Light-Speed Slap in Sarutobi Hiruzen's Face

"Are you sure this plan will work?"

Early that morning, Shimura Keiko felt that her little man's plan was somewhat unreliable. There were too many uncertain factors.

"Don't worry, everything is under control! As a woman, Tsunade was bound to hold grudges. And she was short on money, so she definitely wouldn't pass up such a high-quality source of funds as me!"

Standing before a full-length mirror, Shimura Kentei wore only a pair of snug boxer briefs. As he confidently answered his fiancée, he controlled the Venom Suit attached to his back, spreading it outward until it covered his entire body.

That was right. He had arranged everything earlier, including having Shimura Genma take ten million ryo to Tsunade.

The main purpose of that had not been to treat Jiraiya's injuries, but to show Tsunade his financial strength.

He had absolute confidence in his Tycoon's Haki. This entire scheme would be enough to lure Tsunade, that Fat Sheep, into the trap.

"What now?"

Seeing his fiancée suddenly shift into a dark mood, Shimura Kentei wondered if her period had come.

"You seem to know far too much about Senior Tsunade. The little information Genma brought back last time couldn't possibly have told you this much."

Shimura Keiko watched the little man before her with a half-smile. She still felt that he had ulterior motives toward Tsunade. It was a woman's sixth sense.

"(→_→)!"

Watching his fiancée knock over the vinegar jar again, Shimura Kentei had the urge to write her a divorce letter.

Forget it. Once she's properly married in, I'll give her a good lesson!

In the end, he sighed inwardly. One should not abandon one's wife through hardship.

Besides, a woman being jealous was proof of affection. If she was not jealous at all, then perhaps it was time to see whether someone had already colored his hat green.

After waiting with difficulty for his fiancée to set her vinegar jar upright again, Shimura Kentei picked up the chainmail and scale armor he had spent several days making and put them on.

The Venom Suit on his body clung to the inner chainmail like glue, shrinking the originally somewhat loose chainmail until it fit him perfectly.

This suit was difficult to make. His body had not yet reached its full growth potential, so naturally, he could not make it according to his current size.

By his estimation, he should grow to around one meter eighty-eight, so he had designed the suit for a body of that height.

Fortunately, both the inner chainmail and the scale armor fastened over it could be contracted to a certain degree. With Venom's assistance, they could still fit snugly against his body.

Moreover, he had diligently practiced the entire set of Body Strengthening Techniques over the years. His body had developed much faster than those of his peers, and he had already reached one meter seventy. Otherwise, wearing this suit would not have been easy, and it might even have looked ridiculous.

The reason for making such an inner layer of armor was mainly to protect joints, armpits, and other areas that the outer armor could not cover. The scale armor could resist piercing damage from poison needles and senbon, while the chainmail could block cutting and tearing damage. Together with the Venom Suit, it also provided a certain degree of cushioning, making it an indispensable part of the entire suit.

"My beloved consort, armor me!"

After checking himself in the full-length mirror, Shimura Kentei nodded in satisfaction and gestured for his fiancée beside him to help him put on the outer armor.

"Your Majesty, this concubine... this concubine cannot do it!"

Shimura Keiko cooperatively looked as though tears were about to fall, declaring that this concubine truly could not do it.

There was no helping it. The entire suit contained a ten-percent proportion of Sealing Crystal, and several pieces of Sealing Crystal were even embedded in the outer armor.

As long as she came within half a meter, she would be affected by the Sealing Crystal's radiation, causing the chakra within her body to lose control and run wild. The sensation was not pleasant. Staying near it too long could even injure her or cause death.

This was no joke!

"My beloved consort, you must cultivate more diligently in the future!"

With a sigh, Shimura Kentei could only put on the pieces of outer armor himself, using Chakra Threads from the inside to fasten the clasps.

There was no possibility of the outer armor being removed by someone else, because all the connecting clasps were on the inside. He had to use his own Chakra Threads to lock or unlock them one by one.

