Namikaze Minato, who has just taken office, is really busy.
Don't underestimate Konohagakure, it has a lot of things going on.
And there is no transition.
Because before, Namikaze Minato was just a jonin who followed orders and completed missions everywhere. Now that he has become the fourth generation, there are so many things he needs to understand and sort out.
Seeing Hoshita Shuichi running so fast, Namikaze Minato was also helpless: "I originally wanted to tell him about taking over the Root!"
Uzumaki Kushina smiled and said, "Tell him next time, but I'm sure Shuichi will refuse."
Namikaze Minato was curious: "Why?"
"I don't think Shuichi will refuse."
Uzumaki Kushina smiled, "It's not that I refuse to take over the Root, but I won't use a Root that is the same as before."
"He doesn't want Konoha to be like before, where the Root has so much power and causes a certain amount of internal friction within Konoha."
Namikaze Minato nodded and said, "I also plan to reform the Root."
"Moreover, the original duty of the Root was actually a part of the Anbu, to train talents for the Anbu."
He didn't say anything else. After all, the third generation should bear some responsibility for this matter.
Although the formation of the roots has special historical reasons.
For example, the second generation died in battle, and Sarutobi Hiruzen needed enough help to ascend to the throne in his thirties.
Or maybe Sarutobi Hiruzen is too obsessed with light and needs a black glove.
etc.
But no matter what the reason, as Hokage, he does have to bear some responsibility for the appearance of a somewhat deformed Root during his tenure.
Uzumaki Kushina understood what Namikaze Minato meant: "So you want Shuichi to help the ANBU train talents?"
Namikaze Minato nodded.
Uzumaki Kushina packed up the documents and smiled, "Shuichi is indeed a perfect fit."
"Whether it's the conventional five great escape techniques, or he's proficient in medical ninjutsu, illusion techniques, and sealing techniques, he should be a very good teacher."
"Besides, Shuichi doesn't have to waste too much time. He can just use the shadow clones."
Then she volunteered, "Leave this task to me!"
Namikaze Minato chuckled, "Then I'll leave it to you, Kushina."
…
After coming out of the Hokage's office, Hoshita Shuichi went straight back to the experimental base.
Gekko Hayate is already waiting here.
Also, Asuka is there, she is Hoshita Shuichi's assistant.
Seeing Hoshita Shuichi coming back, Gekko Hayate immediately stood up and asked nervously: "Senior, did the Fourth Hokage agree?"
"certainly."
Hoshita Shuichi smiled and said, "It's just a surgery without too much risk."
Gekko Hayate let out a long breath.
The blood disease tortured him badly.
The ability of Transparent Release is extremely useful for obtaining information. As a ninja, there is no way to leave such an ability unused.
Especially when on a mission, it's so advantageous to get first-hand intelligence that you can't help it.
The consequence of this was that lung disease progressed faster, and then breathing problems occurred, which in turn triggered a series of other problems, so that he had dark circles under his eyes at a young age.
So he was eager to change, so he agreed to Hoshita Shuichi's body transformation without any hesitation.
And the Gekko Clan did not hesitate at all.
The fallen clan finally had a member who awakened his bloodline limit, so naturally they would seize any opportunity.
"Go get ready!"
Hoshita Shuichi patted Gekko Hayate's shoulder.
The preparation work began, and after half an hour of busy work, Moonlight Wind lay on the experimental table like a fish.
The forehead and abdomen are covered with scrolls containing rituals, and the entire experimental table is also engraved with rituals, in addition to some instruments.
These are all used to maintain the normal functioning of Gekko Hayate's body functions.
After Asuka anesthetized Gekko Hayate, Hoshita Shuichi began to operate.
Just adding a gill, a minor operation.
But that is clearly not the case.
It is an additional respiratory problem, the purpose is to reduce the pressure on Gekko Hayate's lungs.
So the operation lasted from the morning until 3 pm.
When the transformation was completed, Asuka immediately placed her hands on Gekko Hayate's shoulders and activated the Star Seal.
In an instant, the cursed seal patterns belonging to the Strength of a Hundred Seal Technique spread from Asuka's body to Gekko Hayate's body, and then chakra was injected into it, allowing Gekko Hayate to quickly heal the various wounds suffered by the surgery.
The Strength of a Hundred Seal Technique cannot be used to heal other people, but it can be used to replenish chakra.
But Asuka has a special physique, and her chakra naturally has healing abilities, so she can use the Strength of a Hundred Seal Technique to transfer chakra to quickly heal other people's injuries.
After the healing, the ritual was removed and Gekko Hayate slowly woke up, then he felt something was wrong.
It feels very dry.
Breathing is also a little difficult.
Hoshita Shuichi threw his shirt to Gekko Hayate and said, "This is normal. Now you can calm down and control your body. Don't breathe with your gills."
