"Teacher Shui Wuyue, we're here to visit the patient."

A purple-haired girl with flowers in her hand pushed open the door of the ward, followed by two slightly shorter younger brothers.

"I'm sorry to trouble you."

"Where, you're our teacher."

Utsuki smiled and put the flowers in the vase, and then sat on the empty hospital bed with Itachi and the folding mirror.

During the conversation, Shui Wuyue talked about her recovery.

Although he was slashed in the back, fortunately he wore a ninja vest, which had a certain protective effect and did not hurt the vital point.

And after Tsunade-sama's treatment, he can basically take care of himself in just a few days, but he has to recuperate for a while before he can return to the team.

"Tsunade-sama?"

Origami deliberately asked in a questioning tone, actually wanting to know why Tsunade was in the village.

According to the current point in time, shouldn't Tsunade work hard outside and become a "legendary big fat sheep"?

"Tsunade-sama is the only female ninja among the three ninjas of Konoha, and her medical ninjutsu is world-famous, and this time Tsunade-sama returned to the village to accept apprentices." Shui Wuyue replied.

"But Tsunade-sama's standard for accepting apprentices is women, so you two don't have a chance."

"But Xiyan, you still have a chance."

Shui Wuyue suddenly turned her face and looked at Mao Yue Xiyan seriously, which made Xiyan a little overwhelmed for a while.

"Me?"

"Hmm." Shui Wuyue nodded affirmatively, and then lowered her head with some self-reproach, "My performance this time almost put your lives in danger. ”

"Maybe I'm really not suitable to be a shinobi."

No, you're just too vegetable.

"Tsunade-sama's ability can't be said much, if Xiyan can worship under Tsunade-sama's door, there will definitely be better development in the future."

"Don't worry..."

Just as Shui Wuyue was about to continue, Mao Yue Xiyan immediately interrupted: "Teacher, don't say it again." ”

"This mission almost failed, and we are responsible."

Hey, that's your responsibility, I can fight my life to avoid being sacrificed.

"Especially me, I was so embarrassed to be stunned in the face of the enemy."

"So I need to put more effort into this, and I should continue to hone myself both in terms of skill and will."

As he spoke, Utsuki raised the katana in his hand.

Obviously, in Utsuki Xiyan's cognition, the person who hijacked the tribute gold this time was a master of using a katana.

In fact, everyone except for the folding mirror knew nothing about the enemy's information this time, and Konoha Village was unable to find any clues about this person's identity in the later investigation.

The only stump that could help Konoha learn his identity was also taken by Obito himself, and now it is only known that the hijackers of the tribute were a strange masked ninja who wielded a katana and his two companions in black.

"And the failure of this mission is not entirely a bad thing, after all, Itachi has opened the Sharingan."

Utsuki Xiyan looked at the weasel on the other side? A red cloud immediately scurried across the ferret's face.

Itachi's writing wheel eye or on the way back? The folding mirror was suddenly discovered.

Although he didn't face the death of his teammates, Itachi's writing wheel eye was still on? Although it is only opened to the extent of a hook jade.

However, Mao Yue Xiyan's words obviously moved Shui Wuyue? Two lines of clear tears flowed on Shui Wuyue's slightly pale face.

"I met you guys..."

"It's wonderful."

...

In the Hokage room, the dry and thin three generations of Hokage and the beautiful and plump Tsunade are in stark contrast.

"Huh? These are the people who have submitted applications to the village and want to become your apprentices. ”

The three Hokages handed a thick stack of application forms to Tsunade.

"Why are there so many?" Tsunade shook his head complainingly, "What a trouble? If it weren't for the old man, you would let him come back and collect the apprentices? I'm out there now..."

"Bet, huh?"

The three generations of Hokage shook their heads helplessly, so they bet that this was too much like the first Hokage-sama.

"Since the sacrifice of the four generations and the departure of Orochimaru, the inheritance of the three ninjas of Konoha has been reduced by two."

"So you know what I mean, right?"

Sarutobi's words revealed an unmistakable tone that made Tsunade dare not bargain with his former teacher anymore.

"By the way? Have you not overcome your phobia yet? Ape Fei Ri Slash suddenly changed the subject.

Tsunade didn't answer? Just shook his head in silence.

"It just so happens that you can take an apprentice to help you do some surgical procedures that require blood."

"Go ahead, there should be apprentices among these people that you can match."

...

In the hotel, Tsunade was holding the application forms and looking at them carefully.

Without exception, these applications are all women, as this is the only mandatory requirement made by Tsunade.

If the apprentice is a woman's request? Not only because it is more convenient to live with yourself for a long time, but more importantly, women are generally better than men in chakra control.

But in addition to the requirement of women? These people who submitted applications are all kinds of strange things.

Some are older than themselves? Eighty percent wants to learn the ninjutsu of their own face.

Some are too young to go out to cultivate and take care of a child? It's just too much trouble.

Among the many candidates? Tsunade was a little dazzled.

In fact, Tsunade doesn't know what kind of apprentice he wants to choose? After all, it has been many years since I returned to the village, and most of the people in the village, especially these female ninjas of the new generation, don't know each other.

The application form contains some basic information, and does not help Tsunade determine whether he is suitable to be his apprentice, or whether he has a talent in medical ninjutsu.

Looking at the thick stack of application forms, Tsunade's heart became more and more irritable, and he said angrily: "Forget it, accept whoever you know as an apprentice." ”

After flipping through half of the application forms in a row, Tsunade finally saw a familiar face.

"This is..."

The photo on the application form is a girl with short black hair, who looks innocent, quiet, and has the right name.

Mute.

Tsunade remembered his former lover Kato Tsuna, who once took himself to visit his family and met a little girl called Shizune.

"It's like... Break the niece. ”

"I didn't expect that after so many years, I have become a big girl."

"Eighteen years old, middle forbearance, not bad."

"That's you!"

Tsunade decisively took out the muted application form and put it aside.

The next thing was probably to pass the time out of boredom at night, and Tsunade continued to scroll down casually.

Suddenly, Tsunade stopped.

Because on this form, another familiar face appeared on the application form.

The long purple hair tied up, and the heroic faces of some boys, Tsunade also remembers this face.

This is a former companion, a person whom Orochimaru introduced to himself.

"Orochimaru's apprentice."

"Mitarai red beans..."