Only Sakai and Sakura were left in the single room, while Naruto and Amazo left the room first.

A room with only two people is a little quiet, and it is easy to feel embarrassed.

However, Sakai didn't have this kind of consideration, he just kept his usual smile and faced Sakura, and asked, "What, Sakura-chan, aren't you going to leave with them?" ”

Ignoring Zuojing's words, Sakura just looked at Zuojing with serious eyes, and said solemnly, "What you said just now was deliberately provoking Naruto." ”

Although it was a question, Sakura was very sure, and stared at Sakai with a look that saw through everything.

Zuo Jing asked with an unchanged smile: "It's an interesting response, but I think you should be wrong." Moreover, you don't know anything about the roots, and everyone who joins this organization is a sibling of Danzo-sama, and there is no such thing as 'me', so feelings are also a drag. ”

"Why, then, do you carry this kind of picture book with you?"

Sakura lowered her gaze and looked at the picture book in her right hand.

Hearing this, Zuo Jing, the fingers of his right hand subconsciously strained and clenched the painting book.

Although he still has a smile on his face, this kind of smile is not even a fake smile, but cold.

"Naruto is right, ninjas are also humans, and humans are creatures that can't give up their feelings. No matter who you are, when faced with a major decision, you say that you should be rational, but most of the time, people still tend to choose the emotional side. Absolute rationality does not exist in this world. That picture book is a precious memory of you and your brother's past, and at the same time a proof of your existence. ”

Sakura said.

Human beings are easily infected by emotions and are impulsive higher animals.

Zuo Jingkou said that 'I' doesn't exist, it's Tuanzang's siblings, and I don't need to think...... However, when he carried this picture book with him, he was already instinctively rebelling against this 'rationality'.

His heart does not agree with the idea of roots.

Zuojing fell silent.

"You want to prove yourself desperately, you want to remember who you are as a brother...... For you, proving the existence of this brotherly bond is more important than your own life. ”

“…… Fetters? ”

It seemed that he was unfamiliar and curious about such a fresh word, and Zuo Jing couldn't help but mutter.

"You'd better think about it."

Sakura left the room with these words.

"What a strange group of people......"

Looking in the direction Sakura had left, Sakai thought of Tenzo and Naruto again.

Perhaps, he is the real strange person?

Lowering his head, Zuo Jing stared at the picture book in his hand, his eyes flashed, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

"Brother......

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"Damn! Damn it! That guy actually said something like that! I don't want anyone to protect me! ”

In the uninhabited woods, Naruto kept hitting the trees with his fists until the bark was smashed open, and the skin on his fist was cut by the rough bark, and blood flowed out, Naruto did not stop his movements, but continued to hit the trees.

Stimulated by Sakai's words, Naruto only wanted to vent his dissatisfaction in this way.

It wasn't until the tree was smashed with a fist that Naruto stopped his punches.

Blood dripped down the fist and fell to the ground.

"It's really unbearable for a person to come here to vent his emotions, boy."

The teasing voice suddenly came from behind him, causing Naruto to subconsciously turn around and see Jiraiya, who appeared not far behind him with a smile, walking slowly towards him.

"Lustful immortals?"

Naruto looked at Jiraiya in surprise.

"Why do you look so surprised? Inherited the psychic contract of Myoki Mountain, how can you say that you can be considered my student...... Isn't it normal to see a student lost and come over as a teacher to comfort him? ”

Jiraiya said with a smile.

"I didn't lose it."

Naruto's stubborn mouth hardened.

"Really? I've heard everything you said to that kid at the root. ”

"So, lecherous fairy, you also think that guy's words are very ugly, don't you?"

Naruto looked at Jiraiya expectantly.

And Jiraiya didn't disappoint Naruto and nodded, but soon, he shook his head again.

"What do you mean by nodding and shaking your head?"

Naruto became depressed.

"Stupid, of course, half agree, half disagree. There is still a lot to learn compared to the time when this immortal was born. ”

"Cut."

Naruto turned his head as if he didn't care about Jiraiya's preaching.

"Don't be convinced. The root organization is not as simple as you think, and it is relatively normal for the kid to join your squad. All ninjas who join the Roots will have to undergo brutal training to quench their feelings in order to turn them into first-class killing machines. ”

Jiraiya patted Naruto's head and said so.

He could see that the child named Zuojing still had the desire to break free from the shackles in his heart.

It's just that the concept of the roots is too ingrained for him, and it is by no means so easy to break free from that shackle.

One is psychological pressure, and the other is practical pressure.

The former is okay to say, but if the latter is known by Tuan Zang and becomes suspicious, it will be the destruction of reality if he greets Zuojing.

