What a peaceful life.

After quitting his front-line mission career and entering a ninja school, Shiraishi felt as if he was living a retirement life that only the elderly could have.

Except for going to work at the ninja school on time at three o'clock every day, the rest of the time is at your own discretion.

Even though he still works in the hospital, his working hours are not very long. It can be said that Shiraishi's current life is something that many Konoha ninjas cannot envy.

Study, take a walk, go to work, and go home on time to rest.

Occasionally I go shopping with Ruri, but I only see Ayane very often.

After the three of them withdrew from Sakumo's team, they had their own work that they had to complete.

Liuli needs to work in the police force, responsible for the security issues of the village and resolving civil disputes in the village.

Since Ayane has become a jounin and was spotted by the senior Hyuga elders early on for her potential, she now holds an important position in the Hyuga clan.

After all, becoming the bodyguard of the future Hyuga clan leader is not something that a Hyuga ninja of average strength can do.

It can be seen that Ayane's status in the Hyuga clan is much higher than that of ordinary Hyuga branch ninjas.

There is also a serious class gap between separate families.

Based on this situation, since leaving Sakumo's team, Shiraishi has only seen Ayane outside once, and after meeting, he did not talk for more than five minutes.

In secret, of course, we maintain contact and exchange information secretly.

However... what Shiraishi is currently most concerned about is undoubtedly the recent series of secret measures taken by Konoha's top brass——

Wood escape research experiment!

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"What plans are those people at the top of Konoha plotting?"

This is exactly what hurts Bai Shitou.

On the surface, Shiraishi was not anxious about this. He lived in the village as a qualified Konoha ninja as usual, but in his heart, he was very wary of the senior management's wood escape research experiments.

Shiraishi, who had never underestimated these high-rises, in his heart raised the level of danger of these high-rises to another level.

Shiraishi has not personally verified the power of Mu Dun, but he has witnessed with his own eyes the terrifying power of the tailed beast when it goes berserk.

And that was just the power that one tail exploded. Regardless of whether it was in a complete state at the time, among the tailed beasts, the strongest tailed beast was the nine-tailed beast.

He was once suppressed by the First Hokage's Wood Release, which shows how extraordinary Wood Release is.

At that time, Shiraishi was shocked by the terrifying power of the sphere of chakra ejected from the tail.

This made him doubt the profession of ninja.

The wood escape that can suppress the strongest tailed beast, even if it may not be as good as the first Hokage, cannot be underestimated.

According to Bug Man and the others, that strange white creature has extremely strong stealth capabilities. If it weren't for the ability to sense natural energy, it would be difficult to find traces of this strange creature.

If Konoha's high-level officials really use wood escape to develop such a special stealth unit, then the purpose is self-evident. Whether it is to search for information on enemy ninjas or to monitor the inside of the village, the intensity of observation will be several times higher than that of ANBU.

The level is hard to guard against.

Shiraishi is not very worried about the research here being discovered. The stealth ability of this strange creature can be sensed by natural energy.

No matter how troublesome the known things are, as long as you take precautions, there is nothing to fear.

The trouble is the unknown.

How many such stealth creatures are there in the hands of Konoha's senior officials?

And where are these creatures placed?

What unknown plan are they plotting?

Has the Uchiha clan been infiltrated by the other party?

All of these are unknown.

Shiraishi has absolute confidence in his own safety, which is based on the premise that Konoha's top brass made serious mistakes in his intelligence. He has the initiative no matter what, and this is the key to victory.

But this kind of unknown is now a trump card in the hands of Konoha's top brass.

The unknown and the unknown, if a conflict suddenly breaks out, things will be very troublesome.

"What a headache..."

How to break the situation, or if you know what Konoha's top brass is plotting, you won't be so passive.

How to take the initiative back into your own hands, you must think of a foolproof strategy.

Facing a huge military organization like Ninja Village, there is no chance of winning in a head-on confrontation.

While Shiraishi was worrying about this matter, Liuli had already walked down the corridor of the underground laboratory.

"When did you come back?"

"just."

"Is it already this time?"

Shiraishi suddenly didn't notice the passage of time.

Liuli's working hours in the police force start at nine in the morning and end at seven in the evening.

There will be two days off every week, which can be used for free activities and doing things you like.

"You shouldn't have been worrying about the top management's plans here, right?"

"Well, after all, it is linked to the Wood Release, and it can also analyze the components similar to those of tailed beasts. This must be guarded against... Why, you don't seem to be worried at all?"

Only then did Baishi notice that there was no worry on Liuli's face, and was slightly surprised.

You know, the relationship between some high-level officials and Uchiha is extremely bad, especially Shimura Danzo, the root leader of the radical faction.

Without the Third Hokage to mediate, the foundation would not have been so honest and stand still in recent years.

"Why should I worry about this kind of thing? As long as I have the power to suppress all conspiracies and conspiracies, it is a complete waste of time and energy to think of countermeasures. If I have this kind of time and energy, it is better to use it to improve my own strength."

"..."

It’s really consistent powerist thinking.

Thinking about it this way, Shiraishi felt as if he was worrying about Liuli in vain.

"You are too obsessed with the so-called truth. This is how you used to be. You must completely understand the so-called truth."

"It's my job to find the truth."

Shiraishi gave the answer.

"You are obviously insecure."

Liuli had an expression of "Don't try to lie to me." Her eyes seemed to be able to penetrate into the essence of everything.

"Since you understand this, why do you say it? It's very hurtful."

Bai Shi reluctantly pulled out a smile.

Just as he understood everything about Liuli, Liuli also understood everything about him.

It is impossible to hide this trick from the other party.

"Because I rarely see you so entangled, it's very interesting."

Liuli smiled like this.

"You...could it be that Ayane transformed using a transformation technique?"

Shiraishi hesitated for a moment and asked this somewhat rude question.

Sure enough, after Liuli heard what Shiraishi said, her dark pupils suddenly stared at Shiraishi. She didn't answer him, but the condensed air slowly flowed around her.

It seems to be genuine.

Ayane does not have such a powerful and intimidating aura.

"How is the progress of the magic?"

Liuli asked about the topic she cared about most.

"In a recent experiment, the success rate of synthesizing magical chakra has steadily increased to over 80%. Give me about half a year to a year before it can be officially put into use."

Shiraishi gave a more conservative time.

Liuli nodded, half a year to a year, this time is completely worth waiting for.

Anyway, she now has a lot of free time. As one of the squad leaders of the security force, she can just leave the work to her subordinates most of the time. Occasionally, she, the squad leader, will step in to solve problems when she encounters problems.

After Liuli left, Baishi fell into deep thought.

Indeed, as Liuli said, rather than guessing what Konoha's top brass is going to do here, you will never lose money by improving your own strength.

"But no matter how much I improve myself in combat, I can't surpass Liuli. Her growth rate is too abnormal. My 'strength' is not reflected in combat..."

Give up all the time for cultivation, and spend all time on research except for work and rest. This is the solution Shiraishi can think of.

Not only Ruri, but also Ayane's strength grew faster than him.
To be continued...