Konoha Ichiraku Ramen.
"Sensei Hayama, I heard you and my dad were classmates!"
Slurp, Tenyu slurped his noodles and said to the middle-aged man next to him.
Shirakumo Hayama smiled, "Yes, and now you're all so grown up!"
He looked at Tenyu, Maki, and Takeshi beside them.
This was their first day as Genin after graduating.
"Hmph hmph, then Sensei, how do you think we compare to my dad?
Will we be stronger than him?"
Tenyu asked eagerly, his face covered in noodles.
As he grew older, now twelve, he harbored a dream of surpassing his dad.
He wanted to hear from his Sensei how powerful his dad was back then.
Maki: "Didn't we already investigate? Dad wasn't strong at all back then. I heard his grades were only average, so there's definitely a gap compared to us."
At this moment, she had grown quite a bit, already looking like a young girl, with a high white ponytail tied behind her.
Her eyes showed a desire to surpass her dad.
"Indeed, your dad's grades were only average back then.
But after graduating and going to the battlefield, he gradually grew stronger.
Eventually, he became the Team Leader of the Analysis Team, Acting Hokage, and other positions, surpassing even Kakashi and me!"
Shirakumo Hayama felt time was like a tide, and in the blink of an eye, so much time had passed.
And those who once played in the Ninja Academy were now independent Ninja of Konoha.
Their children were also grown up.
"Haha, since we're already so strong in Ninja Academy,
we'll definitely be stronger than Dad in the future." Tenyu's eyes, under his black hair, gleamed with the ambition to surpass his dad.
Takeshi: "I feel that Sensei Satoru is very difficult to surpass."
At this moment, he no longer bound his eyes with bandages like Satoru did in the past.
"You are indeed very strong. Satoru's teaching ability is indeed much stronger than most people!"
Shirakumo Hayama highly acknowledged their strength.
Before eating Ichiraku Ramen, he had already tested the strength of the three of them.
They were no longer beings that ordinary Ninja could defeat.
He had also heard that Satoru would perform special Ninjutsu training for graduating students at the Ninja Academy every year.
But only in actual combat could their true depth be seen.
The strength of the three had exceeded expectations.
They already possessed years of combat experience from the battlefield, lacking only actual leadership skills to be Chunin, or even Jonin.
And this was his responsibility as their Sensei.
In terms of Ninjutsu and combat, they already had their own mature combat system and no longer needed his teaching.
"Very good, Sensei, what mission are we doing next?"
"Weeding."
"Eh?"
"Although you are very strong, my child is already over three years old, and I don't want to go on outdoor missions for now."
...Konoha Hospital.
"Lady Sakura, this person was injured by an explosive tag. We need your help."
"Push him into the operating room and prepare a basin of clean water."
Sakura looked at the patient whose leg had been blown off, with a hole on one side of his body revealing internal organs.
Fortunately, only the outer wall was missing; the internal organs were not damaged, just exposed and infected.
As the injured person was pushed into the operating room, Sakura quickly took action.
Her delicate hands poured the specially prepared disinfectant liquid into the basin.
Chakra rapidly spun in her hands, quickly mixing the liquid.
With a pull of her small hand, a large bubble was drawn out of the basin, and she applied medical Ninjutsu to the patient's body. In less than a second,
the patient's body, connected to the large bubble, had traces of impurities drawn out.
Step by step, all the lesions were extracted.
The nurse assisting beside her watched in astonishment.
This kind of medical Ninjutsu was truly amazing.
In just a moment, it extracted all the harmful substances from the patient.
Only she, having studied medical Ninjutsu, knew how much Chakra control and medical skill such an ability required.
In less than ten minutes, the patient's life was saved under her healing.
It was a pity, though, that one leg had been blown off, and she was powerless to do anything about it. She could only wait for the injured person to wake up and see if a prosthetic limb was needed...Konoha Analysis Team.
"This person's pituitary gland has been destroyed by a Kunai, so we can only collect partial information from the body.
Bring the report, and where is Team Leader Satoru?"
Ino placed her hand on the brain of a corpse, wanting to read its memories.
However, since the enemy died from a Kunai stab to the brain,
she couldn't get much information.
The Ninja assisting her, hearing her words, said, "I don't know. He said everything in the Analysis Team is left to you. He trusts your abilities."
The Ninja also trusted Ino's abilities.
She was indeed the future successor to the Analysis Team, as predicted by Team Leader Satoru.
It wasn't just her information processing ability or memory reading ability; mainly, Ino Yamanaka had an outrageous skill.
That was healing the enemy's corpse to expose more information from their body.
This ability had become a treasure for the Analysis Team.
Using medical Ninjutsu on a corpse was truly a groundbreaking move.
At least, the assisting Ninja had never seen it before.
"Damn it, my mom went to the Capital of the Land of Fire for a trip today, and I still have to watch the flower shop!"
Ino Yamanaka's face showed annoyance when she heard him.
She didn't expect Satoru to ditch her again.
She had clearly told him that she would be taking over his duties as Team Leader of the Analysis Team these past few days. Damn it!
...Achoo ~
In an unknown place, Satoru suddenly sneezed.
He wiped his nose, knowing it must be Ino cursing him again.
At this moment, in his cerulean eyes, endless runes flashed within.
He formed hand seals.
"Sage Art: Earth Release: Earth Flow River."
He pointed his single hand like a spear at the boundless expanse in front of the cliff.
Rumble!
Puff puff!
Whoosh!
The area ahead instantly changed.
It seemed as if some colossal entity was being conceived, and in just a moment,
a massive structure resembling a city rose from the ground.
Mountains and rivers changed, rivers altered their courses...startling flocks of birds and terrifying wild beasts.
"Moving the Earth's crust, shifting continental plates with Earth Release, when used in Sage Mode,
the consumption is not that much."
Satoru's lips curved into a smile.
The eyes, flashing with runic formulas, constantly reconstructed.
And performing such a massive Ninjutsu only consumed less than one percent of his Chakra.
It was worth noting that this Ninjutsu spanned fifty li from east to west.
It wouldn't be an exaggeration to call it a creation of a god.
"No, this is my Sage Art Chakra Mode, let's call it Limitless Mode."
This was the Sage Mode he had created, capable of reducing the Ninjutsu consumption to one-fiftieth.