“993…… 994…… 995......" Xiao Li hugged the back of his head, and the whole person jumped forward like a big toad.

His forehead was already overflowing with layers of sweat, and his face had a stubbornness that was very tired but unwilling to rest.

"There's still an hour left before class, and I can't afford to give up! I'm sure to jump to the ninja school in an hour! ”

This is also a kind of exercise for Xiao Li to himself every morning.

He has a very poor talent in ninjutsu, so he can only use this way to slowly make himself stronger.

Although I don't know if I can become a ninja by doing this? Can you improve your ninjutsu talent?

But Xiao Li understands that if a person is not even willing to try, then he will never have a chance in his life.

“996…… 997......" Suddenly, an unfamiliar voice sounded from behind him, making Xiao Li stunned for a moment.

Who counts next to him?!

In addition to being frightened, Xiao Li accidentally tripped his left foot and his right foot.

The whole person fell to the ground.

"Ahhh!!hhh

"It hurts !!"

Xiao Li hurriedly got up and reached out to cover his nose.

This fall accidentally hit his nose.

Fortunately, it's not a big deal, it's just very sore.

It was so sore that tears were about to come out.

He looked back in amazement.

What appeared in front of Xiao Li was a man with blonde hair.

Xiao Li saw that the other party was bound by two extremely thick ropes, and the thick ropes tied up huge iron lumps behind the other party.

The size of that iron lump was even larger than the other party's entire person.

“…… You are? Xiao Li was dumbfounded, is this really something that people can carry on their backs?

He couldn't help but touch a few pieces of lead tied to his arm.

Xiao Li actually has a weight on his body.

But his weight was not very heavy.

All the lead on his body adds up to about ten or twenty pounds.

This is already his current limit.

"My name is Naruto Uzumaki!" Naruto smiled at Li, "You look amazing!" I jumped nearly 1,000 times in the form of a frog jump! And you've got something strapped to you, it looks pretty heavy. ”

The compliment from Naruto made Xiao Li suddenly feel a little at a loss.

Because even in the ninja school, most of what Xiao Li received was some cynicism.

Because his ninjutsu talent is too low, he can't learn any ninjutsu, and even the ninjutsu seal is very clumsy.

When other students in the ninja school practiced sealing, they would make nine seals, which might only take more than ten seconds.

But Xiao Li sealed, and it took him a full minute to seal nine seals!

And there may be a few more mistakes in these nine seals.

Or the fingers are almost knotted halfway through.

It is precisely for this reason that even Mizuki-sensei bluntly said: he is not suitable to be a ninja.

Mizuki also "persuaded" Xiao Li and asked him to go home as soon as possible.

Ninja school is not the place for people like him.

He was ridiculed for as long as Xiao Li stayed in the ninja school.

But for those mockery, he was used to it.

I also learned not to care about their ridicule.

But......

Suddenly, one day, the peers I met suddenly did not ridicule me, but praised myself. This behavior directly broke Xiao Li's "habit".

It's a bit hard to give Xiao Li a little tidy.

"I ...... My name is Rock Lee! Xiao Li sniffled.

Just now, he accidentally fell on his nose, and now the tip of his nose is still a little red.

But fortunately there was no bleeding.

"I, I'm not good at all." Xiao Li scratched his head, very embarrassed: "I just want to use this way so that I won't be the tail of the crane in the class." ”

"But ......" Xiao Li said in frustration, "but my ninja talent is too poor, no matter how hard I try, I still have the tail of the crane." ”

"Class?"

Naruto suddenly realized, "You are also a student of the ninja school!" ”

"Huh?" Xiao Li was stunned: "Are you too?" ”

Naruto gave up half of his position so that Xiao Li could see Sasuke in the back, and he smiled, "Me and the one named Sasuke Uchiha in the back are also students of the ninja school!" But we're all freshmen in the first year of the ninja school, and our teacher is Iruka. ”

The first time I met someone my age, I would take the initiative to talk to me.

Xiao Li was a little at a loss.

