Konoha: I have a gravity training room

Kakashi patted the eagle's back and said with emotion, "It's convenient to have a flying summoning beast. It's fast and effortless to go back and forth."

Kai said proudly, "Look how foresighted my students are! This time, it's all thanks to Tiantian. Our team was able to arrive in time to rescue us by riding on the Giant Eagle, and without any travel expenses."

Upon hearing this, Sasuke also touched the eagle's back.

Although he wanted to contract a powerful summoning beast, like Orochimaru's big snake, but if it was a giant eagle, it would also be convenient for him to travel, right?

Go back and ask Xia Mu, I think Xia Mu won’t refuse.

Of course, he didn't intend to take advantage of Xia Mu all the time. He had to think carefully about how to give back.

Tenten smiled and said, "If Kakashi-sensei wants to make a contract with the Giant Eagle, that's fine too. I have the scroll and I can sign it right now."

Kakashi waved his hands: "No, no, Parker and the others will be jealous."

Will the psychic beast be jealous?

Tiantian was stunned. Thinking of Parker's cleverness, he felt that he might really be jealous.

So I didn't bring up the subject anymore.

In less than a day, the two teams successfully arrived at the village and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

I felt bored when I was guarding the border for the past month, but I was scared when I actually encountered the enemy. Now I just want to have a good rest, but I have to report first.

After completing the registration to return to the village, the six of them went directly to the Hokage's office.

Tsunade and Shizune finally breathed a sigh of relief when they saw everyone returned safely. Even the piglet in Shizune's arms greeted them with a "Puye".

But after listening to Kakashi's report, Tsunade and Shizune looked at Tenten with strange eyes, which made Tenten feel a little embarrassed.

This little girl always feels a little weird.

Using Flying Thunder God to chat with my boyfriend over long distance is fine, but the Qian Dun is a bit unbearable.

If directly throwing detonating talismans can be considered a kind of escape technique, then Tian Tian is indeed extremely good. His family is rich and he carries more than 100,000 detonating talismans with him. The key is that he also uses Flying Thunder God to transmit 537 detonating talismans to the enemy and detonate them, which instantly makes him look very impressive.

But, it sounds like something is wrong.

It's clearly a ninja battle, why does it become a waste of money when it comes to the little girl?

Tsunade and Shizune seriously suspected that Tenten was corrupted by Natsuki, but Tenten was very strong because of his explosive talismans, so they couldn't say that he was corrupted, which felt very strange.

The others also understood Tsunade and Shizune's conflicted looks because they felt the same way.

"Ahem, well, thank you for your hard work."

Tsunade found her voice again. "This border support mission was originally a B-rank, but since you encountered Orochimaru's forces and successfully eliminated them, it was a great blow to Orochimaru's arrogance and crushed his plot to snatch Sasuke. It's a great achievement. I will give you an A-rank."

"Thank you, Tsunade-sama!"

Everyone was very happy, after all, A-level tasks were not easy.

Generally, only special jonin or even elite jonin are qualified to take on such missions. It can be said to be very dangerous, but the rewards are extremely generous.

The rewards mentioned here are not just money, but also merits. In the future, you can use your merits to exchange for some useful items from the Hokage, including ninjutsu, genjutsu, taijutsu, sealing techniques, and even chakra batteries. Anyway, they are very useful.

Chapter 168 Princess Hug (I will continue to update!)

Kakashi then asked, "Tsunade-sama, now that the diplomatic affairs with the Sand Village have been completed and the village has completely returned to peace, should we deal with Orochimaru?"

When everyone heard it, they immediately became interested.

After all, ever since Tsunade sent Natsuki to investigate the Land of Rice, she seemed to be determined to settle the score with Orochimaru.

Now that the problems in the village have been solved and a lot of information has been sent back from Natsuki, we should indeed deal with Orochimaru. However, we don't know how the fight will be and whether they, the Chunin, can also participate.

"Well, this still needs to be discussed by the top management."

Tsunade looked troubled. "In reality, the village's combat power is insufficient. Many jonin are busy on important missions and cannot spare any manpower for the time being. The village's current defense is also very weak, leaking air everywhere like a sieve, so we must also consider retaining enough forces to defend the village. In addition, a rash attack on the Land of Rice may cause problems with the country's diplomacy. For all these reasons, we may not be able to act for the time being."

How could this be?

Then wouldn’t Xia Mu’s investigation into Tianzhiguo be in vain?

