The horizon to the east turned fish belly white.
As early as this time, Shiraishi had already soaked his body in the hot spring pool, closed his eyes and enjoyed it, white mist rising from the water.
The water temperature of the hot spring is about 40 to 45 degrees. It is not too hot or too cold. This water temperature is just right.
At this moment, Shiraishi heard the soft sound of water flowing next to him.
He opened his eyes and saw a girl with long straight black hair and dazzling beauty. She was not wrapped in a bath towel, but because of the thick fog, he couldn't see particularly clearly.
In addition, because of the rising morning glow, she also has a holy light that can block her vision.
The light of original sin that prevents human beings from being honest with each other.
She just walked over step by step, came to the back of Shiraishi, and gently wiped his back. The softness of her fingers and the delicate skin could easily break through Shiraishi's defense.
"How about it?"
"Very comfortable."
"Then...do you want to do something more comfortable?"
Something more comfortable?
what is that?
Is it that one?
Shiraishi tried hard to suppress the restlessness in his heart, as if his heart was about to jump out of his throat.
"Continuing what we left unfinished last night, let's be honest with each other here."
The girl's arms stretched out from behind to the front, hugging Shiraishi's body.
The faint fragrance penetrates the nose.
But breathing suddenly became uncomfortable.
He felt the girl's hands slowly moving upward, which were his neck.
"Wait a minute, you're holding me a little tight, a little looser..."
"Isn't this the result you expected? So, be mine alone..."
His hands became tighter and tighter, and Shiraishi's breathing became more and more difficult.
His entire face turned red, as if he was suffocating to death.
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Opening his eyes from the bed with a cold sweat on his head, Bai Shi looked outside at the fish-belly white sky. It was already dawn.
"Really, I had such a strange dream. I asked, why did Liuli become like that? It turned out to be a dream. Then it would be fine..."
But the feeling of being strangled by the throat and about to be suffocated is indeed so real.
Shiraishi no longer knows whether this is an erotic dream or a nightmare.
After breakfast, Shiraishi took out the props Liuli asked to make yesterday and put them in Liuli's hands.
"Here, this is the chakra flow suppression item you requested yesterday. As long as you put this on, the chakra flow in the body will flow as fast as a turtle crawling. However, the opponent is a genin, so don't train too strictly."
Liuli looked at the three metal bracelets in her hands and nodded, indicating that she understood.
"One more thing to note is that it is best not to train for more than three hours a day while wearing this. Two hours is enough for genin. If you extend the time any longer, you may have to send them to the hospital for hospitalization."
"so serious?"
"If the flow of chakra slows down, there is no problem in living a normal life. However, due to this state, it is mandatory to train taijutsu and ninjutsu. If the time is too long, it will easily cause damage to the body."
"If I use this training, will it be effective?"
Liuli asked with interest.
"If it were you, this level of restraint bracelet would be broken directly. Your chakra is too strong, unless you use a stronger level restraint bracelet."
"Help me make it."
"That's no problem."
Shiraishi nodded.
This is the same as weight training. You usually use weights to exercise. When fighting, take the weights off your body. I dare not say the rest, but the speed will definitely increase suddenly.
Using a restraint bracelet to exercise is equivalent to adding weight to the chakra. By then, the control and burst of chakra will be mired in the quagmire and difficult to move.
Finally, while wearing the limiting bracelet, train the flow speed of chakra to the peak state when not wearing the limiting bracelet. Then, after taking off the limiting bracelet, the control, explosive power, and flow speed of chakra will , even the speed and power of releasing ninjutsu will be greatly improved.
But obviously the restriction bracelet used to limit the genin level cannot be used on Ruri.
The chakra burst power of a jounin is definitely not comparable to that of a genin.
"Then I'll leave first."
After finishing speaking, Liuli stood still and stared at Shiraishi calmly.
Baishi was stunned for a moment, then he understood. He stepped forward to hold Liuli in his arms, and they started kissing each other in the corridor.
It wasn't until she was gradually out of breath that Liuli was satisfied and left with a slight blush.
After that, Shiraishi stayed in the laboratory.
While conducting experiments on blending chakra and natural energy, he began to make the chakra limiting bracelet that Ruri needed.
Chakra-limiting items suitable for genin can't be used on Ruri, and will only be exploded by her burst of chakra.
