Vol 2 Chapter 86 time and invitation
Konoha 64, January.
In the cold winter season, everything is dormant, and it has been two years since the fourth ninja war that established a new pattern in the ninja world.
Perhaps that war consumed too much power of the great powers. In the past two years, the great powers seem to have entered a period of relatively peaceful development. The ninjas of the country will still have conflicts from time to time, but they are only small-scale battles, and they are not worth taking on the table.
On the surface, the ninja world is calm, and every war will usher in peace for several years or even more than ten years, which seems to have become a tradition in the ninja world. However, everyone knows that this is just a sign before the storm.
The friction between big countries has been reduced, but the behind-the-scenes control of big countries over small countries has become a stage for war between countries.
Taking the opportunity to win the victory of the Fourth Ninja World War, the country of ghosts has penetrated into small countries more rapidly. The small countries in the western part of the Ninja continent are basically led by the country of ghosts, and gradually formed the trend of alliance countries.
The original aristocratic class in the country has been suppressed by force, and their voices are getting smaller and smaller. If things go on like this, it will only be a matter of time before these small countries become the possessions of the country of ghosts. figure it out.
As the land and population of the land of ghosts’appropriation’ are getting bigger and bigger, the two big countries in the western part of the mainland, the land of wind and the land of land, can only turn a blind eye to this, even if the ghosts The various actions of the country have drastically reduced the number of tasks entrusted to the Ninja Village of the big country, and the two countries are only holding the attitude of getting by, avoiding a head-on conflict with the country of ghosts.
After all, the first time the army and garrison troops of the Kingdom of Ghosts settled in these small countries was to use the country’s black industry and the bandit forces in the hidden country to suppress them with thunderous **** means.
Accepting the rule of the country of ghosts means that the country can enjoy the protection of the guards of the country of ghosts at all times, and there is no need for the existence of a ninja village to solve their problems. With the financial support of the Ninja Village, there may be problems with the normal operation of the Ninja Village.
Shikaku was standing in Hokage’s office.
Even after two years, the working environment here is still the same as before. The desk is filled with mountains of documents that can never be processed, and there is a five-generation Hokage Tsunade who is always busy.
This is already the norm in the Hokage office.
Although as the Tsunade of Naruto, he can assign the work of processing documents to the rest of the senior management. After all, if there are so many documents, if one person really needs to deal with it, he will spend at least ten hours in the Naruto office a day. , and occasionally work all night.
But the rest of the high-level Tsunade can’t be trusted, especially the two advisors, who are very vigilant. If the power of Hokage is divided between the two advisors, maybe the other party will backstab him with a backhand.
Tsunade’s wrong experience with the teacher Sarutobi Hizan is still vivid in his mind.
Therefore, Tsunade will only assign a small number of tasks to the trustworthy Sōnin squad leader, Shikuji, and occasionally divide some documents for Hiro, who is a senior elder, to handle it. But most of the time, It’s all handled by Tsunade alone.
If I’m too busy, I’ll use the shadow avatar technique to make an emergency.
Standing in front of the desk, Lu Jiu didn’t say a word. Even if there was something important to report, he would quietly wait for Tsunade to finish his work before explaining it.
This continued for more than ten minutes, and Tsunade temporarily broke away from the misery of work and turned his attention to Shikahisa.
Even though two years have passed, the middle-aged Lu Jiu hasn’t changed much. At most, the beard on his chin has grown a little bit, and his energy has improved a little.
The ninjas of the Nara clan have two notable characteristics in addition to the secret techniques handed down from their families. One is lazy and has no motivation to do anything.
The ninjas of this family can hold the position of Konoha Kamijin squad leader from beginning to end, and it is not a vain name.
At least in terms of work attitude, even Tsunade seldom picks out what’s wrong with Shikaku.
“Thank you, Hokage-sama.”
“Isn’t this a job that must be done every day? Don’t worry, from a physical point of view, I’m the same as a young man, and this amount of work is not difficult for me.”
Tsunade stretched out and let out a long sigh. Tsunade disagreed with Lu Jiu’s concerns.
She is the top medical ninja in the ninja world, and she naturally knows how to take care of her body. Although she is at her age, her physical fitness has basically reached the limit, and it is impossible to increase any further. However, relying on her own medical ninjutsu, even if she reaches six At the age of ten, the decline in strength is almost negligible.
After all, the dark wounds she left in her body when she was young have been slowly removed through usual maintenance and continuous care. In terms of physique, she is stronger than most young ninjas today.
