of malnutrition since childhood, Menma is one or two centimeters shorter than her peers (this does not affect her height in adulthood). In addition, this age group is when girls have an advantage in height, which makes Menma look even more petite.

Menma is very powerful. You can say he is bad, you can call him a monster, but no one can deny his power.

Almost all of his peers have seen him in action, and although he has a very bad reputation, bullying among children in Konoha has almost disappeared due to his existence.

It is the nature of ninjas to admire the strong and hate the weak. The ninja society is very socially oriented and does not treat the weak and ordinary people as human beings. People like Jiraiya and Minato who uphold a certain concept of humanistic care are relatively rare.

The closer people are to him, the more they can feel his tenderness, although in fact in his eyes, everything is just a tool to achieve his goal.

In short, in the eyes of these girls, Menma is such an existence: small, cute, can be hugged and pampered, and can let him protect themselves, who wouldn’t love him?

The three-no girl, Chino Aburame, is wrapped tightly from head to toe, with not an inch of skin exposed. The high collar covers half of her face, and she wears a hood on her head, making her look quite mysterious. Even so, one can still get a glimpse of her beauty from the exposed cheeks.

Among these girls, no one knew what she was thinking.

Compared to girls, boys' thoughts are more interesting. Menma is waiting for the results of the class division to determine Konoha's positioning for him, so as to make plans for the next step.

Shikamaru and Choji seem to have a thorough understanding of life, and they just lie down, let it go, and take things as they come.

Finally, let’s talk about Satsuki: In her heart, she certainly wants to be in the same group with Menma.

Although she used the excuse of "Except Menma, everyone else is a burden to me" in an extremely arrogant manner, she was actually also feeling amorous.

I have to say that being in love is indeed very common in this world.

But Menma doesn't think these are bad things. At least it proves that there is still humanity in this world, and there are still some beautiful human emotions as the Shinjo team members said.

Unrealistic fantasies, this is exactly what human beings have!

Well, there is still hope. When I conquer the world and transform the world, I will fulfill your little wishes. I only hope that you can live to see the day when I rule the world.

Iruka then began announcing the class divisions, which was exactly as Menma had expected.

Although Teacher Iruka emphasized, "This is a consideration for balancing strength," Menma had nothing to say except to complain, "That's a good idea, Mr. President."

Balancing strength, what balance? It's all internally decided, but Menma also understands that such things cannot be said openly, otherwise who would be willing to do that!

It's normal for Hinata Hyuga, Kiba Inuzuka, and Chino Aburame to be partners.

The bloodline limit of the Hyuga clan, as well as the secret techniques of the Aburame clan and the Inuzuka clan, are all reconnaissance abilities. This is a typical configuration of a specialized reconnaissance class.

Led by the senior ninja Yuhi Kurenai who is good at illusion, this is a reasonable combination after careful consideration.

It is normal that Yamanaka Ino, Nara Shikamaru, and Akimichi Choji are partners.

The three major ninja clans of Ino, Shika and Chou formed a blood alliance before the establishment of Konohagakure. How could the young master and young lady, who are the future heads of the families, break them up?

Even considering maximizing combat power, arranging them together is the best option.

The Sandaime Hokage is indeed not old and confused yet. Is it the accumulation of experience? Menma thought so.

However, just as he was thinking this, the next grouping announced made his brain crash.

But today, such a strange situation occurred.

The class was divided into groups of three, but there were four people in it: Naruko Namikaze, Menma Uzumaki, Satsuki Uchiha, and Sakura Haruno.

Everyone had doubts about this, but only Menma, who had social phobia, dared to ask the first question: "Me, me, me, me! I have questions!" he shouted with a French salute.

You have to raise your hand to speak. I know etiquette (proud/confident)

Iruka suppressed his high blood pressure, ignored Menma, and continued, "In the afternoon, your jonin instructor will personally explain your problems. Now dismissed."

Ninja School is a mechanism created by the Second Hokage of Konoha, with the aim of breaking the monopoly of ninja family education and cultivating direct descendants of the Hokage.