Thankfully, Tsunade was more optimistic. "Well, don't make those expressions. I just said we can't act for the time being, right? I reckon it'll be almost done after the Chunin Exams next year. By then, your companions will have been promoted to Chunin, and a new batch of students will have graduated from the Ninja School. The village will surely be even stronger by then, and it won't be too late to consider dealing with Orochimaru then."

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they heard this.

If you think about it carefully, the village has just been destroyed not long ago, so we should focus on protecting the village.

It will only take a year, and by then the village will definitely be completely stable and its strength will be enhanced. It will definitely be easier to eliminate Orochimaru then.

Natsuki's investigation of the Land of Rice was not in vain. Even if Orochimaru wanted to move, he couldn't do so quickly.

Tenten said hurriedly, "Tsunade-sama, if that's the case, shouldn't we call Natsuki back? I always feel uneasy with him being alone in the Land of Rice..."

"Well, it's time to call him back."

Tsunade smiled and said, "Your boyfriend has done a great deed this time. He practically turned the Land of Rice Fields upside down. Not only did he find many of Orochimaru's experimental bases, he also found Orochimaru's headquarters. In addition, he informed you of the Otona Four and Kimimaro's attack in time, so you were able to be safe and sound."

Everyone nodded in agreement. Xia Mu really helped a lot this time.

Not only did they inform them of the enemy's attack, but they also investigated a lot of the enemy's intelligence, which made them less passive.

"Then I'll go arrange the notification. Xia Mu's eagle is still in the Intelligence Department." Jingyin was about to leave while holding Tuntun.

"Senior Jingyin, there's no need to go through so much trouble."

Tiantian hurriedly stopped the man and said, "I'll use the Flying Thunder God Technique to notify him. He should be back soon."

As he spoke, he took out a piece of paper and wrote down the message, then concentrated his mind to lock the location of the Flying Thunder God technique, and urged his chakra to send the note out.

Everyone couldn't help but envy this, as it was so convenient to send messages.

Tsunade couldn't help but think about it. She felt that if Xia Mu went on a mission in the future, she could ask him to come to the office every day, so that she could send instant messages at any time. It would be so convenient!

Sasuke couldn't help but pursed his lips. He was actually a little greedy for Flying Thunder God, but he was not thick-skinned enough to ask Xia Mu for it.

Moreover, he actually owed Xia Mu a lot and hadn't repaid the favor yet, so how could he have the nerve to owe him more?

If it were Xia Mu, Xia Mu would definitely laugh and think, it’s just a favor he owes. He would definitely owe it shamelessly first, make himself stronger, and then repay the favor later.

You need to be thick-skinned to become stronger!

At the same time, Xia Mu was lying on a big tree, bored and thinking about random things.

Now that the investigation of the Land of Rice has been completed and Orochimaru's base has been locked down, it depends on how Tsunade will fight.

But, it’s not a problem for him to always guard Tianzhiguo!

At this moment, a note suddenly appeared. Xia Mu hurriedly grabbed the note. After seeing Tiantian's message, his face suddenly lit up with joy. He immediately locked onto the technique on Tiantian's body and activated the Flying Thunder God Technique.

Swish! The person disappeared on the spot.

But he forgot that he was lying down.

So when he appeared in front of Tiantian, he was lying sideways.

Tiantian immediately recognized Xia Mu, and then subconsciously reached out and gave Xia Mu a princess hug. For a moment, the whole office fell silent, and everyone was watching this strange scene.

Tuntun tilted his head in confusion: Huh?

Xia Mu looked up and met Tiantian's gaze. He was stunned for a moment, then subconsciously tilted his head and leaned on Tiantian's shoulder.

Everyone couldn't help laughing. Xia Mu's gestures were really funny.

Tiantian blushed and laughed as well, "Xia Mu, what are you doing? Come down quickly, everyone is watching us."

Xia Mu felt a little embarrassed for a moment and quickly got down from Tiantian's arms. Seeing everyone laughing, he immediately said unhappily, "¨. What are you all laughing at? You're all single and have no partners, and you still have the nerve to laugh at me!"

Snap! Everyone felt their hearts break.

With just one sentence, this guy directly hurt all living things, including Tutun.

Upon closer inspection, it was true. Except for Natsuki and Tenten, everyone else in the office was single. Even Tsunade, who was already a grandmother, and Kakashi, Gai, and Shizune, who were all in their thirties, were single.

"You arrogant little brat!"

Tsunade laughed angrily, "Do you want me to loosen up your muscles?"

Tenten quickly pressed Xia Mu's head down and said with a smile: "I'm sorry, Lady Tsunade, and everyone else, Xia Mu is really talking nonsense, hehe."