Wearing the complete suit of armor put considerable pressure on him. Fortunately, he had consistently trained with weights over the years, so walking freely was not much of a problem.

If he used the Super Strength Technique to enhance himself, he would be fully capable of entering combat.

"So handsome!"

Watching her little man put on the entire suit, Shimura Keiko could not help licking her red lips. Her heart felt a little hungry and filled with longing.

She wanted a gorgeous, high-class suit of armor like that too!

"If you wear that thing, what are you supposed to do when you need to use the toilet?"

Shimura Keiko suddenly thought of a crucially bizarre question. How was he supposed to handle bodily functions while wearing that suit?

Surely he would not have to remove the entire suit every single time?

"(→_→)!"

Looking at his mood-killing fiancée, Shimura Kentei's thoughts of divorcing her surfaced once more.

This woman really had no sense at all!

Her husband had put on such a high-class suit of armor, and it would have been one thing if she did not praise or admire him. Yet she actually asked how he would use the toilet at a time like this.

After living under the same roof for so many years, did they not have even a little mutual understanding?

"The lower section isn't one piece. As long as I use Chakra Threads to undo the clasps, it can split apart like crotchless pants."

With dead fish eyes, Shimura Kentei answered his fiancée's bizarre question.

Naturally, he had considered this long ago, and the solution was simple, much like the zippers on pants from his previous life.

"Is the launcher ready?"

Quickly changing the awkward subject, Shimura Kentei took today's battle very seriously. Not only were the process and result important, but so was a high-class entrance.

For that reason, he had specially designed a launcher. It was really just a catapult used for ancient siege warfare in his previous life. There was nothing technical about it; it simply had to be large enough. Otherwise, launching himself while he wore over a thousand kilograms of armor would not be easy.

"It was ready three days ago. It's set up in the open space behind the clan grounds, but the landing point can't be precisely controlled. It can only roughly launch you into the Ninja Academy area."

When it came to business, Shimura Keiko became entirely serious. She had arranged this long ago, but the landing point really was difficult to control. There were too many external factors that could affect it.

"That's enough. I'll make adjustments for the rest."

After moving his arms and legs and confirming that nothing felt uncomfortable, Shimura Kentei replied confidently. He then picked up the enormous cloak he had prepared in advance and draped it over himself, concealing the suit completely.

Until the moment he officially made his grand entrance, it was best to keep this suit secret. Only then could it produce the greatest shock.

Meanwhile, on the other side at the Ninja Academy, numerous graduates gradually arrived. Students from other grades also flocked to the large training field.

Finally, under the organization of their respective homeroom teachers, they filled the edges of the huge field by class, leaving only an open area one hundred meters in diameter at the center as the battlefield.

After a week of buildup, Shimura Kentei's arrogant words from that day had already spread throughout all of Konoha.

If Shimura Kentei had merely been an ordinary person, he naturally would not have caused much of a reaction. Everyone would have simply treated it as a joke. But he was the only son of Shimura Danzō, Konoha's publicly acknowledged second-in-command, and he had also displayed a Nintaijutsu similar to the Monster Strength Technique.

One had to know that Nintaijutsu was more valuable than ninjutsu of the same rank. Most importantly, Nintaijutsu was generally a hand-seal-free technique that could be cast instantly, making it extraordinarily significant, especially in close combat.

Many people had become interested in this Nintaijutsu.

Of course, more importantly, they wanted to see what Shimura Kentei intended to do. Had his father, Shimura Danzō, instructed him in secret?

By undermining Sarutobi Hiruzen like this, did it mean that Sarutobi Hiruzen and Shimura Danzō had developed a conflict?

"Clan Head Tokugawa, Clan Head Honoka, you two are interested in this childish farce as well?"

Seated in the main position of the viewing stand, Sarutobi Hiruzen looked toward Tokugawa Hyuga and Honoka Uchiha, who had arrived one after another. He was quite surprised that the two had come.

These two were the heads of two of Konoha's three greatest clans: the Hyuga Clan and the Uchiha Clan.

Tokugawa Hyuga was a very old-fashioned man who rarely left the clan grounds. He could practically be considered a shut-in.

