A train tugged and whistled past.

Kazuhime sat by the window of the single carriage, a black briefcase on the table in front of her, and her dark eyes looked out the window at the lush forest scenery.

This section of the track is built along the forest, so you can enjoy the beautiful scenery of the forest.

The dense foliage is interspersed with many fresh pink and white flowers.

The weather in March is no longer too cold, and everything is starting to recover again.

In fact, compared to the scenery outside the window, Kazuhime felt the magic of the train she was riding even more.

For ninjas, the ninja world is not big, and it is not small to say.

Many areas are artificially undeveloped areas, inhabited by all kinds of fierce beasts and poisonous insects, ordinary people want to cross the mountains and mountains, from one country to another, not to mention the safety issues, the time it takes to walk alone is enough to make people daunted.

By her standards, it would take two days to run from the Land of Demons with all her might to reach the Land of Fire.

Most ninjas take three days.

And she sprinted at a much faster speed than the train she was on.

This is very inconvenient for ordinary people to travel to foreign countries.

The birth of the train has the potential to change that.

Since two years ago, the number of carriages in the territory of the Oni Country has become extremely small, and it has basically reached the point of being invisible.

Under the introduction of government policies, trains have also become a new means of transportation to replace horse-drawn carriages in the minds of the domestic people.

This has not only been favored by the domestic people, but also has a very strong ability to induce businessmen from abroad.

This is a good thing for the future development of the ninja world.

The more developed the industry, the more inefficient and cheap manpower becomes.

The skill of one person to control the operation of the machine can be equal to the manual ability of a dozen or even dozens of people in the past.

When it comes to high-end industry, it is an area that cannot be reached by manual ability, and can only be guided by machines.

The only pity is that the current use of trains has not spread to other countries, and has only been popularized in the territory of the Oni Country.

Leaving such a convenient environment and entering a country with low industrial capacity, Kazuhime was able to deeply realize how inconvenient it was to live in the past.

With the rise of industrial capacity, sooner or later, countries will also completely open their borders and start a new era of trade.

However, the future is also full of uncertainties, at least the traditional aristocracy is still hesitating.

Because mastering knowledge is a very dangerous term in this era of not being open-minded.

In particular, let the knowledge be popularized to the lower levels.

This will have an extremely bad effect on the rule of the upper classes.

Up to now, the rule of the aristocracy has relied on various monopolies to ensure their hereditary status and not be influenced by the lower classes.

Once a part of the monopoly is broken, it means that its own interests will be absorbed by the lower strata.

Of course, not all aristocrats hold this old traditional thinking and firmly believe that they are the rulers of the 'one line'.

It's just that these nobles occupy too small a proportion in the upper echelons of the whole to shake the general trend.

It is also necessary to add a fire to completely cut off the illusions in the hearts of some people.

And this fire can only be a raging fire called 'war'!

This time is three, four, or maybe five years.

In short, peace will not be long in coming.

Although he is not a high-level member of the military, Kazuhime can occasionally sense that the accumulation of the Oni Country is close to saturation through some changes.

Until then, we must build a 'bridge' to the land of fire!

The train headed all the way to the western coastal area, crossing the mountains and rivers where the forests and snow melted, and in about the afternoon, it arrived at the stop of the coastal city of Ononi no Kuni, stopping to drive.

"Miss, we have arrived at the site, and the cruise ship to the country of waves in the port is also ready to depart at any time."

The door of the single carriage was opened, and Cardo, who was wearing sunglasses, walked in and said respectfully to Kazuhime.

"It's hard work, let's go."

Yiji carried the black briefcase in her hand, her long black hair was lightly raised, and her pretty face was full of coldness.

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"...... of the Land of Waves"

Since the rebellion of the Wave Country Peasants and Workers Group to overthrow the local nobility three years ago, the Fire Country Daimyo Mansion and Konoha Ninja Village have not relaxed for a moment against this organization.

Although Konoha advocates the principle of not actively interfering, the ninjas of the Oni Country, directly stationed in such a close place to the Fire Country, will still make Hizaki feel uneasy to sleep.

The only dispute between the Fire Country and the Demon Country now is the control of the Wave Country.

Fortunately, because the Oni Country was too domineering in the country of waves, after using the Peasants' and Workers' League to overthrow the local nobles of the Wave Country, he immediately wanted to steal the fruits of the Peasants' and Workers' League's movement, and swallow the fruits of victory to achieve the goal of indirectly controlling the country of waves.

It's a pity that the top of the Peasants' and Workers' Regiment, with foresight, recruited the Thunder Light Regiment of the underground black market one step ahead.

The famous Thunder Light Regiment, on the premise of sufficient compensation, was not afraid of the soldiers of the Ghost Country, and sabotaged the secret actions of the Ghost Country in the territory of the Wave Country several times.

