Boom!
Between the hills, several giant creatures were colliding.
"Fire Release: Fire Oil Flamethrower."
One person, one toad—Jiraiya, enduring the effects of the medicine on his body, coordinated with Bunta to unleash a large-scale Ninjutsu.
Orochimaru, facing them, was directly hit, his entire snake body roasted into charcoal.
Boom!
Just then, a giant snake charged out.
It coiled around Tsunade's waist, trying to strangle her.
Hmph!
Tsunade let out a loud shout, directly grabbed Manda's tail, and swung it around.
"What a violent woman, truly worthy of being a legendary Ninja.
However, compared to the current Acting Hokage, I feel that one is a bit more troublesome."
Kabuto, looking quite disheveled, landed on the snake's head and said to Orochimaru beside him.
Orochimaru: "Of course. And to be able to exert such power despite her hemophobia, only she could do it!"
He looked at Tsunade and Jiraiya, licking his lips.
Bang, bang, bang!
A series of fierce battle sounds erupted.
The surroundings were filled with large craters.
"Orochimaru, today I will capture you and bring you back to atone for your sins in Konoha."
Jiraiya said to Orochimaru on the snake's head.
"Atonement? Heh heh, don't forget what you once told me, and what I told you.
Since Tsunade refuses to heal me, I still have a way to heal my hands.
So, let's end it here today."
Orochimaru released his Summoning Technique, and the Manda beneath him instantly disappeared.
"Don't think of leaving."
Jiraiya frowned upon hearing this, seemingly recalling the past, and wanted to act, but found that Orochimaru and Kabuto had vanished before them.
Just as he was about to give chase, Tsunade on the other side suddenly collapsed to the ground.
"Grandma Tsunade." Naruto stood up from the ground and walked over...
...…
Hokage Office.
"It's been almost a month. Why haven't Naruto and the others brought Tsunade back yet? Really!"
Satoru waited until the flowers had wilted.
He had already become intimately familiar with everything in the sealing scroll.
Many Ninjutsu he had not only learned but could also use.
Furthermore, due to the ability of the Multiple Shadow Clone, he had been rapidly improving.
The research on Heart Steel was on track, and the development direction had been set.
He planned to seal the nature transformation of the Spiritualization Technique into the Heart Steel, and then use Sealing Technique to combine the Heart Steel with the nature transformation of the Spiritualization Technique.
This would allow for better defense against unknown cognitive attacks.
Due to the Sealing Technique, Satoru was confident that Tsukuyomi would definitely not be able to break through the defense, and the new transformation combining those two nature transformations would make the Heart Steel more spiritual.
Just like Gaara's mother imbued his sand with will, this was a Ninjutsu distinct from life.
Yet, it could quickly restore cognition at critical moments.
As long as Satoru's cognition changed, or his behavior patterns or Chakra patterns differed, the spirituality of the Heart Steel would capture it, thereby overcoming the time-setting flaw of the original Heart Steel.
Of course, this would require some time to develop.
But now, he no longer wanted to stay in the position of Acting Hokage.
There were too many things to deal with.
Even with his intellect, he didn't want to waste it in such a place.
Aside from power, he had enjoyed all the benefits he could, and the more he enjoyed them, the more he wanted to escape.
"It's quitting time, going home."
Reverse Summoning Technique.
Bang!
After finishing his work, Satoru vanished in a puff of smoke.
When he reappeared, he was already at home.
A giant figurine, covered with runes, stood in the center of the living room.
This was the result of his Summoning Technique research this month.
As long as the summoning medium was set up, he could use Reverse Summoning to reach any location at any time.
As for Flying Thunder God, he could learn it, but he couldn't fly around like Minato.
Because his main research direction was not Sealing Technique.
To form hand signs in an instant and cast a sealing positioning formula on a target, he truly couldn't do it right now.
Moreover, Flying Thunder God was a coordinate-based space Ninjutsu, and it wasn't as useful as the Reverse Summoning Technique if he couldn't fight like Minato.
The Summoning Technique was an interdimensional Ninjutsu.
It could not only summon entities from the same dimension but also from different dimensions.
"You're back, husband."
Ayame slowly emerged from the room and asked him when she saw him.
"Yeah, yeah, is the baby quiet?" Satoru asked with a smile.
"It's only been a little over ten days, what kind of movement would there be? Are you getting confused from all the paperwork!"
Ayame covered her mouth and chuckled.
Thanks to Satoru's efforts, she had finally become pregnant again a little over ten days ago.
"Haha, you're right, he's still just an embryo!" Satoru chuckled...
A certain main road in the Land of Fire.
"Hey, you said Konoha has an Acting Hokage now?
Then why don't they just let him be Hokage? Why do I still need to go back?"
Tsunade, hearing Jiraiya say that Konoha had an Acting Hokage, immediately became annoyed.
"What? Who? Who is the Acting Hokage?"
Naruto was the same.
His eyes widened when he heard the news.
He had gone through so much trouble to convince Grandma Tsunade to return and become Hokage, and now there was an Acting Hokage.
How could this be?
"It's a guy named Satoru, but he's too young, even though many Jonin, including the Advisors,
all believe he has the potential to be Hokage, his qualifications aren't enough.
This isn't Minato's era anymore."
Jiraiya said with a smile.
"And that guy, he's just like me, he doesn't want to sit in the Hokage's seat."
He finished with a chuckle.
Tsunade heard this: "Satoru? What an unfamiliar name, no... is it that guy called Captain Satoru?"
She thought of a legend.
He was a relatively famous name in Konoha; even she had heard of him while outside.
"That's right, that's right, Uncle Satoru is a very amazing person,
and he's always been very good to me since I was little."
Naruto also spoke up for Satoru.
He thought it wouldn't be so bad if Satoru became Hokage.
However, he had gone through immense hardship to bring Grandma Tsunade back, and he couldn't help but feel a bit like his efforts were in vain.
No, Grandma Tsunade was the only one who could heal Kakashi-sensei, as well as Sasuke and Bushy Brows.
So it wasn't a waste after all.
Thinking this, Naruto's mood brightened again.
"Indeed, he's a genius in some aspects, just like Minato,
but the times are different now; he doesn't have the same qualifications as Minato!"
Jiraiya recalled Satoru's Ninjutsu of illusionary invisibility; he was simply a genius.
And his illusionary Ninjutsu that could display countless beautiful women.
It was because of this that Jiraiya felt Satoru was even more outwardly reserved than him.
He wasn't quite suitable for Hokage for now.
What respectable person would create so many beautiful women, and ones he had never seen before?
He must have extensive experience.
If it weren't for his excellent intelligence-gathering abilities, he truly wouldn't have guessed Satoru's preferences in this area.
He must have used that illusionary Ninjutsu a lot to observe material.
"A genius like Minato, huh? I'd like to see,
what kind of person he is to earn such recognition from you."
Tsunade became excited.
She had originally agreed to return and become Hokage, but then an Acting Hokage suddenly appeared, which made her very unhappy.
Now, hearing Jiraiya's evaluation, she wanted to see what kind of abilities he possessed.