It's just that this time, the identity played by Toneri and the perspective he stands on are completely different.
At this time, he was a member of the escort team of the fourth Mizukage Goju Yagura of Kirigakure Village. When he saw the gate of Konoha, he felt completely different.
Looking at Terumi Mei standing next to him with a surprised expression, he didn't know why, but he was still a little proud in his heart.
This is probably the kind of pride you feel when your things are amazed and praised by others.
"Calm down your expressions and emotions, don't embarrass Kirigakure Village." Qing, who noticed this situation, couldn't help but frowned and reminded.
After hearing his words, everyone slowly came back to their senses.
Goji Yagura held the hat on his head that represented the identity of the Mizukage of Kirigakure Village, raised his head and looked at the tall Konoha gate, with a smile in his eyes.
"Ao, don't talk about them. Konoha is indeed the number one hidden village in the ninja world, and it is truly worthy of its reputation." In his eyes, what he saw was not just the gate that Senju Hashirama had personally built using wood escape.
There is also the looming barrier that surrounds the entire Konoha.
In order to welcome the arrival of the major hidden villages, Konoha has raised its own safety factor to the highest level. Not only the barrier team has opened all the barriers outside Konoha, but all departments in various places within Konoha have also taken action.
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"Yes, Mizukage-sama." Ao responded respectfully, and stopped warning others to pay attention to their image.
However, after being reminded by him, others did not dare to show their inappropriate expressions at will. However, the flashing light in their eyes undoubtedly showed that they were not peaceful at this moment.
"Let's go in and see what the inside of Konoha is like." With that said, Goji Yagura walked towards the gate of Konoha.
As a group of people with such a conspicuous identity, they have been followed by ANBU since they entered the Land of Fire, and reported the situation to Konoha in real time.
So when they arrived in Konoha, the Konoha ninja inside and Toneri as the Hokage were already prepared.
In any case, Kirigakure Village is also one of the five great hidden villages as famous as Konoha. Even if it is not strong, it is still a great hidden village, and the fourth generation Mizukage of Kirigakure Village is here, the highest in Kirigakure Village.
leader.
For these reasons, even if there are still conflicts between Konoha and Kirigakure, the face that should be given must still be given.
It's just that this makes Toneri feel a little strange.
Greet yourself with the highest treatment?
It seems a little strange...
After entering the gate of Konoha, I saw Toneri wearing a god robe and a Hokage hat coming forward with a smile on his face.
Goji Yagura also walked up holding Mizukage's hat.
The palms of the two men shook hands lightly, which meant that the two top leaders of Konoha and Kirigakure Village finally met.
Only the person standing in the crowd curled his lips.
Seeing his shadow clone shaking hands and having a friendly conversation with the puppet he controlled, he didn't feel like it was the same anyway.
No one noticed the expression on his face at this moment, except Terumi Mei who was standing next to him.
Seeing Toneri's expression, Terumi Mei thought he was disdainful of Konoha's Hokage and Konoha as a whole, so she poked him gently with her hand and looked at him to show that he had a good attitude.
Their trip this time is related to the future of the entire Kirigakure Village.
And the most important thing is that they have already entered Konoha at this time, so their own safety cannot be truly and completely guaranteed, which is very critical.
There was no way, Toneri couldn't tell Terumi Mei that Konoha and Kirigakure were his, and it was absolutely safe here.
The Hokage Toner and the Mizukage Tachibana Yagura communicated for a while, and several root ninjas came up and gave each Kiri nin a card.
"Sorry everyone, out of consideration for your safety, all ninjas in Kirigakure Village must carry this card with you. This is your identity certificate in Konoha and is also your safety guarantee.
During this period, more and more ninjas from other villages will enter Konoha, so please carry this card with you. If you lose it, you can apply for a replacement at the office of the Hokage Building. However, if we find that you have it with you,
Anyone who carries the card and acts without permission will be immediately arrested as a spy.
