Konoha 19th year.
It's the graduation season again.
The war was raging and the front line was tight. The school relaxed the graduation time. If you are willing, you can stay in the ninja school for a full year and graduate. Then there will be a special jonin to guide you.
Located in the central area of Konoha.
Hokage office building, indoors.
A white-haired man with a solemn expression sat on the desk. It was the second Hokage, Tobirama, who was most powerful in Konoha at this point of time.
"Monkey, I will relieve you of your current position now."
The one called Monkey was a middle-aged jonin with a somewhat dull look. His real name was Sarutobi Hiruzen. Because Sarutobi means monkey, he was affectionately called Monkey by the second generation.
Hearing this, Sarutobi Hiruzen thought he didn't perform according to expectations of Second Hokage, and said sincere "Teacher, is it that I didn't do well in my previous mission?"
"No, it's just that I have a more important task for you now." The serious Tobirama rarely squeezed out a smile: "Go and be a guiding jonin."
Sarutobi Hiruzen was a little puzzled.
Unlike ordinary jonin, the main job of guiding jonin is to take on the responsibility of nurturing Konoha's young buds and become independent ninjas.
Although it is a very important job, at this moment, Sarutobi Hiruzen feels that the job on hand is more important. However, since it is the teacher's order, he does not ask too many questions, and the teacher must have his own considerations.
He suppressed his doubts and respectfully took the information of the disciples handed to him, and suddenly he understood.
"Teacher, this.."
Sarutobi Hiruzen looked at the three pieces of information in his hand, stunned.
Orochimaru, the chief of this term, is outstanding in all aspects. At the age of six, he has the strength that is no less than that of a genin.
Jiraiya, with obvious advantages and disadvantages, is not very smart, but has good physical ability and a larger amount of chakra than Orochimaru.
Tsunade, a genius whose grades in school are second only to Orochimaru.
To be specially instructed by Tobirama, it is natural that they have outstanding ninja talents, but what really surprised Sarutobi Hiruzen was the identity of one of them.
Tsunade, whose full name is Senju Tsunade, is the granddaughter of the first Hokage Senju Hashirama, and Hashirama is the elder brother of the current Hokage Tobirama. What is the meaning behind arranging such a special person to join the team he leads? Sarutobi Hiruzen was excited when he thought about it, and his breathing suddenly became rapid.
He is already 24 years old this year, no longer the reckless young man in the past. As he grows older, he becomes more mature and considers everything.
Teacher Tobirama is planning to train his successor.
"The torch is passed on, and the seeds of Konoha are handed over to you."
In a few years,Tobirama will be 50 years old. Although he is still in his prime, he knows that this situation will not last long. Born in the Warring States Period, he has fought all the way. His body has long been left with a lot of diseases after years of fighting. As he grows older, these hidden dangers may break out at any time to meet his dead elder brother.
He has been very meticulous since he was a child,in order to deal with emergencies, it is natural to prepare for a rainy day.
The reason why this class of graduates happened to be so special was not only because of Tsunade's status, but also because the three of them were so talented that it would be difficult for them to surpass their qualifications in the future. That's why he decided to make them the successors of Hokage and let them worship Monkey as his master at the same time to establish a master-disciple relationship.
As long as they are properly trained, they will become Monkey's most capable assistants.
Sarutobi Hiruzen said excitedly, "Teacher Tobirama, I will definitely not let you down."
"Do your best."
Tobirama stood up and patted Sarutobi Hiruzen on the shoulder.
At this moment, there was a knock outside the door. Someone knocked on the door.
"Come in."
Hearing the reply, the person knocking on the door pushed the door open and a handsome black-haired man came in.
Uchiha Kagami.
Like Sarutobi Hiruzen, he was his favorite student.
"Teacher Tobirama, this is the information you asked me to sort out last time."
Kagami put the information on the table. "If there is nothing else, I will take my leave first."
Tobirama nodded, which was considered to be his recognition of his work.
Looking at the back of Kagami leaving, he sighed in his heart.
