Jiraiya and Hongshi sat facing each other, lighting a fire to ward off the chill of the night, while in the distance Naruto and Hinata were training.
Without Naruto Nine-Tails, Namikaze's talent and Uzumaki's Chakra allowed him to quickly complete the second step of his training. He was now beginning the third step, maintaining the Rasengan's spherical shape.
Hinata has excellent self-control, but her biggest weakness is her insufficient Chakra reserves. Compared to Naruto's seemingly inexhaustible Chakra, her progress in the later stages was much slower.
Hongshi looked at Hinata, Hinata was sitting there gathering Chakra: "Hmm, what kind of Tailed Beast should I seal for you..."
Jiraiya: " Hongshi-kun, what are you talking about, Tailed Beast?"
Hongshi: "No, no, no, I was thinking about how to increase Hinata's Chakra."
Jiraiya took out some meat from his backpack and started roasting it by the fire. " Hongshi-kun, I won't ask why you have such powerful Chakra, but I do want to know why you go to such lengths to help the Konoha Genin."
Hongshi also took out a small salt shaker and sprinkled some on the roasted meat. "Emm, because I have... the Will of Fire??"
Jiraiya: "Sogga, that's good. You know, Lord Tobirama initially wanted to seal your Chakra, but after the old man revealed that you helped the Konoha Genin train, he gave up."
Hongshi: " Tobirama... it seems I'll have to find a way to kill him. But what's with the Lord Third having an advisor?"
Jiraiya couldn't help but laugh out loud Jiraiya the thought of the four being demoted to gatekeepers and Jonin: "Hahahaha, Hongshi-kun, you should know that in the era of Lord Hashirama and Lord Tobirama, Konoha could single-handedly fight against the other four great ninja villages. Although it is still the strongest now, it would actually struggle even in a one-on-one fight. How could it not be furious to be invaded by mere Sand Ninja and the newly formed Sound Ninja? Lord Tobirama even thought that Konoha had split apart."
Hongshi: "Hahaha, Danzo and the two advisors probably never imagined they'd end up like this."
At that moment, Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu, who were on duty at Konoha Gate, shivered.
Jiraiya took out his sake gourd and took a sip. " Lord Tobirama is known for his caution. He said he wants to evaluate all the Konoha Ninja from top to bottom to determine who is trustworthy."
Hongshi: " Lord Tobirama is actually very politically astute. Doing this will likely break down Konoha's current system and reintegrate it into a model that is more beneficial to the village."
Jiraiya: "After sensing the Sharingan and Hashirama Cells in Danzo, Lord Tobirama decided to strip Danzo of all his rights. He's currently carrying out a mission."
Hongshi: "It's because Danzo knows too much."
As the two were talking, Naruto and Hinata slowly walked over.
Naruto: "I'm exhausted! That's enough for today!"
Hinata pulled a Military Rations Pill from her ninja tool pouch. "Naruto... Naruto-kun, this is Hongshi-kun's Super Military Rations Pill. You'll recover quickly after eating it."
Naruto once tried the Super Military Rations Pill, but after picking one up, he exclaimed, "Tch, I won't eat that! It tastes awful!"
Hongshi: "(_) Hmm?"
Naruto felt a chill pierce his heart. He looked up and saw Hongshi's murderous gaze. He immediately grabbed the Super Military Rations Pill and swallowed it. " Hinata-chan, thank you!"
Hinata: "No, no, no, you're welcome..."
Jiraiya looked at Naruto and Hinata: "Honestly, Hinata is so gentle, how could she like that idiot Naruto?"
Unexpectedly, seeing Naruto and Hinata so sweetly together, Hongshi burst into tears, snot streaming down his face. "They... they're such a perfect match! Waaaaah... I'm not jealous at all!"
Jiraiya: "(°ー°)???"
The four of them sat around the fire, Naruto and Hongshi each holding a piece of roasted meat, glaring at each other as they devoured their food.
Hinata: " Naruto-kun, eat slowly, there's... there's still more."
Jiraiya: "(°ー°), Hongshi-kun, why are you guys getting so worked up over your food?"
"Waaaaah!"
Jiraiya: " Naruto's stuck!"
Hinata: " Gentle Fist - Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm!"
Naruto: "Ugh!"
Hongshi wiped the oil from his hands on his clothes. "You little punk, trying to mess with me?"
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"Ah!" A painful scream came from Orochimaru's bedroom.
" Lord Orochimaru, don't move, I'll change your bandages."
"Smack!"
The Sound Ninja who was caring for Orochimaru was cut in two by a single sword strike, and blood stained the ground.
At that moment, Kabuto Yakushi walked in from the doorway. " Lord Orochimaru, I just got back and I'm already here to help you clean the floor."
Orochimaru: "Damn Hongshi, this wound is getting more and more painful, and there's absolutely no sign of it healing."
Kabuto adjusted his glasses. "While searching for Tsunade these past few days, I analyzed the damaged cells in your body and discovered the key to why your wounds can't heal."
Orochimaru: "What is it?"
Kabuto: "It's because... baba..."
Thirty minutes later
Orochimaru: "Damn it! That Hongshi's Nuclear Release actually decomposed my DNA?!"
Lord God: "(╯°Д°)╯┻┻So what did Kabuto say!"
Kabuto cleaned up the bloodstains on the ground. " Orochimaru, if you want to heal this kind of wound, you can only use the Living Corpse Reincarnation once every two years, or remove the entire wound and then treat it with a regenerative healing Ninjutsu."
Orochimaru was silent for a moment. "I'm saving the Living Corpse Reincarnation Jutsu for Sasuke. It's a regeneration-level Ninjutsu... A ninja of Tsunade's caliber definitely knows it. So, have you found her yet?"
Dou nodded. "She's in a place called Tanzaku Town, and I heard she's drowning in debt."
Orochimaru: " Tanzaku Town? That's no small place. She owes far more than a handful of debts; she owes at least ten handfuls. Jiraiya paid off nine of them for her."
Dou: "But you're still drowning in debt."
Orochimaru: "Alright, give me your strongest medicine. Let's go find Tsunade. Only I can persuade her to come!"
Kabuto: "Alright, alright, I'll give you the potent medicine I recently concocted with special ingredients."
Orochimaru: "By the way, how's Kimimaro doing? If we could bring him along, we'd have a much better chance."
Kabuto shook his head helplessly. "The situation is bad. During the battle with the Fourth Kazekage, a large amount of gold dust and sand mixed into his bones, which cannot be removed. In addition, he already has an incurable disease."
Orochimaru chuckled, "Well, there's nothing we can do about that then. If we hadn't managed to get Sasuke, his body would have been the best."
Kabuto: " The Kaguya Clan's physique is indeed exceptional, and he also obtained the same Cursed Seal of Heaven as Sasuke, making him the perfect candidate."
Orochimaru: "That Tayuya guy has actually been captured by Konoha. We mustn't leak our information, otherwise, in my current state, it will be difficult to deal with Konoha's retaliation."
Orochimaru didn't really care about Kimimaro's life or death; to him, Kimimaro was just a pawn.
Orochimaru lay back down. "Hurry up and get ready, there's still a long way to go."
Kabuto: "However, I think it will be a bit difficult to get Tsunade to agree to help you."
Orochimaru: "Hehehe, as the saying goes, good medicine tastes bitter. If she won't help, then just kill her and reincarnate her."