Hearing Orochimaru's plan, the Third Hokage silently puffed on his pipe. After a long while, he asked,
"Why go to all this trouble? What's your goal?"
To create a system for Chunin and Jonin to grow—if anyone else said that, it would be a huge claim.
But in Konoha, and perhaps even in the entire ninja world, Orochimaru was probably the most likely person to achieve this.
Besides him, no other ninja had such a wide range of knowledge, having mastered almost all five basic Ninjutsu types, and was also determined and deeply dedicated.
The Third Hokage had thought more than once about what the effect would be if Orochimaru devoted his talent wholeheartedly to Konoha.
Back then, he only felt that the village would definitely rise to a new level. But now, after hearing what Orochimaru said, he realized that his previous estimate was too conservative.
However, Orochimaru rarely offered to contribute to the village like this, and he wasn't touched. Instead, he was suspicious.
"I'm doing all this for the village... I'm sure you won't believe that."
Orochimaru smiled. "But you just need to know, old man, that what I'm doing is honest and will be of great benefit to the village."
"If you're worried, you can find someone to watch everything. I've already found someone for you."
Uchiha Shisui, who was also in the Hokage's office, looked a little embarrassed upon hearing this. He never expected that Orochimaru was here to make him do this.
But the Third Hokage didn't seem to mind. He openly admitted that he didn't trust Orochimaru, and accepted the suggestion.
The Third Hokage had watched Shisui grow up since he was a child. He knew him well and trusted him completely. Shisui cared about the village and would never deceive him in such matters.
The Third Hokage glanced at Shisui, then turned his gaze to Orochimaru and asked, "Specifically, what do you plan to do?"
"Let Shisui report to you after things have started."
Orochimaru's lips curved slightly. "After all, when things are put into practice, there may be some changes."
...
In the forest, Mitarashi Anko was jumping and running between the trees, her steps light and cheerful. She seemed to be in a very good mood.
After many days, Orochimaru-sensei was finally going to take her to train, and he had even sent someone to tell her. How could she not be happy?
So, after learning the destination from the ninja who delivered the message, Anko used her Chakra without restraint, rushing there as quickly as possible.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh...
As she neared the training ground, there was more than just the sounds of birds and insects in the forest. There were also several sounds of wind being cut.
Anko glanced over and saw that they were also Konoha ninja. She breathed a sigh of relief.
"Huh... why are they going in the same direction as me?"
"Maybe it's a coincidence. There are many training grounds opened up here."
Anko thought this, but the idea didn't last long, because she noticed that there were many Chakra signatures in her target training ground.
Anko wasn't a sensory ninja and wasn't very sensitive to her surroundings, but there were just too many people. She couldn't help but notice.
"No way..."
Anko bit her lip, feeling uneasy.
Whoosh...
She jumped down from the treetop, landing lightly on the flat ground of the training field, but her vision went dark.
Literally 'dark', because there was a huge crowd of people in front of her. Roughly counting, there were about a hundred people, scattered in groups of three or five on the training ground, almost filling it up.
From Chunin to Jonin, from civilian ninja to clan ninja... all kinds of people were there.
"Orochimaru-sensei, he didn't just call me..."
Anko stomped her foot, feeling angry.
But with so many people watching, she couldn't really throw a tantrum and embarrass Orochimaru-sensei.
She looked around and confirmed that Might Guy wasn't there. Anko nodded in satisfaction and walked to someone she knew.
"Anko, you're so late."
Kurenai Yuhi wasn't surprised at all that Anko came, and asked curiously,
"Do you know why Orochimaru-sama called so many people here?"
She didn't know. Anko didn't know anything.
But to admit her ignorance at this time would be too embarrassing, and unworthy of the title of 'Orochimaru's first disciple'.
So, Anko pretended to be profound, glancing up at the sky.
"Orochimaru-sensei has his own plans. You know... I can't reveal them casually."
"Tell me."
"It's not easy to explain. You'll understand when sensei comes."
"..."
Kakashi Hatake glanced at the two women who were chatting non-stop and keenly realized that Anko lacked confidence. He guessed that she probably didn't know the reason either. Then, he realized that Kurenai probably saw this as well, but was pretending not to and teasing Anko.
But Kakashi saw through it without saying anything, and remained silent as always.
Only when Anko was about to lose her patience did he say, "Orochimaru-sama is coming soon."
Kurenai then stopped, giggling. Her charming smile made Asuma Sarutobi glance at her frequently.
Whoosh...
The sound of wind being cut rang out. After everyone waited for a while, Orochimaru arrived in the center of the training ground.
"This place seems a bit small."
Orochimaru looked at the crowded training ground, smiled, and clapped his hands together.
Suddenly, the ground of the training ground seemed to be stretched, expanding several times, and the trees around them became much closer.
Everyone was shocked to see Orochimaru, in the center of the field, use such a large-scale Ninjutsu so easily.
In fact, if he had directly destroyed the surrounding trees, it wouldn't have been so surprising. The more effortless it seemed, the more extraordinary it was.
"Today, you will be doing some tests here."
A square platform rose from the ground beneath Orochimaru's feet, with words carved on three sides.
Each inscription represented one type of Chakra nature transformation, multiple types of Chakra nature transformation, and non-basic Chakra nature transformation.
He looked down at everyone. "Now, according to what's written on these, stand in your respective areas."
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh...
After Orochimaru gave the order, the sounds of wind being cut rang out continuously in the forest, and the separation was completed in a few breaths.
Most of those who only mastered one type of Chakra nature transformation were Chunin, while those at the Jonin level mostly mastered two or three types.
And the area for non-basic Chakra nature transformation was basically all occupied by clan ninja.
For example, the Nara clan's "Shadow Imitation Technique" and the Yamanaka clan's "Mind Transfer Technique" were essentially Yin Release Chakra Ninjutsu that "created form from nothing", which were slightly different from the five basic Chakra Ninjutsu.
The Lamp God peeked out from behind Orochimaru, looking around, and muttered to himself,
"Tsk tsk, it seems that people like Naruto are really rare. There really aren't any."
Ordinary ninja would try to practice the five basic Ninjutsu as Genin. Naruto was the type who only improved at making balls of Chakra stronger.
He didn't learn any of the five basic Ninjutsu, and went straight to the most difficult "Wind Release: Rasenshuriken". He was really weird.
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