The Hyuga clan that started in Konoha

"This should prove my identity." Jiraiya said with a smile on his face, looking at Minato Namikaze.

"Oh, I'm so sorry, Master Jiraiya. I doubted you just now. I'm sorry for offending you."

At this moment, Minato finally let down his guard.

He didn't think that the great Lord Jiraiya would have any bad intentions towards him!

Thinking back to what the other party said when I left home this morning, that he wanted to take me in as his disciple...

It seems that my performance at school yesterday has attracted the attention of Konoha's top leaders.

However, Minato was not unhappy about this. On the contrary, he was very happy. This proved that his value was enough to attract the attention of Konoha's top leaders.

For Minato, who came from an ordinary family and whose parents are now both dead, this is undoubtedly a shortcut to quickly improve his strength.

Minato himself loves the village and the people here, so he is willing to give everything he has for it once he has the strength.

"Well, are you ready, little one? Let's go."

The toad under Jiraiya spit out and rolled its tongue, rolled up Minato Namikaze in front of him and placed him on its back, then jumped high and ran out of the village.

"Ah, wait, Jiraiya-sama, I have to go to school."

"Why bother going to school? Once you become my disciple, I will be responsible for teaching you one-on-one, hahaha."

Jiraiya's laughter spread far away. Today, there was one less old man and one less young man in Konoha Village!

What Soji didn't know was that his plan to beat up Minato seemed to have failed.

Chapter 20 Orochimaru

Ever since Minato was taken away by Jiraiya that day, he has not come to school.

Souji, Uchiha En, and friends like "Ino-Shika-Chou" have also asked Mr. Kimura several times, and the answer they got every time was that Minato was taken away for further studies.

In this way, about two months passed without the water gate in the school, and time entered the hottest month of July!

In a forest south of Konoha Village, a young man was being impacted by the water under a waterfall.

"Minato, you've almost finished your training, come over and have dinner." The speaker was a gray-haired young man.

These two people were none other than Minato Namikaze and his teacher Jiraiya.

Yes, Minato has officially become Jiraiya's apprentice.

Although two months ago, when Jiraiya took Minato away, Minato was still worried about becoming Jiraiya's apprentice.

But after thinking about it for a while, he decided to become his disciple.

Fortunately, after Minato became Jiraiya's apprentice, he finally showed his knowledgeable side as a teacher.

Minato could easily solve some of the problems he didn't understand in class at school after Jiraiya's explanation.

And taking advantage of the two months of getting along, Minato also frantically absorbed knowledge from Jiraiya to enrich himself, whether it was theoretical experience or the learning of various basic ninjutsu.

Originally, the ninja schools of this period had not yet taught students the Three Body Techniques, and the students who had already learned it were all family ninjas.

They usually learn it at home from their clansmen or relatives.

As an ordinary person, Minato Namikaze did not have such channels, but becoming Jiraiya's disciple provided him with this convenience.

It can be said that Minato is now in no way inferior to other ninja students. In fact, because of his extraordinary talent, even after only two months of Jiraiya's instruction, he has already grown to a level that surpasses most ninja students.

Jiraiya was also very satisfied with Minato Namikaze. In Jiraiya's mind, he was the best choice in terms of both character and talent.

Thinking about what the Great Toad Sage said about the child of prophecy having blue eyes, it just so happened that Minato's pupils were sky blue. In addition to the time they had spent together, Jiraiya became more and more certain that Minato was the person in the Great Toad Sage's prophecy!

"Okay, teacher."

After wiping his body clean and putting on his clothes, Minato walked out from under the waterfall. His handsome facial features already had a hint of the future Fourth Hokage.

"call out"

A kunai flew out and directly nailed a water snake that was crawling towards Minato.

Seeing the snake being nailed to death by the teacher with a kunai, Minato was also surprised. He didn't even notice such a snake approaching him quietly. He was so careless!

"teacher......"

"Minato, don't talk. Orochimaru, now that you're here, just show up. Don't always do these sneaky things."

Jiraiya was also very sure that after he chose this place as the location for his training of Minato, he had driven away all the dangerous snakes, insects, rats and ants nearby with toads.

And now, another snake appeared. In Jiraiya's mind, the only one who was not afraid of the toads of Myoboku Mountain was the snake in Ryuchi Cave.