It seems that a lot of workload, for her, will not cause any load on the body, as long as she pays more attention to the combination of work and rest.
“Speaking of which, do you have anything to do with me at this time?” Tsunade asked instead.”There are two things.”
Lu Jiu said. Tsunade did not speak, took a sip of tea and listened quietly.
“The first thing is that the Anbu that the last batch of secretly cultivated has reached the qualified standard, and you can try to cultivate a new batch of Anbu.”
Because he provided this idea for Tsunade two years ago, now the Anbu under Tsunade is divided into two parts: light and dark.
The Anbu on the bright side is commanded by the chief and deputy ministers. There are six sub-captains, twenty-four squad leaders, and seventy-two team members. These people are the lowest in strength. The six sub-captains are all elites in the Shangnin. , Twenty-four squad leaders, more than half of them are Shangnin or special Shangnin. These ninjas gathered under the command of Tsunade are already a very powerful force.
Compared with the three generations of Hokage’s ruling period, Anbu’s scale and strength have been significantly improved now.
And this is also the condition that Tsunade obtained from his advisors and ninjas as a matter of course after he became the position of Hokage.
In addition, there is Anbu, who was cultivated in secret two years ago.
These Anbe are not included in Anbe’s original statistics list, but are recorded on another list, and only Tsunade and Shikahisa are eligible to watch.
This Anbu branch, which is located in the deeper part, has now cultivated more than 270 people. Because there is no strict rule in the ninja level, even the lower ninja can be incorporated, so the number of people is large.
Most of them are mainly Chunin, and some Genin with outstanding talents are also absorbed in, and finally a few Jōnin are selected as the leaders of this Anbu team.
The strength of this Anbu is obviously inferior to that of the Anbu on the bright side. The Anbu on the bright side has twenty people just gathered together, not to mention the gathered Chunin, all of them are the same. An excellent ninja in the class. However, the biggest role of this Anbu team is to strengthen the direct power of the master. In addition, when there is a problem with the bright side, it can quickly replace the upper position, and always allow the Anbu organization to carry out a virtuous circle. Instead of a single When hit, it immediately came to a standstill.
Due to the defection incidents of Kakashi and Asami Masumi, Tsunade and Shikahisa were cautious about recruiting ninjas into Anbu.
Any ninja with flaws or ‘vacancies’ on their resumes will not be admitted. They will even conduct a 360-degree investigation of their family members, relatives, and friends to make sure that there are no problems in all aspects. After that, admission will take place.
This is also Tsunade’s strict approach to protect Konoha.”Oh, have they completed their training?”
“Yes, because there is no need to worry about life, and there is no need to work hard for long and meaningless tasks. Their only task is to train and then become stronger. Occasionally, they can conduct actual combat through the task channel here. They also opened up many ninjutsu and secret techniques to them, so the ninjas who joined in grew up very fast…”
Lu Jiu gave a positive tone. There was also a smile on his face.
These admitted ninjas already have a good foundation, and Tsunade spares no effort to provide various ninjutsu and secret techniques, as well as various resources, so there is no need to worry about life, they are not only training but actual combat, if this is not the case If it can grow rapidly, then it is too unreasonable.
It can be said that the effect of this plan was much better than expected. But Tsunade showed a trace of sadness.
“That’s right, but we can only do it on a small scale, and the Oni Land military is implementing such a policy in an all-round way… Whether it’s the ninjutsu and arcane resources that can be provided, or the money and time, Konoha can’t compare with it.”
“The steps must be taken slowly. The country of ghosts also began to become stronger after the original accumulation was completed.”
“Of course I know this. Are there enough funds over there? How many people can be admitted in the next batch?”
Tsunade shook his head and asked the question.
“With Lord Hokage’s secret sponsorship, the funds can continue to turn around. As for the number of people admitted to the next batch, from the report, there are a total of 161 people without problems, but I recommend recruiting three of them. Ten people will do.”
Although I really want to absorb so many people all at once, the problem of venues and teachers will be very troublesome to deal with.
Recruiting newcomers in, not just giving them ninjutsu and secret techniques, but studying them directly. If that’s the case, it’s just behind closed doors, and it won’t last long at all.
Therefore, the real key is to be proficient in the resources of the shounin in education. Each jounin is responsible for several newcomers, and they carry out elite training in the form of small classes, so that the resources invested can quickly become the strength of the ninjas themselves.
“Thirty people? With the previously trained personnel, there are almost 300 people… It seems that there is still a long way to go before the goal of 500 people.”
