Orochimaru regards Namikawa Yū as a fellow student and wants to learn from Namikawa Yū.
However, he also knew in his heart that it would not be easy to achieve this goal.
Putting aside all other conditions, the huge gap in status alone is already a problem.
After all, Namikawa Yū is Hokage.
As for Orochimaru, although he performed well in the Ninja Academy, he was just a civilian.
There is a huge gap between the two identities, which is almost insurmountable under normal circumstances.
"If you want to follow Lord Hokage, you must be noticed by Lord Hokage."
Orochimaru thought to himself, "I must perform well in this graduation assessment."
This time Ninja Academy graduates, because it is the first time for the entrance examination, Namikawa Yū will also come on stage and observe the assessment results in person.
If Orochimaru wants to be noticed by Namikawa Yū, this is undoubtedly the best opportunity.
Just trying to achieve this goal is not easy.
There is no shortage of geniuses in the Ninja Academy.
Especially this batch of graduating students.
Originally there were not many students in the Ninja Academy, but with Orochimaru's ability, he could easily stand out among them and become the best among them.
After all, he is a genius.
But this class of students is different.
Because Intermediate Ninja Academy was established, and Namikawa Yū forcibly promoted the academy examination, allowing all ninjas of the ninja clan to enter Ninja Academy, the number of people taking the entrance examination this time increased a lot.
Those ninjas who were born as ninjas are not simple things.
Among them are not only the geniuses from Senju and Uchiha Clan, but also many ninjas from other ninja clans.
Not to mention anything else, Tsunade alone is already extremely outstanding and can bring huge pressure to Orochimaru.
It is not easy for him to stand out among this group of people.
"Okay, it's time to come down."
Namikawa Yū hugged Tsunade and said softly at this moment, "When I come back this time, I will stay with you for a while, and there will be a long time to stay."
"Are these your friends?"
He turned around and looked at Orochimaru and others aside.
Facing his gaze, Orochimaru's eyes suddenly lit up.
He couldn't wait to move forward and said, "Lord Hokage, I am Orochimaru.
"I remember you."
Namikawa Yū smiled and nodded, "I once exchanged some experiences with you, and your ideas were very good and gave me a lot of inspiration."
He was certainly impressed by Orochimaru.
The scientific research talents in Naruto are not that big, and Orochimaru is definitely one of them, and he is the most outstanding one.
Namikawa Yū still attaches great importance to this kind of talent, so we specifically looked for opportunities to chat with him and exchange some ideas.
Judging from the current situation, that exchange left a deep impression on Orochimaru, so much so that he can't wait to express it now.
"I have recently prepared a laboratory where I am conducting research on many things."
Looking at Orochimaru in front of him, he thought for a while, and then said, "For this entrance examination, I will issue a special test paper. As long as you can get an excellent evaluation in the examination, you will be qualified to enter the laboratory as my assistant."
"If you are interested, you can give it a try."
"Yes."
Listening to Namikawa Yū's words, Orochimaru's eyes couldn't help but light up, and then nodded.
He had already made up his mind to get an excellent evaluation in the assessment this time.
"Lord Hokage's laboratory, there should be a lot of interesting things in it, right?"
Standing there, this thought flashed through Orochimaru's mind.
"This is Jiraiya. Although it's a jackass, its ninjutsu and practical combat are pretty good."
After Orochimaru, Tsunade introduced again.
Although she usually dislikes Jiraiya, she still regards Jiraiya as a friend, so on this occasion she still took the initiative to introduce Jiraiya.
"Third Hokage."
Looking at Namikawa Yū in front of him, Jiraiya also changed from his usual lively and frivolous attitude, looking a little nervous now.
Looking at it like this, the Hokage's identity is still somewhat intimidating after all.
"You are Jiraiya."
Regarding Jiraiya, Namikawa Yū had a gentle attitude. "Tsunade told me about you and said you were an outstanding ninja."
"Haha, right?"
Listening to Namikawa Yū's words, Jiraiya immediately showed a smile on his face, "I will become a famous writer in the future."
"Then I wish you success."
Namikawa Yū smiled.
If he remembered correctly, Jiraiya did seem to become a famous writer later on.
The famous Icha Icha Paradise seems to be selling like hot cakes throughout Ninja World.
"Speaking of which, it seems that Land of Fire's publishing industry should be under control."
While chatting with everyone present, this thought flashed through Namikawa Yū's mind.
He stayed here for a while, said hello to Tsunade's friends in front of him, and then left.
After he left this place, the people behind him breathed a sigh of relief.
"Phew, I can actually see Lord Hokage here."
"But Lord Hokage's age doesn't seem to be much older than ours."
"I must perform well in the graduation assessment and try to get Lord Hokage to pay attention to me!"
Everyone looked at Namikawa Yū's leaving figure, and everyone had different thoughts in their hearts at this moment.
But Namikawa Yū didn't care about any of this.
"A bunch of immature brats."
Nine-Tails on the side said disdainfully, "With your strength, do you still want to hang out with such a group of brats?"
Although Namikawa Yū is not much older than these in terms of age, from Nine-Tails's point of view, this is still a life in two dimensions.
In Nine-Tails's opinion, the strength of those brats was just ordinary, but for Namikawa Yū in front of him, even if he had not made any move, just the aura and huge chakra exuding from his body could make people understand that he was not easy to mess with.
From Nine-Tails's point of view, although the strength of Namikawa Yū is not as good as that of Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara in the past, it can already be regarded as the top among the human group.
Many of the strongest humans are inferior to him.
"The reason why Naruto is Hokage is because he has the responsibility to protect Konoha."
Namikawa Yū spoke softly, "And protecting Konoha, in the final analysis, is to protect these future children."
"Even though they are young now, as long as they can grow up smoothly, they can always exert surprising power.
"You, who are born with great power, would not understand this even if you think about it."
"I don't want to understand that kind of thing.
Nine-Tails sneered, "I'm hungry again.
Tailed Beast As a polymer of chakra, naturally there is no need to eat.
Their power comes from Natural Energy between heaven and earth, and they do not need to replenish energy through ordinary methods such as eating.
But the flesh-and-blood clone in front of him, which carries the consciousness of Nine-Tails, is obviously unable to do this.