Naruto, this is called Kuuga, not White Zetsu

However, compared with Sarutobi Hiruzen's smiling expression, Utane Koharu and Mito Kado En were a little unhappy.

"It's almost 4pm and you're just getting here." Utane Koharu glanced at the pocket watch in her hand and put it away impatiently: "Tsunade, how can someone who doesn't even care about the concept of time become a captain of the Anbu? I think it's better to let him go to school for a few years first, and let him join the Anbu after he knows the importance of time."

Mitomon En beside her also said: "That's right, he is so young, he probably doesn't even know what the Anbu does. It just so happens that Asuma also came back from the Fire Country Daimyo some time ago. He has been a direct ninja of the Fire Country Daimyo for such a long time, so there will be no problem for him to become your personal guard."

Tsunade looked a little embarrassed. After all, she seemed to have forgotten to tell Chihiro the time at noon, which led to this situation.

Seto Chihiro was stunned.

These two old deniers compare Asma with him...

I just look down on him...

Why compare him to Asuma...

Even if he spent all his money on candies that children liked, the money he had left was enough to buy 1/18 of Asuma's head...

"Sorry, teacher..."

As a young man who had struggled in his previous life, Seto Chihiro suddenly felt a desire from the bottom of his heart...

"At noon, I heard the news that I would become the captain of the Anbu. I was so excited that I wanted to show myself in the best possible way..."

A desire to help Tsunade carry this matter on...

"After eating, I felt a little sleepy. I didn't expect that I would sleep for so long..."

I will definitely get a promotion and salary increase in the future...

"Ahem, you said it." Tsunade was stunned for a moment, then she stepped forward and tapped Seto Chihiro on the forehead: "If you can't show your best strength, you don't have to be an ANBU anymore. Give the captain's chance to Izumi, and you can be her subordinate."

"Oh, so after I become the captain, does that mean Sister Quan will be my subordinate?"

"What are you thinking? You are the captain, and Quan is still the captain..."

"But..."

"In fact, we have only been here for a short time..."

Seeing that the master and disciple were talking more and more excitedly, Sarutobi Hiruzen felt it necessary to end the conversation: "Even if you really didn't show your best this time, it doesn't matter. Anbu can't be achieved just by strength."

Utane Koharu frowned: "Huruzen, this..."

"It's okay. This is the future of the village. It's worth waiting."

Chapter 3 Base inside the mountain

It is clear what Koharu Utane is thinking.

Since the Second Hokage, Senju Tobirama, made a will before his death, the members of Senju Tobirama's Guard also became Konoha's F4.

He became a high-ranking member of Konoha and held power in Konoha for decades, making a great contribution to the increase in the average life expectancy of ninjas in the ninja world.

Nowadays, he doesn't have to go to the battlefield during war, and in peacetime he can enjoy his old age sitting in the most powerful ninja group.

It can be said that even the daimyo do not enjoy as much as they do.

Utane Koharu thinks that Tsunade is still not suitable to be Hokage because her temper is too impulsive. She actually let an 8-year-old child, who was not born and raised in Konoha, become the captain of the Anbu. Even if he knows Wood Release, so what?

There are ninjas in the village who don’t know Wood Release. Does that mean someone who knows Wood Release is a member of the Senju clan?

Taking a step back...

How powerful could this kid be? Could he really fight against Uchiha Itachi and contain the Fourth Mizukage as Hiruzen said?

Tsunade took the initiative to choose to fight against the Mizukage and arrived at the battlefield early to protect the Uchiha, while this kid was always in a state of exhaustion and recuperation.

These were the facts that Shikaku had personally told them.

From Koharu Utatane's point of view, it's clear that Tsunade wants to gain power from Hiruzen before she becomes Hokage...

At the very least, you must first learn how to listen to the advice of the Hokage's assistant and learn how to be a qualified Hokage.

If we can't even listen to other people's suggestions, won't all the rules be messed up?

There is no point in being anxious now. The most important thing is to make this kid's work in the dark department gradually become unsatisfactory.