Who can summon the Dragon Earth Snake? Only his disgusting little friend Orochimaru.

"Haha, Jiraiya, I haven't seen you for a while. Your perception has improved."

Not far from the water gate, a piece of land suddenly bulged out, and then a person was seen slowly crawling out of the mud.

It was none other than Orochimaru, who was one of the Three Ninjas together with Jiraiya after the Second Ninja War in the original work.

To the young Minato's ears, Orochimaru's hoarse voice sounded like an ugly violin.

"Tsk, the old man called you back, so I thought Tsunade should have come back with her. Why is Tsunade nowhere to be seen?" After glancing at Orochimaru, Jiraiya quickly pulled Minato behind him to prevent the little guy from getting scared.

The sinister Orochimaru, coupled with his hoarse voice, is indeed difficult for ordinary people to bear. Most people will feel inexplicably fear when they see Orochimaru.

"Tsunade will be here in a while. By the way, Jiraiya, you have accepted an apprentice, right? Is this the one behind you?" Orochi

Maru stuck out his long tongue and licked his lips, and his vertical snake pupils looked straight at Minato Namikaze behind Jiraiya.

This sight frightened Minato so much that he unconsciously grabbed Jiraiya's clothes with his hands.

No matter how talented a child is, there is no one who is not afraid of Orochimaru, even Minato Namikaze at this time.

Although Orochimaru himself does not exude any malicious intent, just looking at you is enough to instill fear in you.

"Hey, Orochimaru, you scared my apprentice."

Looking at Minato's nervous eyes, Jiraiya was very dissatisfied that his little friend, whom he hadn't seen for a long time, was scaring his apprentice as soon as he came.

"Oh, really? What an outstanding child. Jiraiya, how about you hand this child over to me? I promise to train him into a ninja who can surpass you and me. How about that?" Orochimaru shifted his gaze slightly and spoke to Jiraiya again.

Just after Orochimaru returned to the village, his subordinates came to report that there was a talented civilian ninja in the new class of the Ninja School, which made Orochimaru very interested.

But then his subordinates said that the child had been accepted as a disciple by Master Jiraiya, which made him even more curious about the child, and he couldn't help but look up the other party's information.

It's true, with Orochimaru's discerning eyes, he was extremely satisfied with this child. No wonder Jiraiya couldn't help but accept him as his disciple.

"Hey, hey, hey, Orochimaru, my disciple is not an item that can be traded casually. Since I have accepted him, I will teach him wholeheartedly, so you don't need to worry about it."

Jiraiya refused without hesitation!

Are you kidding! It was not easy for him to find a disciple who could inherit his teachings and was worthy of his heart.

I have only been teaching for two months, and my friends are already here to dig up trouble. Do they think I am dead?

"Well, little guy, do you want to come and follow me? I have all kinds of forbidden techniques and secret techniques for you to learn. How about it? Do you want to consider it?"

Orochimaru was not discouraged by Jiraiya's rejection, and instead communicated directly with Minato, hoping to use various powerful forbidden techniques and secret techniques to make the other party change allegiance.

"I say, Orochimaru, you are going too far. You came here purely to pick a fight with me, right?"

Seeing that Orochimaru ignored him and turned to flirt with his disciple, Jiraiya felt his fist harden.

"Well, Lord Orochimaru, I'm sorry. Lord Jiraiya has been very good to me, and I have no intention of switching allegiance to you. I'm very grateful that Lord Orochimaru thinks highly of me." Namikaze Minato also directly rejected Orochimaru.

The first feeling Orochimaru gave Minato was fear. Secondly, Jiraiya had really been very sincere to him in the past two months.

He is not an ungrateful person. Although he was worried about Jiraiya's unreliability at the beginning, after getting to know him, he got to know Jiraiya. He is a good teacher who is old but young at heart, even though he is still very young now.

So whether from the perspective of Orochimaru or Jiraiya, he would not switch to Orochimaru's side.

"Really? That's a pity. But if one day you can't stand Jiraiya, this idiot, come to me. I'll always welcome you." Although he knew there was little hope, Orochimaru still made the promise.

Orochimaru is always very patient with people who appear to be talented, but he becomes very impatient with some idiots.

It's a pity that the talented person was taken by some fool.

If he had returned two months earlier, Orochimaru would have been absolutely confident that he could bring Minato under his command, something that even the old man would approve of.

