Inherit Teacher Kai's ninja way?

"The best candidate for Hokage!!"

After a long moment, the Third Hokage snapped back to reality, his eyes shining.

If Mo Chen could be molded into his ideal shape, there would be no one more suitable to be the Fifth Hokage!

And by the time Mo Chen grew enough to take over as Hokage, it would be at least seventy, eighty, or ninety years, right?

During this time, he had to work hard to keep the position of Hokage safe for Mo Chen!

"Wait!"

The Third Hokage's thoughts shifted, and a shiver of alarm ran down his spine.

This matter must absolutely not be known by Danzou!

"Someone!"

The Third Hokage immediately summoned an Anbu member who was helping him investigate Mo Chen's file. With a serious expression, he instructed, "Classify this information as Konoha's highest secret. No one, including the elder advisors, has the authority to access it without permission!"

"Also, tamper with it a little, so that even if others investigate, the information they find will be inaccurate."

Meanwhile, an identical document also appeared in Danzou's hands. He stared at Mo Chen's bloodline for a long time, lost in thought.

"Tobirama-sensei... he actually left behind descendants?"

Danzou tightened his grip, and the document let out a "creak" of protest under the strain.

Unfortunately, for someone like Danzou, when he was in a bad mood, even a passing dog would get a slap from him. It was natural that he wouldn't show any pity for a piece of paper.

"I should have realized long ago that someone like Tobirama-sensei, no matter how much he trusted us disciples, would always leave some means of control!"

"His direct bloodline is meant to be a safeguard against unforeseen circumstances!"

"It's just that for years, I don't know why they never surfaced."

"Did they agree with Hiruzen's ideals? Or were they bought off by Hiruzen long ago?"

"No matter what, if Tobirama-sensei were still alive, he would absolutely not approve of Hiruzen. I am the one who can best understand and carry out Teacher's ninja way!"

Danzou's thoughts raced, and he quickly convinced himself.

"Someone!" Danzou quickly called for the person who had helped him investigate Mo Chen's file and instructed in a deep voice, "Tamper with Mo Chen's background in secret. Even if someone investigates, make sure the information they find is inaccurate!"

"Yes!" Danzou's subordinate responded and left.

"Mo Chen! Tobirama-sensei's great-grandson!" Danzou's eyes flickered as he muttered, "I need to find an opportunity to have a good talk with him!"

[Sakura Haruno: Ahhhhh, this is so annoying! Just like senior Tenten said, the king of being late! That damn Kakashi-sensei told us to gather at the training grounds at five, and it's already past eleven, and he's still not here! I'm so angry!!]

[Ino Yamanaka: Glad to see it, rejoice and celebrate! I was doing a boring weeding mission and was about to complain. Now that I see your Team 7 hasn't even had the assessment for your Jonin leader yet, I suddenly feel so lucky.]

[Hinata Hyuga: We... we are also doing D-rank missions, helping out on a farm with chores.]

[Tenten: Don't worry, don't worry. You guys still have a long period of tedious life ahead. Rookie Genin can only take D-rank missions, which are basically just boring daily chores.]

[Sakura Haruno: Damn it, thinking about it like this, my wonderful life is just being wasted.]

[Ino Yamanaka: Hmph, even if I let you do advanced missions now, could you handle them? With your meager strength, you'd lose your life in minutes.]

[Ino Yamanaka: But you should first consider how you're going to get through the Jonin leader assessment. You might be sent back to the Ninja Academy to repeat your studies! Then you'll lose your Sasuke-kun.]

[Sakura Haruno: Bullshit! I can't say for senior Tenten and Hinata, but I'm definitely stronger than you!]

[Ino Yamanaka: I have buff effects!]

[Sakura Haruno: ...]

[Hinata Hyuga: Have you tried the effects yet? @Ino Yamanaka @Tenten]

[Ino Yamanaka: Hmm... how should I put it? Weeding is faster than before. One person is doing the work of three.]

[Sakura Haruno: You used to weed?]

[Ino Yamanaka: Does flower arranging count?]

[Sakura Haruno: ...]

[Tenten: I just beat up the genius of our team into a pig's head. He used to look down on me, hehe!]

[Hinata Hyuga: ((⊙o⊙))?]

[Tenten: Oh right, he's from the Hyuga clan like you, Neji Hyuga!]

[Hinata Hyuga: Neji... brother?]

[Tenten: Neji is your brother?]

[Hinata Hyuga: Hmm... that's, a bit difficult to say.]

[Tenten: Alright, I sort of get it now. Hinata is the young lady of the Main Family.]

[Hinata Hyuga: ...]

On the training grounds where Team 3 was located, Might Guy and Rock Lee stared at Tenten in shock, their faces filled with disbelief.

They weren't on a mission today. As usual, Teacher Guy was leading his students in their daily training.

While Little Lee followed Guy in various physical training exercises, Tenten was training with her ninja tools and simultaneously acting as a training partner for Neji.

Although Neji's Byakugan had a blind spot, the gap in their strength was too large. Even with all her efforts, Tenten couldn't even scratch Neji.

But just now, Tenten had given a small demonstration of her skills. The ninja tools she threw were more than twice as fast and powerful as before.

Neji was caught off guard and was at a disadvantage from the start.

Even after he quickly regained his footing and was forced to use his Rotation, Tenten shattered it with a Great Iron Hammer and followed up with several close-combat attacks.

Soon after, Neji lay on the ground, bruised and swollen.

"Cough!" Tenten scratched her head, looking embarrassed. "If I said I didn't do it on purpose, would you believe me?"

Every day, she saw Neji acting arrogant, as if everyone owed him money, and belittling others as if they were worthless.

Tenten had wanted to beat him up for a long time, but she just didn't have the strength.

Now, she finally felt satisfied!

"Waaah!" Little Lee let out a startled cry. "Teacher Guy, did you see that? Tenten actually beat Neji down?!"

"I saw it!" Guy exclaimed, tears welling up in his eyes. "It seems Tenten is the student most suited to inherit my ninja way! My efforts were not in vain. This is youth!"

"Ahhh! How could this be?" Little Lee wailed, covering his head and crying out. "I should be the one to inherit Teacher Guy's ninja way! Tenten beat me to it! Has my youth already withered?"

Guy suddenly punched Little Lee in the face, sending the latter flying and slapping him against a tree with a splat.

"Idiot!" Guy roared furiously. "I won't allow you to talk about yourself like that! Our youth has no regrets! Even though Tenten has taken the lead for now, as long as you work twice as hard, you can definitely catch up."

"Ooh!" Little Lee instantly revived, his expression fervent. "If two thousand push-ups, two thousand punches, two thousand kicks, five thousand jump ropes, and five hundred laps around Konoha aren't enough, then I'll double it!"

"If doubling it isn't enough, then I'll add two times, five times, ten times! I will definitely prove through my persistence that hard work can defeat genius!"

"Lee! You've finally understood!" Guy said with relief, tears streaming down his face as he hugged Little Lee. "You truly are a clumsy yet adorable disciple!"

"Teacher Guy!"

"Lee!"

"Teacher Guy!!"

"Lee!!!"

The two embraced, weeping sincerely.

Seeing the ugly lines on their green full-body suits and their hideous bowl cuts, Tenten's face went blank, her mouth twitched, and she felt nauseous.

Inherit Teacher Guy's ninja way?!

Sorry, she refused!

Neji, who had been lying on the ground questioning his existence, was so disgusted that he sat up from his near-death state and growled at Tenten, "Again!"