Xia Mu could only apologize: "Well, I have been alone in Tianzhiguo for a month without saying anything, so I said something a little bit out of turn. I am very sorry."

Of course, his apology was not sincere, (Li Haozhao) after all, he was telling the truth.

He was giving his girlfriend face and didn't want to embarrass her.

Fortunately, no one really cares about it. For example, Neji, Sasuke, and Shino don't care and just treat it as a joke.

Tsunade didn't bother to talk about it anymore and got down to business. "Thank you for your hard work on this investigation mission. And this time, it was thanks to your timely report that everyone returned safely. So I've upgraded your original A-rank mission to an S-rank mission."

Xia Mu quickly thanked him: "Thank you, Tsunade-sama!"

"Well, have a good rest when you get back. You are very capable, but I still have many important tasks waiting for you to do."

"Yes. Thank you, Tsunade-sama, for your respect!"

Assigning many important tasks to you is a manifestation of respect.

Moreover, the more high-level tasks you complete, the richer the rewards will be, and the higher your status in Konoha Village will be in the future.

This is a good thing, Xia Mu will naturally not refuse.

Chapter 169 Request (Updated to the point of vomiting blood)

However, Xia Mu has always been shameless and greedy.

He also said directly: "Tsunade-sama, I would like to ask you two things."

Tsunade was immediately curious, "What is it?"

"First, I need knowledge. I want to enrich myself with knowledge of ninjutsu, sealing techniques, barrier techniques, and so on. So, I wonder if Lady Tsunade could let me see the Senju clan's collection of books?"

When everyone heard this, they all looked at Xia Mu in surprise.

Sasuke and Neji subconsciously clenched their fists, and suddenly the same thought as Natsuki came to their minds.

Sasuke remembered Natsuki's advice to him: practice, learn, draw lessons, and use imagination.

Now, Natsuki's purpose in asking Tsunade for help is to learn more, including various kinds of knowledge, in order to lay a more solid foundation for his future path to becoming stronger.

Perhaps one of the places with the richest knowledge is the book collection of the oldest Senju clan.

The Uchiha might have had a collection of books, but Sasuke couldn't find them now, so someone might have taken them away.

But if it was a collection of books from the Senju clan, Sasuke would also be eager to read it. After all, the Senju clan was once a longtime rival of the Uchiha clan, and perhaps there were many records of Uchiha fighting methods in the Senju clan's collection. If he could find relevant records, perhaps he could learn a thing or two and become stronger.

This is what Xia Mu suggested in suggestion 537: learning and reference!

Damn it, he really wanted to ask Tsunade for help!

As for Neji, he felt that the Senju clan was as ancient as the Hyuga clan, and perhaps the Senju clan's collection of books contained some ancient records about the Hyuga clan.

If you can find it, it may be of great help to you.

Damn it! He also wanted to ask Tsunade for help!

Then, the two of them actually stood up and said, "Tsunade-sama, we also want to see the Senju clan's collection of books! Is that possible?"

This did not bother Tsunade. She did not expect that someone would covet Senju's collection of books. However, she was not angry. Instead, she was very happy that someone still remembered the power of the Senju clan.

These three little guys want to read the collection of books because they naturally want to become stronger, and they must also recognize the strength of the Thousand Hands clan in their hearts.

Otherwise, why would he set his eyes on Qianshou's collection of books?

Although Hashirama Senju advocated for the family to be completely integrated into the village, and even now no one has the surname Senju anymore, Tsunade still has feelings for the Senju clan. Perhaps in Tsunade's heart, the village is not only the treasure left by her two grandfathers, but is actually equivalent to the Senju clan, because the Senju bloodline has been integrated into the village.

Protecting the village means protecting the family!

As for the family's collection of books, Tsunade had no intention of letting them gather dust.

Since the little ones want to read, she naturally won't be stingy, but there are conditions. Otherwise, anyone can read it, wouldn't it seem that the Senju clan's collection of books is very cheap?

"Ahem! If you want to look at Qianshou's collection of books, it's not impossible."

Tsunade chuckled and said, "My conditions for the three of you are the same. As long as you complete three S-rank missions, I will let you visit the library for three days. If you want to read again after that, you will have to complete three more S-rank missions. Oh, and by the way, Xia Mu's mission this time does not count, so we have to start over."

Tsunade thought she was really smart.

They are just some dusty books, but they can be used as a condition to let the little ones complete tasks. That's very nice.

With Natsuki's strength, S-rank missions would surely be easy to complete, and that would also solve some of the problems she was struggling with. Furthermore, Sasuke and Neji had considerable potential, and once they became jonin, they would surely be able to handle S-rank missions with ease.