April 15th, the 42nd year of Konoha.
Just as Namikaze Minato said, one day, just as Hoshita Shuichi, Yakushi Nonou and Asuka arrived at the Konoha Hospital, an Anbu ninja appeared.
"Shuichi-kun, the Third Hokage has summoned you!"
The ANBU ninja that appeared was quite polite.
After nodding to Yakushi Nono and Asuka, Hoshita Shuichi followed the Anbu ninja to the Hokage building, then knocked on the door and entered the Hokage's office alone.
"Third Hokage!"
hoshita Shuichi bowed in greeting.
"Shuichi is here..."
Sarutobi Hiruzen, who was working behind his desk, raised his head, smiled, and said, "In view of your outstanding performance in the previous mission and your contribution to the Konoha Hospital, the Konoha Medical Class jointly recommends that you, Shuichi, will be Konoha's special jonin from today on."
Hoshita Shuichi bowed his head slightly: "Thank you, Third Hokage!"
Sarutobi Hiruzen pondered and said, "You are the youngest special jonin in the history of Konoha. Your teacher Namikaze Minato should have told you about the recent situation in the ninja world, so the village needs you to make more contributions."
Hoshita Shuichi raised his head, his eyes firm: "I am ready to dedicate myself to the village, please give the order, Third Hokage!"
"In order to protect the village and to uphold the will of fire, I will sacrifice myself."
Sarutobi Hiruzen showed a gratified smile and said kindly: "Now is not the time for you to make sacrifices. You are the bud of Konoha and you still need to grow."
"Someone will take you to report to the Root later, where you will receive three months of training, and then you will join the Anbu directly under the Hokage."
Hoshita Shuichi immediately showed excitement: "Yes, Third Hokage!"
"Thank you for your cultivation, Third Hokage!"
Sarutobi Hiruzen smiled and nodded: "Go!"
Hoshita Shuichi bowed again and then left the office. Then he found that an Anbu wearing a fox mask was waiting for him.
"Shuichi, come on, I'll take you to the root!"
The ANBU ninja spoke, his voice gentle and familiar.
Sarutobi Shinnosuke!
Hoshita Shuichi nodded quickly: "Yes, thank you, senior!"
Although he was recognized, he was not named, so everyone knew it.
Following Sarutobi Shinnosuke, Hoshita Shuichi came to the Root headquarters.
This place is hidden deep underground, and it exudes a mysterious and eerie feeling everywhere.
Sarutobi Shinnosuke handed a document to the Root Ninja in charge of the handover and said to Hoshita Shuichi: "Shuiichi, I will take you here."
Hoshita Shuichi bowed and thanked: "Thank you, senior!"
Sarutobi Shinnosuke smiled under the mask and then disappeared.
"Hiroshita Shuichi, come with me!"
The Root Ninja spoke, then turned and walked forward along the overpass, and Hoshita Shuichi immediately followed.
The lights are dim and the streets are connected in all directions.
The Root Headquarters is quite large. It seems like an underground world filled with many rooms, some of which are even sealed by spells.
"We're here, wait here for a moment."
The Root Ninja brought Hoshita Shuichi to an ordinary room, gave him some instructions, and left.
Hoshita Shuichi looked around the room and found nothing special, so he sat down on a stone chair and waited quietly.
About half an hour later, footsteps were heard outside.
Hoshita Shuichi looked up at the door, and soon a figure wearing a green vest appeared.
It's actually him!
hoshita Shuichi showed a look of surprise.
The visitor looked at Hoshita Shuichi with an inexplicable smile: "It seems that my arrival has surprised you a little."
hoshita Shuichi stood up and bowed, "Lord Orochimaru!"
Orochimaru stood at the door, his snake-like vertical pupils staring at Hoshita Shuichi, and said with a smile: "The Third Hokage handed you over to me, and I have heard of your reputation a long time ago."
"Tsunade said you are a rare medical talent."
"Jiraiya said that your talent in ninjutsu is not inferior to Minato's."
"I hope you won't let me down, Shuichi-kun!"
Hoshita Shuichi smiled and said, "I have seen the abilities of two of the three ninjas of Konoha."
"Tsunade-sama's medical skills are unmatched. Although Jiraiya-sama has never witnessed his methods, he is worthy of his reputation for being able to teach a student like Minato-sensei."
"Lord Orochimaru is also one of the Three Ninjas, and I'm sure he won't disappoint the Third Hokage."
Orochimaru's eyes narrowed, but his smile became even more intense: "Interesting, few people talk to me like this anymore."
"Then follow me!"
With that, Orochimaru turned and walked away, and Hoshita Shuichi immediately followed.