This also made the Japanese slash look at the thunder light group with admiration.

There are very few bounty hunters with integrity in the underground black market, and there are even fewer bounty hunters who are not afraid of the ninjas of the great countries with extremely high integrity and very strong strength.

The Thunder Light Regiment is one of those groups of bounty hunters.

Especially in the past few years, it has been constantly fighting against the country of ghosts, and with the reputation of the underground black market, the Thunder Light Group has been able to compete with the Xuan Ape Crowd.

Even if it was Konoha's actions in the country of waves, he had to look at the face of the thunder light group.

Fortunately, in the face of the problem of the country of waves, the Thunder Light Group was hired by the Peasants' and Workers' Troupe, and Konoha was on the same front, otherwise, the Peasants' Troupe would have been swallowed by the Ghost Country.

Sitting in his office, Hizai picked up the information file on the Thunder Light Regiment and fell into deep thought.

Thunder Light Regiment.

The leader's name is Chino.

It is a young woman, with an appearance of about thirteen or fourteen years old, and her real age is ominous.

Ninjutsu is the summoning of a powerful red dragon, suspected of some unknown blood inheritance limit.

There are not many members under his command, but each of them has special secret arts and blood inheritance limits, and it can be said that they are one of the most fearsome bounty hunter teams in the underground black market.

The danger level is not inferior to the Xuan Ape who once defeated the three ninjas.

Looking at the huge red dragon photographed in the photo, it is a ninjutsu model summoned by the leader of the Thunder Light Regiment.

Looking at this huge red dragon, Ri Slash always felt that this technique was a little familiar to anyone who had heard of it.

But I can't remember where I heard about this ninjutsu, so I gave up thinking deeply and confirmed the blood inheritance limit type of the leader of the Thunder Light Regiment, and this kind of thing can be analyzed by the people in the intelligence department.

But even with the strong intervention of the Thunder Light Regiment, the situation of the Peasants' and Workers' Regiment in the country of waves is not optimistic.

The reason why the country of demons is strong is not because their ninjas are scattered soldiers, but in groups.

What's more, as far as Hizaki knows, Chiba Kazuhime, the ninja leader who has entered the country of ghosts, has never done anything in a real sense so far.

The other party is the daughter of Chiba Shiraishi and Uchiha Ruri, who once defeated his second son Ape Fei Asma with three or two moves, and his strength is unfathomable.

There was a solemn look in the eyes of the sun slasher.

How to solve the ninjas of the Oni Country, which is rooted in the territory of the country of waves, has become a difficult problem faced by the Peasants and Workers and the Land of Fire at the same time.

And if you want to completely eradicate this hidden danger, if you don't repel Chiba Kazuhime, then this matter will be impossible to talk about.

The other party is probably a ninja of the same level as Kakashi.

"Hokage-sama."

A figure suddenly landed in front of Suncut's desk.

He wears an animal mask and carries a short knife with a sheath behind his back.

None other than Kakashi.

He held a document in his hand and placed it in front of Hizari.

Seeing Kakashi coming, Hizashi nodded, and instead of picking up the document, he asked, "What are the results of the investigation?" ”

Kakashi pondered for a moment and replied, "As Hokage-sama expected, according to the investigation of the dark department these days, there are indeed some problems with the identity of the other party, but I didn't expect that a middle shinobi could hide so well in the village, and it was only now that it was detected." ”

"If it weren't for the fact that he was always deliberately approaching the 'target,' I wouldn't have doubted him."

Hinata opened the information file, and there was a photo prominently placed on it.

The photo shows an adult man with a gentle temperament, a gentle smile, and a very friendly person.

The name is Mizuki.

is a teacher at the Konoha Ninja School.

Although there is not much difference in age from Kakashi, he is limited by talent and can only stop at the middle ninja, and then passes the assessment and enters the ninja school to teach.

Before he entered the ninja school to teach, the other party's resume also had some bad records.

In order to complete the mission as soon as possible, Mizuki chose to brutally kill his companion to prevent his companion from dragging the team down and causing the mission to fail.

Subsequently, the matter was investigated and severely criticized by the upper echelons.

In view of the good attitude later, the upper echelons decided to give the other party another chance.

After entering the ninja school to teach, the other party also taught many excellent students.

In view of this, the surveillance of Mizuki was withdrawn.

But unexpectedly, not long after the revocation of surveillance, Mizuki began to be active again.

This time his target became even bigger, approaching the Nine-Tails Pillar Force, and his intentions were unknown.

Although it was well hidden, the people in the shadows still noticed it.

However, this time, Hizashi didn't startle the snake, but asked Kakashi to personally monitor the other party, wanting to see what Mizuki's purpose was in approaching the Nine-Tails Pillar Force.