Even as the Hokage's Tsunade, it is difficult to keep the other party.

The current group is no longer the same as in the past, and it still needs to rely on the root leader of the Hokage's power.

Since the Third Ninja World War, the power of Tuanzang has gone out of control.

After the Uchiha was wiped out, there was another round of expansion.

Otherwise, the other party will not control the Hokage in order to achieve the purpose of controlling Konoha.

The other party's ambition has long been without any respect for the Hokage.

This kind of group collection is not only a deterrent to the Hokage and the ninja, but also an unprecedented deterrent for the insiders of the root, so that those root ninjas who still have residual feelings in their hearts can only further suppress their inner feelings and dare not expose any emotions.

"This kind of thing...... Why not deal with it? I've had such a hard time since I was a child, and they did it......"

Naruto lowered his brows, a little lost in his eyes.

In his opinion, this so-called root is simply an evil organization.

Turning humans into killing machines is completely different from the Konoha he has known in the past.

Moreover, he has been regarded as a demon fox since he was a child, and it seems that he is inseparable from this organization.

Although I don't care in my heart, I still feel a little unhappy when I think about these things.

I can't identify with such an organization, but also my partner.

Jiraiya was slightly silent.

He didn't know how to explain such words to Naruto.

In the past, he had also tried to appeal to his teacher, Ape Fei Hi, to withdraw the Roots from the shadows and disband the Roots before they could pose a threat.

However, instead of listening, his teacher, Sarutobi Hichi, planted Orochimaru in the roots, and even gave him a supply of funds and talents.

The growth of the roots is inseparable from the connivance of his mentor.

"If you don't like it, try to change it."

"Change?"

Naruto looked up at Jiraiya's serious gaze.

"That's right, isn't your dream to be the Hokage? As long as you become the Hokage, you can change all that. ”

"Can I do this?"

Naruto was a little unconfident.

Although he lacks common sense in his brain, he also knows that during the reign of the three generations of Hokage, this root organization was still alive and well, and now during the reign of the fifth generation of Hokage, the other party can still install people in the seventh class, which shows that this organization still has a very great influence......

In other words, the other party is a powerful existence that is difficult for the Hokage to defeat.

Can you change all of this by becoming the Hokage yourself?

"Of course, because you are the child of prophecy in the prophecy of Myoki Mountain."

Even if the world can be saved, in Jiraiya's opinion, Konoha's problem is only a trivial problem for Naruto.

What's more, with Tuanzang's physical condition, I'm afraid that the remaining time for activities is limited.

By the time Naruto became Hokage, perhaps Danzou would already be lying in the coffin board.

As long as Tuan Zang dies, then it will be much easier to merge the power of the root and the martial arts faction.

"And, don't worry too much about the rules that protect you. You are truly special to Konoha. ”

It seemed to poke Naruto's pain point, and Naruto's face was a little unhappy.

"How can you not care......"

"Do you know who the previous generation of Nine-Tails Pillar Force was?"

For Naruto's stubbornness, Jirai didn't pay attention to it, but asked.

Naruto looked hesitant, clearly thinking of something.

"I remember it was ......"

Having obtained his parents' inheritance, Naruto naturally knew some secrets.

"That's right, it's your mother, Uzumaki Kushina."

Jiraiya informed Naruto of this answer, and continued:

"When your mother was young, she was attacked by enemy ninjas more than once because of this identity, and countless shadows sacrificed to protect her. What you are experiencing now is not fundamentally different from the protection that your mother was receiving at that time. ”

"How could it be ......?"

"It's a fact."

"Did she accept it?"

Naruto asked urgently.

"Accepted."

Jiraiya's answer shattered Naruto's inner expectations.

"Why?"

"Why?" Zilai also said this sentence, "There are not so many whys, such sacrifices are worth it, and it is precisely because of the sacrifices of those people that your mother has successfully passed the weak period." ”

"Didn't she resist?"

"When I first found out, it was really sad. After all, let strangers, give everything for yourself...... Your mother is very kind, and she couldn't agree with such a thing at first. But she is not as self-pitying as you, her heart has become strong in crisis after crisis, and finally chooses to turn crises into strength. Since such protection is unavoidable, as long as you work hard to become stronger, you can reduce the burden of others to protect you, so that more people can survive...... That's what she chose at the time. In the end, she became the most powerful sealing ninja in Konoha, and even your father's sealing technique of the fourth generation Hokage was taught by your mother herself. ”

After Jiraiya's narration, Naruto's eyes flickered.

In my mind, I can't help but sketch the real picture of my mother gradually growing up.

Thinking of this, Naruto couldn't help but feel ashamed of himself.

