The man standing at the top of the ninja world

Naruto Office.

The Third Hokage, who was sitting at his desk and immersed in his work, stopped the pen in his hand, looked at the documents in front of him, and nodded with satisfaction. Then, he threw the pen aside, turned to look out the window, and found that the sun was hanging in the center of the sky. , releasing dazzling sunlight.

"It's already noon." The Third Hokage said to himself. After leaving the Senju Clan's station, he came to the Hokage's office and has been processing documents until now.

The Third Hokage turned back, his eyes lowered, and he remembered Nagato's previous request to him to practice Kagura's Heart Eye.

The reason why he decisively rejected Nagato's request at that time was not just that he wanted Nagato to concentrate on introspection as he said. That was only part of the reason. The other part of the reason was that he didn't want Nagato to practice. Kagura has an eye for mind, at least not right now.

Because if Nagato had mastered Kagura's mind, he would have to withdraw the four ANBU jounin who were arranged around Nagato and Uzumaki Kushina.

Since Nagato came to Konoha Village, the Third Hokage secretly arranged two ANBU Jonin beside Nagato. On the one hand, he did this to protect Nagato's personal safety. After all, although Nagato had He has the reincarnation eye, but he has not yet become a ninja, he is just a child with no ability to protect himself.

On the other hand, the Third Hokage also did this to monitor Nagato.

After all, Nagato is a person from the Rain Ninja Village, not a local ninja in Konoha. Although the Third Hokage and the three Hokage advisors including Shimura Danzo, Mito Kadeni, and Kaden Koharu had decided to train Nagato with all their strength at that time, Door, but it is inevitable that Nagato will still be a little uneasy.

Therefore, they need to observe Nagato's words and deeds in life to judge whether he has regarded Konoha as his home.

The reason for arranging Anbu Jonin next to Uzumaki Kushina was the same as Nagato. Uzumaki Kushina was the candidate for the next Nine-Tails Jinchuuriki at the time and also needed protection. Moreover, Uzumaki Kushina was not Konoha like Nagato. The local ninjas also need to observe whether she regards Konoha as her home.

A few years ago, Nagato and Uzumaki Kushina had mastered the B-level perception ninjutsu of the Mind's Eye. However, the Third Hokage did not withdraw the four ANBU jounin who monitored them because of this. They are all proficient in stealth type ninjutsu, and B-level perception ninjutsu cannot detect these four ANBU jounin.

But Kagura's Mind's Eye is different. Kagura's Mind's Eye is far superior to the Mind's Eye in terms of perception ability and range. It is one of the most powerful sensory ninjutsu in the ninja world. After Nagato learns Kagura's Mind's Eye, he will definitely be able to detect it. These four ANBU jounin.

In this way, Nagato will definitely have a grudge against Konoha. This is normal. No one wants to live a life of being watched by others.

But if the four ANBU jounin were to be withdrawn, the Third Hokage couldn't help but hesitate, so he rejected Nagato's request at that time.

The Third Hokage frowned slightly and fell into deep thought. After a moment, he made a decision. After Nagato's confinement was over, he would hand over Kagura's heart-eye ninjutsu scroll to Nagato, and at the same time withdrew to secretly monitor Nagato and Uzumaki Kushina's ANBU jounin.

Nagato and Uzumaki Kushina must learn the art of Kagura's Heart's Eye. Even if he doesn't give it to them now, he will still give it to them in the future. After all, this is the ninjutsu of the Uzumaki clan, and he is just keeping it for him. That’s all, if it’s never handed over to them, it won’t be justified anyway.

Moreover, it is impossible for him to monitor Nagato and Uzumaki Kushina for a lifetime. If he really did this, then he would have no shame in asking Nagato and Uzumaki Kushina to regard Konoha as their home.

Of course, the most important reason why the Third Hokage made this decision is that he is very satisfied with the performance of Nagato and Uzumaki Kushina so far. He believes that Nagato and Uzumaki Kushina have completely integrated into the Leaf Village. .

In addition, another reason is that the Third Hokage felt that even if the ANBU ninja continued to monitor Nagato and Uzumaki Kushina, it would not make much sense.

Nagato is now very powerful and can be ranked among the top ten in Konoha Village. If he really encounters an enemy that he cannot deal with, the two ANBU jounin will not be able to protect him at all.

Moreover, these two ANBU jounin are now somewhat powerless in monitoring Nagato.

The Third Hokage yesterday asked the two Anbu Jonin who followed Nagato about the situation during this mission, and learned the news that the two Anbu Jonin did not witness Nagato killing Toudou.

The reason is also very simple, that is, these two ANBU jounin simply cannot keep up with Nagato and Toudou.

At that time, Toudou and Nagato were running and chasing each other. Both of them were Kage-level ninjas, but these two ANBU ninjas were just jounin. Their speed was not as fast as the two of them. It didn't take long for them to lose pursuit, so they had to return to Tsuna. I waited for Nagato to come back.

"Phew." After making the decision, the Third Hokage breathed a sigh of relief, but then he thought of Kakuto again and couldn't help but feel a little irritated.

The mysterious force that Kakuzu belonged to was obviously specifically targeting Konoha, but he couldn't figure out why this mysterious force was targeting Konoha even if he thought about it.

It’s not that Konoha doesn’t have enemies. If nothing else, the four major ninja villages of Sandogiri Iwakumo are all enemies of Konoha. In the first two ninja wars, countless Konoha ninjas died at the hands of these four ninja villages. On hand, of course, many ninjas from these four ninja villages were killed by Konoha ninjas.

But the Third Hokage had no memory of when Konoha had ever provoked such a mysterious and powerful force.

He had already sent the Yamanaka clan chief and two Yamanaka clan jounin to the Fire Country in the morning. Now he could only hope that these three people could successfully search for information about this mysterious force from the informed Fire Country ministers. In this way, he can figure out the reason and then deal with this mysterious force.

......

Nagato sat cross-legged on the bed with his eyes closed. After an unknown amount of time, he slowly opened his eyes and completed today's Yin Seal practice.

Nagato has been practicing the Yin Seal for about three years. Now the space in the Yin Seal has basically been filled with chakra, leaving only a little gap. According to his prediction, it will only take a few more months to complete it. You can completely fill up the space in the Yin Seal and successfully practice this S-level ninjutsu.

By that time, his chakra amount should be able to surpass Tsunade and become the ninja with the most chakra in Konoha and even the entire ninja world.

The most important thing is that only after he successfully cultivates the Yin Seal can he have enough chakra to use the art of creation and regeneration.