Killing his way through the ninja world, starting from being adopted by the second generation!

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"Uncle, what do you mean by this?"

In the Hokage's office, Renya looked at Tobirama Senju, who was engrossed in processing documents, with a puzzled expression.

Danzo and Koharu stood behind Renya, both looking equally puzzled.

Tobirama Senju did not answer immediately, but finished reviewing the documents in his hand before looking up at the three of them.

After a moment of silence, Tobirama Senju slowly spoke: "You should not go out on missions for the time being. I have something important to tell you."

“Master, please give me your instructions,” Danzo said.

Danzo was extremely excited when he heard that he was going to tell them something important.

The fact that a teacher would entrust important matters to them undoubtedly demonstrates the teacher's trust in them, or rather, their trust in themselves.

Otherwise, why didn't the teacher assign the task to Hiruzen and the others, but instead gave it to them?

Does gaining the teacher's trust mean that the future Hokage position will fall into my hands?

Could it be that... the illusion cast by Lianye is about to become reality?

Thinking of this, Danzo became even more excited, and he looked at Tobirama Senju with an eager expression.

Although the specifics of the task haven't been revealed yet, he's already eager to complete it.

A hint of confusion flashed in Lianye's eyes. She didn't quite understand Danzo's actions. This guy seemed to be too hasty.

Seeing Danzo's reaction, Tobirama Senju nodded in satisfaction.

Danzo became even more agitated upon seeing this.

The teacher's actions clearly demonstrate self-affirmation!

The Hokage position is secure!

"Teacher, what are the tasks?" Xiaochun asked from the dormitory.

Danzo glanced at Koharu Utatane and sneered inwardly.

This stupid woman wants to compete with me for the Hokage position?

How ridiculous!

In his view, after their teacher retires, the position of Hokage will definitely fall to them, his disciples.

Among them, the most powerful successors are naturally him, Renya, and Hiruzen.

As for the others, they posed no threat whatsoever.

That's what Danzo was thinking...

He even felt that Ren Ye was completely incapable of becoming Hokage, given his Uchiha identity and the events involving Madara Uchiha from a few years ago.

Under these circumstances, Renya's status almost certainly disqualifies her from becoming Hokage.

However, he was unsure of his teacher's attitude towards Renye, which is why he listed Renye as one of his rivals.

"I need your help to complete this..." Tobirama Senju stated the details of the mission.

The three men wore strange expressions upon hearing about the mission.

Lian Ye's lips twitched. It seemed that the old man had successfully developed the Impure World Reincarnation technique.

Otherwise, I would never have let them do such a thing...

"This mission is highly confidential and must not be known to the fifth person!" Tobirama Senju said solemnly.

"Understood!" the three replied in unison.

"Alright, you can go and carry out your mission now." Tobirama Senju waved his hand.

Renya and the other two left the Hokage's office.

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Night fell, and darkness enveloped the desolate graveyard.

The occasional mournful cry of a crow added to the eerie atmosphere.

Three masked men dressed in black stood in the mass grave, whispering among themselves as they looked at the surrounding mounds of earth.

"Renya-kun, are we really going to do something like this?" Koharu Utatane asked softly.

"Won't this bring retribution?" Shimura Danzo wondered. "I don't know why the teacher did this."

Lian Ye sighed helplessly, "Stop talking, just dig."

As he spoke, he swung the shovel in his hand and began digging the grave.

The task assigned by Tobirama Senju was to have them dig up other people's graves and collect the bones of the dead.

Of course, those who are buried here are usually quite powerful in life.

This was the main battlefield of the major ninja clans during the Warring States period, and countless powerful individuals died here.

"Uchiha Renya, what do you think is the purpose of what the teacher did?" Shimura Danzo asked.

"How should I know? Hurry up and dig." Lian Ye rolled her eyes and quickly swung the shovel in her hand.

Being called here to rob a tomb is already annoying enough, but this guy keeps asking all sorts of questions, and even if I explain, you wouldn't understand...

Seeing that Renya had no intention of communicating, Danzo shut his mouth and obediently got to work.

"I shouldn't agree to such heartless things again." Lian Ye felt a chill down her spine.

Just then, Koharu, who was in the far distance, called out:

“Lotus Night, this looks like someone from your Uchiha clan.”

Lian Ye's lips twitched. Good heavens, she'd run into a senior.

P.S.: I was on time today, hehe.

Chapter Seventy-Eight: A Gift from a Senior

Lianye stopped what she was doing and walked towards Koharu Utatane.

