Team 7 Special Training, Danzo's Watch

Team 7 Special Training, Danzo's Watch

Early the next morning, Team 7's training ground.

Naruto stood before Sasuke with two dark circles under his eyes, looking utterly fierce.

"Sasuke, I'll definitely beat you today!"

With his hands in his pockets, Sasuke said blandly, "Idiot, why don't you first learn how not to step on traps?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Naruto's foot tightened.

A rope suddenly cinched tight, hanging him upside down from a tree.

The scene fell silent for several seconds.

Sakura Haruno covered her forehead, feeling embarrassed for him. "Naruto, when are you ever going to learn?"

"Damn it, Kakashi-sensei must have done this!"

"You got it right."

Kakashi stepped out from behind a tree, still holding that copy of Make-Out Paradise.

Naruto's face immediately darkened when he saw the scantily clad woman on the cover. "You were two hours late just to read this stuff?"

Kakashi thought about it seriously.

"I got lost on the road of life."

"Who are you trying to fool?!"

Chenshu Senju sat atop a wooden post and looked over. "Can we start?"

Kakashi put away his book, his gaze falling on the four of them.

The second round of the exam had ended too quickly, and there were still several days until the preliminaries.

To keep his three overly energetic students from causing trouble in the village, he had arranged this special training session at the last minute.

Of course, Chenshu Senju was the main one he was guarding against.

At most, Naruto would splash paint all over Hokage Rock.

If Chenshu Senju really caused a scene, he might turn Hokage Rock into a forest.

"Today's training is very simple."

Kakashi pointed toward the center of the training ground. "Naruto and Sasuke will form a team to fight Chenshu Senju. Sakura, observe and record the three of their problems."

Naruto froze. "Two against one?"

"Got a problem with that?"

"Of course I do!"

Naruto pointed at Sasuke and shouted, "I'm enough on my own! I don't need this stuck-up guy at all!"

A vein twitched on Sasuke's forehead. "That should be my line."

The two exchanged a look, and sparks seemed to crackle in the air.

Chenshu Senju rose to his feet and rolled his wrists. "Come at me together. It'll save time."

Naruto: "..."

Sasuke: "..."

The damage from that statement was low, but the insult was immense.

"Begin!"

The instant Kakashi gave the command, Naruto formed hand seals.

"Multi-Shadow Clone Technique!"

White smoke burst forth one after another as dozens of Narutos charged at Chenshu Senju.

Sasuke did not rush to attack. Instead, he activated his Sharingan and stood in the rear, searching for an opening.

Chenshu Senju lifted his foot and stomped on the ground.

Dozens of vines burst from the earth, precisely wrapping around every Shadow Clone.

Before the Narutos could even get close, they vanished one after another in puffs of white smoke.

"Not this again!"

Naruto's real body burst out of the ground, a kunai stabbing toward Chenshu Senju's waist.

Chenshu Senju sidestepped, grabbed him by the collar, and casually tossed him backward.

Naruto flew more than ten meters, his head plunging straight into the grass, leaving only his legs sticking out.

Sakura Haruno lowered her head and wrote on her clipboard.

Naruto's problem: charged in too fast, got hit too fast.

Just as Chenshu Senju turned around, a sharp chirping sound suddenly rang out.

Lightning flickered in Sasuke's hand as he rapidly closed in from the side.

"Chidori!"

Kakashi's expression turned serious.

Sasuke had chosen his timing well. It was the exact moment after Chenshu Senju had dealt with Naruto, before he had regained his balance.

Unfortunately, the gap between them was not something timing could make up for.

Chenshu Senju formed hand seals with one hand, and a thick wooden wall rose from the ground.

Chidori pierced through the wooden wall, only to be forcibly trapped by the continuously growing layers of wood.

Sasuke tried to pull his arm back, but several vines had already wrapped around his waist.

The next moment, his entire body was hoisted into the air.

"Let me go!"

"Are you sure?"

Chenshu Senju looked up and asked.

Sasuke glanced down. The ground was more than ten meters below.

He fell silent.