He hurriedly responded loudly Naruto: "I'm a second-year student at the Ninja School, and my teacher is Mizuki-sensei, you...... Hello! ”

It's very invigorating when you look at it!

"Ahh No way! I was carelessly delayed for half a minute. ”

Xiao Li suddenly came back to his senses: "I can already jump a dozen frogs in half a minute, I'm going to continue to start cultivating!" ”

With that, he quickly squatted down and assumed a standard pose.

“998…… 999…… 1000……”

Xiao Li continued to sweat his youth.

Naruto stared thoughtfully at Li's jumping back.

He thought this guy named "Rock Lee" was quite interesting.

Because he practiced physical arts.

"What's the deal with these thick eyebrows?" Sasuke had already run over at this time, and he looked at Xiao Li with a dry mouth from exhaustion.

"He's a very hard worker!" After Naruto replied to this, he looked at Sasuke faintly, "Sasuke, why did you stop?" Do you want to be lazy in the open? You've got six laps left! ”

Naruto no longer plays with kunai, but holds kunai in his hands.

In the morning light, kunai reflected a metallic luster.

Sasuke's little face suddenly turned white: "...... Wait, wait, wait! ”

It's a pity that Naruto didn't listen to him, and saw that Naruto didn't hesitate to stab Kunai at Sasuke.

Writing Wheel Eye!

Open!

Sasuke was so shocked that he opened the writing wheel eye directly, and under the super dynamic vision of the writing wheel eye, Sasuke could clearly see the movement trajectory of the kunai stab in Naruto's hand.

He actually dodged.

"Writing wheels?" Naruto noticed Sasuke's eyes, "But why is there only one Magatama?" ”

Naruto, who was muttering in his mouth, did not stop the kunai in his hand.

Shocked, Sasuke had to dodge again.

"How can it be repaired! Bastard Naruto! You're endless! Sasuke was shocked into a cold sweat.

Without hesitation, he ran again.

"Huh?" Xiao Li on the side took this scene into his eyes.

He was stunned.

"Do you want to train with us? Lee Rock! Naruto didn't chase Sasuke for the time being, but looked down at Xiao Li.

"Huh? I? ”

Xiao Li was stunned.

"But......" Xiao Li said weakly, "However, people like me who have no ninja talent will only drag you back." ”

"Stupid!" Naruto laughed, "How could a person who worked so hard be able to hold others back?" You know that your ninjutsu talent is not high, but you still insist on exercising your physical fitness, doesn't this just mean that you don't want to be the tail of the crane? ”

"Doesn't that mean you don't want to be the one who drags your feet? In that case, why don't you dare to train with us? Besides, if you want to become a qualified ninja, you don't know ninjutsu! ”

"Huh? Huh?! ”

Naruto's words made Xiao Li's eyes widen: "If you don't know ninjutsu, you can become a qualified ninja?" ”

"Hmm-"

Naruto thought for a moment and corrected his statement: "It should be said that he doesn't know ninjutsu, and he is even more powerful than ninja!" ”

"Because my dad just doesn't know ninjutsu, but my dad is no worse than any ninja, even better than any ninja!"

Naruto's little face at the mention of the white-bearded man was full of pride.

In Naruto's eyes, Daddy is the most powerful person in the ninja world.

Even if Daddy really doesn't know any ninjutsu.

But this does not prevent Daddy from being strong.

"Really, really?" Naruto's words had already made Xiao Li's eyes light up when he heard it: "Naruto, didn't you lie to me?" ”

Naruto smiled brightly and gave a thumbs up to Xiao Li: "If you have something to say...... It's my ninja Naruto Uzumaki! Under normal circumstances, I would never lie to anyone! ”

Xiao Li automatically ignored the five words "under normal circumstances".

At this moment, he no longer hesitated.

"Good !!"

Xiao Li's nose spewed out two balls of gas, and the whole person was enthusiastically boiled by Naruto's words, like a calf full of energy: "Then I'll train with you!" ”

"Hahaha!" Naruto stretched out his hand to Xiao Li, who was squatting on the ground, "Then we'll be friends!" Be my friend, Lee! ”

"Friends...... Friendly ......"