The speed of this transformation is not slow, what’s more, these are all direct subordinates that can be trusted, so Tsunade can’t pick it out.
“At present, Anbu has grown more than a circle, and can solve many problems for Naruto-sama. It is the consultant and the ninja who may have noticed the movement here…”
Kakashi pondered.
It was fine at the beginning, but as the number of personnel increased, more and more venues were requisitioned, and it was absolutely impossible to hide from the eyes of some people.
“It’s not possible, but they have already discovered it. Just yesterday, those two old people, as well as several representatives of the ninja clan headed by the Sarutobi clan, came to me to discuss this matter.”
Tsunade sneered coldly. Shikaku was surprised.
“Don’t worry, after all I’m still Hokage, they are just protesting. What I can’t do, let the next generation do it. Anyway, those two old people probably won’t stay long in the position of consultants. Bar.”
It is already blatantly cursing the two consultants to retire quickly.
“That said, if you lose two advisers to lubricate in the middle, the situation may be worse.”
Lu Jiu thought about this question.
The existence of the consultant was originally to lubricate the relationship between the root and Hokage.
But now the root has withdrawn from the front stage, and can no longer encroach on the position of Hokage.
Then, the existence of advisors is to lubricate the relationship between Naruto and the ninja. If there is no lubricant like advisors, things may develop in a bad direction. After all, there are still many powers that are not in the hands of Naruto.
“Even without them lubricating in the middle, the situation would be similar. As for the Hinata clan…”
Tsunade pressed his brows in pain.
Although it was her one-vote decision, which pushed Hyuga Hizu to the high-level stage. This is also an unprecedented decision.
Because such a wealthy family like the Hinata clan, ascending to such a high position, will further strengthen the power of the clan, making the gap between them and the ordinary ninja clan wider and wider.
But how did Hinata and Hizu give feedback? In each meeting, he only had two sentences – what the consultant said was right.
What Naruto-sama said was right.
This not only made Tsunade helpless, but the consultants also felt dumbfounded.
In terms of not offending people, even the advisors who used to be the grassroots between Genko and Hokage had to resign.
Although this is already a traditional practice of the Hinata clan.
But Tsunade still hoped that the newly promoted high-level leader Hyuga Hizu could do something bigger, instead of being like a dead fish, even if it is fried in an oil pan, it is estimated that it will not move.
“Forget it, let’s not talk about these headaches. What’s the second thing?” Tsunade changed the subject and didn’t think about the bad things about the Hyuga clan.
“It’s an invitation letter from the country of ghosts.”
From the document in his hand, Lu Jiu took out an exquisite letter, which was stamped in the style of aster flowers.
“Invitation letter? Even if you want to hold another joint Chunin exam, this time is too early.”
Tsunade said so.
Now that the New Year is just over, not to mention the high-level officials of various countries, even the ninjas have begun to take vacations to reunite with their families.
Only she, Hokage, will be busy with endless work at such a time. By the way, she will join the squad leader of Shangnin, Lu Jiu.
“It’s not the Chunin exam, but we invite Konoha and the Kingdom of Fire to participate in the 16-year-old coming-of-age ceremony of the witch of the Kingdom of Ghosts.”
“The witch of the land of ghosts?” Tsunade looked dazed for a moment. Shikaku nodded and sighed in an inexplicable tone:
“Speaking of which, the country of ghosts seems to be a theocratic country.””…” Tsunade smiled wryly.
After Lu Jiu mentioned it like this, I suddenly remembered that there was such a thing.
For a long time, because the country of ghosts gives people a prominent impression of a powerful military force, people ignore the fact that it is essentially a theocratic country.
“Is it the Miko’s coming-of-age ceremony? In other words, to send messengers over…” Tsunade calmed down.
Although the relationship with the country of ghosts is not good, the diplomatic affairs are like this.
During the period of hostilities, when she assumed the position of Hokage of the Five Dynasties, the country of ghosts also sent messengers, and prepared a generous gift to express their congratulations.
At least in terms of etiquette, it must be impeccable and show the measure of a big country, instead of arguing about some things.
“Lu Jiu, please come over then.”
There is only one shrine maiden in the kingdom of ghosts, and that is the current shrine maiden Shion. If it is the kingdom of fire, the status of the other party is equivalent to the daimyo.
For the coming-of-age ceremony of the king of a country, it is reasonable to send enough people to attend.
Originally, Jiraiya was also a good choice… But when he thought about the relationship between Jiraiya and the country of ghosts, Tsunade felt that sending him over would probably cause an accident, and it would be the best choice to let the more stable Shikaku go there.