If the restriction bracelets were classified in detail, based on ten stages, the restriction bracelets he had made before could only be regarded as the second level. The restriction bracelets suitable for Liuli would at least start at the first level.
From the sixth level onwards, only jounin can adapt.
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Hokage building, in the office.
Liuli is here to receive the task.
Taking the mission scroll from Hokage Hiruzen, Liuli opened the scroll directly and read the contents inside.
This is a C-level protection mission. The object of protection is a businessman from the Kingdom of Mountains. He wants to transport a batch of medicinal materials wholesaled from the Kingdom of Fire and smoothly transport them back to the capital of the Kingdom of Mountains for sale.
So a C-level protection mission was issued to Konoha, and the mission reward was 40,000 taels.
Among C-level tasks, it is considered a relatively high reward.
The reward for the highest level C-level mission is only 50,000 taels.
"what do you think?"
Hiruzen looked at the Uchiha girl in front of him and couldn't help but sigh.
"No problem. If there is a problem with the mission, I will interrupt it in time."
Liuli put the scroll away and said.
Hiruzen nodded in approval.
Liuli's last mission client was to lie about the mission level, during which she encountered a ninja struggle.
After discovering this, Ruri decisively led three genin members to abandon the client, ignored the other party's cries and pleas, returned to Konoha, and left him to fend for himself.
The client who issues the task must be based on integrity, otherwise it will easily cause losses to Konoha ninjas, or even their lives.
If even basic integrity cannot be guaranteed, then interrupting the task in time and abandoning the client is the right choice.
"etc."
When Liuli was about to leave, Hiruzen's voice came from behind.
"Is there anything else you want to explain, Hokage-sama?"
Liuli turned around without being humble or arrogant, with no fear or respect in her eyes, just a businesslike look.
There is only an ordinary superior-subordinate relationship between them. Other than that, there is no involvement or connection.
In other words, she simply didn't want to talk about some nutritious topics here with the equally decadent village senior officials.
Just like some senior Uchiha officials today, they are still dreaming of making Uchiha the Hokage.
She was so naive and arrogant that she couldn't help but want to laugh.
No matter how you look at it, they are just a bunch of boring guys fighting for power with each other.
Konoha now is like a pool of stagnant water, lifeless and lifeless.
"I want to ask, has something happened to you? I always feel like you have changed something today."
Hiruzen was indeed curious about this.
Usually, he could only feel the cold and heavy aura from Liuli, a genius jounin, but today it was different.
Anyway, it was a very amazing feeling.
A strange aura that even Hiruzen couldn't analyze in detail.
"You are worrying too much, Hokage-sama. If there is nothing else, I will leave first. I still have tasks to complete."
Liuli turned her back to Hiruzen, dropped this sentence, opened the door and left.
"..."
Exhaling softly, Hiruzen looked out the window a little melancholy.
Liuli's attitude didn't make him feel anything. In fact, the reason for the other party's indifference was inseparable from the decisions of their senior management.
But this is all for the sake of Konoha's stability.
Sometimes, it is indeed necessary to protect the interests of some people and sacrifice the interests of some people in order to maintain the stability and peace of the entire village, otherwise the enemy will take advantage of it.
Danzo is like that.
Sakumo is like that.
But he didn't expect that Sakumo would respond in such a decisive way.
To this day Zhan still can't understand why Sakumo committed suicide.
He should have no reason or motive to commit suicide.
I just want to use Danzo's power to exclude him from the position of Hokage. He will still be Konoha's irreplaceable elite jounin, and his status among the jonin is unshakable...
Countless whys have been bothering Hiruzen.
Unfortunately, with Sakumo's death, no one can answer this long-dormant question in his heart.
Therefore, Liuli's lukewarm attitude towards their senior management is understandable.
But... Ruri will be a high-ranking figure in the Uchiha clan in the future, and will play a very crucial and decisive role in Uchiha's plan to integrate the village as a large group.
Hiruzen looked out the window, which was the direction of the ninja school.
Speaking of which, I haven’t visited there for a long time.
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On the way to the medical ninja experimental class, Shiraishi saw a familiar figure standing in the corridor ahead, as if watching something there, with a look of surprise on his face.
"Hokage-sama?"
"Well……"
The Third Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen, heard a voice coming from beside him and turned his head in surprise, and saw Shiraishi walking towards him.
"I remember you were..."