Xiao Li froze as if he had been struck by lightning.

His eyes were teol-eyed.

Thick eyebrows are trembling.

Xiao Li has never had any friends in the two years he has been in the ninja school.

He didn't even have a good relationship with his classmates.

Because no one will interact with the tail of the crane.

Since a crane tail is not destined to become a ninja, there is no need to network with this crane tail.

Wouldn't it be better to have that kung fu to hook up with some ninja kids?

This is what most civilian students think.

Don't look at their age, they are generally seven or eight years old, and at most eight or nine years old, the children in the forbearance world are already very precocious.

It's also very normal to have such thoughts.

As for those ninja children......

Without special circumstances, they will not interact with the tail of a crane like Xiao Li, because it doesn't mean anything to them.

As a result, Xiao Li has been alone for the past two years.

At the age of eight, he needs to take a little orphan relief money from Konoha and support himself by himself.

Going to school alone.

Leaving school alone.

A person is penanced.

The three words "one person" are Xiao Li's rhythm of life.

It's a lie to say that you're not alone.

Saying that you don't want to have a friend is also false.

No one longs more to have a friend than Xiao Li.

Especially friends of the same age.

"Wow! Naruto! He hugged Naruto's thigh, tears and snot streaming down his face, "Ever since I came out of the orphanage, I haven't had a friend, and no one wants to be friends with a crane like me." Woo woo, Naruto, you're so good! You're a good guy! ”

Xiao Li is still very well-behaved in the ninja school.

He never skipped class.

Not even late.

But......

Today is an exception.

He skipped class.

……

The time soon came to noon.

The scorching sun hung high in the sky.

Konoha Gate.

Compared to the huge Konoha gate, Tsunade and Shizuki's bodies look a little slender and petite. Even if Tsunade is big-minded, it depends on what kind of things he compares to.

"That old man can really go! All the way from Konoha Village to the Konoha border, then to the Land of Grass, then to the Land of Water, and then back to Konoha Village......"

Looking up at Konoha Village, which was close at hand.

Tsunade has a few black lines on his face.

She and Shizune walked exactly the same path as Whitebeard had once passed, which was equivalent to an exaggerated circle between the country of fire, the country of water, and the country of grass.

"It's been a long time since I've been back, why does it feel like the door has changed? I remember...... Before, this door was not of this color. ”

Tsunade muttered to himself.

Mute of the guinea porpoise, who was holding the pink, silently interjected, "Tsunade-sama, it's been a long, long time since you last returned to Konoha...... It's been almost eight years, right? And the last time you came back, you still ran back to borrow money to pay off your debts. ”

"Ahem!" Tsunade coughed, but didn't feel embarrassed, because her cheeks were thick enough: "Go in, I hope that old man is still in Konoha Village." ”

During this time, Tsunade wasn't just wandering around the road.

She has actually been thinking about how to restore Whitebeard's special body to the healthiest state?

She did a lot of medical conjectures about it.

Again and again he refuted his own conjectures, and again and again he came up with new conjectures.

Eventually, she settled on three treatment options.

This is also the ultimate treatment plan!

If you can choose the most suitable treatment plan and the treatment is successful...... can make Whitebeard's body return to its peak state.

Tsunade is a medical ninja after all.

Although she has long since stopped meddling in the affairs of ninjas, Tsunade is still very interested in special patients with incurable diseases.

Whitebeard is such a "patient".

It was hard for her to resist the temptation.

Anyway...... Whitebeard is a pirate, not a ninja.

Well, that's right!

No problem!

"Let's dress up, I don't want to meet some other old men. Those guys are very annoying, and every time they want me to stay in Konoha Village for the rest of their lives, and their mouths are full of the will of fire, and they hear that my ears are calloused. ”

After Tsunade said a word to the mute, he made a "bang", and the whole person shrank a lot.

From the image of an intellectually mature royal sister.

Became a little girl in her early teens.

From a big mind to a flat river.

