A war that broke out in a hurry ended so suddenly.

It may seem like a bit of a joke, but in fact, it is very much in line with the situation of ninjas in this world: ninja battles rarely last too long, especially in this kind of large-scale chaos, and each ninja will do their best to kill or be killed by the enemy in the shortest amount of time.

The result of unreserved moves is that most ninjas are unable to fight for a long time: Chakra simply cannot allow ninjas to fight for long periods of time.

Therefore, if the ninjas of Konoha cannot be completely killed or defeated within a certain period of time, the results of this war have already been out.

The sound ninja and the sand ninja have already broken through and evacuated, and only some of the enemies who are too deep or under siege have not been completely eliminated, and the remaining part of the Konoha ninja has properly carried out some pursuits, and then they have begun to turn their heads to support the other companions.

As the battle situation became clearer, the ninjas of Konoha did not have to run around the battlefield frequently, but concentrated on the Hokage's side.

It's just a little different from what they thought at the beginning: they thought they needed to gather most of the elite, break the barrier, and then support the Hokage to kill Orochimaru.

Unexpectedly, by the time most of the people arrived, the battle between the three generations of Hokage-sama and Orochimaru had already had a result: Orochimaru was injured and fled, and Hokage-sama was safe and sound.

"Sure enough, it's worthy of the third generation Hokage-sama!"

The latecomers didn't know the situation, and thought that the Hokage-sama's sword was not old, and no matter how strong Orochimaru's strength was, he still couldn't beat his teacher.

But the upper ninja, who arrived first, had already surrounded the surrounding shadows, but he knew that Orochimaru was not forced to retreat by the three generations of Hokage-sama at all, and even the three generations of adults just played a gorgeous soy sauce in this battle and became an audience in the arena.

In addition to the two ninjutsu released at the beginning of the whole battle, the three generations of Hokage-sama occupied the best viewing seats in the audience, and witnessed how Orochimaru was forced to flee after eating deflated.

"It's just a shinobi!"

Almost all of them sighed in their hearts, and at the same time, they invariably gave Ethan the same evaluation.

"What a monster!"

This is not a negative evaluation, but an absolutely positive compliment, and they all feel that there must be a place for Ethan in Konoha's future.

The facts seem to prove everyone's speculation, and when the war subsides and Konoha moves to the aftermath, the first thing is Ethan's promotion.

"Promotion?"

The promotion came too suddenly, and he himself was a little confused, although he saved the lives of the three generations of Hokage, but the three generations of Hokage, isn't your return too simple and straightforward? Shouldn't we discuss in private how to reward it? After all, he is only a newcomer who has not been graduating for a long time.

"The middle ninja exam was originally for the selection of excellent lower ninjas, and when you advanced to the main competition, you were already considered to be the middle ninja back-up, and in the subsequent sudden outbreak of war, you also showed good strength, and it was natural to be promoted. ”

The explanation for Ethan is Yamashiro Aoba, who came specifically to summon the message, and before the middle ninja exam, Yamashiro Aoba was still Ethan's instructor, but this title is probably over today.

Ethan's strength is already very amazing, and Yamashiro Aoba has no way to give him any guidance.

In his mind, Hokage-sama decided to promote Ethan directly, I'm afraid it was to be specially cultivated.

"Is there anyone else who has been promoted but me?"

"If it's a normal promotion, there are still a few, if you want to ask the same class as you...... Or the other people who took the middle ninja exam this time, then there is another person who is promoted to middle ninja. ”

"Who is it?"

"The one from the Nara family. ”

"It's Shikamaru!"

Ethan thought that he had snatched Shikamaru's promotion opportunity, but he didn't expect that although he didn't have the opportunity to play to show himself, he showed his extraordinary mind vividly in the later support battle, and killed a group of people who were hungry for Shinobi - without the battle with Temari, Nara's Shikamaru's chakra is very sufficient, which allows him to calmly lay out.

Because of this wonderful performance, Shikamaru still got the opportunity to be promoted, after all, whether in terms of brain, leadership or actual combat effectiveness, Nara Shikamaru has reached the standard of the middle ninja, and this time he completely annihilated the pursuit troops of the sound ninja, which can be regarded as a sufficient contribution, and promotion is not something that cannot be understood.

However, although they are both promoted, there is a slight difference between the two.

Ethan had finalized the promotion almost immediately, and Shikamaru might have to wait a while for the Konoha rebuilding to get back on track before it was announced.

Until then, Konoha has to do a lot of aftermath work, such as counting casualties and funerals for the many ninjas who died defending Konoha in battle, and then repairing the areas and buildings that were actually damaged.

Wait until these are all done, Ethan went to the registration office to change the information, and when he came out again, he was already a shinobi who could put on a vest - of course, Konoha has no hard requirements for the daily dress of ninjas, except for special circumstances, ninjas can freely choose their favorite clothes, only the forehead guard that symbolizes Konoha ninja must be worn in a conspicuous place.

