Change

Time flies like an arrow.

A little over a year has passed.

Uzumaki Menma is now five years old.

In this past year, Konoha has undergone tremendous changes.

The Uchiha Clan moved as a whole to the center of Konoha, no longer subjected to 24-hour surveillance.

The Konoha Military Police Force is no longer an exclusive department of the Uchiha Clan.

Now, Ninja from various clans and a large number of civilian Ninja have joined the Konoha Military Police Force.

Originally, the Konoha Military Police Force's emblem was a shuriken with the Uchiha Clan's crest in the center.

Now, the Konoha Military Police Force's emblem has been changed to the Konoha symbol in the center of the shuriken.

Thanks to Fugaku Uchiha's efforts, the villagers of Konoha are no longer as prejudiced against the Uchiha Clan.

As for the Hyuga Clan.

The internal structure has completely changed.

The Caged Bird Seal has become a thing of the past.

Previously, someone like Neji could only secretly watch and learn the Eight Trigrams Revolving Heaven, Gentle Fist Art: Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms, and other secret techniques that only the Hyuga main family could learn.

Now, all former branch family members can learn them openly.

The entire Konoha.

Due to the changes in the Uchiha Clan and the Hyuga Clan, it has recovered from the damage caused by the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox Uprising.

It is even more prosperous than Konoha before the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox Uprising.

As Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi has woken up laughing many times in his sleep.

As for Root.

Although Danzo's methods are still strict, he is gradually transitioning Root from underground to above ground.

Some Root Ninja are already active in the sunlight, carrying out Konoha's missions.

The current Root is no longer the terrifying organization that everyone fears.

In fact, because of the high efficiency of Root Ninja in carrying out missions, and after the Cloud Village Delegation incident where they tried to distort the truth, and Danzo's tough stance of declaring war on the Hidden Cloud Village spread, a considerable number of Konoha villagers regard Danzo as an idol.

Danzo, who used to live in seclusion in Root, now appears on the streets of Konoha more and more often.

And Danzo's mood is getting better and better.

Because Uzumaki Menma's Uzumaki Clan physique has begun to manifest.

Coupled with the Nine-Tails' self-healing ability, Uzumaki Menma's self-healing ability is terrifyingly powerful.

Once, during shuriken throwing training, Uzumaki Menma made a mistake, and a shuriken pierced directly into Uzumaki Menma's thigh.

Almost the entire shuriken was embedded in his thigh.

Just as the Root medical Ninja pulled out the shuriken and was about to treat him, the wound on Uzumaki Menma's thigh had already healed completely.

There is also Uzumaki Menma's sensory ability.

According to the information left by Mito Uzumaki.

Uzumaki Menma has awakened the Uzumaki Clan's Mind's Eye of the Kagura.

After closing his eyes and opening his Mind's Eye, he can now sense abnormal movements within a radius of one or two kilometers using chakra.

If there is a specific chakra that has been identified, he can also sense the detailed location and movements, the number of people and their characteristics, and even the speed of movement in great detail.

Uzumaki Menma can even hide his chakra, making it impossible for other sensory Ninja to detect him.

In terms of reconnaissance ability, he may already be comparable to the Hyuga Clan's Byakugan.

Moreover, Uzumaki Menma's talent for learning ninjutsu is very good.

According to the chakra paper test, Uzumaki Menma has wind and water dual chakra attributes.

He can quickly master some low-level ninjutsu that are taught to Uzumaki Menma.

However, Danzo later stopped teaching Uzumaki Menma new ninjutsu.

In Danzo's opinion, learning more low-level ninjutsu is not as practical as one high-level ninjutsu.

Moreover, with Uzumaki Menma's massive chakra reserves, he will be able to use high-level ninjutsu as low-level ninjutsu in the future.

For now, the focus is still on building a foundation.

During this past year.

Uzumaki Menma has also memorized the entire Introduction to Basic Sealing Techniques in his brain.

He also learned a basic sealing technique, the Binding Seal Array.

Using four special sealing tags, after casting it, the target can be bound within the range covered by the four sealing tags.

Everything about Uzumaki Menma was developing in the direction Danzo had envisioned.

However, what puzzled Danzo somewhat was Uzumaki Menma's peculiar summoning beasts.

After injecting Uzumaki Menma with the Bloodline Completion Elixir to restore the Uzumaki Clan's bloodline, the nine masked phantoms that appeared were actually summoned by Uzumaki Menma through a summoning technique.

Moreover, Uzumaki Menma's summoning hand seal, the 'Tiger' seal, was completely different from the summoning hand seals Danzo knew.

Danzo asked Uzumaki Menma about it.

Uzumaki Menma replied to Danzo that the summoning hand seals suddenly appeared in his mind, and after trying them, he actually managed to summon the beasts.

Danzo had also conducted research on Uzumaki Menma's Nine Masked Beasts.

But the results of the research made Danzo somewhat disbelieving.

Because the Nine Masked Beasts' chakra was very similar to the Nine-Tails' chakra.

It could even be said that it was the Nine-Tails' chakra.

However, Danzo didn't believe this result, because if that were really the case, it would mean that the Nine-Tails within Uzumaki Menma was helping to protect Uzumaki Menma.

How could the Nine-Tails, who hated humans so much, possibly help a human, let alone help the Jinchuriki who was trapping it?

Was that even possible?

Absolutely not!

Therefore, Danzo speculated, leaning more towards the idea that Uzumaki Menma had accidentally obtained a way to summon the Nine Masked Beasts for some reason, and the Nine Masked Beasts were influenced by the Nine-Tails' chakra within Uzumaki Menma.

Uzumaki Menma's group of eight had now expanded.

Two new friends had joined, making it a team of ten.

One was Kiba Inuzuka, who loved dogs, had a competitive personality, and was as impulsive and confident as Naruto.

The other was Shino Aburame, who loved insects, had a calm personality, seemed difficult to get along with, was easily overlooked, but became very long-winded once he started talking.

Although the team had expanded, the current team members rarely gathered.

Because everyone would be six years old in another year, it was almost time to attend the Ninja Academy.

So, they were basically learning their clan's ninjutsu or secret techniques within their respective families.

Neji, who was already six years old, had already entered the Ninja Academy to study.

It was said that Neji had even earned the title of top freshman in the Ninja Academy.

Hinata's personality had become more cheerful, and after diligent training, she had successfully awakened her Byakugan.

Furthermore, Hinata's father and mother had a new addition to the family this year, a younger sister named Hanabi Hyuga.

The reason for having a second child was that Hyuga Hiashi was worried that Hinata would always hang out with Uzumaki Menma and the others, and her personality might go astray, so he had a second child as a backup.

Naruto had also been injected with the same Bloodline Completion Elixir as Uzumaki Menma to restore the Uzumaki Clan's bloodline.

And Hiruzen Sarutobi, like Danzo, had arranged for a Ninja to try and have Naruto learn Introduction to Basic Sealing Techniques, to see if he could learn the Uzumaki Clan's sealing techniques in the future.

However, Introduction to Basic Sealing Techniques had too many words, and Naruto couldn't read it at all. Hiruzen Sarutobi was also unable to be as harsh and almost abusive in his training of Naruto as Danzo was with Uzumaki Menma, so in the end, it could only be abandoned.