A month's time, slow to say, fast to say fast, after the hot spring voyeur incident, more than half a month has passed since the trio's special training.

In this more than half a month, although nothing major happened, but the small things are endless, such as the hot spring voyeurism, due to the continuous investigation of Sakuraku and Ai Ye, Jiraiya, who feels that he is about to be exposed, began to harass Kakashi repeatedly, and the annoyed Kakashi had no choice but to pull out a white-haired death row prisoner from Konoha Prison and hand it over to Sakuraku and Aino as the culprit of the hot spring voyeurism, of course, this matter was agreed by the Hokage.

Oh, by the way, Gu said that the death row prisoner was exempted from the death penalty after being disposed of by the duo, and the specific reason seems to be that there is something wrong with this guy's gender identity.

Another example is that after more than half a month of special training, Sasuke has become more and more proficient in the basic knife skills he learned from Sakuraluo, although it is still a little tender, but there is no problem with three or four knives in one breath, of course, this is a little tender, referring to Sakuraku's view.

Sakura's growth is also extremely amazing, Ai Ye, who originally didn't want to teach Sakura attack spells, really couldn't bear Sakura's infinite coquettish Dafa, so he had no choice but to teach her some simple attack spells, such as fireball techniques, ice spear techniques and the like, although it feels very ordinary, but these simple spells are improved by Ai Ye, there is no need to sing, and the energy in the body, in the Hokage world, that is, the consumption of chakra is also very small, even if it is Sakura, it can be instantaneous more than ten times.

And the most headache is Naruto's little friend, in the past half a month, there has been almost no growth in strength, and there is no way, Ai Ye's spells need to be perceptive, not a one-brain effort, and Sakuraku's knife skills are exactly the same, although the requirements for comprehension are not as high as Ai Ye's, but it is not something that Naruto can learn.

For Naruto's situation, Sakuraku and Aino talked at least two or three times through the night, and tried almost everything they could, but there was nothing that Naruto could learn.

Naruto, who felt that he was being pulled further and further away by Sasuke and Sakura, became more and more frustrated, even if he had a sunny personality, he subconsciously doubted himself, and Sakuraku and Ai Ye, who noticed this, were also guilty, after another long conversation all night, the two seemed to have reached an agreement, and when he was about to say something to Naruto the next day, he saw Naruto's face full of glory and excitement and told the two that he had found a master who could teach him.

And Naruto's words undoubtedly made the preparation of the two stillborn, but the two were not angry, but were a little worried about whether Naruto was deceived by the bad guys.

Two or three days passed, and after Naruto's Sakuraku made some simple instructions to Sasuke, he ran alone to the place where Naruto practiced, that is, near Konoha Falls.

Sakuraku, who has a calm personality, hides in the surrounding forest, quietly watching Jiraiya teach Naruto spiritism, although Naruto still seems a little clumsy, and he still makes a fool of himself from time to time, but Sakuraku can see that Naruto still seems to have a little talent, but unfortunately, his talent is not applicable to his own cultivation system.

And the white-haired man was really teaching Naruto with his heart, looking at Naruto's happy smiling face, Sakuraku smiled with relief, and then left the forest.

Time returned to the right track, and the day before the start of the middle ninja exam, the trio who had finished their day's practice stood in the Konoha training ground......

"Tomorrow is the middle ninja exam."

Sakuraku glanced at the trio standing in front of him and Ai Ye and said, "In this month, your growth, Ai Ye and I have seen it, it's very good. ”

Ai Ye, who was standing next to Sakuraku, glanced at Sakura and nodded approvingly.

The trio, who had been praised by the two, looked happy, but before they could be happy, Sakura poured a basin of cold water on them, "But it's just very good, not excellent." ”

Speaking of this, Sakura pointed to Sasuke, who had been practicing with him, and said: "Sasuke, I remember I told you that the practice time of drawing a knife and cutting takes a long time, but you have been focusing on the practice of drawing a knife and slashing for the past few days, and you have neglected the basic sword technique. ”

After Sakuraku finished speaking, he didn't care what Sasuke's expression was, but turned his head to Naruto, who was a little trembling, and said: "Although I didn't teach you anything, but I think your own shortcomings, you should still have points, spiritism is of course a very good ninjutsu, but your release success rate, you should be clear yourself, and there is also the style of doing things, don't be reckless in trouble, you must learn to think calmly, you are not as good as Sasuke in this regard, I hope you can make me have an impressive performance when you are in the qualifiers." ”

After Sakuraluo finished summing up, she arrived at Ai Ye, she looked at Sakura, who pursed her lips and didn't dare to speak, sighed and said: "I just hope you don't focus too much on the practice of offensive ninjutsu, Sasuke and Naruto are better than you in this regard, but the two of them don't have medical means, I'll just say this, and the rest, you can think about it yourself." ”

"That's all the two of us can say."

