"Good morning...Naruto, did you stay up late again?"

Seeing Naruto's listless look, Sakura turned around with a look of dissatisfaction on her face.

"I can't help it. I've been dragged over by the lecherous immortal to practice martial arts with him lately, so I don't even have time to rest... To put it bluntly, it's actually just a beating. My body still hurts when I think about it."

Naruto patted his cheek hard, trying to cheer himself up.

After hearing Naruto's explanation, Sakura's expression softened.

During the period when she was receiving strict training from Tsunade, Naruto was not simply wasting time, he was also following another Sannin and doing very rigorous training.

Based on Naruto's hard work and the cheating training method of shadow clones, Sakura estimated that Naruto's strength should have grown a lot compared to a few months ago.

"Sakura, the new captain of our team hasn't come yet?"

Naruto looked around and found that besides himself and Sakura, there was no third person here.

"I haven't seen anyone else, so they probably haven't come over yet. After all, there's still half an hour until the meeting time, so Naruto, you don't have to be too anxious."

Sakura took out the small alarm clock she had brought with her, glanced at the time on it, and calmed down.

Beginning in January and February this year, many teams resumed work and began to take on tasks and earn rewards.

However, there are also many teams that are still waiting to attack. Due to various reasons, they are unable to receive their rewards smoothly and still need to wait. Team 7 is one of them.

Firstly, it is because Team 7 directly lacks two members and cannot form a standard team to go out to perform tasks. If it directly takes over the task, it is easy to cause frequent accidents due to insufficient personnel. Secondly, there is no jounin to lead,

With only two genin in the team, even the deployment was a huge problem.

In view of these two points, while the other teams were already participating in the mission, the seventh team could only stay in the village and wait for orders.

It was not until yesterday afternoon that I was notified that a new jounin would be arranged to take on the important task of guiding the jounin and part-time captain of Team 7. Under the leadership of the new jounin, he could go to the Hokage Building to receive tasks.

Naruto and Sakura were both in high spirits after hearing the news.

Although it is good to keep immersing themselves in cultivation, rather than just working hard, they also want to test their growth through tasks and how it compares to the previous year.

They are looking forward to this very much.

"Speaking of which, what kind of person will the new captain be?"

Naruto tilted his head, exploring this question.

"I don't know, but he should be an excellent jounin."

Sakura didn't know who the new captain of Team 7 was, so she could only answer like this.

"I hope she is a gentle and beautiful jounin, just like Hong-sensei."

Naruto began to think about it.

"Naruto... don't think about such disgusting things."

Sakura looked at Naruto with disdain, she really couldn't think of anything serious in his mind.

At this moment, a voice suddenly intervened:

"I'm sorry to disappoint you. I'm not a beautiful woman."

Upon hearing these words, Naruto and Sakura turned their faces and looked at the person.

He is a man, wearing the uniform of a Jounin of Konoha and wearing a protective ninja forehead protector on his forehead. He is about twenty-six or seven years old... The smile on his face is creepy.

A gentle smile gives people a very subtle feeling.

This man is none other than Tenzo.

An elite Jonin who serves as the squad leader in the ANBU directly under the Hokage.

As soon as he arrived here, his eyes passed over Naruto inadvertently, then he stood up in front of the two of them and smiled slightly.

"Who are you……"

Naruto and Sakura looked at him in surprise.

"From today on, I will be your seventh team's instructor jounin and part-time captain. As for the name..." Tenzo, who stood in front of the two, paused and continued: "You can call me Yamato.

, or you can call me Captain Yamato or Teacher Yamato."

"Yamato? What a weird name."

Compared to Naruto's strangeness, Sakura thought that the name Yamato was probably a fake name.

Because the way the other person paused just now made her feel that the other person had concealed her true identity.

"In that case, let me introduce myself. My name is Uzumaki Naruto. My favorite food is Ichiraku Ramen. My future dream is to become Hokage!"

As if to activate himself, Naruto introduced himself to Tenzo.

Tenzo nodded in approval and seemed to acknowledge Naruto's self-introduction without any impatience.

Sometimes, the team really needs someone who can liven up the atmosphere.

