Ninjutsu Scroll. Ten days later, Konoha, Hokage Building, Hokage Office.
"Chunin Lin Ke, regarding the ninjutsu training applications you submitted—"
Even the Third Hokage, now in his sixties, could not help but smile helplessly when he recalled that stack of ninjutsu applications. "Some of them have been approved."
He took two scrolls from a drawer and pushed them over, praising him as he did so. "You did very well on the Land of Rivers mission."
Only two?
Lin Ke felt a little disappointed when he saw the scrolls, but something was better than nothing. He happily accepted them and bowed. "Thank you, Third Hokage."
His gratitude was entirely sincere. Without some connections, he probably would not have been able to get even one approved.
Normally, Ninjutsu Scrolls had to be bought with money. Giving someone Ninjutsu Scrolls for free was the same as handing them cash—and a large sum at that.
Konoha was a military organization, not a charity. It was obviously impossible for them to hand money to a member for no reason.
The Third Hokage smiled without explaining further, then said sentimentally, "The village will have to rely on you all in the future, little Lin Ke..."
He truly was too old.
"I'll work hard." Lin Ke lowered his head slightly in acknowledgment, then said, "Then I'll take my leave, Third Hokage."
With that, he turned and left. He restrained himself until he was out of the Hokage Office, then could no longer resist opening one of the scrolls—
Inside were not ciphers, but more than a dozen black sealing formulas of varying lengths connected to a circular pattern in the center. The character "Ninja" was written inside the circle.
A scroll that could use the Summoning Jutsu to summon items?!
After a brief moment of stunned disbelief,