It has the youthful atmosphere of a girl.

"Transfiguration!" Mute had to do it obediently, she became an ordinary-looking girl, such a look has no memory points, and no one will take a second look at it when thrown on the street.

"Let's go! Back to the village! Tsunade, who became a girl, swaggered to the front, flicking two ponytails behind him.

"You two!" The two elite shinobi who were guarding the Konoha gate immediately stopped Tsunade and Shizune: "Who are you?" Where did it come from? What do you have to do when you enter Konoha? ”

Mute just wanted to explain.

I saw Tsunade suddenly clapping his hands.

"Ninja - Phantom Moon Mirror Technique!"

The illusion released by one of the three ninjas, even if she is not particularly proficient in illusion, it is still more than enough to deal with two middle ninjas.

The two Konoha Shinobu had a dull expression on the spot.

It took the next second to recover.

"Huh?" Tsunade and Shizune were standing in front of them, but they were looking left and right, as if they couldn't see anything: "Where are the people?" What about these two little girls just now? ”

Mute was dumbfounded.

Tsunade smiled slyly, and there was a little smugness: "That bad old man, the two janitors arranged are not very good!" Any ninja can sneak in. ”

“…… That's because Tsunade-sama, you're one of the three ninjas! ”

Holding the silence of the guinea porpoise, he complained helplessly: "Obviously, it would be nice if we explained it......"

"Don't worry!"

Tsunade's face was full of indifference: "Anyway, this illusion won't cause them any harm." ”

The two of them swaggered into Konoha.

"Silence, you go and find out where Whitebeard is, and finally get back to the village, I'll go take a walk."

Looking at Konoha in front of him, Tsunade sighed with emotion.

Konoha has become a little different from what she remembers.

But it's normal, after all, it's been so long.

"Oh!" Shizune just wanted to turn around and leave, but suddenly thought of something, and hurriedly reminded Tsunade: "Tsunade-sama, we only have 50,000 taels left, this is the money we use for food, drink, housing and transportation in the past few days, can you ...... Huh? Tsunade-sama? Yes...... Ah......h What about people? ”

Shizune just wanted to remind Tsunade not to go to Konoha's casino.

As a result, when she turned her head, she found that Tsunade-sama was actually gone.

Mute suddenly changed the color of the ground, and hurriedly reached for his wallet.

It was found that the wallet had been lost.

"Tsunade-sama!!"

……

"Hey, hey, hey......" Tsunade played with the wallet in his hand: "I'm a little hungry, go eat something to pad my stomach first." Then, use the rest of the money to make a good return! I'm going to have to win back all the money I lost outside! ”

Although he hasn't returned to Konoha for many years, Tsunade knows the location of the casinos in Konoha Village very well.

If she closes her eyes, she may not be able to return to her former residence in Konoha, then she will definitely be able to find every casino accurately.

Tsunade thought about it, and she decided to go to the yakiniku restaurant of the Akido clan.

She walked through the streets of Konoha with light steps.

I found out that something seems to have happened to Konoha recently.

"There are so many cracks in the ground...... There are also cracks in some of the buildings. Tsunade muttered suspiciously, "Could it be that there was an earthquake?" ”

But Tsunade didn't think much of it.

The Konoha residential area is not large.

It didn't take long.

Tsunade arrived at his destination.

"Hah! It's still the decoration I remember! "The familiar Akimichi yakiniku restaurant comes into view. I don't know what memories it evoked Tsunade, the smile on her face narrowed slightly, and she touched the pendant around her neck.

"Whew......" Tsunade exhaled softly, sweeping away the bad memories.

Just as I was about to walk in, I suddenly heard movement behind me, like a heavy object constantly knocking on the ground.

It was as if the ground was trembling slightly.

Tsunade looked back in surprise, and first saw the iron lump lying down, and then she realized that someone was carrying the huge iron lump.

A very familiar face made Tsunade's pupils shrink slightly.

"Rope ...... Rope tree?! ”

Wait, no!

"Naruto?"

……

……

5000 words _(:з」∠)_

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