"Lord Hokage, I am Chiba Shiraishi."
"Sorry, I'm getting older recently and my memory has declined a bit."
Hiruzen smiled helplessly, looking very kind and kind.
"You're kidding, you're still a little short of fifty."
Regarding Shiraishi's response, Hiruzen smiled and said: "It's not that young anymore. I have been in this position for twenty years. When the next Hokage takes over, I will be completely free."
Shiraishi smiled and said nothing.
"By the way, why are you here, Hokage-sama?"
"It's nothing serious, I just want to go out and walk around. How are you working next to Tsunade recently? Are you still used to it?"
"There's nothing I can't get used to. After all, that's all I can do."
"No need to belittle yourself, medical ninjas are an extremely important part of Konoha now and in the future. If I had agreed to Tsunade's medical reform earlier, the previous Second Ninja War would not have..."
Having said this, Hiruzen had a sad look on his face.
The medical reform was only officially launched during the Second Ninja War, instead of vigorously training medical ninjas before the war.
If the decision had been made earlier, the sacrifice rate of Konoha ninjas would not have been so high, so that when they finally mobilized to fight with Sunagakure, the stalemate ended for several years.
"This is not Hokage-sama's fault. The war is coming, which all of us did not expect. Saving more people in the war is the responsibility and obligation of our medical ninjas. It is also because of this that I chose medical treatment The path of a ninja. But I also want to thank Hokage-sama for paying attention to our medical ninja collective and giving us our current status in the village."
Shiraishi said firmly.
In the past, medical ninjas did not receive much attention in Konoha. Generally speaking, their status could not be compared with combatants.
It wasn't until the medical reform that the village elevated its status as a medical ninja, and was later followed by other villages.
Tsunade is indeed devoted to the development of the village, and no one in Konoha can compare with her contribution in this regard.
Most of the new generation of medical ninjas in Konoha have received more or less guidance from her.
And these medical ninjas trained by her have saved countless ninjas and villagers in the village. It is not difficult to imagine Tsunade's lofty status in the village.
"This is all the result of Tsunade's efforts and has nothing to do with me, the Hokage."
Hiruzen shook his head and smiled. Seeing that his disciple had such a high reputation in the village, he was indeed very happy.
Only in this way can the village be stable.
His three disciples are really indispensable.
Shiraishi stood here and looked at the students playing ninja games on the playground not far away with Hiruzen, and said: "Children today are really happy, unlike a few years ago, they may be assigned to the battlefield as soon as they graduate. "
"Yes, protecting these children is the greatest inheritance of the will of fire left to the village by Hashirama-sama."
"The First Generation Master is a great person, and he is also the goal that I aspire to. The will of fire he inherited is also a great will worthy of being shocked by everyone."
Shiraishi said so eloquently.
Hiruzen smiled and said nothing. After a while, he said: "By the way, what do you think of the Uchiha people?"
Shiraishi thought for a while and said: "Although some people are too arrogant, I think they are not inherently bad. It's just that the police force often receives letters of complaint from villagers."
Speaking of this, his face looked somewhat helpless.
Hiruzen smiled and said, "Yes, the Uchiha are also members of the family who inherited Lord Hashirama's will of fire. I hope that one day those villagers will also be able to identify with the Uchiha clan and regard them as a family."
"Hokage-sama came to me to ask about Ruri, right?"
Shiraishi thought about it for a moment and asked Hiruzen.
Hiruzen was silent.
"I'm worried about her current condition."
"I knew that Hokage-sama, who is busy with everything, would care about a pawn like me?"
Shiraishi simply smiled wryly, giving people a sense of ease that he didn't take this kind of thing to heart.
"I told you not to belittle yourself so much. Being valued by the genius jounin of the Uchiha clan undoubtedly proves your excellent and honest character. In my eyes, you are already an outstanding Konoha who has inherited Lord Hashirama's will of fire. A ninja."
"It's just a joke, please don't take it seriously, Hokage-sama." Shiraishi smiled, then thought about it for a moment, and replied to Hiruzen: "Since the death of Sakumo-sensei, Ruri's mood has not been very stable. Be honest. He said, at that time, I was also very angry about Teacher Sakumo's death, but he is gone, and Teacher Sakumo didn't want us to be like this."
"Sakumo is an excellent Konoha ninja..."
