"Looks like Lord Orochimaru is fairly satisfied?" Naruto was in no hurry to reveal his next trump card.
He asked Orochimaru.
"Naturally. At your age, Naruto, you can already easily crush a certain old friend of mine from the same period."
Orochimaru chuckled.
Naruto naturally knew who Orochimaru was talking about.
Other than his good buddy Jiraiya, who else could it be?
Come to think of it, Hiruzen Sarutobi had been fairly decent in character when he was young.
That was why, although the three Legendary Sannin disciples he trained had all claimed the yellow, gambling, and poison labels,
in a sense, while each of the three had flaws in certain areas, their virtues outweighed their faults. Overall, their evaluations were quite good.
There was naturally no need to say much about Jiraiya. Other than being a little lecherous, he was excellent in every other regard.
Though he had been rather slow-witted in the early days and had been a Dead Last,
he later caught up with the others through his own hard work and a bit of luck.
There was even less need to mention Tsunade. Aside from inheriting Hashirama Senju's gambling habit, her Medical Ninjutsu was unparalleled. She had helped Konoha overcome countless crises, and she was far more than a mere healer.
Her own combat strength was equally terrifying. The Monster Strength renowned throughout the ninja world was practically her calling card!
As for Orochimaru, he was a true genius! Konoha's new generation master of forbidden techniques—so long as he could learn a forbidden technique, whether he had any chance to use it or not, he would learn it first.
Moreover, among the three, Orochimaru might have been the most influential. For no other reason than that, in the world of Naruto, Orochimaru actually counted as a