Upon approaching, Xiaochun pointed to the corpse in the pit and asked:

"Lotus Night, is this someone from your Uchiha clan?"

Lian Ye subconsciously looked at the corpse, which was actually just a skeleton.

The skull's ribs were broken, indicating that it had died from a sharp weapon striking its heart.

The black robes on the others were mostly rotten, but Lianye still noticed the Uchiha clan crest at a glance.

Without a doubt, this was the Uchiha who died in battle during the Warring States period.

In response to Xiaochun's question, Lianye nodded and jumped into the grave.

Seeing this, Xiaochun voluntarily gave up her seat.

Although the teacher assigned them to collect the bodies of the dead, they ended up digging up the remains of Renya's clan.

Whether or not to take the body back depends on Lianye's consent...

Lian Ye didn't think that much about it; he simply wanted to loot the corpse and see if he could find anything good.

He noticed that the skeleton was leaning against the bottom of the pit, and the robe on its abdomen was bulging, indicating that something was hidden inside.

Without hesitation, Lianye reached out and touched the corpse's abdomen.

Pulling aside the long robe, a scroll came into view.

"Lotus Night Lord, is this a storage scroll?" Koharu Utatane asked, leaning closer.

Lian Ye held the scroll in her hand. "That's right, it's sealed with a restriction. Can you open it?"

As he spoke, he turned to look at Koharu Tsurugi.

Storage scrolls are made using sealing techniques.

Typically, users set up seals to prevent others from reading or using the information and items stored inside the scroll.

Normally, only the user or those skilled in sealing techniques can open it.

Lian Ye had no knowledge of sealing techniques, so naturally she couldn't open the sealing scroll.

He remembered that Koharu, who was switching dorms, seemed to know a little bit of sealing magic...

"I'll give it a try." Koharu took the scroll and began trying to remove the restrictions on it.

Lianye watched silently, somewhat anticipating what might be inside the scroll.

Despite numerous attempts, Koharu Utatane failed to open the scroll.

She gave a bitter smile and returned the scroll to Lian Ye, "I'm sorry, Lian Ye-kun, I can't open the seal on this scroll."

Renya wasn't discouraged. After all, Koharu Utatane wasn't a professional sealing technique master, so it was normal that she couldn't open the storage scroll carried by the Jonin.

If anyone could open it, there would be no need to go through the trouble of setting up a restriction.

At worst, we can go back and ask Tobirama Senju to open it. With that old guy's strength, opening a scroll is a piece of cake.

He took the scroll and smiled, "It's alright, Xiaochun."

After saying that, he jumped out of the grave pit, returned to the grave he had been digging halfway through, and started digging with a shovel.

Xiaochun, who was turning over in the dormitory, watched Lianye return to her workstation, and hesitated, as if she wanted to say something but couldn't.

She was also planning to ask Renya if she agreed to take the Uchiha clan members' remains away.

Seeing how hard Lianye was digging, she gave up the idea.

Since Lianye didn't say anything, that means she agreed.

Thinking about it, Xiaochun reached out and broke off a few ribs, then filled the grave back up.

Lianye, engrossed in tomb raiding, didn't notice Xiaochun's actions, and even if he had, he wouldn't have cared.

Tobirama Senju ordered them to collect the remains of powerful individuals. Danzo and Koharu were unaware of the reason behind this, but didn't he?

They simply wanted to use the Impure World Reincarnation technique to summon these powerful beings.

Ren didn't care about this at all; in fact, he quite approved of Tobirama's approach.

Although the Edo Tensei (Impure World Reincarnation) ninjutsu is somewhat unethical, its use on the battlefield is equivalent to having an additional immortal army.

For details, please refer to the Fourth World War.

This way, the war can be ended quickly.

It's just unknown whether Tobirama Senju would use this ninjutsu in war.

However, according to the original work, he doesn't seem to have used it...

The little incident just now made Lian Ye realize that tomb raiding seems to have another advantage, which is that you can also take away the tomb owner's "burial goods".

For example, storage scrolls...

Renya called it "a gift from my senior!"

Thinking of this, Lian Ye quickened her pace.

Before long, he saw the corpse at the bottom of the pit, but he was disappointed.

There was nothing on the corpse, but there was a rusty broken sword next to it.

Lian Ye pouted, "This guy is really poor."

He collected a few bones from the skeleton and left.

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Lianye hadn't dug anything up by the time dawn was almost breaking.

The storage scroll he carried with him was already full of bones.

"The battlefield has been cleaned up so well..."

Before burying the bodies, the victorious side would certainly clean up the battlefield and collect the spoils.

Isn't this cleaning a bit too thorough?