The two of them walked out of the Root headquarters one after the other and entered a forest.
Soon, a training ground came into view, and on the training ground there was a figure that was familiar to Hoshita Shuichi.
Danzo!
Standing on a branch, Orochimaru smiled and said, "According to the information, in addition to being proficient in medical ninjutsu, you are also proficient in fire release techniques."
"The first task after entering the root training is to complete the previous target tasks."
"Go ahead, show me your strength and determination."
Kill Danzo?
Of course!
But is the one in front of me the real Danzo?
Shadow clone?
What is Orochimaru's purpose?
Or Sarutobi Hiruzen?
Or maybe Danzo?
Who cares!
Kill him first!
Boom!
The branches under his feet exploded, and Hoshita Shuichi shot out from the woods like a crossbow arrow, heading straight for Danzo who had his back to him.
Orochimaru, who was on another branch, looked at the branch that was blown into two pieces: "Fire Instant Body?"
When he turned to look at the training ground, the confrontation had already begun.
Danzo, who was facing away, had already turned around and opened his mouth to release vacuum bullets, which plowed out vacuum channels like bullets and headed straight for Hoshita Shuichi who was attacking at high speed in the air like a swordfish.
In the air, with such a fast speed and such intensive attacks, it is obviously difficult to dodge.
But under Orochimaru's expectant gaze, an explosion sounded, a wave of air swept, and Hoshita Shuichi's figure suddenly rose in the air, easily avoiding Danzo's attack, then opened his mouth and spit out balls of fire that covered him.
Phoenix Fire Jutsu!
Danzo's figure flashed, and charred pits were blasted out on the ground.
While dodging, Danzo also completed the guidance. He opened his mouth and inhaled and exhaled, and sharp air currents in the shape of blades swept towards Hoshita Shuichi in the air.
Wind release - Vacuum Wave!
Hoshita Shuichi who was falling from the sky did not use Lotus steps to dodge but instead drew out the Amamushi Sword. The blade was covered with blue flames and then expanded to form a giant blue sword.
Azure Flame Waterfall Blade!
The giant sword chopped down, and all the vacuum blades were destroyed and shattered, forming a hot wind that swept outwards.
At this moment, Orochimaru and Danzo both looked surprised.
Boom!
The earth was split open by a Blade, and smoke and dust billowed.
Then Danzo tore through the smoke and flew backwards intact, but the next moment, Hoshita Shuichi suddenly attacked from the air, and slashed down with his Amamushi sword, easily splitting Danzo's kunai into two.
Danzo tapped his feet repeatedly, quickly retreated to dodge, took out a new kunai, opened his mouth and blew, and the kunai was covered with a layer of extremely sharp wind chakra.
Ding ding ding…
The sound of metal clashing against metal, two figures moved at high speed on the training ground, leaving behind a trail of afterimages, their weapons constantly colliding, sparks flying.
"Ninjutsu, swordsmanship, instant body movement, and reaction ability are all at the level of a jonin."
Orochimaru secretly assessed: "How surprising!"
Suddenly, he saw a flash of blue light, and then he saw Danzo's kunai with wind escape technique cut in half by a sword, and then his body was split into two.
"The Fire release is better than the Wind release..."
Orochimaru was stunned.
In the field, Danzo, who was split in half, exploded into smoke with a bang.
"It's indeed a shadow clone!"
Hoshita Shuichi snorted inwardly, then put away the Blade with an expressionless face.
The next moment, Orochimaru appeared beside him and said with a smile: "It seems that you did not disappoint me. Your fire release technique is the strongest I have ever seen, bar none!"
At this time, Danzo walked out of the forest opposite and said, "Hoshita Shuichi, your talents should not be limited to these."
"It turns out that Hiruzen didn't train you well at all."
He personally tested a newcomer, a 9-year-old at that, which was unprecedented.
But Hoshita Shuichi's achievements and the further development of the perception ninjutsu developed by the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju, made him make this decision.
As it turned out, he was not wrong.
Such a sharp Blade was actually thrown away by Sarutobi Hiruzen, the increasingly cowardly guy, in the Konoha Hospital. It was a complete waste of resources.
If he were allowed to train him, in five years, Hoshita Shuichi would be able to become a sharp sword that is no less powerful than Konoha White Fang.
Staring at Hoshita Shuichi, Danzo seemed to have forgotten the conflict between the two of them before, and said forcefully and seductively: "Shuichi, join me!"
"I am the best fit for you!"
"Huruzen has no way of training you, but I can teach you the Uchiha clan's Fire release swordplay."
"Not only fire jutsu, you should have also learned wind jutsu from Namikaze Minato, right?"