Sakuraku saw Ai Ye finish summing up, and looked at the more or less frustrated trio in front of him with a serious expression, "During the qualifiers, Ai Ye and I will not keep our hands, or I will not leave your hands behind. ”

"Because you are already half of our disciples in a sense, for others, we may relax our requirements a little bit, but for you, our requirements will be extremely strict."

"Heart, ability, perseverance!"

"A person's strength is nothing more than these three points, or that sentence, I hope that when the qualifiers come, the three of you can make me and Ai Ye shine, instead of making us look dark."

No matter how stupid the trio is, at this time they all understand that Sakuraku and Ai Ye are full of expectations for them, and what they can do is very simple, that is, not to live up to their expectations of themselves.

After the trio with determined eyes looked at each other, they said to Sakuraku and Ai Ye in unison, "Understood! ”

After seeing the eyes of the trio, both of them smiled with satisfaction, and then waved their hands and said, "That's it, disband!" ”

"Yes!"

The words fell, and the trio disappeared in front of the two of them in an instant.

"They've all grown up."

Sakuraku said to Aino with a little emotion: "Especially Sasuke, the change should be the biggest one." ”

"Although sometimes it's cold."

Ai Ye thought about Sasuke's matter, and then sighed and said, "Well, after all, after experiencing that kind of thing, I can somewhat understand why you care so much about Brother Xiao Ku, Sister Sakuraku." ”

Sakuraku smiled slightly when she heard this: "Take your time, that child's heart knot has not been completely untied, and I feel that the Uchiha clan is ...... It's not that simple. ”

Ai Ye, who nodded in agreement, sighed helplessly and said, "I don't know when Brother Xiao Ku will be willing to take the initiative to talk to us about this matter." ”

"It's early."

Sakuraku patted Ai Ye's head and said, "At least it's not the time yet." ”

"Kakashi, that guy is really ...... too"

Ai Ye said a little angrily: "Isn't it just a little curious about what happened to the Uchiha back then, as for that?" ”

"Alright, don't blame Kakashi."

Sakuraku shook his head slightly and said, "After all, this matter is an internal matter of Konoha, and it is already interesting that he is willing to tell us Sasuke's life experience." ”

"That's not that bad, right?"

The more he thought about it, the more angry Ai Ye became, stomped his feet and said, "Go home!" Don't want to! ”

With that, he turned around and walked in the direction of the rental house, while Sakuraku glanced at Ai Ye's back, smiled helplessly, and followed.

Meanwhile, in the Hokage's office, Jiraiya and Kakashi are standing in front of an oversized desk discussing something with the Hokage.

"What do you think of them, Jiraiya?"

The Hokage, who was holding a pipe, took a drag on his cigarette and asked Jiraiya, who was standing at the table.

"At least not a member of Akatsuki."

Jiraiya thought about it and responded: "I've been observing what they've been doing for almost the past month, and there's nothing suspicious except that the ninjutsu of both of them is quite peculiar. ”

"And I've checked Naruto's seal too, and there's nothing wrong with it."

"Hmmm......"

Hearing this, the Hokage nodded slightly, and then asked, "What about the possibility of being a spy?" ”

"Yes, but not much."

Jiraiya clasped his hands to his chest and said with a smile: "I prefer the term 'hermits', although they do intend to hide their origins, I can feel that they are not hostile to Konoha in fact. ”

"What about the news of the Uchiha clan?"

Kakashi tugged at his mask and said, "And the matter of the more than 100 people in the country of waves, to be honest, I still think the two of them are ...... It's a bit of a problem. ”

Hearing this, the Hokage didn't nod or shake his head, but moved his gaze to Jiraiya, he wanted to see what his apprentice had to say about the two of them.

"The Uchiha clan is actually very easy to explain."

Jiraiya smiled and said to the two, "It should be pure curiosity, after all, Kakashi, you said that the two of them don't even know what the Blood Inheritance Limit is, if they are not interested in the Uchiha's affairs, then I will be suspicious of them." ”

"As for the country of waves...... The explanation I can think of is that they wanted to get in touch with the old man as quickly as possible, so they had to make this decision, and the purpose should be to obtain information. ”

"Of course, Lu Jiu's speculation is not unreasonable, which is also the reason why I did not completely deny the theory of espionage."