Born into a famous family, he is talented, handsome, gentle, and even more rare is that he has the vision to go beyond the family, and loves the village more than the family.
It is difficult to find a better man than him in this village. If it were not for the Uchiha surname and the eyes he has, to be honest, Kagami is the most suitable successor to Hokage in Tobirama's mind.
In the past, when the eldest brother was still alive, Tobirama might really consider Uchiha Kagami as the successor to Hokage.
But with the death of the eldest brother, there is no absolute power to suppress the Uchiha, and Uchiha Setsuna took the lead in provoking trouble some time ago and almost caused unrest, Tobirama will never be able to include Uchiha in the position of successor to Hokage.
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In the classroom.
Haru gave sincere blessings to three friends who graduated at the age of six "Congratulations, you are so young and can contribute to the construction of Konoha before going online. I really envy you."
Why did this sound so harsh? Tsunade frowned and said: "With your strength, you can actually graduate early."
Am I stupid, rushing to reincarnate?
Steady Haru shook his head: "You know me, my comprehensive strength is still very low and i think it would be better for me to graduate after few years."
"Humph."
Tsunade just snorted and left. She had fought with Haru few times, although he didn't show anything special but he can still draw with her few times and then he would take a hit and admit deafeat.
But she had also seen him training few times and his private battles with Orochimaru were completely different. His battle IQ was so good that he could deafeat Orochimaru in few minutes.
At first she was shocked but as she watched him train she admired him very much and she also found that he really was not leacherous. Haru just practiced very late that's why he was sleepy during day.
Who doesn't like a good looking guy, who is hardworking and has good strength. She thought Haru would apply for early graduation and she even had plans to ask her grandfather to put them in same team.
But who would have guessed that this guy was really not interested in becoming famous and he even made such lame excuse.
Looking at her leaving back, Haru sighed helplessly.
In the eyes of outsiders, he was a typical Uchiha with good talent. But he had a good personality and the only downside was that he would appear distracted and sleepy in clases.
But Haru had learned shadow clone and he uses one shadow clone to help him practice while he was in school.
In last 2 years he had madter fire chakra nature. It was little difficult to master than wind and water release but he only took 6 months training it.
Another gain is that his chakra his grown exponentially, one of the reason for this was him activating 2 tomoe sharingan.
Yes while he was researching ice release ninjustu and trying to increase the speed in which he can shoot ice shards he accidentally put too much chakra and this lead to some shards coming toward him.
At that moment he activated his second tomoe. After that it was much easy for him to create ice even in places without water.
And his water style and wind style mastery could even rival to Jounin's.
His comprehensive strength is almost equal to special jounin. He can solve a normal chunin in just a few moves.Only his taijutsu and kenjutsu were his weakness.
He will focus on them in next few years and then graduate earlier than other students.
Not long after Tsunade left, Jiraiya and Orochimaru left one after another and went to another classroom to wait for their guidance.
Seeing his friends leave one by one, Haru had no reason to stay here any longer. As a student, he still had to go to school.
There were fewer classes today, so after school, Haru did not go home directly. He wandered around with a purpose in mind.
Finally, he was lucky enough to meet an adult training three children at a training ground.
The three children are Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and Tsunade.
Jiraiya was beaten particularly badly, and was tied directly to a pillar.
Tsunade took the bell, shook it, and scolded: "Hehe, Jiraiya, you want to beat me, you are still a hundred years too early. As expected, you are still the last one."
Jiraiya could not bear the ridicule and retorted loudly "Stop making noise, you are an airport, a washboard."
Tsunade was angry when she heard it. Now she is no longer the girl who didn't know what "breasts" were and roared "You deserve a beating, right?"
Seeing the two people confronting each other, Sarutobi Hiruzen, as a teacher, shook his head helplessly: "Have these two people been like this since the past?"
Orochimaru agreed: "I guess so."
Sarutobi Hiruzen looked at Jiraiya who was stubborn and sighed. Although he had brute force but not very smart brain, it seemed that he needed special guidance: "It's getting late, Orochimaru, Tsunade, you should go back first."