“I understand.”
Lu Jiu didn’t refuse, and he could probably guess that Tsunade would leave this matter to himself.
Except for Hokage’s consultants, who can’t move around without authorization, those who are qualified have too much conflict with the country of ghosts. If there is no conflict, their identity is a little worse, and it seems that they don’t pay enough attention.
And among the ninjas who are in line with the status and will not cause conflict with the country of ghosts, among Konoha, he is the only squad leader of Shangnin.
“Trouble.” Tsunade nodded, and then thought of something: “By the way, don’t let that stinky boy Naruto know about this, if you let him know, it is estimated that he will run away arguing. The country of ghosts…”
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“His Royal Highness Ziyuan, please don’t do this, your actions will make us embarrassed.”
In a side hall of the shrine, compared to the past, it seems to be more spacious and brighter because of many repairs and modifications.
The wooden floor was wiped smooth and bright, and it seemed that the reflection of people could be seen from above.
Although some places can be seen to have modern decoration, most places still retain the old style.
At this time, the shrine maiden in the side hall is teaching the main line shrine maiden, Shion, about some precautions for the coming-of-age ceremony.
For example, the most basic walking posture will definitely have strict specifications.
Originally, these things should be the foundation that should be laid since childhood, rather than waiting until this time to learn.
However, unlike the main line shrine maiden of the previous generation, Shion’s character is too self-willed, plus the favor of the minister of military affairs, the shrine maiden who usually teaches Shion etiquette and etiquette, can only turn a blind eye.
But this time, the situation is different. It is the only time a priestess will come of age, and she must not let her guard down.
Holding the completion ceremony means that Shion has grown up and is the veritable monarch of the country of ghosts, and is no longer a nominal mascot.
In theory, as long as the coming-of-age ceremony is over, you can control all kinds of decrees in the country of ghosts.
But on the other hand, too much contamination with the atmosphere of the human world will make the power of the priestess impure.
It doesn’t matter to the shrine maiden of the branch line, but as the shrine maiden of the main line, she must keep the power of the shrine maiden pure to suppress the most powerful monster, the sprite. Once the power of the shrine maiden of the main line is no longer pure, there will really be problems.
Therefore, the coming-of-age ceremony of the witch, the main line of the kingdom of ghosts, is more symbolic than actual. Even if she has the ability to hold power, she will not interfere excessively with human affairs.
With the torii as the dividing line, the inner world is ruled by the shrine maiden, and the outer world is under the jurisdiction of the military and government of the country of ghosts. If necessary, it can be reported to the shrine maiden of the main line.
“Don’t stop me! This kind of adult ceremony, let it go to **** at that time!” Shi Yuan stretched out her hand towards the door of the side hall, looking like she wanted to regain her freedom.
On her body, several witches were like a pendant, constantly obstructing her progress, letting her stay, and learning all kinds of etiquette rules necessary for a coming-of-age ceremony.
After all, the day of the coming-of-age ceremony is not far away, and there is not enough time in the first place. If this Highness is allowed to mess around again, it will definitely make the messengers of various countries laugh at that time, thinking that the witch of the land of ghosts is just an unreasonable child.
Although it is indeed a child, if it hadn’t really felt the huge pure power from Shion, as the branch priestess, they would even really doubt whether the previous Maitreya priestess had carried the wrong fetus.
This kind of personality that escapes willfulness is completely unlike the mainline priestess of previous generations.
Willful, unruly, fun-loving, delicious, half-hearted when practicing witches, either dozing off or wanting to eat snacks, always thinking of running to the “world”.
What are you shouting in your mouth ‘If you don’t experience the prosperity of the world, how can you truly detach from the world’ such big words…
In the end, didn’t you find an excuse for your fun and delicious taste? It’s just that this excuse just sounds good.
“We won’t let you leave here, Your Highness Shion! Today I will tell you to stay and learn the etiquette that a lady should have!”
“Don’t! I’ll be bored and die in a place where birds don’t **** again!”
It’s a pity that a person’s strength is always limited, and the willpower of these witches is extremely firm, and they won’t let go of anything.
In the end, Shion, who was alone, was defeated, and was honestly held in the side hall by the witches, so strong that she accepted etiquette learning.
About two hours later, an older priestess walked into the side hall where she was studying etiquette.
He came to a stop in front of the curtain, which is a place for Shion to rest.