According to Kakashi and the Dark Division's investigation, Mizuki approached the Nine-Tails Pillar Force and was instructed by someone.

Behind him, there is a hidden line.

"So, have you found out the identity of the person behind him? Which side is the spy? ”

Hizai asked seriously.

Problems with teachers at the ninja school are by no means trivial.

The Ninja School is the most important ninja training institution in Konoha, and you must be a person who has implemented the Will of Fire before you can enter and teach.

Once the teacher deviates from Konoha's will in some behavior, he must be removed from his position, monitored and investigated, and will not be released until there are no problems.

Originally, Mizuki should have been treated like this, but in order to grasp the dark line behind the other party, he couldn't act rashly at this moment.

"I can't see anything yet, but since the other party is close to Renzhuli, it must be the person behind him, and he wants to use him to achieve something. And according to the time, it should also be soon. ”

The Nine-Tails Pillar Force Uzumaki Naruto is this year's freshman.

In a few days, it will be the day of graduation from the ninja school.

With the other party's rotten grades, it is completely impossible to pass the ninja school's graduation exam normally.

The tail of the 10,000-year-old crane of the ninja school is not a joke.

Once you fail in the exam, it is the easiest time for the other party to invade.

If Mizuki wanted to use the power of the Nine-Tails Pillar to achieve something, only that time would be the easiest time to achieve the goal.

Kakashi's thoughts coincided with Hinashi's.

"But, Hokage-sama, aren't you going to let Naruto graduate from the ninja school this year? Or will it wait until tomorrow? ”

"I'm thinking about it as well. Naruto's identity is special, and if he loses the umbrella of the ninja school, many things are not for me to decide. ”

Kakashi heard what Hizashi was saying.

Compared with an insignificant chess piece like Mizuki, the attitude of the root towards the human pillar force is the problem.

"The reason why Naruto's ninjutsu results are not good is entirely because of the power of the Nine-Tails."

Thinking of this, Ri Chop had an even more headache.

Naruto is arguably Konoha's worst Nine-Tails pillar strength.

The first two Nine-Tails Pillar Force, although they did not become a perfect human pillar force, were able to rely on their own ability to force the Nine-Tails to contribute to fight for themselves. When the Nine-Tails are on a rampage, they can also use a powerful sealing technique to strongly restrict the Nine-Tails.

Compared with the previous two Nine-Tails Pillar Force, Naruto, as a human pillar force, was affected by the Nine-Tails' power.

Once the power of the Nine-Tails rages, Naruto, who lacks control, will evolve into a huge disaster.

When the time comes, the root will definitely take this opportunity to gain control of the Nine-Tails.

Kakashi is not good at expressing his opinion on this matter.

He also knew nothing about the cultivation of human pillar power, and he didn't understand it deeply.

But I also know that it is not easy for everyone to live a hard life.

was supposed to be a hero who saved the village, but because of the uncontrolled power in his body, he was hated and hostile by the people in the village.

Growing up in such a cold-eyed environment, most of them were filled with dissatisfaction and hatred for the world.

Compared to those people, Naruto, who still maintains an optimistic attitude, is an alternative.

But other than that, it seems like that's all there is to it.

After all, without the Hokage's order, rashly approaching the Nine-Tails Pillar Force, even the Minister of the Dark Minister, would be suspicious of the Hokage.

As he spoke, Hinata took out a crystal ball from a drawer and placed it on the table.

After entering the chakra, a screen quickly appeared on the crystal ball.

It is a classroom where teacher Iruka Umino and the students are practicing indoor transformation.

For the students of the ninja school, transformation techniques, stand-in techniques, and doppelganger techniques are the three basic ninjutsu that must be mastered.

The first to take the stage was Sasuke.

His transformation technique is perfect, and he looks like Iruka, and he can't tell which one is the real Iruka just from the outside.

Sasuke's performance made Iruka, as a teacher, very satisfied, and the crazy screams of the girls sounded in the class, and it could be seen that Sasuke was very popular in the class.

Neither Hizaki nor Kakashi was surprised by this.

After all, the child who inherited the name of the Uchiha, coupled with Kakashi's training in the past few years, the three-body technique has already reached the point of perfection for him.

Even the Fire Escape Ninjutsu is also used with ease.

The other party is in contact with and mastering the second type of Thunder Escape Nature Change Ninjutsu.

In the beginning, he has surpassed his peers.

Except for the children from the ninja clan, they may be able to compete with Sasuke in some aspects, but overall, it must be Sasuke who has the advantage.

Next, the students in the class took to the stage one by one to perform and show off their transformation skills.

In the eyes of a ninja at Kakashi's level, this is just playing at home.

At the age of four, he mastered the three-body technique.