"I can teach you all my knowledge of Wind release. In Konoha, no one should be able to defeat me in Wind release."
As he said this, Danzo extended his right hand to Hoshita Shuichi.
Hoshita Shuichi felt sick when he saw this, but his face remained expressionless: "Although I am a little conceited, I have to say that even the Uchiha's fire release swordsmanship cannot be said to be better than mine."
"I have made my own way. I no longer need the swordsmanship of the Uchiha clan."
"As for Wind release, with Minato-sensei here, I think there won't be any problem practicing the Wind release Ninjutsu that Konoha has."
"Everything in the world has a price. So, Danzo-sama, what price do you want me to pay for betraying the Third Hokage?"
Danzo was very unhappy, but he said in a deep voice: "Whatever you want, I can give it to you."
"I can even support you to become the fifth Hokage in the future!"
Orochimaru is the fourth generation, and I am the fifth generation?
Hoshita Shuichi made a serious comparison and felt that it was not as reliable as his teacher Namikaze Minato being the fourth generation and himself being the fifth generation.
What's more, everything is just empty talk!
So, Hoshita Shuichi shook his head: "The position of Hokage is too far away for me, and I don't care about that position."
Orochimaru had been observing Hoshita Shuichi, and couldn't help but smile and said, "In that case, Shuichi-kun, you might as well make a specific request, and I think Danzo-sama will satisfy you!"
At least for now, his cooperation with Danzo is very pleasant. He always responds to his requests, which saves him a lot of trouble.
So he didn't mind saying a few more words.
Hoshita Shuichi glanced at Orochimaru and said, "Since Lord Orochimaru said so, I won't be polite."
"Master Danzo, if I need it, I can learn any ninjutsu in the Book of Seales!"
Orochimaru's eyes flickered when he heard this, and a smile appeared on his face.
And Danzo said solemnly: "No problem!"
"I have said that I will do my best to train you, and this is certainly not limited to ninjutsu."
Hoshita Shuichi immediately showed a bright smile: "Very good!"
"Then, happy cooperation!"
Double agent!
He is very familiar with this!
Last year, the Fire Country Daimyo asked him to visit the Daimyo's mansion in the name of seeking medical ninjas, and he gave the Daimyo a lot of advice.
For example, suitable children were selected from the nobles of the daimyo's mansion, or even from the samurai groups under their command, and sent to Konoha to learn ninjutsu, or someone was invited to teach them.
The daimyo has recruited a lot of wandering ninjas, so it would be a good idea to train some of the kids!
In addition, Hoshita Shuichi also suggested that the daimyo should win over Danzo to contain Sarutobi Hiruzen.
In front of Sarutobi Hiruzen, he openly set a trap for Danzo.
After reaching a preliminary cooperation with Danzo, Hoshita Shuichi smiled and said, "Danzo-sama, my suggestion is that after completing the training in the Root, let me return to the Anbu."
"Now that I have the trust of the Third Hokage, I can better serve you, Lord Danzo, in the Anbu."
"Of course, I will also have to report your information to the Third Hokage."
Danzo snorted in his heart after hearing this. He saw at a glance that Hoshita Shuichi was trying to have the best of both worlds, but he really wanted Hoshita Shuichi to return to the Anbu.
Hoshita Shuichi's Blade is very sharp, but he needs to sharpen it so that he can use it better without hurting himself.
So, Danzo nodded: "That's what I mean, too."
"When the time comes, I will cooperate with you and prepare the intelligence."
"And there will be someone in charge of transmitting intelligence."
Hoshita Shuichi nodded and said with a smile: "Master Danzo is very thoughtful."
"If it had been like this, I would have gained a lot of benefits for you."
Danzo's eyes twitched, and he said calmly: "Whatever ninjutsu you need, it's best to apply in advance."
Hoshita Shuichi immediately began to read out the menu: "Lightning Release Ninjutsu, at least 5, at least C-rank."
"Water Release Ninjutsu, at least 5, at least C-rank."
"Earth Release Ninjutsu, at least 5, at least C-rank."
"There are also illusions, at least 5, at least C-rank."
Danzo's eyelids twitched when he heard that.
Orochimaru on the side found Hoshita Shuichi more and more interesting.
Danzo frowned and said, "You should focus on one direction now."
Hoshita Shuichi spread his hands: "Master Danzo, I have no interest in the position of Hokage, nor in power struggles. My only interests are ninjutsu and women."
"The reason why my Fire release has reached its current level is because I studied it with all my heart."
"But you know, I'm young and energetic now."
The corner of Danzo's mouth twitched slightly, and he said, "I will hand over the ninjutsu to Orochimaru tomorrow."
After saying this, his figure disappeared from the spot.
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