In the Hokage's office, Tsunade looked at Naruto and Jiraiya with joy on his face.

Needless to say, it's still the same. It's Naruto, who hasn't seen him for more than two years and has grown a lot, but it's just ......

Tsunade glanced at the dust on Naruto's clothes, and a hint of helplessness flashed across his face. As the Hokage, Tsunade has the means to know the big and small events happening in Konoha in real time, and the previous encounter between Naruto and Haruno Sakura is naturally no exception.

Although Tsunade was also anxious about Naruto's emotional intelligence and immature mind, he didn't mean to point it out in public, after all, Naruto was only a fifteen-year-old boy now, and there was still a lot of time for him to grow up, so there was no need to rush this time.

"It's been a long time. I think the practice has yielded some results. ”

Tsunade said with a smile on her face, knowing that her expectations for Naruto were high, huh...... Second only to Zhou Xiaoning. Tsunade has always intended to train Naruto to be a Hokage, so Naruto's strength is naturally as strong as possible.

"Of course, do you think we'll come back if we don't get results?"

Jilai also raised his eyebrows and said quite smugly.

"That's right, I'm a lot stronger than before!"

Naruto also showed a smug smile at this time, for more than two years, he had not relaxed his cultivation, and he could feel that he was improving every day.

"Hehe, it's not enough to just talk about it, let's prove it with actual results."

"Actual results? What should I do? ”

Naruto looked at Tsunade puzzled, he felt the improvement of his strength the most, but he couldn't let him share this feeling with Tsunade.

"Let's have a strength test, for this test, I forcibly put that person on standby for ten days." Tsunade smiled mysteriously, then looked out the door and said, "Come in." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, the door to the Hokage's office was pushed open, but it was two people who had been there recently.

Shikamaru and Temari had just dealt with the matters related to the middle ninja exam and were about to report to Tsunade, so they started to prepare, but what they didn't expect was that they met Naruto who had just returned to Konoha here.

The reunion of friends is naturally a reminiscence.

"So, my opponent is Shikamaru?"

Naruto said in a questioning tone, admitting that Shikamaru had a good brain and could get rid of him for eight streets, but in a head-to-head confrontation, Naruto didn't think he would lose.

"Huh? Rival? What are you talking about? ”

Shikamaru looked confused, his IQ was high, but he didn't have the ability to calculate, Naruto's words had no beginning or end, how could he guess what was going on.

"No, your opponent is ......"

Tsunade was about to point out the window, but at this moment, Zhou Xiaoning appeared in the Hokage's office very abruptly and directly interrupted her.

"Tsunade-sensei, can you give me this strength test?"

"Time and Space Ninjutsu!"

Seeing Zhou Xiaoning's appearance, Zilai's pupils couldn't help but shrink, he was the teacher of Bo Feng Shuimen, and he naturally knew something about time and space ninjutsu, before that, Zhou Xiaoning was definitely not in this office, otherwise he would not have found out. Moreover, he did not find anything that could be used as spatial coordinates such as kunai or runes, so it can be seen that Zhou Xiaoning's spatial ability attainments even surpassed those of Bo Feng Shuimen.

"Tsunade really has a good apprentice."

Jiraiya secretly let out a sigh, but soon he was relieved, Zhou Xiaoning's strength is indeed very strong, but Naruto's potential is not a joke, after all, Naruto is the "son of prophecy"!

"Brother Zhou, it's you!"

After Naruto saw the person clearly, he immediately showed an ecstatic expression, in his heart, Zhou Xiaoning had always appeared as an "elder brother". It's just that since the end of the Great Snake Pill invasion battle, Zhou Xiaoning has left Konoha and there has been no news. For more than two years, Naruto has been trying to find Zhou Xiaoning's whereabouts, but in the end he found nothing, originally Naruto still wanted to ask Tsunade to help find it, but he didn't expect to be reunited in this way, how can he not be happy?

"It's been a long time since I've seen Naruto, you've grown a lot."

Zhou Xiaoning smiled happily, in fact, he has always regarded Naruto as a younger brother, and he is naturally quite relieved to be able to see Naruto's growth.

"What, is the opponent of this strength test Brother Zhou?"

Naruto was a little eager to try, he wanted Zhou Xiaoning to see for himself how he had grown over the past two years, he was no longer the weak child he had been.

"It's really rare, since you want to test Naruto's cultivation results yourself, I naturally have no opinion, it's just ......"

Tsunade looked a little embarrassed, she had already agreed with Kakashi before, and now that people were outside, if she changed her mind at this time, wouldn't it be a little too sorry for Kakashi.

"It's okay, I just have to watch, and I'm happy."

Kakashi appeared at the right time to relieve Tsunade.

To be honest, whether it was two and a half years ago or now, Kakashi couldn't see Zhou Xiaoning's strength clearly, which couldn't help but make him very curious, so let him take this opportunity to take a good look.

"Now that Kakashi has agreed, it's no problem."

Tsunade nodded, and the matter was solved perfectly.

"Hokage-sama, please wait."

Shikamaru suddenly spoke up and interrupted Tsunade's words, in fact, from the moment Zhou Xiaoning appeared, his eyes never took his eyes off him. This made Temari beside him very tasteful, you must know that Shikamaru had never looked at her like this.

Actually, this is not to blame Shikamaru, as the development of the ability of the Shadow Fruit progresses, Shikamaru is becoming more and more absolutely Devil Fruit is not simple. He had used the intelligence network of the Nara family, and even the Yamanaka, Akimichi, and Inuzuka families to investigate the Devil Fruit, but he couldn't find a word, as if it wasn't a product of this world. This made Shikamaru curious, and he always felt that Zhou Xiaoning was hiding something.

This kind of thought is held in my heart, and it is like being scratched by a kitten, so that Shikamaru can't let go.

And just now, when Zhou Xiaoning offered to replace Kakashi and test Naruto's strength, Shikamaru suddenly had an idea in his heart, maybe he could take this opportunity to figure out everything he wanted to know.

"Shikamaru, what's the matter with you?"

"Hokage-sama, can I take this strength test as well?"

As soon as Shikamaru said this, everyone present showed puzzled expressions, and everyone didn't understand, why did Shikamaru have to participate in this strength test?