Utane Koharu turned her head and looked at Seto Chihiro who was giving sweets to Uchiha Izumi and Hatake Kakashi. Her mood gradually calmed down, and the wrinkles on her face were revealed by the upward curling of the corners of her mouth: "Tsunade, such a young child has never been to school, right?"

"Ok?"

Tsunade thought for a few tenths of a second, then smiled again, "Yes, Chihiro has indeed never been to school, but because Chihiro has studied the history of the ninja world in order to find the relationship between the ninja clans related to Wood Release, she knows most of the common characters, so there is no need to worry about his literacy."

"Well, that's good." Utatane Koharu nodded and chuckled, "However, just like history, different people write about it and know it in different ways. Every country has its own history."

"He has been living in Kusagakure Village. Even if he knows history, it is the history of Kusagakure Village, a small country. He may only know a little about Konoha."

"So, why don't we let him go to the Ninja Academy for a few years to learn about the Will of Fire and the history of Konoha? What do you think?"

Tsunade frowned, "This is unnecessary... With his ability, going to the Ninja Academy is a complete waste of time."

Tsunade had also seen that book when Seto Chihiro had read it before. Most of the content recorded in it was about the Warring States Period. Although there was a description of the ninja clan, it only gave a general description.

But the fact that the kid was willing to protect his companions even when he knew he was no match for them is enough to show that Seto Chihiro is not lacking in the will of fire.

Mitomon En pushed up his glasses. He could see what Koharu was thinking. "How could it be unnecessary? He will be your bodyguard in the future. He doesn't even know where the Kage he is protecting came from. This is not qualified at all."

"I think we all learned this way, right, Hiruzen?"

Sarutobi Hiruzen looked straight ahead. The people behind him were talking loudly, so he naturally heard everything.

Sarutobi Hiruzen was actually hesitant about Tsunade's plan to find her own people.

This old man in his sixties didn't know why Tsunade was so optimistic about this child named Seto Chihiro after participating in a war.

He even asked for a position in the Anbu specifically for this 'clan member', as soon as he received the news that he would be taking over the throne soon.

Sarutobi Hiruzen slowly raised the pipe in his hand and put it back in his mouth. From Kakashi's description, he had given up suspecting that this child named Chihiro was a spy.

Even if that is the case, there is nothing to worry about. Most of the members in the Anbu are carefully selected by him, and it is impossible for Tsunade to replace all the members in a short period of time.

But there is one thing that is very problematic...

Sarutobi Hiruzen glanced back and saw the two people walking at the end making faces at each other.

This Seto Chihiro is too close to the Uchiha clan...

The meaning of a ninja's existence is to protect, to protect the village, and to protect the people they want to protect.

It is necessary for Seto Chihiro to build more bonds, so that there are more people worth protecting in his life, instead of just Tsunade and Uchiha around him...

"Tsunade."

"Actually, what Xiaochun and Menyan said makes some sense..."

"He is still young, and it would be a bit cruel for him to join the Anbu. He needs to build more bonds, and the Ninja School is a very good place..."

Sarutobi Hiruzen stopped and looked at Tsunade seriously: "After all, he was just an orphan before..."

"..."

Tsunade wanted to refuse, but after hearing what Sarutobi Hiruzen said, she couldn't help but look behind her.

In the setting sun, Chihiro seemed to remember something. She rummaged through her ninja tool bag, took out two candies and handed them to Kakashi and Izumi respectively.

Wherever the leaves are flying, the fire is endless.

Even though Seto Chihiro did not die like her brother after getting the necklace, Tsunade was still worried.

The hope is that by making him become an Anbu ninja, before he grows up to be like his great-grandfather, he can be locked in the village to prevent him from having unexpected accidents and strange deaths.

Although Tsunade knows the teacher's purpose for saying that...

but...

I graduated at the age of 12, Chihiro is still a child indeed...

Tsunade doesn't want her clan members to spend a childhood only with her.

But, I forced Chihiro to become an Anbu this morning, and now I am directly arranging it, maybe...

"I'll ask Chihiro's opinion on this matter later. After all, he was late because of this matter."

"He is just a child, this kind of thing..."

"Xiaochun..."