We in Konoha believe that everyone comes with the most friendly attitude, so be sure to carry this card with you."
After Tonero and Goju Yagura exchanged simple greetings, Nara Shikaku, as the general person in charge of the Chunin Exam, stood up and explained.
This card is a proof of identity. Each card has a unique special mark. Even if others want to erase it, it cannot be erased because on the card are the Flying Thunder God Techniques left by Toneri and Namikaze Minato.
This is the most reasonable and efficient way of identification that they considered after discussion.
Regarding this card, the Mist Ninjas certainly knew that it was not that simple, so everyone stared at the pure white card given by the Root Ninja in their hands with stern expressions.
Until Yagura, a Mizukage, put the card away very calmly and sighed, "Konoha is really thoughtful."
Seeing Mizukage accepting it so calmly, the others naturally had no choice but to accept it.
The Hokage Toneri has always had a smile on his face, but this time the smile was even bigger, "This is all as it should be, Mizukage-sama, let's go, let me take you to see Konoha briefly."
Take a brief look at Konoha, that is, walking from the gate of Konoha to the Hokage's office, you have to walk through the busiest streets in Konoha.
Of course, it is everyone's worldview and values that Toneri is ahead of this era, which has allowed people to present Konoha, the most prosperous street, in the most prosperous way in front of these outsiders.
The two big shadows in front, You Zanxiao, were walking at the front, followed by the Mist Ninja and the Konoha Ninja.
Everyone on the street had a smile on their face, and would greet the Hokage Toneri who passed by with the most respect.
Except for Ao and Toneri who were dressed as Sasaki, the eyes of the Kirito ninja following Goju Yagura were still looking around uncontrollably, with curiosity and wonder in their eyes.
"This is what the inside of Konoha, the legendary number one hidden village in the ninja world, looks like? Sure enough... it's prosperous..."
Terumi Mei murmured as she watched this scene.
But just as she was marveling, a hand waved in front of her.
In this way, the woman who was in amazement was finally brought back.
"That's almost it. Don't embarrass Kirigakure Village."
Sasaki, also known as Toneri, couldn't help but joked when he looked at this girl who looked like she had never seen the world.
Even Terumi Mei was like this, let alone the genin who were following them.
Only Zabuza was still calm, with a cold face and not much expression.
"Sasaki-kun, don't you think that our Kirigakure and Konoha..."
"There is a big gap, right? This is all normal. After all, we have just emerged from the shadow of the 'Blood Mist'. As long as we work hard enough, it is not impossible to develop to this level in the future."
Toneri shrugged. At this time, Terumi Mei was like a rural person entering the city. He would still be more or less surprised by the prosperity of Konoha.
Although Konoha at this time is definitely much more prosperous than Kirigakure Village, but from Toneri, a person who has really seen prosperity, it is the same.
But after hearing Toneri's words, Terumi Mei's eyes lit up, "Sasaki-kun, do you think our Kirigakure Village can reach this level in the future?"
"That's for sure, it's just a matter of time."
Shiren never doubted this.
If it had followed the original trajectory, he might have been skeptical. Now that Kirigakure Village has fallen into his hands, there will definitely be no problem with its future development.
With Toneri being so sure, Terumi Mei's face also showed enthusiasm. She had already begun to imagine how she could assist Goju Yagura to develop Kirigakure Village to a level comparable to Konoha.
The group of people walked through the busiest streets of Konoha and arrived at the Hokage Building.
As the top leaders of the two hidden villages, he will hold secret talks in the conference room in the Hokage Building, which may have a bearing on the future relationship and direction of Konoha and Kirigakure.
At the same time, Ao, who was the captain of the Mizukage Guards, was allowed to follow, while Toner and Sasaki were responsible for taking the genin of Kirigakure Village to the hotel.
