"Ahem!"
Seeing this, Orochimaru smacked his lips with a trace of envy in his eyes. "The Flying Thunder God Technique really is convenient. Unfortunately, its special talent requirements are too high. Ordinary people simply can't learn it. I wonder whether Akira-kun can master it."
He was rather looking forward to it.
As for the old man's little tricks, they were somewhat contemptible.
Since he had chosen to give it, couldn't he just be straightforward?
He had to do this instead.
Shiro Akira might have originally felt grateful, but now, it would already be good if he did not feel resentment instead.
Orochimaru truly could not understand what the old man was thinking.
"Hmph! Little Akira will definitely have no problem!"
Tsunade proudly crossed her arms and raised her chin.
Shiro Akira had never disappointed her before.
She believed this time would be no exception.
"Then let's wait and see!"
Minato moved back and forth very quickly. That very day, Shiro Akira received a sealing scroll from Katsuyu. When he opened it, there were twenty to thirty books inside, all as thick as bricks.
Shiro Akira roughly looked through them and found that they actually covered basic, elementary, intermediate, and even advanced sealing technique knowledge.
They even included more than ten sealing techniques of varying levels.
At the same time, there was also a letter of encouragement jointly written to him by Kushina Uzumaki and Minato Namikaze.
"Do your best, Little Akira! Try to learn all of them. If there's anything you don't understand, you can come ask us. —by: Kushina Uzumaki, Minato Namikaze (#^^#)"
"They really put thought into this!"
Seeing this, Shiro Akira felt warm inside.
These two were clearly treating him sincerely and without reservation.
Of course, Tsunade's influence accounted for most of the reason, but this goodwill could not be questioned or ignored.
"Don't worry! In the future, I absolutely won't let you walk the old road of the original timeline. I'll let your family live happily together."
Shiro Akira silently promised in his heart.
This was the commitment he gave.
If someone gave him a peach, he would repay them with fine jade.
To those who held goodwill toward him, he did not mind returning even greater goodwill.
"Teacher, Kakashi, I'm going to study sealing techniques!"
Shiro Akira immediately said this to Hatake Sakumo and Kakashi, then turned and prepared to leave.
"Wait! Leave a shadow clone to spar with Kakashi!"
Sakumo quickly spoke up.
"Hah?"
When Shiro Akira heard this, he immediately looked at Sakumo speechlessly. "Teacher, wouldn't it be better for you to spar with Kakashi? He and I are already very familiar with each other, so the effect won't be that good."
Sakumo shot him an annoyed look. "As long as you don't hide too much of your strength, the effect will be the same. I need to personally patrol today. Kirigakure has been getting restless recently."
The Third Mizukage had already arrived at the front line, and it seemed that the Three-Tails Jinchuriki and the Six-Tails Jinchuriki had come along as well.
Sakumo had reason to suspect that Kirigakure was preparing to make a move.
He needed to do one final round of reconnaissance.
"Alright!"
Shiro Akira nodded in understanding. He immediately created a shadow clone, while his main body returned to his own tent, took out ten basic sealing technique books, and began reading.
This thing was not difficult for him. Since he could understand it, he immediately read with great interest.
In an underground cave somewhere near the eastern battlefield camp…
"That damned brat. After running into this camp, he hasn't come out at all. Is he really that afraid? He's wasting his talent and strength."
Kakuzu hid here, annoyed.
It had already been more than ten days, yet he still had not seen Shiro Akira appear. His temper was getting restless.
"Should I give up?"
As he chewed on dry rations, Kakuzu thought about it.
However, the moment he thought of the five hundred million bounty, his eyes turned into the shape of money, and no matter what, his feet would not move.
"I'll wait a little longer! Kirigakure seems to be getting restless. Perhaps the war will start soon. When that happens, I refuse to believe you'll still hide inside the camp."
"Wartime chaos is when opportunities appear most easily. Hmph!"
Kakuzu made up his mind and continued hiding here.
On Konoha's side, inside the Hokage's office, the Third Hokage received urgent intelligence sent back from Sakumo.
"Kirigakure has even sent the Third Mizukage and two Jinchuriki? Looks like they really are about to act. What do you think we should do?"
The Third Hokage looked toward Koharu Utatane, Homura Mitokado, and Danzo, who had only returned yesterday, and asked.
The battlefield against the Land of Earth was currently being held by Jiraiya, and Danzo had taken the opportunity to return and handle some matters.
As for Kumogakure's side, Minato had been transferred there to hold the line.
"There aren't many ninja left in the village. If we want to continue sending people, we can only allocate manpower from the various ninja clans."
Homura Mitokado spoke.
Danzo immediately followed up, "Then transfer a batch of Uchiha ninja to Kirigakure's front, and transfer a batch from the other ninja clans to the Iwagakure and Sunagakure battlefields. For now, there's no need to reinforce the Kumogakure side. The Third Raikage is cunning. He shouldn't attack us at this time. He's probably still hoping to use the hands of the other ninja villages to exhaust us further."
"Our most urgent priority is to completely resolve the Sunagakure battlefield and fully defeat them. Only then can we free up more manpower and forces to deal with the other three great ninja villages."
"Otherwise, if we truly wait until they all fully go to war with us, our situation will become even more dangerous. One careless move, and we may lose everything."
Fortunately, there were also grudges, hatred, and schemes between the other ninja villages.
Otherwise, if the four great ninja villages truly went to all-out war with Konoha at the same time, then within a year, Konoha would be beaten into collapse.
The current Konoha was no longer the Konoha of the past.
It had weakened far too much.
"That works!"
The Third Hokage nodded. He felt this idea was not bad, but regarding the handling of the Uchiha, he frowned slightly. "However, the Uchiha are skilled in Fire Release. They'll be restrained on the Kirigakure battlefield. Wouldn't it be better for them to go to the Iwagakure battlefield? The Hyuga would have more advantages on the Kirigakure battlefield."
How could he not understand Danzo's little thoughts?
This fellow had always been extremely hostile toward the Uchiha.
That hostility was somewhat inexplicable.
"No!"
When Danzo heard this, his brows immediately furrowed, and he loudly refuted him. "Hiruzen! I know you hold pity for the Uchiha, but we absolutely cannot relax our vigilance toward them in the slightest. Sensei said long ago that they are an evil clan and an unstable factor."
"Especially now, when the village's strength is unprecedentedly weakened, this is even more true."
"Don't forget, they have always coveted the position of Hokage."
"Besides, the Uchiha's Sharingan also has a major advantage against Kirigakure's Silent Killing Technique. As for being restrained, that doesn't exist."
"On the contrary, Iwagakure's Earth Release and Explosion Release units have the ability to move underground, making them even more dangerous. I need the Hyuga clan's support. There's no room to negotiate on this matter."
What a joke. Would he let go of such a good opportunity to strike at the Uchiha?
He was also preparing to use this chance to collect a batch of Sharingan.
Orochimaru's research in this area had already produced results, and Danzo now had a great need for Sharingan.
How could he miss such a good opportunity to revive a batch of spare lives?
Of course, what he said about the Iwagakure front needing the Hyuga was also true.
Iwagakure's Explosion Release and Earth Release infiltration units were truly disgusting.
One careless mistake, and any defensive line or base could be blown sky-high by them.
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