Konoha 41st year, April.

Almost a full year has passed since the disintegration of Hara Sakumo's team.

Shiraishi is one year older.

There is basically nothing to say about organizational matters, and it is developing steadily. Because we are in the primitive accumulation stage, we are cautious in everything we do.

The locations of the operations are all small countries and will not easily involve the scope of the five major countries.

Because of the words and deeds of the leader Shiraishi, everyone in the organization is well aware of this, and in terms of hiding, it can be said that they are better than others.

Solving the caged bird and gathering a Jonin subordinate like Hinata Shingo was also of great help to the organization.

Although he cannot show his face outside, the task of guarding the organization's headquarters is also a top priority.

After all, Shiraishi is very worried about that strange white creature, which has very similar abilities to General Toto. It can move quickly among mission objects, and its existence cannot be sensed by ordinary sensory ninjutsu.

With the help of Baiyan, you can avoid this problem.

After all, no matter how you sneak and become one with the earth, you still use your body to move. Byakugan, a blood successor who can clearly see the essence, far surpasses the perceptive ninja in terms of observation ability.

And Shiraishi made a detailed comparison between the list of Hyuga split ninjas provided by Hinata Shingo and the list of split ninjas provided by Ayane.

He found that among the Hyuga family divisions, the proportion of ninjas who were dissatisfied with the clan was different from what he expected.

Some of them have completely surrendered to the Zong family, and some are in a wait-and-see attitude and are not firm-willed, but most of the time they are inclined to the Zong family's decision.

What is left are the ninjas who are dissatisfied or very hostile to the clan. There are not many such ninjas, but they are not too many.

Shiraishi has no intention of contacting these people now.

The more people there are, the greater the possibility of exposure. He doesn't want to be targeted by Konoha now.

This possibility is very low, but it must be prevented from happening.

Anyway, Konoha is not a bad place, and maybe you can find some useful seedlings.

The research on immortality has also made good progress. According to statistics and after several months of hard work, the probability of success has increased again by a few percentage points.

During the rest of the time, Shiraishi still lived as a qualified Konoha ninja, doing research at home and working as a teaching assistant at school.

As a ninja of Konoha, he is still very popular.

I just went to the police station and went on dates with Liuli more often.

Of course, it is a very pure date.

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Around mid-April, Shiraishi walked briskly on the streets of Konoha.

It can be seen that he is in a good mood now.

Not just because today is Saturday, I don't have to go to the ninja school to be a teaching assistant and I have free time to control my time.

"Hey, Kakashi, long time no see."

Shiraishi saw a familiar figure on the street.

A boy with silver hair.

He wears a mask on his face, and carries a White Fang dagger exactly like the one used by Sakumo on his back.

This boy still admires his father so much.

"Isn't this Genin Shiraishi-senpai? Any advice?"

Kakashi turned around and replied calmly, without much fluctuation in his tone.

"When did you and Liuli learn to talk like this?"

Shiraishi put his hand on Kakashi's head and ruffled his silver hair, messing up his hair before stopping.

"What?"

"Retaliation for what you just said. You are really annoying, you little brat, and you are nothing like Sakumo-sensei."

Shiraishi said frankly.

"So, what do you want from me? I don't believe this is just a chance encounter."

The Kakashi kid has learned to speak like an adult, holding a recently popular book in his hand, which he would have been reading with gusto while walking.

He put the book into his ninja bag and straightened his hair that was messed up by Shiraishi.

"How is life like a genin?"

He didn't explain his purpose of coming, but instead was concerned about Kakashi's feelings after becoming a genin.

"What else can I do? The tasks are very simple. There is basically nothing to worry about."

Kakashi thought for a moment and expressed his thoughts very straightforwardly.

"You are really not humble at all."

Shiraishi patted Kakashi on the shoulder.

"Senior, it's time for you to explain your purpose of coming."

"Is Sakumo-sensei at home?"

"No, he went out on a mission and won't be back for a few days."

"What a shame."

Shiraishi sighed.

"What's wrong?"

"Today is my happy day."

Kakashi looked at Shiraishi with some confusion.

"Are you ready to get married? Who is your partner? Ruri-senpai or Ayane-senpai?"

"..."

"Isn't it?"

"Of course not, how could you even think of this?"

"Senior's words are too misleading."

Kakashi said helplessly.

Shiraishi had no choice but to take out a piece of paper from his ninja bag. It was a letter of appointment signed by the Hokage himself.

"Did you see that from today on, I am also a chuunin in the village?"

Looking at Shiraishi who was a little complacent, Kakashi also knew where his happiness came from.

Should this be something to be happy about?

Shouldn't it be sad?

The guy in your team is already a Jonin. These hurtful words still haven't come out of Kakashi's mouth.

"From today on, I am your superior."

Shiraishi said this.

Kakashi sighed helplessly and took out a letter of appointment with a similar style from his ninja bag.

"I'm sorry, senior, I don't want to hurt you. Just this morning, I became a chuunin."

"..."

Shiraishi's smile froze on his face.

Then, he noticed something and looked at Kakashi in great surprise.

"Wait a minute, Kakashi, you are only six years old this year, right? Are you a chuunin?"

There must be something wrong somewhere.

Only six years old.

When he was six years old, Shiraishi himself had just entered the ninja school.

Although Kakashi entered school at the age of four, which was regarded as early education, it was the first time in Konoha that he successfully graduated from the ninja school at the age of five in one year.

Now another year has passed and you have become a chuunin?

Shiraishi knew that Kakashi's strength was beyond that of his peers, but becoming a chuunin was not just about strength, it was the position of a team leader.

Qualified psychological quality and excellent leadership skills are top priorities.

"This is signed by Hokage-sama himself. Shiraishi-senpai thinks this is fake, and I have nothing to say."

"Oh, I originally wanted to show off."

He thought that he did not become a chuunin until he was seventeen years old, while Kakashi did this at the age of six.

I feel a little sorry for myself.
To be continued...