"Next it's my turn. I'm Haruno Sakura. I'm good at medical ninjutsu... I'm also currently learning how to use taijutsu to fight. Please give me your advice, Captain Yamato."

Compared to Naruto's introduction, Sakura's introduction was much more formal, and she also briefly and comprehensively explained her advantages as a ninja, instead of just talking about her hobbies and dreams like Naruto did.

"Your introduction is very good. I probably understand your situation."

Tianzang continued to nod, praising the two of them for their actions.

But in fact, even if the two did not introduce themselves, he knew the information about Team 7 very well.

"In order to celebrate the establishment of the new seventh class, I have accepted a B-level mission to practice your skills."

Tenzo smiled.

"B-level mission?" Upon hearing Tenzo's words, Naruto's eyes suddenly lit up: "Is it true, Captain Yamato?"

Naruto's enthusiasm was as expected by Tenzo, and according to the information, he was a simple and easy-to-understand ninja, but occasionally had miraculous consciousness operations.

There's no way to guess it using common sense.

"Yes, it's a B-level mission."

"Great!" Naruto was so excited that he almost jumped up. He was completely aroused by the gimmick of the B-level mission and his positive interest was aroused.

In contrast, Sakura is much calmer.

"Captain Yamato, I would like to ask, what is the content of the B-level mission..."

Under the expectant or anxious gazes of the two, Tianzang smiled slowly and said: "The content is very simple. You use all your strength to fight me. In order to improve the team's coordination, I need to actually understand your two combat abilities!"

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The Land of Fire, Daming Mansion.

Daming Mansion, located in the center of the capital of the Kingdom of Fire, is a city within a city.

When Tsunade arrived at the gate of the city within the city, she raised her head and looked at the majestic and tall city wall in front of her, and couldn't help but smile with emotion.

"It's been a long time since I've been here. No matter how long it's been, the city walls here are still as spectacular as ever."

Beside her, only Shikaku was accompanying her. Hearing Tsunade's emotion, he also smiled and said: "After all, it is also the mansion where the daimyo lives. In terms of the prosperity here, even we in Konoha can't find it."

The only thing that can surpass this place is Shion Castle in the Kingdom of Demons."

"That may not be the case. According to my on-the-spot investigation, the Kingdom of Ghosts has more than just the central city of Ziyuan City."

Tsunade meant something.

Lu Jiu silently remembered it in his mind and did not refute it.

Compared with Tsunade who travels around all year round, the information he obtains may actually be a little behind for the outside world.

On the surface, the only people visiting the Daming Mansion this time were Tsunade, the Hokage, and Shikaku as his entourage.

But in the secret, there is another team of ANBU, a total of seventeen elite ninjas, quietly hiding in hidden corners around them, protecting the safety of Tsunade and Shikaku at all times.

Entering the castle where the daimyo was, there were already waiters waiting in front to receive Tsunade and Shikaku and lead them to visit the daimyo.

Tsunade had no intention of admiring the scenery along the way. She was preoccupied with thinking about what important matters the daimyo had to discuss when he invited her over at this time.

There is absolutely no way he was just asking her to come here to reminisce about old times and go through the final process of Hokage's succession. She must have other intentions.

Thinking like this, he followed the waiter.

Soon, the waiter took her and Lu Jiu to a relatively secluded courtyard.

Around the courtyard, a large number of warriors with swords were strictly guarding the entrances and exits, scanning the surroundings with sharp eyes like falcons, not sparing any corner.

In the dark, an unknown number of ninjas surrounded the place and turned the yard into an iron barrel, further improving the safety and privacy of the yard.

Seeing the surveillance of such a secretive courtyard, Tsunade couldn't help but become concerned.

With such a powerful guard force, this place was surrounded into an airtight 'prison'. It can be imagined how high the confidentiality level of the daimyo was regarding this meeting with her.

But now that we are here, it is impossible to go back home.

In the corridor, the waiter stopped in front of a room door and knelt down on one knee.

He said respectfully to the person at the door:

"Lord Daimyo, Lord Hokage and Mr. Shikaku have been brought here."
To be continued...