Ninja school teacher, I can become stronger by teaching...

Judging from the panel, the one who is most promising to inherit Sarutobi Hiruzen's abilities should be Orochimaru, who has many mastery-level changes in nature.

As for why Orochimaru did not choose to inherit the mantle of Sarutobi Hiruzen, Mu Yue thinks there are two possibilities.

The first is that Orochimaru feels that he is not as good as Sarutobi Hiruzen in terms of ninjutsu talent. If he follows the path of Sarutobi Hiruzen, he will eventually become a junior, so Orochimaru chooses to go his own way.

This conjecture stems from the proficiency of Orochimaru's skills. Although the nature of the proficiency level has changed a lot, the proficiency is not particularly outstanding.

The second is that Orochimaru's desire for immortality exceeds his desire for strength. Is Sarutobi Hiruzen's path strong? Of course it is. It is difficult to have an opponent without encountering cheating ninjas, but there is obviously no way to achieve immortality by combining ninjutsu. , so Orochimaru gave up combining ninjutsu to study forbidden techniques.

This is Mu Yue's guess based on the level of the original Orochimaru.

"There is still a lot of room for improvement." Mu Yue thought as she recalled the panel that Orochimaru identified at the previous Jonin meeting.

Perhaps because of the war, they frequently fought against strong men of the same level. Although they did not make as much progress as young people like Namikaze Minato, strong men like Orochimaru and Jiraiya were also making progress.

Mu Yue's eyes turned slightly. Sitting on Orochimaru's right was Nara Shikaku with a pineapple head, one of the contemporary Ino Shikaku.

[Name: Nara Shikaku]

[Chakra: 23000]

[Skills: Yin attribute chakra property change (2600/15000), shadow imitation (mastery level)...]

On the left is Hyuga Hizashi, the younger brother of the contemporary Hyuga family head.

[Name: Hinata Hizashi]

[Chakra: 28000]

[Skill: Soft Fist (Mastery: 2640/15000)...]

"Muyue-kun, please sit down." Orochimaru spoke first, and his magnetic voice sounded in the tent.

"Everyone should know Muyue-kun, you don't need any special introduction from me." Orochimaru asked, looking around.

The Jonin in the camp nodded and greeted Mu Yue.

"Of course we know him. Jounin Muzuki is so young and promising. He is an excellent jounin in Konoha."

"I once had the honor of hearing about the achievements of Mu Yue Jonin in the Grass Country War..."

Although Mu Yue's feat of defeating Ye Cang was not widely publicized, Mu Yue still had a certain degree of fame in Konoha. After all, he taught more and more people and also made some contributions on the battlefield.

Since they were in a meeting, the Jonin didn't say much and soon became quiet.

Then Orochimaru looked at Nara Shikaku.

Nara Shikaku nodded and stood up.

"I will explain the current situation on the battlefield below. If you have any questions, you can ask them directly." Nara Shikaku said seriously.

In fact, half of the Jonin in the conference room were recently transferred, including Commander Orochimaru.

A ninja of Orochimaru's level is naturally qualified to receive all kinds of detailed information provided by Konoha, but some ordinary jounin do not have this treatment. Of course, this is also due to a certain degree of confidentiality.

Nara Shikaku's job today is to let them understand the battlefield situation and the tasks they need to complete.

Nara Shikaku first circled Kirigakure's login point and main scope of activities on the big map, and explained the approximate number of Kirigakure's troops in the Land of Fire and their combat methods.

"The Kirigakure ninja troops are usually equipped with at least one Kirigakure ninja who masters the art of Kirigakure. Try to avoid head-on confrontations when the number is not dominant and there are no sensing ninjas." Nara Shikaku reminded.

He did not explain the effect of the Kirigakure Jutsu. The Kirigakure Jutsu is the most famous ninjutsu in Kirigakure Village. All of you here are Konoha jounin, so they don't even know this common sense.