Honoka Uchiha, on the other hand, was not only the head of the Uchiha Clan but also the chief of the police force, so he usually had little free time.

Yet both had come today. Was such a minor matter really worth it?

"Lord Hokage, this old man brought Hiashi and Hizashi here to broaden their horizons!"

"My daughter Mikoto graduates this year!"

Tokugawa Hyuga and Honoka Uchiha spoke one after another. Compared to Tokugawa Hyuga, Honoka Uchiha's attitude was much colder.

However, Sarutobi Hiruzen did not mind. After all, the Uchiha Clan was basically like this. Getting a response from them at all was already decent enough.

"Big Brother Hiruzen, hasn't Big Brother Danzō's little one arrived yet?"

At that moment, a young man slowly walked over, nodded in greeting to Sarutobi Hiruzen, then looked across the training field as he searched for someone.

"There are still half an hour before the forehead protectors are handed out. He should be here soon!"

A smile appeared on Sarutobi Hiruzen's aged face, though his heart was solemn.

This young man was named Senju Tōsu, the current head of the Senju Clan. Although he was not yet thirty, his mind and scheming were far from simple.

Moreover, he was the only son of Senju Tobirama, Sarutobi Hiruzen's teacher. He had inherited not only Senju Tobirama's miraculous Water Release techniques, but also a temperament and intellect quite similar to that teacher's.

He was no harmless fellow!

"I never expected Big Brother Danzō to be interested in the Monster Strength Technique too. Without making a sound, he actually developed it to the D-Rank level."

Senju Tōsu revealed a surprised expression. According to the intelligence they had obtained, the Monster Strength Technique the boy had displayed that day was only equivalent to D-Rank ninjutsu, but its significance was extraordinary.

A low rank meant low learning difficulty. If they could obtain it, it would be an excellent supplement to the Senju Clan's inheritance of the Monster Strength Technique.

After all, although their Senju Clan's secret Monster Strength Technique was powerful, its rank was too high. Only those who reached jonin level could practice it, and only members of the Senju Clan could learn it.

In terms of value, it was not much higher than the Shimura Clan's D-Rank Nintaijutsu.

"There are generally only two ways for us ninja to improve: either build on our strengths and avoid our weaknesses, or fill in our shortcomings. Besides studying Wind Release in depth, the Shimura Clan has also been trying to make up for its weakness in taijutsu over the years. I just didn't expect them to actually succeed."

Exhaling smoke, Sarutobi Hiruzen spoke solemnly. He was greatly surprised that the Shimura Clan had developed this kind of Nintaijutsu, and he also felt somewhat tempted by it.

If he could learn this Nintaijutsu and pair it with his staff techniques, it would surely be like adding wings to a tiger. It could provide some improvement even for someone at his level.

"Big Brother Danzō isn't coming? It seems he has great confidence in that Nintaijutsu!"

Senju Tōsu glanced around. When he failed to find Shimura Danzō, he chuckled.

"He won't come!"

Sarutobi Hiruzen shook his head slightly. He knew very well about the conflict between his close friend and his son. There was practically no chance that Shimura Danzō would come, but he was slapped in the face almost immediately.

Turning his head to look at the close friend who had silently appeared beside him, Sarutobi Hiruzen sent him a resentful look.

Couldn't you have come a little earlier?

Did you have to wait until this old man said that before making him look foolish? Keep doing things like this, and you'll lose this old man, understand?

Shimura Danzō ignored his friend's resentful little look. He folded his arms and closed his eyes to rest.

Sarutobi Hiruzen said nothing more. His gaze swept across the area below, and he spotted quite a few familiar faces.

"I underestimated the commotion that little fellow would cause!"

Taking a slow drag of smoke, Sarutobi Hiruzen sneered inwardly.

Shimura Kentei alone could not possibly have attracted so many people. Their true purpose was likely to use this opportunity to observe whether something had gone wrong between him and Shimura Danzō.

Being Konoha's Hokage was not easy!

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