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

"The Yondaime."

The two nodded in response, neither indifferent nor caring.

After all the senior executives arrived, Luo Sha began the meeting.

"The rapidly expanding Ninja Clan has affected our common interests with Iwagakure, but Iwagakure has shown an anomaly in how to cooperate."

Luo Sha quickly explained the strange conditions given by Yanyin to the senior leaders.

"There is indeed a problem. Since Iwagakure is so reluctant to directly participate in the war, is it possible that they have information that we don't have?"

"Perhaps they want to preserve their strength for other plans. However, on the surface, it seems that we are not losing out by cooperating with Iwagakure. With this money, we can alleviate a lot of pressure on military expenditures."

The senior executives started discussing it, and there were significant differences of opinion.

Some people think that it is worth trying to earn this money. In any case, the Sand Village will not sit idly by and watch the Ninja Clan continue to develop.

Some people felt that the money was too hot to handle and that it contained Iwagakure's conspiracy, so they could not cooperate.

Chiyo sat on the chair, looking at the senior executives with an indifferent expression, and had no intention of speaking.

If Sunagakure wasn't in such a bad state and it wasn't the right time for full retirement, Chiyo would have resigned from her advisory position long ago.

Her son and daughter-in-law died on the battlefield, her grandson left her on his own initiative, and she fought for the village for most of her life. In the end, only her younger brother was left by her side.

She has already given enough for this village. She doesn't owe Sunagakure anything. It is Sunagakure that owes her.

"I will mobilize the secret lines of the Rain Country and the Earth Country to investigate. The behavior of Iwagakure is a bit abnormal." Ebizo said.

Ebizo, who works in espionage, is particularly sensitive to this anomaly.

"This is a serious matter, and we cannot make a decision lightly. We need a thorough investigation. I'll trouble you, Advisor Ebizo."

The senior executives who had originally expressed their agreement with Ebizo's ideas.

Those who can sit in the upper echelons are not stupid. They can all see that something is wrong with Iwagakure, but they just don’t know what Iwagakure is hiding.

Thus, the high-level meeting ended here, and the discussion would continue after Ebizo's information arrived.

However, what Ebizo didn't expect was that instead of investigating the abnormality of Iwagakure, he found out some unexpected information.

After reading the information, Ebizo went to find Chiyo immediately.

"I think I found the scorpion." said Ebizo.

A trace of emotion appeared on Chiyo's calm face, but she shook her head with a look of loneliness and said, "What's the point of finding it?"

If Scorpion left because of persecution or harm, Chiyo would try her best to find Scorpion, but Scorpion left the Sand Village on his own initiative and left her side on his own initiative.

With Chiyo's influence in the Sand Village, if she really wanted to find Scorpion, she would be able to find some information unless Scorpion did nothing but hide.

But over the years, except for the very beginning, Chiyo never took the initiative to look for Scorpion.

Because she knew that even if she found Scorpion, it would be useless. As long as Scorpion didn't want to be with her, she couldn't stop him.

"Where is he? How is he doing? Is he settling down here or just staying here temporarily?" Chiyo couldn't help but ask.

After all, Scorpion is her grandson. Even if she doesn't know the news, she will always subconsciously worry about Scorpion's life after receiving the news.

"It's Rokudo Castle in the Land of Rain. I don't know whether they've settled there or how things are going. I just made the judgment that Scorpion might be there based on the intelligence." Ebizo replied.

The puppet technology mentioned in the intelligence is definitely not something that can be developed by those second-rate puppeteers outside of Sunagakure.

Considering the direction that Scorpion had previously developed in puppetry, even if Scorpion himself was not in the Land of Rain, Ebizo could be sure that the source of the Ninja Clan's puppet prostheses was Scorpion.

"Six Paths Castle? Isn't that where the Ninja Clan is located?"

Chiyo was no stranger to the emerging force of the Shinobi Clan. Even though she had not been so concerned about the affairs of the Shinobi Village since Scorpion left, the Rain Country bordered the Wind Country, and all kinds of news always came in, so it was hard for Chiyo not to know.

"Well, Scorpion may have joined the Ninja Clan, or he may have reached some kind of cooperation with the Ninja Clan."

Ebizo nodded and told him about the puppet prosthesis.

"It's impossible for Scorpion to join the ninja forces." Chiyo subconsciously wanted to deny Ebizō's guess, although Ebizō only said it was possible.