A Konoha jounin frowned slightly. The Kirigakure technique was really difficult to deal with, and it directly turned the normal battlefield into darkness and light.

Hyuga Hizashi's expression remained unchanged. This is why Sarutobi Hiruzen sent a large number of Hyuga ninjas to the battlefield of Kirigakure Village. The Byakugan of their Hyuga clan is the best perception ninjutsu.

Finally, Nara Shikaku talked about the Kirigakure strong men worth noting on the battlefield.

"Gotachibana Yagura is extremely good at water escape. He looks young but is actually an experienced old ninja. He is the strongest Kirigakure ninja that has ever appeared on the battlefield."

"Mizuki Han, an ice escape ninja from the Snow Clan in Kirigakure Village, is good at blood succession limited ice escape and is very powerful."

"Ki Leng Zangetsu is a ninja from the Ki Leng clan in Kirigakure Village. He is good at water escape and can use the water transformation technique that is immune to physical attacks. He is very powerful."

"All members of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen need to pay attention. Every ninja in the Seven Ninja Swordsmen is an elite jounin. Their strength cannot be underestimated. The combined force of the seven is extremely dangerous. Please be careful when meeting on the battlefield." Nara Shikaku said with a serious face.

In terms of personal strength, no one among the Seven Ninja Swordsmen could compare to the three he singled out, but the Seven Ninja Swordsmen often acted as a team to assassinate, but Karatachi Yagura and the others would not do that.

The Jonin in the camp took down all the information Nara Shikaku said.

Kirigakure is the most low-key great ninja village. Because it rarely participates in wars on the mainland, other ninja villages know less about their intelligence.

Just like the Seven Ninja Swordsmen, many Konoha jounin have only heard of this name, but they don't know what their specific abilities are.

Mu Yue showed a thoughtful expression.

After all, there is a gap between reality and comics. Even in Konoha, he got to know some outstanding Jonin who were not in the plot. It is reasonable for Kirigakure, which has very few plots, to have two strong men he didn't know.

After finishing speaking, Nara Shikaku sat down and nodded to Mu Yue.

Due to his position, Nara Shikaku received Muzuki's specific strength information specially provided by Sarutobi Hiruzen.

After all, he is a military advisor. If he doesn't even know the strength of his own personnel, he won't be able to make the most appropriate battle plan.

After reading the information given by Sarutobi Hiruzen, Nara Shikaku was a little surprised.

Nara Shikaku is no stranger to Mugetsu because he and Jiraiya fought against the tailed beasts on the battlefield of Mugetsu Country.

But the information given by Sarutobi Hiruzen still made Nara Shikaku shocked by Mu Yue's strength.

Helping Jiraiya defeat the Jinchūriki as a support is completely different from Mu Yue defeating the hero of Sunagakure, Hayakura alone.

Nara Shikaku was not present in the war in the Land of Grass. According to the Konoha newspaper article, Jiraiya was the main force, while Minato Namikaze was the strongest supporter, and then Muzuki.

And according to the length of the article, Mu Yue, the second assistant, is quite different from Namikaze Minato.

What is the nature of Mu Yue's defeat of Yakura alone? Yakura's reputation in Sunagakure Village is stronger than Namikaze Minato's reputation in Konoha. The difference in meaning between the two achievements is too big.

Nara Shikaku believes that if Hiruzen Sarutobi hadn't been concerned about the thoughts of Sunagakure Village, Mu Yue would have become famous in the ninja world by following Hagura's reputation.

There is no need for Mu Yue to say it herself, Konoha will take the initiative to help Mu Yue promote it. After all, this is a ninja from his own ninja village, and publicity can attract commissions.

But now the situation is a bit embarrassing. Sunagakure is the only great ninja village that has not gone to war with Konoha. If Sunagakure is unhappy about this and declares war with Konoha, then Konoha will really pick up sesame seeds and lose watermelons.

Therefore, Konoha not only cannot help Mu Yue promote it now, but also has to be careful that this information is known to too many people to prevent it from spreading widely.

