Quest share scroll, ANBU mask, Toneri returns to Konoha.
Appeared in Sarutobi Hiruzen's office.
Taking the mission share scroll handed over by Toneri, a satisfied smile appeared on Sarutobi Hiruzen's increasingly aging face, like a brightly blooming chrysanthemum.
Ever since Toneri joined ANBU, he has never let him down.
Although I have always completed tasks alone, I have never failed. No matter how difficult and complex the tasks are, I can complete them well.
Even Sarutobi Hiruzen is not sure what kind of strength he has now.
But there is no doubt that his strength should at least reach the level of an elite jounin.
That talent visible to the naked eye has now been partially realized into strength.
Regarding the decision to leave Toneri behind, Sarutobi Hiruzen considered it to be one of the most correct decisions he had made in his life so far.
Although Toneri's attitude towards him has become a lot colder due to the White Fang incident, from Sarutobi Hiruzen's point of view, this is reasonable. After all, Toneri and Hatake Sakumo have a good relationship, and that's why
It was because of his over-indulgence that Sakumo Hatake died so cowardly.
It is reasonable for people to be full of complaints.
Doesn't this confirm that the value of "Will of Fire" has been transmitted into Toneri's mind?
However, he was still dissatisfied, but he completed the assigned tasks meticulously. In the eyes of Sarutobi Hiruzen, this was enough.
After that incident, countless ninjas throughout Konoha were full of complaints against him, but time would slowly dilute everything.
Now, almost all of these people have been moved by his "sincerity". No matter what they think of themselves, their hearts towards Konoha will not change.
One and a half years of Anbu life has made Toneri realize that Konoha is not easy, especially during this period of root ban. Many more dirty things need to be done by Anbu themselves. The inner impact this has on Anbu ninjas should be
not small.
From Sarutobi Hiruzen's point of view, Toneri should also understand his good intentions.
"Toneri, how do you feel about living in darkness for this year and a half?" Hiruzen Sarutobi asked.
Toneri was silent for a moment and replied: "This is a ninja."
Hearing Toneri's answer, Sarutobi Hiruzen was slightly startled, and then showed a satisfied smile.
Just like that, there is no need to ask about the reason, no need to ask about the process, only the beginning and the end, two points in time and what should become, that's all.
After experiencing the dark life of Konoha, Toneri should cherish and yearn for the life under the sunshine of Konoha even more.
This was what Sarutobi Hiruzen was thinking at this moment.
"You still can't live in the dark forever... You should go back and rest first. I'll give you a few days off and have a good rest."
If you stay in the darkness for a long time, your personality will gradually move towards darkness.
Nodding, Toneri turned and left.
Looking at the departing figure, Sarutobi Hiruzen nodded with satisfaction, "Konoha Aangmao has gained quite a reputation in the entire ninja world. Konoha's new younger generation is finally beginning to make its mark."
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Time flies...
Weak people are becoming stronger, and strong people are becoming stronger.
Everyone moves forward towards their own goals without hesitation.
With the departure of Tsunade and Jiraiya among the Konoha Sannin, Orochimaru stayed behind closed doors to conduct experiments, which was no longer the mainstream in Konoha.
Toneri's generation slowly replaced them and became the mainstream of the times, followed by Kakashi, Metkai and their generation.
This is the change of generations in Konoha. The four generations of old, middle, young and young are perfectly connected, making Konoha's towering tree slowly become more stable.
Not only the trunks and leaves above the earth's surface, but also the roots buried deep beneath the earth's surface are also secretly expanding their influence.
Excellent teams such as Toneri, Uchiha Yoshinari and Nara Yoshino, who once attracted much attention, naturally disbanded as time went by due to their different development and goals. Toneri and the others were not the only ones to be disbanded.
This team also includes the team of Namikaze Minato and Uzumaki Kushina.
It is undeniable that the overall strength of Toneri's team is quite outstanding, especially after Uchiha Yoshinari's Sharingan was naturally promoted to the three magatama, and he himself was promoted to the Jonin level, he even reached the level of the team.
the peak of.
Nara Yoshino's excellent shadow binding technique, and Uchiha Yoshinari's increasingly outstanding illusion ability after opening the Sharingan, combined with Toneri's nintaijutsu, and Uchiha Yoshimoto's own fire escape ninjutsu, whether it is frontal combat or side containment
, whether it is escorting or assassination, the success rate is extremely high.
But as their respective strengths have improved, and their goals have differed, and Konoha still has the problem of insufficient manpower, such an outstanding and non-negligible force as two jounin plus one special jounin has to face
Disband.
After being dispersed, each jounin will be assigned to a different team, or be responsible for leading the new generation of ninjas who come out of the ninja school.
However, the trajectories of the three people are obviously different. As a member of the Uchiha clan, Uchiha Yoshinari responded to the recruitment of the Uchiha clan and entered the Konoha Police Department. He became a glorious police captain with numerous possessions in his hands.
Less real power.
And Nara Yoshino applied to become a staff member of the Hokage's office, switching from a combat career to a civilian job, because... he was in love.
Her love interest is Nara Shikaku, an old acquaintance of Toneri and a member of the Nara clan.