But there are no ifs in the world, unless you have a kaleidoscope. . . . .

Just when Jiraiya had been enduring for a long time and was finally about to lose his temper, a word uttered by Orochimaru made him suppress his anger.

"Tsunade will probably be back in the next two days. The old man asked you to get ready. When Tsunade comes back, the war will begin."

After saying this last sentence, Orochimaru used the earth escape technique to burrow back into the ground again, then quickly disappeared into the distance.

He still has a lot

There are many experiments to complete. Originally, the purpose of coming to Jiraiya this time was to contact Minato Namikaze and see if it is possible to pry someone away from Jiraiya. It was not because of the old man's instructions that I came to Jiraiya specifically.

When it comes to finding someone, he could just use a summoning technique to summon a snake to deliver a message to Jiraiya. Why would he have to go all the way there in person?

As Orochimaru left, Minato and Jiraiya ate the rice balls in their hands silently.

"Teacher, what did Orochimaru-sama mean when he said the war was about to begin?"

Ever since Orochimaru left, Minato has been worried. He endured it for a long time, but finally couldn't help but speak.

"Little kid, don't worry about adults' affairs. You are still young, and these have nothing to do with you. The only thing you need to do now is to work hard to grow up and become stronger. We adults will take care of the rest."

Jiraiya smiled and patted Minato's head, bringing relief to the depressing atmosphere.

As expected, after listening to Jiraiya's words, Minato no longer tensed up.

"I understand, teacher. I will do what I can for now, and I will help you and the village in the future." Minato made a solemn promise to Jiraiya.

Jiraiya smiled with relief.

Whether it was Minato's performance when responding to Orochimaru's temptation just now, or his maturity when facing the upcoming war, Jiraiya was quite satisfied.

This disciple was not accepted by mistake!

"Okay, today's training ends here. We have been out for more than two months, and it is time to go back to the village. Today I will take you out to enjoy yourself."

It seemed as if he remembered something wonderful, and as he spoke, Jiraiya couldn't help but fall into self-indulgence.

After all, he had spent more than two months in the wild, and Jiraiya had long since been unable to tolerate his own restless heart.

When he returned to the village and saw the villagers he hadn't seen for a long time, Minato felt a sense of familiarity.

Then Jiraiya took Minato to take a hot spring bath. Minato felt quite embarrassed that Jiraiya kept trying to glance at the women's bath while taking a hot spring bath.

Minato finally understood the teacher's interests and hobbies. Apart from being unreliable occasionally, it seemed that his teacher was an LSP.

Minato also made a decision. When Jiraiya was caught, he would definitely pretend that he didn't know the other person. It would be too embarrassing!

After the two of them took a bath, Jiraiya took Minato to a delicious meal, allowing Minato, who had not had much delicious food in the past two months, to finally enjoy it.

The two of them checked into a hotel for the night, and Zilai disappeared the next day.

There was only a letter to Minato left at Jiraiya's bedside, which roughly meant that after two months of getting along, Minato had grown to a certain extent, and the next step was for Jiraiya to prepare for war and let Minato return to school to study.

"Teacher, I will work hard and I will definitely surprise you next time I come back."

Minato whispered after reading the letter.

Chapter 21 The Eve of War

"Of course, Minato, you only attended classes for two months, and then you skipped classes for two months at once."

One day, when Souji walked into the classroom and saw Minato already sitting in his seat, he couldn't help but show a surprised expression, then walked over and said.

"Minato, where have you been these two months? Everyone is worried about you." Akimichi Choza also asked.

The other students nearby also greeted Minato.

"Thank you for your concern. I have found a teacher and have been studying with him for the past two months. I have already said hello to the Hokage. I am really sorry for making everyone worried. I will return to school and attend classes as usual."

Minato couldn't help but reveal guilt on his face at the concern and care shown by the group of people.

Think about it, a group of friends used to study together every day, and suddenly one day they disappeared without saying hello. Anyone would feel uncomfortable.

"Hmph, Minato, you are my target now too. After I surpass Souji, it will be your turn." Uchiha En said to Minato with full of fighting spirit.

"Haha."

Minato rubbed the back of his head helplessly and could only smile.

"That's great. Finally someone will share the firepower with me from now on. Thank you, Minato."