In Nara Shikaku's heart, Mu Yue is the second strongest person on the battlefield, with a strategic position second only to commander Orochimaru.

However, it is difficult for Nara Shikaku to judge whether Muzuki can beat Minazuki Han or Demon Cangetsu. Ninjas cannot judge the winner or lose before there is a specific fight.

As for Gouju Yagura, Orochimaru will take on this role.

Mu Yue smiled and responded, Nara Shikaku is a smart person, and it is easier to deal with smart people.

"Mu Yue-kun, please stay." After the meeting, Orochimaru called Mu Yue alone.

Nara Shikaku has information about Mu Yue's strength, while Orochimaru has more detailed information about Mu Yue. He even knows that Mu Yue was a root ninja before.

The source of this information was none other than Orochimaru's partner, Root Leader Shimura Danzo.

According to the information conveyed by Danzo Shimura, Mu Yue was a good assistant that he had obtained for Orochimaru, and he could definitely help Orochimaru achieve military success.

"Lord Orochimaru, are there any tasks that need to be assigned to me?" Mu Yue turned around and asked calmly.

Before setting off, Mu Yue had received instructions from Danzo Shimura.

Shimura Danzo said that Orochimaru is also a member of the root family, and Mu Yue and Orochimaru should communicate more and get along more and help each other.

In addition, Shimura Danzo's task for Mu Yue was to help Orochimaru obtain military exploits, and he emphasized that this was Mu Yue's most important and highest priority task on the battlefield.

Of course Mu Yue would not take Shimura Danzo's words seriously. He was strong enough to ignore Shimura Danzo, and he was still willing to pretend that he just wanted to worry less.

But with Mu Yue's strength, he came to the battlefield and took a few casual shots to help Orochimaru, and he did not need to pay special attention. Therefore, Shimura Danzo's mission was actually no mission.

PS: It’s another day to celebrate the New Year everywhere. Today’s meal can be described as a battle. It feels like there are thirty people. It’s really hard to do without the ability to cook.

Chapter 423 The malice hidden in the dark

"I just have some doubts and I want to ask Muyue-kun for advice." Orochimaru stood up and said with a slight smile at the corner of his mouth.

Of course Orochimaru would not directly tell Mu Yue about the fundamental matters in public, and Orochimaru did have some questions to ask Mu Yue.

Mu Yue nodded and followed Orochimaru, and they walked to a remote and deserted place next to the camp.

"Duanzo should have explained to you what you need to do here." Orochimaru stopped after walking to a big tree and turned to look at Muyue.

The relationship between Orochimaru and Danzo Shimura is somewhat complicated.

Nominally, Orochimaru can even be regarded as a subordinate of Shimura Danzo, because he has a position at the root.

But in fact, Orochimaru and Danzo Shimura have an equal relationship, and both parties can be said to be collaborators.

They have many collaborations, including human experiments on Hashirama cells and research on forbidden arts.

But their most important cooperation at the moment is the position of the Fourth Hokage.

Although Shimura Danzo really wants to become the Fourth Hokage, Shimura Danzo is not stupid. With the current situation, it is almost impossible for him to become the Fourth Hokage.

Shimura Danzo mastered the Wooden Ninja, but his Wooden Ninja was too young and had not yet grown up, and he had not obtained the Samsara Eye and Ninja Sect inheritance.

For Shimura Danzo, becoming Hokage is the best development, but if this road fails, then there is only one choice left for Shimura Danzo, and that is his partner Orochimaru.

The other two popular candidates for Hokage both have a moderate relationship with Shimura Danzo. If they are allowed to become Hokage, it may affect Shimura Danzo's existing power in Konoha.

But Orochimaru is different. Orochimaru and Danzo Shimura have a deep cooperative relationship. If what they do is exposed, it will be enough to ruin both of them in Konoha.

