Upon entering the Village, Jiraiya's eyes were met with a landscape of ruins.
Many people, like puppets, were busy clearing debris from the ruins.
Thanks to these robots working day and night, the areas previously destroyed by the Nine-Tailed had been mostly cleared. Now, it was just a matter of constructing various buildings according to the Konoha New District plan!
"Minato, how did the Nine-Tailed get out? Is that child… alright?"
Looking at the destroyed Konoha Village, Jiraiya asked with a heavy heart.
"Naruto is fine!"
"That's good." As he said this, Jiraiya's expression became strange.
"Minato, Orochimaru said something happened in the Village that would shatter my worldview. What is it?"
Minato's expression also became strange upon hearing this.
He naturally knew that Orochimaru was referring to Danzo transforming into Xiao Tuan Tuan.
Moreover, Minato had the latest news: Xiao Tuan Tuan and Monkey King were already living together!
Upon learning this news, Minato also felt his worldview shatter a bit.
In his opinion, even if Danzo had been feminized, the two wouldn't end up together, as they were once close friends, and had been for decades…
But… he never expected these two old men to actually get together, and now they were secretly cohabiting!
Seeing Minato remain silent, Jiraiya felt like a cat scratching inside him. He wanted to know what could make Minato show such an expression.
Minato didn't tell Jiraiya about the Third Hokage or Danzo, but instead took him to the Third Hokage's current residence.
Meanwhile.
Naruto was currently at home playing a virtual game.
The number of online players in the virtual world was currently very low.
Most of the players playing virtual games were from Konoha, with players from the Capital of the Land of Fire only accounting for about one-tenth of all players.
Because the Nine-Tailed had destroyed two-thirds of Konoha, most of the Konoha villagers had gone to help clear the Konoha ruins! They basically had no time to play games!
It was also because the number of Konoha players decreased that the noble players in the Capital of the Land of Fire began to exert their influence, snatching various wild field Bosses, clearing various ruins, and leveling up through grinding…
Although the virtual game hadn't yet introduced a trading system or a top-up system, those noble players had already created their own trading platform, albeit an offline one.
Equipment dropped by a level 10 wild field Boss could sell for three to eight thousand Ryo in the noble player circles.
Many commoners in the Capital of the Land of Fire were now starting to get rich through virtual games.
Some even came to Konoha, acquired a batch of virtual helmets, and set up studios in the Capital, with the sole purpose of ensuring those noble lords had a pleasant gaming experience, then spending lavishly.
After learning about the current state of the virtual game, Naruto was also a bit anxious… After all, things like paid gameplay could only be implemented by him, the planner.
But… thinking that those people were all doing offline transactions, Naruto was also a bit helpless. For now, he could only pray that Kakuzu would act faster.
Only when there are enough players and competition will a top-up system be meaningful.
Naruto checked the number of online players, then went to the Martial Artist Zone and found Zephyr-sensei.
At this time, Zephyr was teaching Lee and Neji taijutsu.
After learning that he could find a teacher to teach Lee taijutsu in the virtual world, Neji also bought a virtual helmet.
Currently, Neji was learning taijutsu from Zephyr in the virtual world, and then practicing and training in reality.
After the lesson ended.
Neji bowed deeply to Zephyr, saying, "Thank you very much for your guidance, Zephyr-sensei! I would very much like to treat you to a meal as a token of my gratitude!"
Zephyr waved his hand upon hearing this, saying, "No need. I'm also very happy to be able to teach taijutsu to young people like you and Lee!"
Just then, Naruto descended from the sky, smiling, "Zephyr-sensei, if Neji is treating, then let's go eat!"
Seeing Naruto, Zephyr frowned and asked, "You've been slacking off on your training lately! If you continue like this, Lee might surpass you!"
Lee quickly waved his hands upon hearing this, saying, "Zephyr-sensei, I've always looked up to Naruto as a role model, but I feel I'm still very far from surpassing him!"
Neji's expression towards Naruto was also very serious.
He considered himself a genius, at least… among his peers, he was a genius! This wasn't boasting, but a fact!
But he still couldn't defeat Naruto, and in fact… he felt like he couldn't see through Naruto!
"Lee, I believe with your level of effort, you will definitely surpass the current Naruto!"
Lee was very moved upon hearing this.
"Don't worry, Zephyr-sensei, I will definitely work even harder! Whether it's Observation Haki or Armament Haki, I will cultivate them as quickly as possible!"
Just then, a green figure suddenly darted out from the nearby forest, then threw a punch towards Zephyr.
"Zephyr, take this…"
"It's you again, Guy!"
As he spoke, Zephyr also threw a punch, clashing with Guy's fist.
Next, there was a dazzling exchange of taijutsu.
Zephyr's Six Styles VS Guy's Steel Fist.
Seeing this, Lee and Neji skillfully retreated backward, making space for their fight.
Naruto saw their practiced movements and knew that Zephyr and Guy's sparring must not have been a one or two-time occurrence!
After dozens of rounds, Guy was ultimately defeated by Zephyr's Iron Body Fist Style.
"I lost again… This… this is youth! Zephyr…"
"I will continue to challenge you next time!"
With that, Guy, disengaged from combat, directly disappeared!
Naruto was also a bit bewildered by this.
"I mean… what was he doing just now? Why did he immediately log off after sparring?"
Naruto asked curiously.
Hearing Naruto's question, Lee raised his hand and explained, "Guy-sensei is still helping with Konoha's reconstruction. Every time he comes to spar with Zephyr-sensei, he uses his break time!"
"He probably finished his break time and has to go back to work!"
Naruto: …
This truly was someone who always had youth on his lips! He didn't even forget to enter the virtual game to spar during work.
After Guy's unexpected departure, Naruto smiled at Neji and said, "Neji… when are you treating Zephyr-sensei to a meal?"
"Huh? What does my treating Zephyr-sensei have to do with you?"
Neji asked with a frown.
Hearing Neji's words, Lee quickly pulled him aside and whispered, "Neji, don't provoke Naruto…"
"Actually, Zephyr-sensei is Naruto's second personality! If you provoke him too much, you might make him stupid!"
"Zephyr-sensei usually appears as a Shadow Clone of Naruto, so…"
Upon hearing Lee's explanation, Neji also had a "Are you kidding me?" expression!
"Hey, are you kidding me? If it's a dual personality, how could Zephyr-sensei and Naruto be online at the same time?"
"That's why I said it's a Shadow Clone…" Lee emphasized again.