Her intuition told her that Kitahara Kaede might be an even bigger backer than legendary super-experts like the First and Second Hokage.
So.
She now felt utterly fearless.
Hashirama Senju: Eh, I want to gain a physical body too.
Although Hashirama Senju was called an idiot, he was not actually that foolish in other matters.
He immediately realized that Kakashi was also in the group and alive in the Hidden Leaf Village, so he could keep Naruto and Kitahara Kaede by his side.
Then Mei Terumi, who had joined the group, could naturally go make contact with Kitahara Kaede as well.
That was because she and Kakashi were both living people. Neither of them was dead yet.
And once he thought of that...
Hashirama Senju instantly sighed.
Hashirama Senju: I want to see Tsuna. I spoiled her too much. I wonder how she is now.
Tobirama Senju: Brother, endure it. That day may yet come.
Thus, amid everyone's lively chatter, today's three hours of observing Kitahara Kaede began.
However, Kitahara Kaede was very quiet today. He merely watched Naruto and Sasuke improve.
Brother of Hashirama Senju: Eh?
Izuna Uchiha immediately cried out in surprise.
Brother of Hashirama Senju: This guy looks just like me.
Hashirama Senju: He really does. I nearly mistook him for you at first glance too.
Brother of Hashirama Senju: But that definitely isn't me. He's way too weak, isn't he? He's trying hard to catch up in speed, but he still hasn't reached my level. And—
Brother of Hashirama Senju: What the hell is that single-tomoe Sharingan?
Brother of Hashirama Senju: When I awakened mine, it was already a two-tomoe Sharingan, okay?
Sasuke was relentlessly roasted by Izuna.
Everyone found it amusing, but no one teased him.
Minato also assessed Naruto's strength.
His Taijutsu had truly improved. He now possessed Jonin-level strength, though there was still a small threshold between him and Elite Jonin.
But he believed Naruto could keep moving forward.
[Ding!] [Today's three hours of observation have ended.] [Two new group members will now be selected.] [In light of the group members' good behavior today, the random selection will be changed to free selection. Those with the highest vote totals for their attributes will be summoned into the group.] [The currently available attributes are: honest, blindly loyal, peace, sex-gambling-drugs, strongest.]
The people in the group immediately got busy.
Everyone discovered a red button in front of them. It seemed that once they made their choice, they could simply press it for the system to tally the votes.
[All of the above are living Kage-level powerhouses, so please choose carefully.]
The system gave its reminder.
Tobirama nodded. He felt that this was a warning for deceitful women like Mei Terumi to be careful.
After all...
Everyone was watching Kitahara Kaede. It was practically the same as laying out the Hidden Leaf Village's core secrets in plain sight.
So...
Now that they were going to add more people, they had to choose someone better, no matter how they looked at it.
For example, someone who had a favorable impression of the Hidden Leaf Village.
Tobirama quickly examined the five attribute options.
[Honest, blindly loyal, peace, sex-gambling-drugs, strongest.]
Judging by quality alone, honest and peace seemed quite good.
Blind loyalty was definitely no good.
And this sex-gambling-drugs one was no good either.
How could they choose sex-gambling-drugs?
Having one older brother who liked gambling was already enough. Tobirama did not believe someone associated with sex-gambling-drugs could amount to anything. They were probably some trash ninja.
So he had already made his choice.
He immediately pressed the [Honest] and [Peace] buttons.
Unlike his younger brother, Hashirama's thought process was much simpler.
What he hoped for was peace.
But he had already despaired of peace.
So among the current options, honest and strongest were the best.
Hashirama made his choice as well.
As for Minato, his choice was simple too.
He felt that any of them would do, but it was better to be polite and choose attributes with good qualities.
So he chose [Honest] and [Peace].
Then there was Kakashi.
Kakashi...
The moment he saw the five attributes—[honest, blindly loyal, peace, sex-gambling-drugs, strongest]—he roughly knew who it was.
First of all, he had an idea about the strongest one...
It should be his best friend, Might Guy.
Might Guy practiced the Eight Gates Formation, an extremely dangerous and powerful ninja technique.
Guy had learned it from his father, and Guy had passed the Eight Gates Formation on to Kakashi as well.
But Kakashi could only open the First Gate. Beyond that, it all depended on talent.
Guy, however, could open all Eight Gates.
If all Eight Gates were opened... Kakashi felt that Might Guy's strength would reach a terrifying level.
So.
Of course he would choose his teammate.
Thus, he directly pressed [Strongest].
Then he chose another one at random. He picked [Sex-Gambling-Drugs].
Five members had already made three choices.
All that remained were Mei Terumi and Izuna Uchiha.
Mei Terumi had already latched onto Kitahara Kaede's thigh, so she did not care who else joined this time.
As long as no one fought her for Kitahara Kaede's thigh, everything was fine.
So she hugged his thigh wholeheartedly and chose with her feet.
She directly pressed [Blindly Loyal] and [Strongest].
Since four members had already made their selections, the results had appeared.
Sex-gambling-drugs: 1 vote.
Honest: 2 votes.
Strongest: 3 votes.
Blindly loyal: 1 vote.
Peace: 1 vote.
Among them, the ninja with the strongest attribute had already secured a spot.
That left only Izuna Uchiha's choice.
And Izuna Uchiha's choice was naturally...
Strongest and honest.
He had just picked them at random.
[The five members have finished voting. Living ninjas with the strongest and honest attributes will now be invited into the group!] [Everyone, welcome the Hidden Leaf Village's Blue Beast—Might Guy—to the group!] [Everyone, welcome Kirigakure's Rogue Ninja—the Honest Man, Kisame Hoshigaki—to the group!]
At the same time.
In Amegakure, a dark-skinned, shark-blue man raised his head.
His facial features were also related to sharks, much like a shark-based ninja technique.
At the same time, a watermelon-headed man in the Hidden Leaf Village received an invitation.
The same information appeared before their eyes.
[Congratulations. You have become a chosen Kage-level powerhouse.] [Welcome to the Kitahara Kaede Observation (^_-) Group.] [You may observe Kitahara Kaede for three hours every day.] [There are already five members in the group. If you do not want to be lonely, hurry in and join them.] [The adorably foolish First Hokage, the aloof Second Hokage, the sexy Fifth Mizukage, the fastest man Minato Namikaze, and the number-one technician, Sixth Hokage Kakashi, are online and recruiting people—]
????
Both men were a little dumbfounded as they looked at the sudden messages.
But there were people they knew in there.
Kisame Hoshigaki came from Kirigakure and was himself one of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist. Because he had long been tasked with eliminating his comrades, he was eventually invited by Pain to join the Akatsuki Organization.
Thus, he became a Rogue Ninja.
But he knew that he came from Kirigakure.
As for Might Guy... Kakashi? The Sixth Hokage?
With just one look, he was drawn in.
Thus.
Neither of them hesitated and chose to accept the invitation.
[Ding!] [Welcome the Honest Man, Kisame Hoshigaki, to the group.]
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