In other words, they are grasshoppers on the same rope. No one dares to betray the other easily because they both have too much evidence about each other.

Therefore, Danzo Shimura can safely support Orochimaru in becoming the Fourth Hokage.

When Orochimaru comes to power, Danzo Shimura will definitely gain more power than he does now through his relationship with them.

After all, if Orochimaru dares to say that I am the Hokage, then Shimura Danzo really has the ability to make Orochimaru regret it.

"I will do my best to assist Lord Orochimaru in gaining military exploits." Mu Yue replied calmly.

"With the help of an outstanding ninja like Mu Yue-kun, the harvest this time should be considerable." Orochimaru praised without hesitation.

"But it's really surprising. I didn't expect that there is a genius like Mu Yue-kun among the roots." Orochimaru glanced at Mu Yue with curious eyes.

It's not that Orochimaru looks down on the roots, it's just the fact that there are only talents among the roots, not geniuses.

Because Hiruzen Sarutobi would not let real geniuses go to the roots, Orochimaru could see that Hiruzen Sarutobi had been consciously controlling the overall power of the roots.

"Lord Orochimaru is ridiculous. In terms of genius, you, one of the three ninjas, are the real genius." Muyue said to each other commercially.

Mu Yue has always been very self-aware. Except for the sealing technique, which he practiced mostly by himself, his other abilities were basically obtained through cheating.

He was able to develop the secret fire style of Fire Dragon Flurry not because Mu Yue's fire style talent was good enough, but because Mu Yue got the perfect level fire attribute chakra property changes and a large number of proficiency level fire style from the system. Mu Yue had the training memory of fire style in his mind. It can be said to be countless.

The same applies to breathing methods. Mu Yue was able to develop new breathing methods because he was already extremely proficient in breathing methods. As long as he was willing to work hard and spend time, it was not difficult to develop similar breathing methods.

"I don't think so. At least you have surpassed me in the development of the blood successor limit. After all, I have not successfully cultivated the blood successor limit." Orochimaru shook his head slightly and said.

Orochimaru was willing to spend so much time studying various ninjutsu and forbidden techniques. Of course, he had studied the blood succession limit, especially on wood escape. Orochimaru spent a lot of time.

However, instead of saying that Orochimaru is studying wood escape, it is better to say that Orochimaru is studying the vitality of Hashirama cells.

Compared to the power of Wood Release, Orochimaru hopes to obtain the huge vitality in Hashirama cells, because ninjas are too fragile.

"Muyue-kun, I wonder if I can see your ice escape?" Orochimaru thought for a while and said.

Orochimaru is not very interested in ice escape, but he is very interested in Mu Yue who has practiced ice escape.

Mu Yue nodded and agreed, condensing chakra in her palms and then converting it into ice attribute chakra and releasing all of it.

"Freezing light!"

A blue-white light shot out, instantly freezing a small area next to Orochimaru.

popping.

Orochimaru patted his palms twice, "I'm looking forward to your performance on the battlefield, Muyue-kun."

Orochimaru remembered that Mu Yue's information was that he was good at the five major attribute ninjutsu, and could combine various ninjutsu to increase the power. Even the Ice Release, which he had just learned not long ago, was at such a level. Orochimaru wanted to know what ninjutsu Mu Yue was good at. What kind of power will the technique have?

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In order to help the disciples get used to the days without a teacher leading the team, Mu Yue quickly assigned them a B-level war mission to investigate a village suspected of being haunted by the three-member Mist Hidden Team.

Since the main body was free, Mu Yue did not send the shadow clone to follow and directly followed the main body, leaving the shadow clone to stay in the camp.

Of course, in order to prevent accidents from happening, Mu Yue left a flying thunder god kunai in the shadow clone. Even if an emergency occurred, he would be able to learn about it in time and rush back quickly.

"There are 6 villages in total. Do you want to split up? Work in pairs. It will be faster." Obito made a suggestion after listening to Kakashi's explanation of the mission.