“The study in the afternoon was hard, Your Highness Ziyuan. I know that His Highness does not like this kind of long and boring etiquette study, but next is the important day when His Highness accepts the coming-of-age ceremony, and then you must not be rude in front of the messengers of various countries. Well, When the coming-of-age ceremony is over, His Highness will be able to regain his freedom.”
There was no sound from inside.
On the bed, I could only see the figure of a young girl lying on her side.
The old shrine maiden sighed, knowing that Shion was angry with herself, so she didn’t want to pay attention to these cumbersome etiquette.
However, considering that this year’s main line of witches is slightly different, and the country of ghosts has undergone tremendous changes, she will turn a blind eye to Shion’s behavior that is not in line with the witches.
“Since His Royal Highness has rested, then, as long as His Highness can promise Lao Shen to study here quietly these few days, Lao Shen will not be disturbed.”
However, this time, on the bed behind the curtain, there was still no sound from the girl. “Your Highness?” The old witch hesitated for a while and tried to call out.
Finally realized that something was wrong, the old witch moved forward with agility not like an old man, and quickly opened the curtain and saw the girl lying on her side on the bed.
The girl was wearing a witch costume, but she didn’t have the slightest bit of popularity, like a doll placed here.
The old witch goddess’s mood changed slightly, and she made a seal with one hand.”Solution!”
The witch on the bed immediately turned into a puff of black smoke and disappeared into the air.
On the bed where the girl was lying on her side, there was only a palm-sized scarecrow tied with a red rope, which seemed to be laughing at her silently.
The face of the old witch suddenly darkened. ◎”Go to the land of ghosts?”
Shikamaru, who came back from outside in the evening, was informed of this by his father Shikuji the first time he got home.
Shikamaru, who is already sixteen years old, is not only taller and taller, but his body is also a little stronger than before, but it is completely invisible under the wrapping of clothes. But that kind of mature and stable temperament compared to his peers is cannot be faked.
In the past two years, although he has often complained about the busyness of tasks, the hardships of cultivation, and the headache of teaching Naruto every week… But in the end, he gritted his teeth and persevered.
In a simple sentence, he believes that with his current strength, he can easily defeat himself when he was chasing Sasuke three years ago.
With such considerable results, it can be regarded as fruitful.
Although the energy and time devoted to this made him often terribly tired. The leisurely days are gone forever.
However, he has just returned, and he is about to be ordered to go to the land of ghosts. Is it too intensive for him to oppress him?
He really no longer rejects the work of ninjas, but he can’t squeeze his body like this, right?
Aware of Shikamaru’s resentful eyes, Lujiu also knew that Shikamaru might be wrong, so he said: “Don’t worry, although it is a mission, I will also go with you. And it is not a troublesome diplomatic work, it should be said , it is right to travel at public expense.”
“Will you come to see me, Dad?” Shikamaru looked at Shikajiu suspiciously.”Can you have more confidence in me as a father?”
Lu Jiu complained.”Then, the specific thing is…”
“The witch of the land of ghosts is going to hold a coming-of-age ceremony in a week, when all countries will be invited to participate, and Konoha is also in the ranks of the invitation. Lord Naruto will let me handle this matter, and I will choose to participate. The messengers who hold the coming-of-age ceremony of the witches in the land of ghosts.”
Shikahisa’s answer reassured Shikamaru.
Since that’s the case, it’s really not a problem, except that it’s not good to travel long distances, and it’s not an exaggeration to use the evaluation of public travel.
He was afraid that he would go to the country of ghosts to carry out some troublesome diplomacy, and not only his body but also his head would be affected.
He is only a sixteen-year-old child, and he can’t bear the pressure caused by the collision between countries, it is too heavy.
“Then who you decide…”
“There are more than a dozen people in total, you are one of them, and I am considering the rest. The departure time is the morning of the day after tomorrow. On the way, I will travel with the envoy of the Daming House and arrive at the land of ghosts a few days earlier.”
“I see, then I’m fine, just recently I also want to relax. By the way, Ino and Dingji can also bring them.”
“As long as you get their consent, there is no problem on my side. As for Naruto, you should know what to do without me telling you.”
“Of course, if he knew, he wouldn’t be able to shake the sky…” Shikamaru scratched his head, nodded, and agreed.
Although it’s not good to hide it from his friends, but because of Sakura, he can’t judge how Naruto will react when he finds out about it.
Therefore, I had to hide this matter for the time being, wait until the limelight passed, and then explain it to Naruto.
It is better to let him come in contact with the past ‘companion’.
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