While he was still complaining about what others had done for him, his mother had chosen to make herself stronger, to lighten the burden of the Konoha ninja who protected him as much as possible......

That's right, if such protection is unavoidable, then try to live, try to become stronger, no longer let others protect themselves in one direction, but you can also protect those who protect you.

That's what makes sense.

"So, let's work hard to become stronger, and work harder than before, only in this way can you be worthy of these people who protect you...... Strive to reach the threshold where you can cultivate natural energy within the next half a year. ”

Jiraiya touched Naruto's hair and smiled peacefully.

Cultivating immortal arts, strictly speaking, there is only one condition, and that is the need for chakra that is far beyond ordinary people.

In other words, it requires a strong physique.

Because the stronger the chakra, the stronger the body is needed to act as a container for storing the chakra, otherwise the container will self-destruct due to the excessively strong chakra.

This condition, Naruto has already met.

But Naruto also needs a second condition, and that is control.

Generally speaking, the stronger the ninja, the control of the chakra, there is basically no problem, and it grows simultaneously as the chakra increases.

But Naruto's growth was different from most ninjas, and it was the other way around.

His powerful chakra is innate, and coupled with the interference of the Nine-Tails from time to time, his chakra control level is extremely poor.

As long as this flaw is overcome, Naruto's path to cultivating immortal arts will only be a matter of time.

Jirai is also looking forward to the moment when Naruto learns the senjutsu.

It will definitely surpass the previous two generations, and Konoha is the strongest nine-tailed human pillar force.

……

Naruto's emotions were calmed, and Jiraiya left for another clearing.

"Thank you very much, Jiraiya-sama, I'm thinking about how to comfort this kid."

Tenzo stepped out of the bushes and smiled gratefully at Jiraiya.

"You're welcome, that's what I'm supposed to do. Next, Naruto needs to be handed over to you to manage, and I can only occasionally find time to guide him. ”

Jiraiya turned around and said.

As a third ninja, he has a very heavy task.

Not only to collect information on the country of ghosts, but also to secretly collect the organization of tailed beasts, it is also a huge hidden danger.

Unlike the country of ghosts, this organization's style of acting is more mysterious, and it has not revealed anything so far, only knowing the identities of a few core members, but their whereabouts ...... To be honest, I can't be absolutely sure.

"Yes, I'll train him on his alertness and then I'll have him do the chakra control tricks...... In half a year, it should be almost complete. ”

If it is taught normally, Tenzo is not sure.

However, Naruto's shadow clone assisted in the cultivation method, which had a great promoting effect, and he couldn't help but sigh at Kakashi's mind, which was simply a perfect cultivation method for Naruto.

Because many of Naruto's hidden dangers were shared by the Nine-Tails...... Although the principle of shadow clone cultivation seems very simple, only enough chakra is needed, but if there is no nine-tails in the body to bear part of the mental pressure, I am afraid it will not be long before a ninja who cultivates with this method is likely to have a mental breakdown and become an idiot in the long run.

However, even Naruto cultivated in this way was risky.

That is, it will unnaturally leak the Nine-Tails Chakra, causing Naruto's tailed beast.

Therefore, when Naruto cultivated as a shadow clone, the number could only be maintained within a few. Beyond this amount, Naruto will be a tailed beast, which will be difficult to control himself.

And his role is manifested.

His Mu Dun has the effect of suppressing the Tailed Beast Chakra, and even if Naruto doubles the shadow clone on the original basis, his Mu Dun can avoid the risk of Naruto's Tailed Beast.

The combination of several effects, coupled with the fact that Jiraiya came over from time to time to take time to guide, Tenzo was confident that in the next half a year, Naruto's strength would be raised to the standard upper ninja level, and it was not impossible to go even further.

At that time, you can go to Miaomu Mountain and practice the so-called immortal arts.

Tenzo couldn't help but sigh at Naruto's future growth, unlimited potential.

At that time, it will also be a powerful deterrent weapon for Konoha to the outside world, and for Konoha today, Naruto's importance is self-evident.

Sakai is right, in order to achieve this goal, he, the high-ranking of the dark department, can also sacrifice to protect Naruto.

"Then I'm sorry for you, this is an auxiliary cultivation medicine specially made by Tsunade for Naruto, and when you practice in the future, let's give it to Naruto regularly."

Jiraiya took out a medicine bottle from his bosom and put it in Tenzo's hand.

"Hokage-sama made the medicine himself?"

Amazo took the bottle of medicine with some surprise.

Naturally, he didn't think that this was some kind of suspicious drug.