Scorpion didn't even want to stay in the Sand Village where he grew up, so why would he join a ninja force that was inferior to the Sand Village? Whether it was from the perspective of the technical conditions for researching puppets or the perspective of family ties, Scorpion would never join the Ninja Clan.

Ebizo didn't say anything, just sighed.

Chiyo was silent, and the light in her eyes dimmed a little.

In terms of her life history, Scorpio was gone for only four or five years, which is not long.

But for Scorpio, a teenager, this is already a quarter of his current life.

In this case, it is not impossible that Scorpio has experienced things she doesn't know about and has undergone changes she doesn't know about.

"Why, it has to be the Ninja Clan..." Chiyo murmured.

There is no doubt that the Ninja Clan, which has great ambitions and potential, will be the next enemy of the Sand Village.

If they had not been afraid of Sosuke's ability to defeat Sarutobi Hiruzen, the Sunagakure ninja troops would have entered the Land of Rain long ago.

If Sasori really joins the Ninja Clan, he will become the enemy of Sunagakure and stand on the opposite side of Sunagakure. They may even meet on the battlefield.

Just imagining it made Chiyo feel faint, because that was her own grandson.

"It's just a possibility." Ebizo said comfortingly.

"I will have my spies obtain accurate information about Scorpion at all costs."

Ebizo should have put more energy into the Land of Earth and Iwagakure, but he really couldn't let go of Chiyo.

If we don’t let the spies investigate quickly, what if Ichiyo goes to the Ninja Clan in person?

It is easy to enter Six Paths Castle, but if you want to get out, it depends on how the Ninja Clan looks at Sosuke. Ebizo cannot let his own sister take such a risk.

In fact, Ebizo didn't want to tell Chiyo this information. This was really bad news for Chiyo.

The main reason is that the Ninja Clan's prosthetic limbs are no longer a secret. Chiyo may learn about the prosthetic limbs from other places at any time and then infer the news about Scorpion, so Ebizo chose to tell Chiyo.

"Yeah." Chiyo nodded.

Chiyo had been thinking about going fishing today as the weather was nice, but after hearing this news, she instantly lost all desire to fish and her mind was filled with thoughts about scorpions.

She hoped desperately that this was a misunderstanding, that Ebizo's information was wrong, and that Sasori was neither in the Rain Country nor in the Ninja Clan.

PS:

This is 3k, and the two chapters together are exactly 8k, which is considered a successful completion of the third day of updates.

Asking for a monthly ticket!

Chapter 696: Breathing Immortal Technique

After refreshing his enlightenment skills, Mu Yue went to Myoboku Mountain to learn immortal arts.

Fukasaku was both happy and sad about Mu Yue's arrival.

The joy is that there is another delicious meal to eat, but the pain is that Mu Yue has a unique way of learning immortal arts and loves to listen to various principles and theories.

It’s okay to talk for a while, but talking for a whole day is really tiring, mentally tiring, which is more exhausting than physical tiredness.

The key is that Mu Yue learns quickly. She understands some content immediately, but the content prepared by Shen Zuoxianren can't last a day.

"Thank you very much." Mu Yue thanked the Immortal Shen Zuo when leaving.

The more tired the immortal Shenzuo is, the higher Mu Yue’s improvement will be.

His proficiency in Sage Mode has increased by 500 points in the past two days. At this rate, he should be able to upgrade Sage Mode to the Mastery level in about two months.

"It's okay, come again when you have time." Fukasaku Immortal said goodbye with a smile.

Although teaching is tiring, seeing Mu Yue's understanding of the Sage Mode gradually deepen, Shen Zuo Sage also feels a great sense of accomplishment.

"What an amazing learning ability. If he continues like this, I'm afraid that in a few years his understanding of immortal arts will catch up with mine." Immortal Fukasaku sighed in his heart.

It had to admit that humans had much stronger learning abilities than toads like them. It had practiced immortal arts for hundreds of years, but Mu Yue could probably learn them all in just a few years.

Mu Yue returned to Konoha through the reverse summoning technique, and went back to his study to write down and organize what he had gained today.

Although he has a good memory now, Mu Yue still has the habit of writing paper materials, as he thinks it is more convenient for development.

After finishing writing about the harvest, Mu Yue turned to a new page and wrote the words "Breathing Immortal Art" in large letters on the blank page.

