After seeing Tsunade off, Qingyun turned and returned to the Forest of Death, continuing to devote himself to researching the Rasenshuriken. Yet no matter how he studied it, he could not stop the wind needles within it from eating away at him. If he weakened the wind needles, the Rasenshuriken would not form at all. He tried for a long time without success.
Left with no choice, Qingyun set the Rasenshuriken aside and turned his attention to senjutsu.
The day after Tsunade left, Kushina also headed to Shikkotsu Forest to train in senjutsu. Meanwhile, Minato Namikaze and Nawaki had recently passed the ANBU assessment and joined its ranks. They took on ANBU missions every day, steadily growing stronger as they completed one difficult assignment after another.
Minato Namikaze, in particular, kept refining his Flying Thunder God Technique with the help of the Sealing Scrolls Kushina had left behind. Given a little more time, he would surely display the brilliance of the Yellow Flash from the original story.
In the blink of an eye, more than a month had passed since Tsunade left the village. Today was the day Qingyun began teaching at the Ninja Academy.
Qingyun changed into plain white robes, casually tied his hair back with a cord, and took a teaching textbook with him. Holding Shizune's hand, he headed toward the Ninja Academy.
Before long, Qingyun arrived at the Ninja Academy with Shizune. He found the class he would be teaching, seated Shizune beside Shisui Uchiha, then took them out to the schoolyard to listen to Hiruzen Sarutobi's brainwashing.
When Hiruzen Sarutobi arrived, the little brats gazed at him with their usual fervor, repeatedly shouting, "Third!" Hiruzen Sarutobi looked kindly over the children below. After letting his gaze linger on Qingyun for a moment, he cut off their