With Tsunade's temperament, he will not make any cultivation drugs with huge side effects, and it is likely that they will only be effective for a long time, rather than damaging Naruto's foundation for short-term benefits, which will only outweigh the losses.

Waiting for Naruto to grow up, Konoha can still squeeze out this time.

"Of course, the other two can also be used for them, after all, as a guide to Shangnin, they can't favor one over the other, otherwise it will not be conducive to the run-in of the team."

At the end, Zilai also added this sentence.

"I see."

Tianzo nodded earnestly, stuffed the medicine bottle into the ninja bag, and carefully stored it.

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Konoha 61 years, the end of October.

Spring goes to autumn, and suddenly, half of the year has passed.

In the name of military exercises, Konoha used the time of about half a year to conduct a military drill on the border almost every month, and the ninjas participating in a drill ranged from 1,000 to more than 2,000 ninjas.

Although at the beginning, the small countries adjacent to the Fire Nation still feared that the Fire Nation was going to launch a war of foreign expansion. But when I found out that the Konoha Ninja Village was really conducting military exercises in earnest, and there was no move to expand externally, I couldn't help but feel at ease.

Small countries are divided, but large countries are not so peaceful.

Because of Konoha's sudden move, the other powers also had to reinforce their ninjas to the front line in the name of the same military exercises, so as to guard against Konoha's moves.

Among them, only the country of wind and the country of ghosts did not make any moves.

The former is in alliance with the Fire Country, and the Sand Hidden Village is also relieved of the Konoha Ninja Village, symbolically reinforcing a hundred ninjas on the eastern border, which is considered to echo the military performance of Konoha Village.

The latter Oni Country is simply not necessary to guard against the military exercises of the Konoha Ninja Village, because the two countries are too far apart.

Whether walking by land or by sea, it will not be easy for Konoha to reach the land of oni smoothly.

Especially the ninja villages of the Land of Wind and the Land Country will not allow the ninjas of Konoha to invade their territory.

With such natural protection, it is reasonable that the country of ghosts has no reaction to this.

On the whole, the large countries tended to be stable, most of the small countries were content with the status quo of peace, and a small number of small countries began to have chaos in their territories, such as some non-governmental organizations, which got a batch of black arms out of nowhere, and began to clash with the local ruling aristocracy.

According to reliable sources, there are still ninjas among these rebels.

Although their strength is not very strong, they are stronger than ordinary people, and they still cause a lot of trouble to the ruling nobles of the country.

This is very strange, because in the past, there were no ninjas in these small countries, and the only armed force was the samurai group that defected to the nobility and served the nobility.

At this time, there was a ninja force in the country, which caught the ruling nobles a little off guard.

According to the investigation, these ninjas are indeed native people.

A year or two ago, they were just ordinary people.

As for the reason for the appearance of these ninjas, some countries are uneasy, some countries are furious, and some countries choose to remain silent and focus on self-preservation...... Because they all have a faint guess in their hearts, which force these reactionary ninja groups ruled by the aristocracy are secretly cultivated.

- The Land of Demons.

It has to be them.

They secretly financed the civil rebel groups in some small countries, not only to provide weapons assistance, but also to select suitable members from these rebel groups and train them to become ninjas, and further strengthen their armed forces.

For a time, the power of these rebel groups was directly equal to, or even faintly exceeded, the armed forces of the country's aristocratic groups.

Although some of the smaller countries have filed a complaint with the rest of the larger countries, asking them to join in the pressure on the Oni Country to stop this chaos...... However, the letters of complaint were placed on the desks of the daimyo of various major powers, but they were greeted only with some superficial words.

This angered the daimyo of the small countries that had been interfered with by the Oni Country, believing that these large countries were all complicit in the war, and that they all wanted to use the war to profit from the small countries.

At the same time, he also secretly scolded the short-sightedness of the big names of the big countries, the country of ghosts is so hostile to the aristocratic group, and the aristocratic groups of these small countries have fallen, and the interests and prestige of the nobles of the big countries will inevitably be affected.

Despite such anger in their hearts, the other big countries almost ignored the matter, and they had no choice but to huddle together for warmth, relying on their own strength to deal with the ghost country's strategy of encroaching on small countries.

- The military jurisdiction of the Oni Country, located in a large conference room on the fourth floor of the office building.

The top military officials of the Oni no Kuni gathered here.

On the front wall, there is a detailed and complete map of the ninja world.

It indicates the names of all countries and neutral forces, as well as their territories.

Even those small countries that are very small in the ninja world, and even isolated from the world, are clearly marked on the map.

Some of the small countries are painted red, and some of them are marked with red crosses.

Shiraishi stood in front of this map of the ninja world with his back to the people present, staring at a small corner of the map, as if thinking about something.

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