"Well, it is precisely because of that that I can truly understand Mr. Sakumo. When he died, he made that decision with a deep love for Konoha. As his former disciple, I only need to understand, Just inherit his will and live on. After all, it is the responsibility and goal of us students to pass on the teacher's will."
Shiraishi stretched out his hand and shook it towards the sky, as if he wanted to grab something.
Looking at the bright and positive look on Shiraishi's face, this is the smile and eyes that can only be possessed by a person with a pure and pure soul.
Hiruzen was in a daze.
It's a bit emotional that Shiraishi, at such a young age, is already able to think about problems with a mind that embraces all things.
And this kind of thinking is exactly the precious quality that Hokage needs.
Hiruzen had a feeling that if it was this person, he might be able to truly integrate the Uchiha clan into the village and become a family.
"It seems I was worried in vain."
Hiruzen smiled helplessly, but felt much relieved.
It was true that he was too worried. With such an outstanding man with the Hokage's mind by his side, that Uchiha genius would definitely not go astray.
Hiruzen had this confidence.
"When you get married, I will go there on time and prepare a congratulatory gift for you."
"Ahem... Hokage-sama is joking, it's too early for Liuli and I to do this."
Shiraishi blushed.
"Seventeen is not young anymore. When I was your age, I was almost engaged to Lake Biwa."
Hiruzen saw Shiraishi's slightly shy reaction and smiled in his heart. He was really a cute and pure-minded young man.
It seems that there is nothing to worry about that Uchiha genius girl.
I really look forward to a bright future where the whole family in this village will be happy and happy.
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"You came really late today. You're almost late."
"Sorry, Tsunade-sensei, I just met Hokage-sama in the corridor and had a little chat."
When he came to the office and faced Tsunade's questions, Shiraishi answered honestly.
"Sarutobi-sensei?"
Tsunade was slightly startled.
"Yes."
"What did you talk about?"
"It's nothing, just a very ordinary little thing."
Shiraishi answered with a natural expression.
"That's it."
Tsunade nodded and didn't ask further.
At half past five, after the experimental class ended, Tsunade hurriedly left the class, leaving Shiraishi here to answer questions for those students who did not understand the content of the class.
Shiraishi's theoretical and practical knowledge is more than enough to teach these students.
Watching Tsunade leave, Shiraishi felt somewhat sorry.
I'm so sorry, Tsunade-sensei, for taking advantage of your kindheartedness so many times. He sighed inwardly.
But in order to avoid more trouble, this is the only way to do it.
After all, he didn't want to be talked to by the Hokage every two days.
You can fool around today, but if you talk frequently in the future, you may not be able to maintain such good luck.
Shiraishi really couldn't tell whether the Hokage would come to him to communicate with him.
Shiraishi understands this truth.
"Senior Shiraishi, I don't understand here, can you teach me?"
"Senior Shiraishi, I don't quite understand here."
"Senior Shiraishi..."
"..."
The many girls who came around immediately created a pink and coquettish atmosphere around Shiraishi.
Shiraishi was a little dizzy for a moment. There wasn't much in the experimental class, except for all kinds of cute girls.
While feeling dizzy, I also felt a bit self-pitying.
After so many years, the advantages in me were finally discovered by the girls.
Being welcomed by a girl is definitely a first experience in life.
"Okay, don't worry, just come one by one. I won't run away. I will answer them all for you."
the other side.
"Senior Shiraishi is indeed a gentle person."
Nohara Lin, who didn't push forward, said there.
"Really? He's just a freeloader. He doesn't know what's good about him."
Obito did not go back directly after school. Instead, he waited outside the experimental class until get out of class was over before he came in to find Lin.
"Obito, it's so rude of you to say that."
Rin glared at Obito.
That's what it is. Obito whispered in his mind.
He's just a weakling in the Uchiha clan.
To be so arrogant and surrounded by so many cute girls.
"That guy Kakashi used to be like this too."
Obito thought of something and felt unhappy.
"Kakashi? Speaking of which, I haven't seen him in a long time."
"Lin, what's the point of meeting that kind of guy? He's already a chuunin, and he's too busy doing missions. Maybe he's already forgotten about us."
"Obito, you are still so duplicitous. You actually care about Kakashi."
Lin smiled secretly.
"There is no such thing. He is the one I hate the most. He often says that I am a loser and so on. I don't want to have anything to do with this kind of person."