Although Ethan received a vest, he usually kept it at home, and it was still the jacket that everyone was most familiar with, and Ethan's promotion was not hyped up, so his classmates didn't know that Ethan had become a middle ninja.

Although he was promoted to a middle ninja, the above has not decided how to arrange Ethan, whether to let him lead a few lower ninjas to form a new squad, or directly supplement the existing combat group, or simply deploy as a separate combat unit, there has been no clear instruction, resulting in Ethan has been in an idle state, and there is no way to take over the task alone.

At present, all of Konoha's energy is focused on negotiating with the Shinobi, because the Shinobi side found the body of the Wind Shadow, and confirmed that the Wind Shadow had died several days before the middle ninja exam, indicating that the fact that the Sand Ninja joined this war was entirely because of Orochimaru's conspiracy:

He pretended to be the Wind Shadow and involved the Sand Ninja Village in this war, so everything was not the fault of the Sand Ninja Village, but Orochimaru's problem.

In the original book, because of the loss of the Hokage in Konoha Village, there was not too much entanglement in this matter, and this conflict was quickly put aside, and all attention was shifted to choosing the new Hokage.

Now it's different, the three generations of Hokage not only didn't die, but they didn't even suffer skin injuries, and they sat in Konoha with a good look, and there was no way for Konoha to approve of this kind of shirk in the Sand Ninja Village, so the negotiations fell into a stalemate.

Of course, with the style that the three generations have always had, he will not dwell on this matter endlessly, so it is an inevitable trend for Konoha and Sha Shinobi to get back together, but it is just a few more delays.

As for the choice of the new Hokage, the three generations have already made arrangements.

Compared to the two advisors' proposal that Jiraiya take over the Hokage's position, the three generations, who knew more about their disciples, did not immediately agree, but talked to Jiraiya in person, and then Jiraiya left Konoha Village with Naruto and went out to find Tsunade.

It wasn't until this time that Sarutobi, who was the Hokage, personally called Ethan to his office.

"During this time, things have been one after another, and I can finally breathe a sigh of relief. ”

Ethan glanced at it, and there were not only the three generations of Hokage Ape Flying Sun Slash in the entire office, but also the two advisors Zhuan Koharu and Mito Menyan.

"So the three generations of adults recruited subordinates, do you have any tasks to order?"

"I just wanted to talk to you......" Sarutobi lit his cigarette pouch and took off the hat that symbolized the Hokage and put it aside: "This time I can survive thanks to you, and I haven't thanked you personally for so long, I'm really sorry." ”

"This is the responsibility of being a Konoha ninja. ”

Ethan was a little confused, and didn't understand what the old man was doing?

He had several guesses before he came, the worst of which was that he had just entered the door and was surrounded by a large group of elite ninjas and a large number of shadows.

When he came in, he saw someone else and wondered if that old ghost was secretly trying to do something, should he kill him, or should he kill him, or should he kill his whole family?

When Ape Fei Ri casually talked to him, he wondered if the other party was deliberately paralyzing himself, and when the time came, he immediately smashed the cup...... I didn't see a water cup on the table, but it seems that a cigarette pouch can also be used?

He was thinking nonsense here, and on the surface, he perfectly coped with the various household words of the three generations of Hokage, but in the end, the old Hokage did not throw the cigarette pouch on the ground, but cherished it carefully, and was reluctant to even bump into it.

At the end, Sarutobi mentioned Ethan's recent situation.

"The post-war reconstruction is still ongoing, and due to the large number of casualties, many squads need to be adjusted, which is one of the reasons why you have not been assigned recently. ”

"One of them?"

"Hmm!" Ape Fei Ri Slash's words were so clear that it would not be strange for the other party to realize: "There is another reason, I need to ask your personal thoughts. ”

"What does it have to do with my arrangement?"

Ethan thought about it, Zhong Ren is qualified to be the leader of the squad, but the team led by Zhong Ren is cannon fodder in wartime, and although it is the main force to perform various tasks and earn remuneration for the village in peacetime, its status is really not high, and most of the tasks performed are medium and low-level tasks.

With his current situation, it is impossible for Ape Fei Ri to arrange him like this, and if you have to ask him his personal thoughts, then the answer will be very clear.

"Are you interested in joining the Shadows?"

"Shadows......"

As expected, Ape Fei Ri Slash never arranged Ethan's whereabouts, and really wanted him to enter the shadows.

Many of Konoha's elite ninjas, including Kakashi and Uchiha Itachi, have been trained in the shadows, and entering the shadows is equivalent to becoming a Hokage's cronies, which also proves that Sarutobi values Ethan.

Unfortunately, Ethan has no interest in the shadows.

"Not interested!"