"Gill breathing filters oxygen from the water and sends it into the blood circulation. Although there is moisture in the air, it is too dry for you."
"So now you still need to use your lungs to breathe."
Gekko Hayate took the clothes and nodded, then lowered his eyes and quickly mastered the switching of breathing methods.
It feels very magical.
At this time, Asuka had already brought over a black breathing mask that only covered her mouth, nose, and cheeks.
"Look, this is a specially customized gill breathing mask. The principle is very simple. It allows air to dissolve in water, allowing you to separate oxygen from the water and supply it to the whole body."
Asuka handed the mask to Gekkou Hayate.
Gekko Hayate held the mask and touched his cheeks. Did he look like a fish?
Asuka looked at him and smiled, "Do you want to look in the mirror?"
"It's actually very pretty."
Gekko Hayate's gills actually look like there are three sword cuts on each side of its face.
Well, when Hoshita Shuichi looked at the Gekko Hayate at this moment, he also felt like he saw Kisame.
Moonlight Hayate blushed when she heard Asuka's words, and said quickly: "Well, I don't particularly care about my appearance, I'm just a little uncomfortable with it."
As he spoke, he quickly put on a special mask and began breathing through his gills again.
Gekko Hayate's eyes immediately lit up, it was so comfortable.
This state will not affect his fighting at all.
He quickly jumped off the experimental table, then activated the Transcendence Technique, and disappeared from the sight of Hoshita Shuichi and Asuka.
Not only the body, but also the breath was eliminated.
Hoshita Shuichi sensed it and found that the transparent escape technique could not eliminate the chakra fluctuations.
In other words, there is no way to avoid chakra perception.
Hoshita Shuichi immediately thought of a question, can you avoid the Sharingan and the Byakugan?He remembered that there was also a Jonin who had a similar ninjutsu in the Iwa Ninja.
There is also Nagato's summoning beast, the Chameleon, which can also become invisible, and seems to be even more powerful.
"Hayate, isn't it possible to eliminate chakra fluctuations by using the transparent method?"
Hoshita Shuichi asked.
Gekko Hayate appeared and said embarrassedly, "Because my body is burdened too much, my development of Transparent Escape is a little superficial. Currently, I can only hide my body and eliminate my aura."
I see.
Hoshita Shuichi suddenly realized, and then said: "This transformation is very successful. When we are ready, we will proceed to the next step. At that time, you will not need to wear this mask."
"In addition, you can breathe freely underwater."
Gekko Hayate was overjoyed and bowed quickly: "Thank you, Shuichi-senpai, Asuka-senpai!"
Hoshita Shuichi continued: "However, this cannot completely cure your problem, it just won't affect your bloodline ability too much."
"But according to your situation, your lungs will continue to deteriorate until they completely lose their function. We have no way of knowing whether this will endanger other organs."
"So lung problems still need to be treated every once in a while."
Gekko Hayate quickly said, "I understand."
…
After Asuka sent Gekkou Hayate out of the experimental base, she came back and asked, "Shuichi, is it possible to cure Hayate with the first generation cells or the white Zetsu cells?"
Hoshita Shuichi shook his head: "I don't know about this at the moment."
"The mechanism of bloodline disease has not yet been figured out. At present, we can only speculate that it is a genetic distortion caused by the power of bloodline limit."
"Whether the primary cells or White Zetsu cells can be used to cure the disease depends on the experiments."
After saying that, he smiled again: "Even if it can't be cured, it will be enough to resist the adverse effects of the penetration for a long time."
Hashirama's cells can allow the Mangekyo to overcome the side effect of blindness, so there's no reason why the same can't be done with the Transparent Release.
However, the prerequisite is that Gekko Hayate's body can withstand it.
Even if White Zetsu is a defective product!"Let's go home and leave the experiment to the shadow clone."
After packing up, Hoshita Shuichi left behind a shadow clone and took Asuka out of the experimental base and went home.
As for Tsunade, she was not at the experimental base, but at the Konoha Hospital.
She began to take over Konoha Hospital and planned to further increase the training of medical ninjas.
In other words, some ninjas from Konoha Ninja School will be diverted to Konoha Hospital to learn medical ninjutsu.
Either be assigned to the medical class, or join the ninja team.
Of course, this is just a plan at the moment.
Namikaze Minato needs to sort out the entire Konohagakure before he can move forward step by step.
After all, any project costs money!
Especially training ninjas.
And training medical ninjas costs even more money.
Namikaze Minato had just succeeded to the throne, and the transfer of power would take time.
…
The next day, Hoshita Shuichi was blocked by Uzumaki Kushina on his way home from morning training.
"Shuichi, I need your help with something."
Uzumaki Kushina said with a smile.
Hoshita Shuichi looked at her like this and felt nervous: "Well, this shouldn't be something that would make people feel embarrassed, right?"