In addition to the stand-in technique that is still in use now, the transformation technique and the doppelganger technique are not necessarily used once a year.

But for the students, being able to master the transformation technique so well can be regarded as a good achievement.

After all, talented people are very few.

Soon, it was Naruto who came into the scene.

The blue color is similar to the eyes of his father's fourth generation Hokage Wave Feng Shui Gate, and the color of his hair is exactly the same, that is, the six beards on his face, which somewhat ruins his overall image.

Naruto came on stage amid the ridicule of his classmates and shouted the words 'Look at me, Transfiguration', his hands were sealed, and chakras erupted, and the momentum was quite amazing.

As if intending to surprise those who laughed at him.

Hizashi and Kakashi were also very curious about whether the other party's three-body mastery was still as miserable as it had been in the past.

Then, a beautiful girl with blond hair and two ponytails with a slender figure and healthy skin of wheat appeared naked in the crystal ball.

With the smoke filled, the bumpy figure loomed, and he winked at his teacher Iruka.

“……”

Kakashi's mouth under the mask opened slightly, and he stopped talking.

Although the transformation is not what Iruka wants, it can show the image of a beautiful girl with blonde hair and two ponytails so vividly......

This kid, in a way, is also an amazing talent.

"Really, Iruka still doesn't have enough concentration. It would be defeated by such a boring ninjutsu. ”

Looking at the crystal ball, Iruka, who saw the body of a beautiful girl, had already collapsed to the ground with a collapsed face due to excessive blood loss, and her whole body convulsed. Hinata couldn't help but sigh as he wiped the nosebleed from his nose with a tissue.

Compared to a young man with little experience like Iruka, as a Hokage, he had long been accustomed to Naruto's genius-like behavior full of whimsy.

Even if such a boring ninjutsu is strengthened tenfold, as a Hokage, he can withstand it with his strong willpower.

"I don't think it's a matter of whether you have enough concentration......

Kakashi wanted to complain, but didn't know where to start.

can only say that he, the head of the dark department, is still too shallow in terms of knowledge.

This is not at all a unique skill that normal people can imagine.

"But, then again, this kid is really lonely. I want to rely on this way to attract other people's attention. ”

Even through the screen, Kakashi could sense the other person's forced smile, trying to attract the attention of others and recognize his existence.

But alas, in the wrong way.

Sure enough, Iruka, who had recovered, scolded Naruto directly at Naruto, viciously carrying him outside to the penalty station, making him reflect on his mistakes.

"This is the life of the people, who are part of the village, but who are often excluded. The behavior of adults can affect the behavior of children. ”

Hizai sighed.

"Then what will Hokage-sama do next? Is it ...... over there in Mizuki?"

"Wait and see, and don't startle the snake until the other party has made a move. If you don't find out the black hand behind the scenes, no matter how many chess pieces like Mizuki are caught, there is no point. ”

Hizari's eyes sharpened.

"Yes."

Kakashi took the order.

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In late March, the day before the graduation of the ninja school.

It's not just the students who need to carefully revise for tomorrow's graduation exams, but the teachers at the school also have a hard time.

The number of sixth-grade graduates is not large, and according to the teachers' estimates, more than 95 percent of the students will be able to graduate from the school without any problems.

After that, according to the comprehensive ability of each graduate, they will be assigned to different shinobi teams, handed over to the people above for review, and a suitable teacher will be arranged.

"Iruka, are you going to eat together later?"

Iruka looked up, looked at the visitor, and smiled and refused, "I'm sorry, Mizuki, I promised Naruto that I would treat him to a meal of Ichiraku ramen tonight." Tomorrow, while the students have successfully graduated, let's go to the celebration banquet. ”

With a gentle and kind smile on his face, he has a handsome face, and he is a few years older than Iruka, and he is a senior and friend whom Iruka respects very much-Shinobu Mizuki in Konoha Naka.

"That's it, then there's no way, Naruto's kid's grades are really not very good, I think it's better for you to urge him to cultivate tonight, otherwise he may not pass tomorrow's graduation exam." If he can't graduate, Naruto will be extremely disappointed. ”

Mizuki's handsome face also showed a sad look of worry about Naruto's grades.

"I see, Mizuki, thank you for caring so much about Naruto. Naruto would be very happy when he found out. ”

"Where, that's what I'm supposed to do as a teacher. Naruto, a child who lost his parents since he was a child, was discriminated against by many people in the village, but as teachers, we should treat all students equally. ”

For Mizuki's words, Iruka empathizes.

"Then I won't bother you, say hello to Naruto for me later, and see you tomorrow morning."

Mizuki nodded and said goodbye to Iruka.

The moment he turned around, the gentle smile on Mizuki's face disappeared instantly, and he felt the weight of something in his arms, and an extremely cold smile appeared on his face.