"Yes."
Sarutobi Hiruzen wanted to give his disciple special guidance.
Tsunade waved with a smile of victory, and just as she turned around, she saw a familiar figure.
"Yo~"
Haru took the initiative to say hello.
"Why are you here?" Tsunade said in surprise, "Could it be that you still want to graduate early?"
Haru explained "Don't get me wrong, I'm just came to see you fight but it seems tha I missed it"
After that, he turned his attention to thier jounin.
'It must be Sarutobi Hiruzen'.
Haru thought to himself.
He was a little confused. In the animation, didn't the three ninjas look like they became apprentices to Sarutobi Hiruzen at the age of eleven or twelve?
Why did he become an apprentice at the age of six? (almost seven)
And at that time, Sarutobi Hiruzen looked quite old, with a beard, and he didn't look as young as he does now.
But it is normal to think about it carefully. In a few years, the second Hokage Tobirama will probably die, and then Sarutobi Hiruzen will become the Hokage directly. It is impossible for him to have time to guide the ninjas after becoming the Hokage. .
Haru did not think much about it. He could only blame the chaos of the timeline of Naruto.
When Haru was thinking about it, he suddenly felt his vision darken. It turned out that Tsunade was standing in front of him, fiddling with her knuckles: "You want to see us fight,then why don't you join us "
Tsunade raised her fist and rushed over. Haru was so scared that he ran away.
"Stop right there."
Tsunade chased after him,.
Haru ran in front of her and shiure6: "You told me to stop, so I stopped. Do you think I'm stupid?"
Looking at the two people playing and joking, Sarutobi i Hiruzen said with a smile: "Is he your classmate? He looks like a very interesting kid."
"Haru-kun is indeed a very interesting guy." Orochimaru agreed with a smile: "If he is less distracted in class and is not sleepy, maybe the position of the chief of this session won't be mine."
Sarutobi Hiruzen was little surprised when he heard this. What does it mean to have a better talent than Orochimaru?
Although he didn't have much contact with Orochimaru for a long time, Orochimaru's talent was visible to the naked eye,it left a deep impression on Sarutobi Hiruzen.
Although there might be some compliments to a friend, with such an evaluation from Orochimaru, his talent must be extremely good.
Thinking of Tsunade's conversation just now, Sarutobi Hiruzen couldn't help but ask: "Tsunade said just now that he doesn't want to graduate and become ninja?"
"Yes, Haru-kun thinks that he should spend some time in ninja school to improve his foundation."
Thinking of not being able to fight side by side with his friends in the future, although Orochimaru understood, he still felt a little regretful deep in his heart.
"Jounin Sensei can help him imorove his foundation faster."Hiruzen thought it would be waste for Haru to stay in ninja school.
"I think Haru-kun doesn't want to graduate before he had certain amount of strength" Orochimaru gave his own analysis.
Hiruzen nodded in understanding.
But understanding is understanding, and whether to agree or not is another matter.
If it were in peacetime, this would be easy to graduate later, but now it is a war-torn era, a special era.
Front lines needed to be filled with fresh blood for the sake of village.
If Haru's talent was mediocre, it would be fine. One more or one less would not make a big difference.
But since Haru has a talent that even Orochimaru praised, with proper training, he might become an important figure who can be a piller for konoha
Looking at Haru who was playing with Tsunade, Sarutobi Hiruzen, who was entrusted with an important task by Tobirama, had a far-sighted vision.
For the long-term interests of the village, he should pay attention to him when he is free and guide him to the right path.
After all, he is not only a jonin of Konoha, but also the successor of Hokage designated by Tobirama, the future Third Hokage.
While enjoying the protection of the previous generation, their generation has to shoulder the same responsibility of protecting the next generation.
But their generation will eventually grow old, and at that time, perhaps the next generation will shoulder this burden.
When the tree leaves dance, one shall find flames.The fire's shadow will illuminate the village, and once again, tree leaves shall bud anew.
This is his will.
(End of this chapter)