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Orochimaru's voice was very calm.
Shirahoshi: "......"
For someone like you who can run away anytime, this is definitely a simple task!
Even though Shirahoshi was internally complaining, she still managed to put on a show: "Understood, Orochimaru-sensei."
After explaining, Orochimaru saw the three off, but before leaving, he remembered something.
"Just a friendly reminder."
"If you still perform poorly with Shirahoshi's ninjutsu tomorrow..."
At this point, Orochimaru revealed a malicious and cunning smile:
"Then prepare to receive the hellish training your teacher will give you."
"Eh......"
"Yes!"
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Back at her home, Shirahoshi began to reflect on what Orochimaru had said, comparing it with the events of the original story:
Rain's Hidden Army suffered a defeat on the battlefield.
This must have happened, otherwise, how could someone of Orochimaru's strength have had time to return to the village during World War II and personally lead Nawaki to the battlefield to carry out a mission?
But Rope Tree's nature remains as innocent as ever.
Furthermore, if no ninja from the Land of Whirlpools had joined Konoha, Nawaki would have had a high probability of becoming a Chunin this year—after all, the phrase "battlefield defeat" means the deaths of countless Chunin and even Jonin.
This suddenly creates an extra Chunin slot.
[Original story: During the Third Shinobi World War, Obito Uchiha became a Chunin only after participating in the second Chunin Exams.]
He completed the Chunin Exams this year and finally became a Chunin.
then.
A little over a month later, on August 9th, the brown-haired boy transformed into a charging war god, stepping into a highly concealed, specially designed explosive tag trap set by the Rain Village on the battlefield within the Land of Rain.
--end.
"Eh."
"Making money as a ninja isn't easy!"
Inside the bathroom, Bai Xing sighed inwardly as she washed her hair.
During his time in Konoha, he considered becoming an ordinary boss, but being a boss is never that easy.
During the war, many shops had very little business, and everyday items were expensive.
The costs of renting a shop, taking out a loan to buy a shop, and the various costs of goods in the shop will not decrease; on the contrary, these costs will increase.
Also.
Who has ever seen someone who gave up becoming a ninja train in the streets and even on the buildings, in the mountains behind the village, and in the training grounds on the outskirts of the village?
Of course, if you're not afraid of being suspected of your identity by the village every day or being watched by a certain old man from Root, you can confidently show off your ninja talent.
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August has arrived in the blink of an eye.
After a month of instruction and training, both Rope Tree and Mighty felt that their skills had improved significantly.
Bai Xing felt she hadn't improved much, and casually tried 'ROOM·Rewind'. A month's training progress had only decreased by less than ten percent, which shows how little improvement she had actually made.
—After all, it's really hard to hide when someone's watching you during training!
PS: Many fanfictions depict Konoha genin going to the front lines, but in reality, during the Second and Third Shinobi World Wars in the original anime and manga, almost all Konoha extras, whether alive or dead, wore green vests representing chunin. The exceptions were those with names: Jonin Kakashi, Chunin Obito, and Chunin Rin went to the battlefield without vests.
PS setting: Therefore, Nawaki is defined here as going to the front line of the battlefield to perform missions after becoming a Chunin.
Chapter 79 Orochimaru's First Time Leading a Squad, and the First Squad's First Battlefield Mission (Two-in-One)
After a month, the front lines of the battlefield on the border between the Land of Fire and the Land of Rain have been replenished with a considerable number of fresh Chunin, effectively alleviating the pressure of manpower shortages at the front lines.
—Within the country, the front-line camps guarding the battlefield are staffed with at least a thousand ninjas. Apart from the medical ninjas in the medical camps and the Konoha ninjas who are temporarily staying in the village for missions, they are all at the Chunin level.
In addition, the work at Konoha Hospital was also affected by the brief cooling-off period following the defeat at the front. Tasks assigned to the front lines became more cautious, and the number of wounded returning from the front lines gradually decreased.
August 2nd of August.
It's a special day.
—Tsunade's birthday.
Within the Senju clan's territory, Tsunade enjoyed a rare day off. In the morning, she went shopping for groceries with her younger brother and cooked together. In the evening, Jiraiya, Orochimaru, Shirahoshi, Might Guy, Yakushi Nono, and even Hiruzen Sarutobi used his shadow clones to present her with birthday gifts representing their own sentiments.
In the living room of a Japanese-style mansion.
The beautifully crafted three-tiered birthday cake is now less than a quarter of its original size, with many paper cake plates and plastic forks smeared with cream scattered haphazardly on the table.
On another note, this kind of custom-made high-end cake, of this size and at this time, simply cannot be bought for less than 100,000 taels of Fire Country currency.
Bai Xing didn't eat dinner that night, but took the opportunity to eat a few more pieces until she got tired of them.
"Let me see what gifts they gave me!" Tsunade excitedly opened the gift from the Third Hokage. After a short while, Tsunade's expression changed slightly, and her eyes became dead fish eyes: inside was a thin red envelope containing New Year's money, with only one 10,000 taels of silver inside.
"The old man still treats me like a child. Ten thousand taels isn't even enough for me to gamble a few rounds."