As Mu Yue's understanding of the Sage Mode deepened, he felt that the Myoboku Mountain Sage Mode he currently mastered was not suitable for teaching to his disciples.

First of all, there is the old issue of duration. Even if his disciples are recognized by Myoboku Mountain, only Fukasaku and Shima can perform the Ryōshūjutsu.

If all the disciples want to use Sage Mode during a melee, at most only two people will be able to use the power bank.

It is rather troublesome to refill Naruto's cup with his shadow clone, and accidents are more likely to happen.

Another very important thing is that the threshold for learning Sage Mode is very high. Apart from Nagato, who is at the outer level, Obito, who has the largest amount of chakra, is also quite far from the minimum requirements of Sage Mode.

Even Obito is like this, not to mention others. Even if Kakashi practices for another ten years, his chakra level will not meet the requirement.

Excluding the chakra in the Yang Seal, Kakashi's current chakra level is only higher than Nohara Rin among Mu Yue's disciples.

The threshold is high, the learning process is difficult, there are dangers in the practice process, and it may not play a big role in battle. Mu Yue cannot ignore so many shortcomings and wait quietly for the disciples to meet the requirements to teach them the Myoboku Mountain magic.

"We must first solve the problem of sensing and absorbing natural energy." Mu Yue wrote down the first difficulty that needed to be solved.

In addition to the various shortcomings of Myoboku Mountain's magic, the unexpected discovery of breathing techniques while practicing magic was also the reason why Mu Yue developed the magic so quickly.

Even if no changes are made to the current breathing method, the breathing method can be improved as long as the user of the breathing method has the ability to sense natural energy.

For Mu Yue's disciples who are proficient in breathing techniques, this is undoubtedly a great thing, which is equivalent to reaping the benefits of version updates.

"We need to develop a method of sensing natural energy using the Breathing Immortal Technique."

The secret method used by Myoboku Mountain to sense and absorb natural energy is only applicable to Myoboku Mountain Sage Mode, and without sufficient chakra to use this secret method, one hundred percent will be eroded by natural energy and turned into a stone frog.

……

At night, after finishing his meal, Kakashi sat on the corridor outside the house, carefully looking at the cold and eerie katana in his hand.

After Mu Yue defeated Uchiha Madara, Kakashi collected the broken White Fang Dagger and took it away, along with the unbroken part, and gave it to a famous ninja tool forger.

He spent a lot of money to ask the other party to add chakra metal and other precious metals to recast the broken White Fang short blade into a katana.

There is no practical significance in forging a new short blade. A tachi or a katana is more suitable for him now.

Kakashi sheathed the brand new White Fang and walked towards the wooden figure in the courtyard.

Swish!

The moment he approached the wooden man, Kakashi drew his sword, and with a flash of silver-white light, the wooden man was split in two.

Kakashi nodded with satisfaction. Although the new White Fang was still not as good as Enma, it was much more comfortable to use than the previous White Fang short blade.

He decided that in the future he would use White Fang when facing enemies that were not too strong, and then switch to Yama when facing strong enemies.

Yama is powerful, but it consumes a lot of energy to use. For example, it is unnecessary to use Yama when dealing with ordinary jonin.

Just as Kakashi was about to go back to his room to maintain his new sword, a familiar voice was heard outside the yard.

"Kakashi, are you home?" Obito shouted.

"No."

"I saw you, and you said you weren't here!"

Obito glared at Kakashi in dissatisfaction for fooling him like that.

"Since you've seen it, why are you still asking?" Kakashi retorted.

"It's because I'm polite." Obito said with a wry smile.

If Obito didn't need a favor, he really didn't want to come.

His disciple won first place in the civil war. This abominable white-haired man who was born evil must have been secretly jealous of his excellence and wanted to harm him.

Kakashi didn't comment, opened the door to let Obito in, and asked, "If there's anything I can help you with, just tell me."

Obito came to him alone at this time, so he must have something he needed help with, not to play with him.

Generally, only when Obito and Nohara Rin come together, would they invite him to play.

"How can you be sure that I came here to ask you for help? I am the strongest ninja among my disciples!" Seeing Kakashi's attitude, Obito couldn't help but emphasize his identity.

Maybe Kakashi was strong for a long time in the past, but sorry, the past was the past and the present is the present. The reality is that he is stronger now.

"Then it's alright. I'll continue practicing. You can do as you please."

Kakashi said calmly, his expression not changing at all at Obito's words.