Speaking of this, Jilai suddenly sighed and said: "These two people are very difficult, if you want to say that they are spies, then their performance is a little too normal, but if you want to say that they are not spies, then I don't know anything about the ninja world, I really don't know how to explain it, if you want to fundamentally solve this problem, you must start from the beginning." ”

Hearing this, the Hokage frowned slightly and didn't speak, while Kakashi thought for a moment and asked a little puzzled, "The purpose of the two of them you just mentioned is to obtain information, can't this be used as evidence that they are spies?" ”

"Intelligence can be explained in both ways."

Zilai also shook his head slightly and said: "From the perspective of espionage, the operation of the two of them is a perfect infiltration operation, at least now in your opinion, these two people are a thorn in the eye, and they are not pulled out, nor are they not pulled out." ”

"But if from the perspective of 'hermits', what they urgently needed at that time was the intelligence of the ninja world, and contacting the high-level of a country was the fastest way for them to obtain information about the ninja world, so they killed more than a hundred thugs in front of you, and tested your attitude at the same time, but also tested Konoha's attitude towards this kind of thing."

Kakashi's brows furrowed when he heard this, and he asked puzzledly, "Aren't they afraid that I will pretend to accept it, and then turn back the moment they step into Konoha?" ”

But Jiraiya didn't answer Kakashi's question directly, instead smiled and asked, "Do you know why they taught Naruto about them?" ”

Kakashi shook his head a little inexplicably as he listened to Jiraiya's rhetorical question, but the Hokage, who had been sitting on the side, reacted, "They're proving their worth. ”

"That's right."

Jiraiya glanced at Kakashi, who was frowning and thinking, and said, "Sakuraku's sword technique and Aino's medical ninjutsu are both unheard of and unseen, and the reason why they taught Naruto is to let you know that they have something that others don't have. ”

"And the most important thing is that they knew that you and Zai Bu Chop were hostile, and the Kado who hired Zai Bu Chop was just a rich man who didn't have much of a city, and when the Zai Bu Kill mission failed, he led people to surround Zai Bu Chop, even a fool can see the connection between this."

"Killing a rich man and more than a hundred of his subordinates who were in a hostile relationship with the person he wanted to take refuge with was the first to surrender, and then he showed Konoha his worth as a ninja."

"In other words, Kakashi, as long as you're a ninja of Konoha at the time, there was no second option at all other than to accept their requests."

As Jiraiya's analysis ended, the quiet pin drop in the Hokage's office could be heard.

I have to say that what Jiraiya said is very reasonable, whether it is the theory of espionage or the theory of hermits, he has analyzed Sakuraku and Ai Ye thoroughly.

But in the same way, these words also have another meaning, that is, a big country, and now it is led by the nose by these two individuals, which is unacceptable to the Hokage.

"In other words, if we want to know the purpose of the two of them, there is no other way than to find out their origins, right?"

The Hokage was the first to speak, breaking the silence of the office.

"Actually, it doesn't have to be that complicated."

Jiraiya, who thought for a moment, responded, "As I said before, the two of them don't seem to have any hostility towards Konoha, and since they are not enemies, there is no need for us to make the relationship so stiff." ”

Kakashi was stunned when he heard this, and subconsciously asked, "What do you mean?" ”

"Just follow Shikaku's plan."

Jiraiya glanced at Kakashi and said to the frowning Hokage, "If this plan excludes the suspicion of the two of them as spies, then there is only one option in front of us. ”

When the Hokage heard this, his frown widened, and he understood what Jiraiya wanted to say, but unfortunately, Kakashi, who was standing next to the two, didn't seem to understand.

"Since the two of them used Konoha to get information."

Jiraiya smiled and explained to Kakashi, who couldn't figure it out, "Then it's okay to do the other way around." ”

If Kakashi doesn't understand that, then his shinobi is in vain.

"Do you mean to use their abilities to do something?"

Kakashi followed Jiraiya's words, but then frowned and said a little worriedly, "Can they take it?" ”

"What's not to do?"

Hokage got ahead of Jiraiya and said to Kakashi with a smile, "It's a win-win, they use our power to get information about the ninja world, and what we get is their unique ability, and no one owes anyone anything." ”

“…… But it's all based on the fact that they're not spies. ”

"So these arrangements all depend on the results of this Zhongnin exam."

Jiraiya patted Kakashi on the shoulder and smiled at the Hokage......

"All in all, whether they are spies or not, they will do no harm to Konoha Baibai."