"Definitely not!"
Uzumaki Kushina smiled and said, "I want you to take over the Root."
Hoshita Shuichi was puzzled: "Hasn't the Root been completely merged into the Anbu?"
Uzumaki Kushina said: "The Root was originally a part of the Anbu, and was specifically used to train talents for the Anbu, but later... you know it."
"The cultivation of talents in the Anbu cannot be interrupted, especially since Minato has just taken over the position of Hokage. As a disciple, you must help Minato anyway."
Hoshita Shuichi probably understood: "Are you going to restore the Root's function as an ANBU training base?"
"In that case, there will be no problem."
Uzumaki Kushina was not surprised at all, and then asked: "Do you have any ideas about cultivating talents?"
Hoshita Shuichi thought: "It depends on how Minato-sensei defines this training base of the Root."
"In the past, the special training of the Root was actually to let ordinary ninjas adapt to the style of the Anbu in carrying out missions."
"Although there is some training in strength, but..."
Hoshita Shuichi shook his head, and then continued: "So, according to what I mean, the Root is equivalent to a second ninja school, but this ninja school is more special, it is for people who have become ninjas."
"The style of Anbu carrying out missions does not require that much time to train. The key is to improve strength."
"People with potential are selected to enter the Root, the best ones enter the Anbu, and then leave the Anbu to become a leading jonin or something like that..."
Bang!
Uzumaki Kushina clapped her hands and said with a delighted smile: "It really was right to let you, Shuichi, do this."
Hoshita Shuichi laughed: "Perhaps this is how the Root was originally... Therefore, the Root does not need to have a leader."
"We can imitate the current Anbu and split into two parts to directly connect with the Hokage."
"One is responsible for improving strength, and the other is responsible for special training in actual combat."
"Alternate."
Uzumaki Kushina clapped again, "It's decided."
"You can go to the Hokage's office later and I'll compile a list for you to choose from."
Uzumaki Kushina patted Hoshita Shuichi's shoulder and said, "Don't worry, if you want to teach people, your shadow clones are enough."
After saying that, Uzumaki Kushina raised her hand, turned around and jumped away.
Watching Uzumaki Kushina go away, Hoshita Shuichi sighed: "Looks like I'm going to be even busier!"
Who said he was a disciple of the Hokage?
Huh?
Why did the talent tree move?
Hoshita Shuichi was surprised and immediately looked at the talent tree in his mind. There was indeed an extra talent leaf.
Dark Guardian
Conditions for obtaining: Rebuild the roots of Konoha and become the guardian of Konoha and the ninja world in the darkness.
Effect: Mouth-to-mouth ability increased by 100%, luck increased by 100%, and Shadow Release Bloodline limit was obtained.
What's going on?
Hoshita Shuichi was a little confused: "Are you asking me to take Danzo's script?"
Besides, rebuilding the roots of Konoha would be fine.
It would be fine if he became the guardian of Konoha in the darkness.
What does the Guardian of the Ninja World mean?Do I have to defeat Otsutsuki Kaguya before I can unlock the talent?
"But this Shadow Release Bloodline GenGai is a bit interesting."
Hoshita Shuichi felt that Shadow Release sounded more advanced than Shadow Secret Technique.
Take one step at a time and see how it goes.
It is impossible to be Danzo.
After going home to wash up and having breakfast with Yakushi Nono and the others, Hoshita Shuichi instantly arrived at the Hokage Building.
After knocking on the door and entering the Hokage's office, the first thing that caught Hoshita Shuichi's eye was the huge pile of documents.
In addition to Namikaze Minato's desk, there was another one on the left, which belonged to Kushina Uzumaki. It was also piled with documents, but Kushina Uzumaki was not there at the moment.
Although he is the leader of a military organization, he gives people the feeling of a civilian.
Hoshita Shuichi secretly complained.
"Shuichi, Kushina has already told me before, just do as you said, and then you can give me a formal plan when you have time."
"This is the list Kushina compiled."
Namikaze Minato looked up from behind the documents and smiled, then handed over a document.
Hoshita Shuichi stepped forward to catch it and looked down.
This list consists of three parts. One part is the list of former Root personnel, one part is the list of Anbu personnel directly under the Hokage, and the last part is the list of Chunin and Jonin personnel outside the Anbu.
Hoshita Shuichi's eyes swept over the list of Anbu directly under the former Hokage and immediately knew that this was only a part of it.
There are only four teams in total, which means sixteen people.
Obviously, a large part of it is still under the control of Sarutobi Hiruzen.
But for now, it doesn't matter, because the transfer of power is gradual, and it is impossible to stop all tasks because of the handover.
For example, the names of Sarutobi Shinnosuke and Chihiro are on the list of Anbu directly under the former Hokage.
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