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Outside Konoha Village.
"Orochimaru-sensei, Tianyuan is late again," Anko Mitarashi said outside the village. This situation had happened many times.
Since the Chunin Exams, they hadn't been on a mission for a long time. Now that it was finally starting, Anko couldn't be more excited.
Although Anko didn't become a Chunin this time, she believed that this would change very soon.
She would quickly become a Chunin, just like Tianyuan.
As for Tianyuan's other teammate, Uchiha Jutsu, he was surprisingly promoted to Chunin as well.
Therefore, Orochimaru's team was still very powerful.
Most importantly, Orochimaru also knew that Tianyuan's strength was in no way inferior to his own. Such a team, even if it encountered an elite Jounin team from another ninja village, could retreat unharmed. So, when executing missions, Orochimaru would leave many things to Tianyuan.
Although the situation was somewhat similar before.
But now, with changing times, Orochimaru's relationship with Tianyuan was still a bit strange.
"Anko, wait a bit longer. Tianyuan should be here soon," Orochimaru was not in a hurry at all.
As for their other teammate, Uchiha Jutsu, he also waited calmly.
Now, Uchiha Jutsu no longer carried that arrogant demeanor characteristic of the Uchiha clan. Perhaps it was because the impact Tianyuan had on him was significant.
He was much younger, yet his strength was just as formidable.
During the Chunin Exams, many believed that Tianyuan had already reached the level of a Jounin and only needed a bit more time before he could become one.
The gap between a Jounin and a Chunin was much greater than the gap between a Chunin and a Genin.
An ordinary ninja could spend their entire life reaching Chunin, but for Jounin, if a ninja's talent didn't reach a certain level, then it was impossible to achieve it.
Many ninja usually had to be around twenty years old to become a Jounin.
This was because their body, combat experience, and even chakra cultivation had reached a limit.
One must know that becoming a Jounin was already one in ten thousand.
They stood out from the multitude of ninja.
Therefore, geniuses like Kakashi and Tianyuan were highly valued.
This was largely similar in any ninja village.
"I'm here." Soon, with a light chuckle, a figure familiar to Anko and the others appeared.
"Tianyuan, you're late again. Are you going to say you got lost on your journey to find your destiny again?" Anko quickly said.
"Anko, when did you get so smart?" Tianyuan looked at Anko in surprise.
"Tianyuan!" Anko's voice rose.
"Alright, Anko, since Tianyuan is here, let's go," Orochimaru interjected at this moment. "Tianyuan, if you have any unspoken difficulties, you can always tell me, your sensei."
"Thank you, Orochimaru-sensei," Tianyuan also showed a smile.
Both their gazes held a peculiar glint.
"Then let's go," Orochimaru greeted Anko and Uchiha Jutsu.
"Let's go, it's time for another mission," Anko said happily.
...
Several months later.
Somewhere in the Land of Grass.
"Finally, the mission is complete," Anko appeared from a large tree.
This time, their mission revolved around a group of rogue ninja. After extensive pursuit and searching, they finally dealt with this group in the Land of Grass.
This time, their mission outside had lasted for quite some time.
On other large trees, Uchiha Jutsu, Tianyuan, and others slowly appeared.
"Since the mission is complete, we should head back," Orochimaru also appeared on a certain tree, smiling sinisterly.
This time, there were even Jounin among the enemies, but Orochimaru didn't make a move, directly letting Tianyuan deal with them.
Tianyuan wouldn't mind. Now, this team knew that his strength had reached the Jounin level.
Perhaps Konoha Village was also considering whether to pull Tianyuan out individually, because Tianyuan's strength was sufficient to lead other teams or undertake solo missions.
Missions executed by a team like this would typically follow conventional formats.
Of course, the ninja world seemed to be experiencing undercurrents of change nowadays.
There were many spy missions, or missions to infiltrate other ninja villages, but these were not assigned to Tianyuan and his team...
Instead, they were missions carried out by other Jounin.
During this time, whenever Tianyuan had free time, he naturally received many videos. However, no particularly good videos appeared.
Regarding some Hokage-related videos, Tianyuan received many.
Even without using the Sharingan to copy ninjutsu, Tianyuan understood many ninjutsu of the ninja world, including forbidden jutsu and conventional ninjutsu.
Entering Konoha year 46, occasionally, one could still see snow in certain areas.
The weather outside also became much colder.
However, for ninja, such cold was not a problem.
Their physical constitution wouldn't be harmed by such simple cold.
"Orochimaru-sensei, I have something I need to resolve, so I need to leave for a bit. You all go back to Konoha first," Tianyuan suddenly said.
"Tianyuan, are you leaving alone again?" Anko asked.
From her words, it was clear that Tianyuan had done this many times.
"No problem, Tianyuan. Go quickly and return early," Orochimaru nodded.
Orochimaru and Tianyuan had long reached a consensus regarding Tianyuan's sudden departures; they would not restrict each other too much.
Since the Third Hokage still treated him as always, Orochimaru knew that Tianyuan had not mentioned his laboratory.
Otherwise, given Hiruzen Sarutobi's temper, he would have questioned Orochimaru already.
Therefore, Orochimaru also maintained a relationship with Tianyuan where they kept to themselves. Of course, this was also because Orochimaru was not confident enough to stop Tianyuan.
Orochimaru also didn't want to betray Konoha so much.
Orochimaru still wanted to become the Fourth Hokage.
This was also a promise Danzo made to Orochimaru.
Tianyuan, leaving his team, directly used his Heavenly Dance Jutsu to head towards the border of the Land of Grass.
That was where the signal was located.
"Hmm." Tianyuan saw a tall figure.
This figure wore a forehead protector with a village symbol, crossed out with a slash, representing a rogue ninja.
Half of his face was covered by black cloth.
Kakuzu?
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