Picking up his pipe again, Sarutobi Hiruzen knew his disciple's character very well, and he had already seen that Tsunade wanted to give this choice to the child.

Since the selection of the Anbu this time was related to the new Hokage's guards, Kakashi asked Izumi and Chihiro to follow him.

Although the destination was the same, the distance between the teams was several meters apart.

certainly...

Except for Seto Chihiro, no one else can hear this news...

"What's wrong with you? You suddenly paused..." Uchiha Izumi looked at Chihiro who suddenly paused, took the candy, and started eating it directly: "It tastes good..."

"Uh..." Seto Chihiro moved the candy that she was about to put into her mouth: "It seems that Tsunade-sensei and Hokage saw you eating the candy just now."

"!!!" Uchiha Izumi couldn't help but widen his eyes and spit out the candy in his mouth.

"Cough cough cough..." Kakashi kept coughing and hurriedly put the candy wrapper in his hand into the ninja tool bag.

"But don't worry..." Seto Chihiro didn't dare to say that when Izumi littered, the Hokage saw it and frowned. He was afraid that Izumi would go back to pick up the trash: "Kakashi also ate the candy I gave him."

"Really?" Quan seemed to have heard some good news. He glanced at Kakashi and patted his slightly heaving chest: "Then everything should be fine."

Kakashi wiped the non-existent cold sweat from his head, feeling a little embarrassed.

He already knew that this little girl named Quan and Uchiha Itachi were two completely different types of people...

But why does it feel so easy to be deceived?

Seto Chihiro took out another candy from the bag: "Here, do you want more? This time it's plum flavored."

"This..." Uchiha Izumi looked at the candy in his hand, the more he looked at it, the more it looked like the kind that Huimei liked to eat.

"Don't worry, if you're careful this time, everything should be fine."

"Then I'll go back and eat."

Izumi took the candy handed to him and quickly put it into his ninja tool bag, then he found that the Hokage and others had stopped in front of the stone wall.

"Teacher, have we reached our destination?" Chihiro stood beside Tsunade, looking at the stone wall in front of him curiously. He only knew that the Anbu was inside the mountain, but he had no idea where the entrance was.

Compared with the previous environment, this place gave him a sense of incongruity, and there was chakra flowing in this stone wall.

Tsunade looked up at the house in front of her, her tone somewhat nostalgic, "Yeah, we're already here. I didn't expect the position of the ANBU to remain the same over the years."

"Hehe." Sarutobi Hiruzen smiled: "As the base of the Anbu, it is not so easy to change the location."

Kakashi walked forward silently and quickly formed seals with his hands. The stumbling stone wall in front of Seto Chihiro also began to change.

The stone wall gradually disappeared, and instead a black hole appeared, with a machine placed at the top of the hole.

Looking at the machine, Chihiro's expression became a little strange. In his own impression, if he remembered correctly, this... seemed to be a camera.

As the red light flashed away, Qianxun was now 100% sure that this was a camera. Although he had seen electric lights, refrigerators, and street lights, this was the first time he had seen a camera.

This is outrageous...

"What's wrong..." Tsunade looked up and said, "This is a surveillance camera. It's used to check if there are any suspects outside."

"Oh~ So that's how it is. I've never seen it before." Seto Chihiro pretended to be suddenly enlightened.

Following Kakashi into the base, a long tunnel appeared before our eyes, and a damp and dark atmosphere filled our faces.

This place...

Staying here for a long time is not good for your health...

"What's wrong? Chihiro." Kakashi was afraid that the child would not be able to adapt to the dark environment, but he didn't have to worry since Uchiha Izumi had the Sharingan. He turned around and found Seto Chihiro frowning.

The few people walking in front couldn't help but look back to see what was happening.

Chihiro touched the wall with her hand and her hand was covered with water stains. She wiped it on her clothes and said, "It's a little damp here."

Kakashi nodded: "This is normal. Although the walls here are coated with special materials to make them waterproof, it is inside the mountain after all. It is normal for them to appear after the rain."

"But staying in this dark, humid environment for a long time is bad for your health. It's easy to catch a cold and arthritis."

"???" x N