Because the distances and departure times of each Daigakure Village are different, the time of arrival in Konoha will also be different, and Kirigakure Village is the first Daying Village to arrive in Konoha.
Some of the other Xiaoyin Villages arrived early, but Dayin Village was the first.
We arrived at a hotel that looked far away from the center of Konoha. It was an all-wooden hotel, with the Konoha ninja at the bottom in charge.
"This hotel in Konoha looks very new, isn't it just built?" Terumi Mei looked at the almost new wooden hotel and said slightly jokingly.
"I guess your guess is correct, and these woods are not ordinary woods. They are even as strong as..." As he said that, Toneri took out a kunai from his ninja bag and gently
A scratch was made on the wooden wall, and a scratch appeared in front of the two of them.
The sharp kunai scratched the wooden wall, but the scratches were not deep at all.
Not only that, this scratch is healing at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Terumi Mei stared, "This wood, has it recovered?"
Seeing her usually aloof appearance, but today she was shocked, Toneri felt that this sense of achievement was not bad.
While secretly laughing in his heart, he still had to pretend to be serious on his face, "I feel right, this wood is really wood escape, or in other words, this entire house is made of wood escape.
It is said that the Fourth Hokage of Konoha is another powerful ninja after the first Hokage of Konoha and the God of Ninja World, Senju Hashirama, who can freely use Wood Release."
"Wooden? Used to build houses? Isn't it a bit too fussy?" Terumi Mei was stunned.
In her opinion, or in the opinion of most ninjas in the entire ninja world, ninjutsu and ninjas are used for fighting and are tools for fighting, not for helping these ordinary people by building houses and irrigation.
These so-called "inferior" things like land.
Unless there is a mission.
"Nothing is made out of a molehill, Jounin Terumi Mei, if you think carefully and calculate, you can understand.
Perhaps the result of ten ordinary people working hard for a day, to Ninja, is nothing more than a ninjutsu or a few ninjutsus.
Have you ever calculated the efficiency and time difference between this and how much you can gain by doing less things?
You are now considered to be a high-ranking official in Hidden Mist Village, so you have to take a long-term view and see more things than others."
Toneri had a preaching tone, but Terumi Mei didn't show any anger or anger this time.
Instead, he looked at Toneri with bright eyes, "I finally understand, I finally understand why, Sasaki-kun, you were promoted to Jonin by Lord Mizukage and directly entered the Mizukage Guards.
Not only because of your strength, but also because of your unusual views, you are very suitable for managing the village."
There were little stars twinkling in Terumi Mei's eyes.
What she had to admit was that her view of Toneri had completely changed at this moment.
First, he showed his super strength, and his water release could definitely rank among the top three in Kirigakure Village. This completely changed Mei Terumi's view of him, who originally thought he was sneaking in.
Next came Terumi Mei, whose figure and appearance she was so proud of did not tempt a man as strong-blooded as Toneri at all. This even made her wonder for a time whether Toneri was a man after all.
But she could clearly feel that during the normal interactions, Toneri's eyes would still linger on him intentionally or unintentionally, which obviously proved that he was a normal man.
This made her a little bit unavoidable curious about Toneri, Sasaki, this seemingly ordinary man for the first time.
This time, when they came to Konoha, when all of them were amazed at the prosperity and power of Konoha, he was the only one who seemed not to be surprised at all, let alone amazed from the beginning to the end.
And I firmly believe that Kirigakure Village can rival Konoha in the future.
This calmness and confidence further aroused Terumi Mei's curiosity.
In fact, Terumi Mei was only in her teens at this time. Although her development was good, there was still a big gap compared to the fifth generation Mizukage of Kirigakure Village in the future.
"Let's go, Konoha is quite generous. Not only does it provide a new house for everyone to live in, but it also gives everyone a separate room." With that said, Toneri took the lead and entered the hotel.
This time, the Kirigakure carried by the fourth Mizukage of Kirigakure Village officially settled in Konoha to prepare for the next Chunin Exam.