When they got together, even Toneri, the captain, didn't know very well. However, after falling in love, Nara Yoshino's personality took a 180-degree turn, which made Toneri have to sigh, love really is
It can change a person from beginning to end.
In the end, of their once all-powerful three-man team, only one person, Toneri, was left active in the mission.
Knowing this situation, everyone has to sigh.
Soon, all the Jounin of Konoha were arranged, and even Toneri, who had just left the ANBU and completed the handover of work, was not spared and was sent to lead the team.
Not only Sarutobi Hiruzen, but also many Konoha high-level officials noticed Toneri's outstanding ability to complete tasks. In this regard, the two chief advisors Mito Kadeni and Koharu Koharu raised objections, and even
In a small meeting of Konoha's top brass, objections were raised.
They believe that efficient and reliable task-oriented ninjas like Toneri should be allowed to play their role in what they are good at.
However, Sarutobi Hiruzen strongly opposed this. He said that Toneri's mission ability is indeed very outstanding, but a long ANBU career will make a person gradually lose the bonds and concerns he originally had. Toneri, as Konoha
Ninjas should have a richer life.
Sarutobi Hiruzen has been able to clearly feel that Toneri's emotional fluctuations are getting weaker and weaker. If he does not want him to become a ruthless mission machine, this team leading mission can allow him to slowly pick up the gradually lost emotions.
I always firmly believe that the best way to keep someone is to use bonds.
After receiving this notice, even he felt a little surprised.
Lead the team yourself?
If possible, he wanted to reject this arrangement. After allocating the limited time to tasks, training, and experiments, the time became very tight. Now let him lead a team of brats.
Isn’t it just a waste of precious time?
But there was nothing I could do. After a little preparation, Toneri came to the Hokage's office.
Every time I come here, I can vaguely sense dozens of powerful auras hidden in the darkness.
He opened the door quietly.
In the empty office, sitting behind a huge and conspicuous desk was an old man with some gray hair on his head, who was none other than the increasingly thin third generation Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen.
Seeing Toneri come in, he raised his head slightly, with a smile on his face.
In addition to the Third Hokage, there were three small children standing beside the office. When the three heard the door open, they immediately focused their attention on Toneri who entered.
Looking at these three brats, Toneri recognized them almost immediately.
I had paid attention to the three little brats when they signed up for the ninja school for the first time.
Especially the kid wearing green tights with a watermelon head. The first time he saw Toneri, his eyes burst with uncontrollable excitement.
One of them was wearing red clothes, with shoulder-length black short hair, a childish face, and red jewel-like eyes that revealed a hint of shyness and curiosity.
The other one looked sluggish, with his hands in his trouser pockets and an unknown straw in his mouth.
Matt Dai, Yuhi Hong and 35 million, bah! Sarutobi Asuma.
The three of them glanced at the three of them, taking in all their expressions just now.
He walked straight to the desk and silently looked at Sarutobi Hiruzen sitting on the chair, silently expressing his dissatisfaction.
Sarutobi Hiruzen knew his character and knew that he was protesting against him, but he squinted his eyes, pretended not to see it, and picked up a document from his desk.
"The three of them will be your team members in the future. They are Matt Dai, Yuhi Kurenai and Sarutobi Asuma. I believe you all know them. Here are their scores in various subjects when they were in ninja school and their graduation examination scores.
The list and their teacher’s evaluation, as well as some other information about them, should be able to help you better understand them.”
Shiren didn't say anything. He took the information and briefly glanced at it, feeling a little pain in his head.
After glancing at the three people with different expressions, Toneri asked angrily: "You want me to be the nanny?"
This is no longer a silent expression of dissatisfaction, but a direct and unhesitating expression of dissatisfaction.
Matt Dai, Yuhi Kurenai and Sarutobi Asuma looked at Toneri with slight surprise. There were not many people in Konoha who could talk to Sarutobi Hiruzen, the Third Hokage, like this.
Sarutobi Hiruzen smiled faintly and said seriously: "The task of leading a teacher is indeed a nanny task at the beginning. Isn't that how Tsunade used to treat you?"
Shiren was speechless for a while.
Although Sarutobi Hiruzen was telling the truth, Tsunade didn't hold back at all when she treated them. Although she was always beaten, she did learn a lot.
But when the matter really happened to him, Toneri began to understand why Orochimaru would rather go to the front line than go far away to lead the team.
If it is too troublesome, a lot of time will be wasted and all your plans will be affected.
And let’s look at the characteristics of these three people. Although Metkai is the son of his friend Mattai, there is no doubt that he only knows physical skills.
And Red, who also has red eyes, has no blood inheritance limit, and is also good at using illusions. In addition to illusions, in ninjutsu and taijutsu, saying that she is mediocre is a compliment.
Finally, and the most special one, Sarutobi Asuma, the real crown prince of Konoha at the moment, looks like a carefree person in the Hokage's office and doesn't take everyone seriously. It is obvious that he is deeply poisoned and can't wait to see anyone.
Just say, my dad is Hokage.
He only has eyes for the cute Yuhi Kurenai. Doesn't Sarutobi Hiruzen want him to be a nanny for Sarutobi Asuma?