With a thought from Chenshu Senju, the vines slowly lowered, placing Sasuke beside Naruto.

By then, Naruto had finally pulled his head out of the grass.

Just as he was about to laugh at Sasuke, he saw the other boy's icy stare.

"If you dare laugh, I'll kill you."

Naruto immediately shut his mouth.

Sakura Haruno stared at her clipboard for a long while without writing anything.

Sasuke's problem was difficult to put into words.

After all, being crushed head-on was not a tactical problem.

"This is too ridiculous."

She could not help looking at Kakashi. "Sensei, does this kind of special training really mean anything?"

Kakashi rubbed his chin. "At least it can strengthen their ability to take a beating."

"Mentally or physically?"

"Both."

After resting for a while, the training continued.

This time, Naruto and Sasuke finally agreed to cooperate.

Naruto used his Shadow Clones to harass Chenshu Senju head-on, while Sasuke used the Great Fireball Technique to cut off his retreat.

There was nothing wrong with the tactic.

The problem was that Chenshu Senju had no intention of retreating.

He pressed his palms together, and the ground beneath his feet shook violently.

A massive wooden hand burst from the earth, its five fingers closing as it slapped the Great Fireball apart.

The wooden hand did not slow down, sweeping away all of Naruto's Shadow Clones as well.

Sakura Haruno's mouth fell open.

Kakashi's Make-Out Paradise also dropped to the ground.

This was no longer ordinary Wood Release.

Chenshu Senju looked at the wooden hand and frowned slightly.

The Wood Human Technique he had acquired last night was still only in fragments. He could not form a complete Wood Human.

Being able to create one arm was already close to his limit.

It consumed a considerable amount of chakra, and the formation speed was somewhat slow.

Against a true Kage-level expert, that amount of time would be enough for the opponent to attack several times.

It still needed further refinement.

"Again."

Chenshu Senju dismissed the wooden hand and looked at Sasuke and Naruto.

Naruto lay on the ground, his chest heaving. "Are you a monster?"

Sasuke was down on one knee, both hands trembling slightly from exhaustion.

Hearing Naruto's words, he did not refute them.

From a certain perspective, this guy really did not seem human.

"That's enough for today."

Kakashi picked up Make-Out Paradise and brushed the dust off its cover. "If we keep going, the hospital might think I'm abusing my students."

"Kakashi-sensei, that's all you're worried about?"

"Don't worry. The medical expenses can be reimbursed."

Naruto instantly shut down.

Soon, the group left the training ground.

Chenshu Senju walked at the back, but his steps suddenly paused.

He looked toward the distant bushes.

A leaf swayed gently, yet there was no one in sight.

Chenshu Senju withdrew his gaze and did not pursue them.

The other party had been hiding there since the training began. Their concealment methods were decent, and their chakra had been specially suppressed.

Unfortunately, under the perception of the Sage Body, they were still far too obvious.

Within the Hidden Leaf Village, there were not many forces that would monitor him this way.

Root.

The corners of Chenshu Senju's mouth lifted slightly.

Danzo had better only be watching.

If he dared reach out, Chenshu Senju would not mind giving the Dark of the Hidden Leaf Village a few more chances to draw.

Late that night.

Root base.

A masked ninja knelt on one knee and placed the photographs he had taken on the desk.

Danzo picked up the top one.

In the photograph, a massive wooden hand rose from the ground, while Naruto and Sasuke looked incomparably small before it.

"He can already use Wood Release to this extent?"

Danzo looked at the photograph, his left eye gradually narrowing.

Wood Release, the Sharingan, and life force comparable to the First Hokage's.

Such power absolutely could not be beyond the Hidden Leaf Village's control.

More importantly, it could not be beyond his control.

"Pass down the order."

Danzo put the photograph into a drawer, his voice low.

"Reassess Chenshu Senju's threat level."

The Root ninja lowered his head. "What about the recruitment plan?"

Danzo fell silent for a moment.

"Continue it."

"And if he refuses again?"

The room fell silent for several seconds.

Danzo tightened his grip on his cane, a flash of coldness passing through his eyes.

"Root does not accept refusal."