When they entered the hotel, they could already see Kusanagi, Ume ninja and Tang ninja, who had settled in the hotel before them.
Night falls.
Toneri left behind a shadow clone and left the hotel quietly.
He has been away from Konoha for a while. Although he has a shadow clone to help take care of various things in Konoha, he still hasn't come back for a long time.
I haven’t been back for a long time, and I even miss you.
After leaving the hotel, the first place he went to was not the Hokage building or the cattery, but the root base.
To be more precise, it should be the laboratory hidden in the deepest part of the root base.
At this time, Konoha's top black technology scientist, Toneri's cheap teacher Orochimaru, was busy inside.
Orochimaru, who was already pale all over, became even paler because he had not been exposed to the sun for a long time.
And the sensitive Toneri also sensed that the temperature on Orochimaru's body was a little too low, lower than what a normal person should have.
Sensing the presence of Toneri, Orochimaru slowly turned around.
The voice was low, hoarse and full of magnetism, "Jun Sheren, you are finally back, how are you? Did you gain anything special from this trip?"
Toneri did not answer immediately, but looked at the slightly obvious scales on Orochimaru's face at this time, frowned and asked: "Teacher Orochimaru, have you started to further transform your body?"
He knew that Orochimaru's goal was to completely lose his human body, transform into a white phosphorous snake, and reincarnate himself into a corpse, so that he could have eternal life.
Orochimaru licked his lips gently and put a test tube containing an unknown liquid in his hand back on the experimental table, "Yes, after the last exploration and research on your genes, I have gained a lot of knowledge about genes.
gained a deeper understanding.
And the transformation process was much smoother than I imagined."
Seeing the unconcealed enthusiasm in Orochimaru's eyes, Toneri opened his mouth, but in the end he did not undermine his self-confidence and did not mention the shortcomings of the Fuzo Reincarnation technique.
In fact, even if he says it, the final result may be that Orochimaru still won't stop.
There are a dazzling array of bottles and jars in the laboratory, and some of them are even human beings installed in culture devices.
Toneri walked to Orochimaru's experimental table and looked at the body placed in front of him that was whiter than his own, White Zetsu!
It was after Toneri defeated Madara Uchiha that he used the Shoken Jutsu, and the last remaining White Zetsu body was left.
He has been in Orochimaru's hands for him to study for a long time.
"Teacher Orochimaru, this White Zetsu..."
Speaking of White Zetsu, Orochimaru's eyes became more and more excited.
"Toner-kun, I really don't know where you got this body from, but he actually contains a lot of wood escape cells in his body just like you, but it's just different from Senju Hashirama's cells.
It is more fragile and relatively less powerful.
To put it in simpler terms, it is the absolutely weakened version of him, Senju Hashirama and you,
Although they are both Wood Release users, the gap is still huge, especially between you and me, let alone Senju Hashirama."
Orochimaru gave a conclusion about Bai Zetsu's body.
But he continued: “But!
Toner-kun, you would never have imagined that such a weakened version of it could bless your cells, or rather Senju Hashirama's cells, making your Wood Release stronger."
"Stronger?" Shiren raised his eyebrows.
"Yes, it seems a bit unbelievable to say, but after my testing, I found that this enhancement does exist, and it also has a threshold."
"What's the meaning?"
"To put it in the most popular terms, if Toner-kun, your wood escape ability is very weak and can only be like an ordinary blood successor ninja, then if you get his blessing, the wood escape you can perform together will be greatly improved.
promote.
But if your Wood Release ability is as strong as Senju Hashirama, then even with his blessing, the improvement will not be much, or even not at all."
In layman's terms, this threshold has an upper limit. The stronger the main body, the weaker its increase, and vice versa.
It's just impossible to improve Mu Dun to the extreme just by relying on his increase.
"Speaking of which, this Bai Jue really looks like... a symbiote..."
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