"You are so blatantly arranging a nanny for your son, aren't you afraid that others will gossip?" Sheren said bluntly.
Sarutobi Hiruzen didn't react yet, but Asuma next to him couldn't help it anymore and stared at Toneri, as if he wanted to hit him.
Toneri turned a blind eye to the way he looked like a little wolf-dog howling with milk. He just looked at Sarutobi Hiruzen and moved his mouth to indicate to him to look at it.
Sarutobi Hiruzen was a little embarrassed and his face turned slightly red.
To the entire Konoha, he is the powerful and reliable Third Hokage, and to a large number of ninjas, he is a trustworthy elder. But in the eyes of Sarutobi Asuma, he is just someone else's title.
It's just a title.
When others see him, they will say, "The son of the Third Generation, the son of the Hokage, the tiger father has no dog son, etc."
It was as if he was known to others only because he was the son of the Third Hokage, not because his name was Asuma.
In addition, Sarutobi Hinaga was busy working all day long and neglected to discipline his son, which resulted in his current careless appearance.
Anyway, no matter how hard he works, others will only regard him as the son of the Third Hokage.
If he is strong, that is the result of the Third Hokage. If he is weak, it is because he does not work hard enough. When all the credit is attributed to others, how much motivation can he still have?
It's better to rely on this status and live casually.
Therefore, whether it is Metkai, Yuhi Kurenai, or Sarutobi Asuma, who is very partial to science, the teachers at the ninja school do not think highly of the three of them.
This makes Toneri feel that she is here to be a nanny, which is indeed understandable.
"In my opinion, this is actually the best arrangement. You are familiar with Metkai, and I also know that you have a high opinion of him. He is not inferior to Hatake, a genius who has been dubbed a rare genius in decades.
Kakashi, and you are good at physical arts, so you can definitely teach him well.
Yuhi Kurenai is best at genjutsu, because she has a very high talent in the genjutsu chapter. Although you never use genjutsu, I know that you have very unique insights into genjutsu. This will help you when you take the Chunin Exam.
I knew it when Yoshinari Uchiha developed genjutsu.
You don't need to teach her specific illusions, just give her the ideas and thoughts about illusions in your mind.
As for Asma, although he is my son, you don’t have to take care of him for my sake. You can do whatever you want. You don’t need to worry about beating or scolding him. I don’t have time to discipline him. If you help
I disciplined you well, and I want to thank you very much.
If a well-rounded ninja like you can't lead them well, then I can't think of a more suitable person in Konoha than you."
Hearing what Sarutobi Hiruzen said, Asuma was a little angry, but he didn't expect that his father would actually have such a high opinion of Toneri.
Toneri's strength is only spread among the top brass of Konoha and ninjas at the Jonin level. Ninjas like them who have just graduated obviously don't know much about it.
In their eyes, there are only Kakashi, a genius who is said to be rare in decades, and Obito Uchiha, the shame of the last Uchiha, etc. After all, their strength levels are different.
"Are you telling the truth?" Sheren asked.
"What?" Sarutobi Hiruzen was asked by Toneri, but he didn't react.
"Just beat me up?!"
Sarutobi Hiruzen was startled, suddenly having a bad premonition, but since he said this, it meant that he was indeed mentally prepared.
"...right!"
Bang!!
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw his son, Sarutobi Asuma, who was staring at Toneri, flying out at an extremely fast speed, turning into a mural and sticking tightly to the wall.
Sarutobi Hiruzen: "..."
He expected that this would happen, but he didn't expect that Shiren would be so straightforward.
Upon hearing the movement, the ANBU ninjas hiding around the Hokage's office appeared in the office immediately.
However, he was quickly dismissed by Hiruzen Sarutobi with a wave of his hand.
Looking at Sarutobi Hiruzen who looked indifferent, he didn't know what to say, but he obviously couldn't take back what he just admitted.
On the other hand, Metkai and Yuhi Kurenai looked at Toneri with dumbfounded expressions.
I didn't expect that someone would dare to beat the Hokage's son without hesitation in front of him.
Sarutobi Asuma, who was slowly sliding down the wall, also had his eyes widened, unable to believe what he had just experienced.
Everything happened so fast that he didn't even have the ability to react, and he became a mural.
But this also just shows that Toneri does have a strength that makes even Sarutobi Hiruzen look at him with admiration and can't help but praise him.
It's just that this display of strength is a bit unfriendly to him.
Gently clenching his fist, Toneri glanced at the three little guys, especially staying on Sarutobi Asuma for a relatively long time.
"I felt a little itchy in my fists from the moment I walked in, and I actually got close to them."
Then he looked directly into Asmana's unresponsive eyes and continued: "Don't think that just because you are the son of the Third Hokage, you can be arrogant. I have your father's permission and have the right to beat you at will, so,
Don’t look at me with that look in the future, I’ll teach you the first lesson today, respect your teacher!”
I don't know why, Sarutobi Hiruzen felt that he needed to get out of the way, otherwise he seemed to be unable to help but kick someone.
The arrogant guy from back then seems to have not changed at all.