A satisfied Rope Tree patted its swollen belly with a blissful expression, saying, "So full~ Burp~!"
Tsunade is still unwrapping the gifts.
—Nonou gave Tsunade a bouquet of flowers and a vase, which she placed on the shoe cabinet.
Orochimaru gave Tsunade a piggy bank, which made Tsunade so angry that she almost smashed it on the spot, but Nawaki stopped her.
Jiraiya gave her a book of his own inspirational creations, which Tsunade disdainfully tossed aside.
"Why did Dai give me a doll? I'm not a little girl anymore, it's not as good as an old man's sponsorship~" Tsunade scattered the gift box on the ground, and threw the bear doll that Dai had bought for three thousand taels at Nawaki: "Here you go, little brother. You'll have a companion to sleep with from now on."
Whoosh~~~~Bang!
The doll flew in an arc through the air and landed on Rope Tree's bloated belly, almost making Rope Tree vomit up his expensive meal that night.
"Uh—" The brown-haired boy covered his mouth, glanced at the doll in his stomach, placed it on the tatami mat in the Japanese-style living room, and looked at Tsunade, who was unpacking a gift box. He kept complaining about his violent older sister.
"Eh?!"
Suddenly, Tsunade exclaimed in surprise and took out a bottle of relatively high-grade shochu from the long gift box: about 600 milliliters.
"That kid Shirahoshi really knows my hobbies!" Besides throwing money around at casinos, Tsunade's other hobby is occasionally having a drink to relieve the stress of facing patients every day.
Looking at the bottle of liquor in front of her, which she remembered as a brand of fine wine worth at least 100,000 taels of silver, she hugged the bottle and rubbed her face against it.
"Hehehe~ I can even have a bottle of good wine on my birthday tonight~~~" Tsunade's expression turned into one of great happiness.
Meanwhile, Shirahoshi, thanks to her relationship with Nonou and Tsunade, frequently visited the medical department's library, claiming she wanted to learn about emergency medical procedures and gain a more comprehensive understanding of medical knowledge.
Meanwhile, Shirahoshi secretly memorized the Palm Healing Technique scroll that Nonoyu was supposed to learn during her vacation, while chatting with Nonoyu... Now she has basically memorized it, what she lacks is practical training.
Therefore, a Rank A medical ninjutsu costs 100,000 ryo. Shirahoshi thinks it's a good deal.
Although the village doesn't restrict the learning of medical ninjutsu, a bottle of shochu is not expensive at all, as it allows Shirahoshi to learn about medical ninjutsu in secret.
Tsunade's birthday was actually spent together with Nawaki's birthday, but the birthday present was still given to Nawaki on the 8th: Shirahoshi's present to Nawaki this time was only some tips on Earth Release stealth.
—Shirahoshi's Earth Release stealth, even if it's just a D-rank Earth Dragon Concealment Technique, is almost no less than a C-rank Earth Release technique like Earth Dive.
Subterranean navigation is a technique that allows the user to enter muddy ground more quickly and covertly for stealthy operations.
The Earth Dragon Concealment Technique inevitably makes a slight noise when moving, requiring someone to help attract the enemy's attention and avoid detection.
In addition, in terms of chakra consumption, learning difficulty, maintenance time, and combat effectiveness, Earth Submarine is higher and better.
Above and behind the Hokage Building, on the observation deck located high above the Hokage Rock.
Today, Orochimaru informed Nawaki that he needed to carry out a C-rank mission to the border of Fire Rain to retrieve intelligence from the front lines.
Thus, Nawaki began a series of flag-raising statements, forming a 'perfect' collaboration with Tsunade.
"elder sister."
"I made a decision."
"I want to become Hokage!"
"I will strive to become stronger and become an even more powerful ninja."
"Then, go and change this ninja world, so that the world is no longer filled with terrible wars, and no one dies on the battlefield!"
"So."
"The people in the village, and everyone around the world, should be living very happily!!"
"You will definitely do it, Rope Tree."
"This is so touching. Waaaaah—"
"..."
Shirahoshi glanced to the side at Might Guy, who seemed excited about something, then looked back and saw Orochimaru also wearing a pleased smile.
Alright, alright, all the flags have been raised. Is it time for Danzo, who has been so quiet lately, to make his move?
at this time.
Within Root, Danzo was indeed prepared to make a move, but his main target was not Nawaki, but Uchiha Keishin, a Jonin of the Uchiha clan who had made a name for himself on the battlefield—his codename given to him by the enemy: Blood-Eyed Flame Demon.
"Too arrogant."
"He's just a mere Uchiha Jonin, yet he's so lucky to awaken the legendary Mangekyou Sharingan. Even Kagami didn't have that back then..."
Danzo stopped speaking, and a hint of nostalgia and shame seemed to creep into his somber figure, but these emotions were quickly erased.
—Ever since he took the eyes of his close friend Uchiha Kagami during the life-or-death struggle in World War I, when Kagami was seriously injured, he has never felt any pity for anyone again.
A resolute glint flashed in Danzo's eyes:
"For Konoha."