Take an ordinary C-level protection mission as an example. It takes two days to travel, and it may take a day or even several days to reach the destination. Then you have to rush to the village quickly to get the next mission, so as to obtain

More rewards.

Missions, traveling, and the trivialities of life consume most of Ninja's time.

Ordinary ninjas are exhausted just to earn the money they need to live.

"That means you need a lot of money, right?"

Tsunade returned the problem to its essence.

After all, most ninjas are not from the wealthy class.

"More than that, this trend has been going on for a long time. If you want to change it all at once, it may be counterproductive. If Hokage-sama insists on this approach, I think the scope can be narrowed and piloted in a specific area."

"You mean ANBU?"

Tsunade immediately understood what Shikaku meant.

Since the ANBU is a unit directly under the Hokage, this unit has the highest loyalty to the Hokage in Konoha and will unswervingly implement the Hokage's strategy.

This method moved Tsunade quite a bit.

But then he frowned again.

"If you do this, wouldn't the number of people be too small? Besides, the ANBU usually have important work to do."

Although due to the establishment of the security force, the ANBU will no longer take care of trivial matters in the village, the work of patrolling the village still requires ANBU to patrol.

In this way, there will never be many ANBU who can escape from heavy tasks.

Even though the size of the Anbu was now expanded by two teams, Tsunade still felt that there was a shortage of manpower.

"Then continue to expand the ANBU's manpower."

Lu Jiu thought for a while and answered like this.

"Shikaku, do you want me to listen to those old guys nagging in my ears?"

Tsunade smiled bitterly.

This proposal really made her heart beat.

However, when two ANBU units were expanded, quite a few of them had serious objections. If the ANBU continued to expand, she could foresee a horrific scene in which a group of old guys would block her.

"Hmm... In fact, you can secretly recruit people, and then insist to the outside world that the current ANBU only has 104 main combat personnel, and the rest are miscellaneous support personnel."

Shikaku's mention made Tsunade suddenly think deeply.

As Hokage, it is legal to raise a few private soldiers.

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Konoha, a training ground near the Death Forest.

At this time, Naruto was sitting cross-legged in the dense forest, with his hands clasped together, his eyes closed tightly, and his whole body was enveloped by an unusual aura.

Moreover, this breath made Naruto become more and more ethereal, as if he was integrated with the air here, indistinguishable from each other.

Finally, a faint orange eye shadow appeared in Naruto's eyes, which surprised Fukasaku Sennin, who had been observing the changes in Naruto's body.

After not seeing each other for a while, he realized that Naruto seemed to be a completely different person in the past few days, as if he had been reborn.

Whether it is the cultivation of natural energy or further immortal arts, the other party is advancing at an incredible speed.

That unique eye shadow is a precursor to humans learning the magic of Mount Myoki.

It can be said that as long as such a thing appears, mastering the magic of Miaomu Mountain will be a sure thing.

However, this eyeshadow appears and disappears just as quickly.

It only stayed at the position of Naruto's eyes for less than a few seconds, and then quickly disappeared from Naruto's eyes.

Then the chakra and natural energy in Naruto's body seemed to lose balance. A violent breath burst out from Naruto's body, and his entire face began to swell, like a fat toad...

boom!

Fukasaku Sennin did not hesitate to pick up the black stick in his hand and hit Naruto on the back.

"ah!"

Just like when he was practicing natural energy in the past, Naruto let out a shrill scream and woke up from his eyes-closed state.

On the exposed back muscles, there is a deep and long red mark, which is the mark caused by being hit by the black rod.

In order to disperse all the out-of-control natural energy in Naruto's body, Fukasaku Sennin hit him very hard, fearing that Naruto would be turned into a toad by the runaway natural energy.

"It hurts so much. Grandpa Fukasaku, can you please pat it gently?"

Naruto put his butt back, propped himself on the ground, and knelt on the ground in an extremely inelegant posture. He turned back and gave Fukasaku Sage a resentful look.

Hitting him so hard every time would cause problems with his spine sooner or later.

"This is to disperse all the out-of-control natural energy in your body, little Naruto. It is a last resort. Moreover, although you entered the sage mode for a short time just now, in my opinion, without mastering it, you will

Entering that state rashly is a very dangerous behavior. Your natural energy control is not up to par yet, so don’t be so greedy for success next time. Even if you want to become stronger, there is no need to rush. In the practice of immortality, the most important thing is to avoid being anxious.

You need to calm down and not be bothered by any distracting thoughts.”

Fukasaku Sennin's meaningful warning to Naruto.

"I know. I've found that trick, and I won't let you down, Grandpa Fukasaku. Just wait and see."

With that said, Naruto continued to sit down cross-legged, with his eyes closed tightly, keeping his hands clasped together, and began to refine the natural energy around him.

Seeing Naruto quickly enter the state again, Fukasaku Sage couldn't help but sigh. Naruto and Jiraiya were completely different in their attitude towards training. This level of concentration and seriousness was seen only in very few ninjas.

been.

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The sharp chirping of birds sounded in the deserted wilderness.

At any moment, there was a loud roar, and under the roar of thunder, a huge rock more than ten meters high exploded from the bottom.

Looking at the huge rock shattered by his own Thunder Release Ninjutsu, Zuosuke still held the thunder light in his hand, but the bird song became much weaker and no longer as loud as before, which made Zuosuke frown.

.

"Isn't the integration complete enough?"

Just now, he made new progress in his cultivation of immortality.

The originally motionless natural energy and chakra showed signs of merging with Jugo's help.

Only the fusion of natural energy and chakra is qualified to form magical chakra.

Only by learning to use Senjutsu Chakra, the power used by ninjas, can we call it Senjutsu and enter the so-called Sage Mode.

In sage mode, the ninja's speed, strength, nerve reactions, ninjutsu, and illusions will all be improved in all aspects.

And this kind of improvement is also the most critical factor that widens the gap between celestial ninjas and ordinary ninjas.

If Zuosuke wants to gain such power, he cannot avoid merging the senjutsu chakra and enter sage mode.

Otherwise, no matter how much natural energy is absorbed and how much natural energy is skillfully used, it will not be of much significance to Zuosuke now.

Zuosuke scattered the Chidori in his hand. The Chidori's power had indeed been improved, but the extent of the improvement was not as ideal as imagined.

As expected, magic is not a power that is easy to master.

Even if you can master the use of natural energy, there is still a long way to go before you can achieve magic.

"Am I still too impatient in my mentality?"

Zuosuke closed his eyes, suppressing the physical restlessness caused by the magic in his heart.

Too much power will make a ninja lose himself.

It seems that in the past few days, we should not be too eager to perfect the fusion of natural energy and chakra. Before the state of mind calms down, some unpredictable accidents may occur at the final level.

Seeing the crazy and bloodthirsty look of Guo Zhonggo, Zuosuke became more wary of his views on natural energy and magic.

At this critical juncture, no amount of caution can be used too much.

Snap.

The sound of applause came from behind.

Then came the sound of footsteps.

Different from Kabuto's footsteps, this kind of footsteps sounded like a snake crawling, accompanied by a hissing sound.

Without too much guessing, Zuosuke knew who was coming.

I had always had a vague sense of peeping, which was also brought about by this person.

"What do you want from me, Orochimaru?"

If arrogance was needed in the past to gain Orochimaru's appreciation, then Sasuke's attitude toward Orochimaru at this time was arrogance from the bottom of his heart.

Dirty maggots who miss the Uchiha bloodline.

The snake of shadows that lives in the darkness.
To be continued...