Obito snorted coldly, with a cold expression like 'Kakashi and I' are enemies.
"But……"
Lin was about to say something again, but Obito interrupted directly: "Oh, that's all in the past, don't mention it again."
"Okay." Lin nodded.
Obito breathed a sigh of relief, then looked at Shiraishi who was surrounded by many girls, and asked Lin:
"Speaking of which, Lin, don't you go ask for advice?"
"It doesn't matter, I'll just go to Shiraishi-senpai's house to ask for advice tonight."
When Lin said this, Obito's face suddenly turned pale, and his heart sank.
"Lin...don't you fall in love with this softie?"
"Obito, what are you talking about? I only respect Shiraishi-senpai. Although Shiraishi-senpai is excellent, he is not my type."
Lin gave Obito a helpless look.
What the hell is going on in this guy's head.
Many times there is a missing string.
"That's it."
Obito patted his chest and breathed a sigh of relief.
Then he remembered something and asked carefully: "Na Lin, what kind of boy do you like?"
Lin thought for a moment, then smiled at Obito and said, "I won't tell you."
"Eh? Why? Aren't we friends?"
Lin blushed slightly and said, "This is not something that can be shared with friends, but I will always pay attention to that person."
Follow that person?
Lin already has a crush?
who's that person?
Obito felt like he was scratching an itch in his heart, and he couldn't figure out who the person Lin had been paying attention to was.
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Hokage Building.
"Sarutobi-sensei, please don't involve irrelevant people."
"..."
Originally, Hiruzen was very happy that Tsunade came to find him.
But after Tsunade said these words, the smile on Hiruzen's face froze.
"Let's not talk about what happened during the Second Ninja War. In addition to Sakumo's time, don't continue to play this kind of political method. Especially with people like Danzo. What did he do in the last Ninja War? You should know better than me.”
When Tsunade mentioned the name Danzo, her face became obviously gloomier.
"Duanzo has admitted his mistake. He has made many contributions to the village over the years..."
Hiruzen knew that Tsuna was referring to Nebu's frame-up of members of Sakumo's team during the Second Ninja War.
"You are too indulgent of him, Sarutobi-sensei."
Tsunade knew that she could not dissuade her teacher Hiruzen, so she interrupted Hiruzen's words.
"The village cannot live without Danzo. And I have decided to let Orochimaru replace me to monitor Danzo's every move."
Hiruzen felt that he could reveal this matter to Tsunade in advance, after all, this was one of his most trusted disciples.
"Orochimaru? You want him to join the Roots?"
Tsunade frowned.
"It's not about joining. Strictly speaking, it's about restricting Danzo's drastic actions."
Hiruzen explained.
Tsunade stood there and thought for a moment, this method seemed feasible.
This is indeed a method when Hiruzen doesn't want to clean out the roots.
"You still like this kind of middle-of-the-road balance."
This was also the case before, but in recent years, Tsunade discovered that Hiruzen had become more and more skilled in balancing the internal situation in Konoha.
To a certain extent, Tsunade didn't know whether this was good or bad for the future of Konoha, but it did limit the chaos within Konoha and allow all parties to calm down.
"This is all for the future of the village. I don't want Konoha to suffer."
"Well, I can't convince you. But no matter how you plan to deal with Uchiha's affairs, please don't involve irrelevant people. That child is not suitable for politics. It's like being forced to commit suicide by you. Just like Sakumo. Let him go."
Tsunade's face already had a pleading look on her face.
Hiruzen fell silent when he heard what Tsunade said.
"Okay, I promise you, I won't go to him again."
Thinking of what Shiraishi said to him before, Hiruzen felt that the problem was not big.
That boy will guide Uchiha Ruri to become a part of Konoha.
This will also indirectly allow the relationship between Uchiha and the village to ease and even get along harmoniously.
"Thanks."
Tsunade bowed slightly.
"By the way, are you still sick?"
When Tsunade was about to leave, Hiruzen asked with concern.
Tsunade knew what Hiruzen was asking, so she sighed softly and shook her head.
"Really? No matter what, Konoha is your home. Don't bear these pains alone."
"I know. I will train more medical ninjas for the village, in order to no longer make people feel the pain of losing their loved ones, and in order to save more lives..."
After saying this, under Hiruzen's gaze, Tsunade turned and left.
