Konoha's Way of Death

Wakato and Kakashi stood in front of the Hokage's desk. Even Wakato's face was serious at this moment, not like the usual nonsense.

The Sandaime Hokage was sitting behind his desk, holding a pipe in his mouth and spitting out a mouthful of smoke.

At this moment, he was holding their early graduation application forms in his hand, frowning and thinking carefully.

To be honest, he already knew the decisions of Kakashi and Wakato, and he didn't say much before.

But at this moment, he still couldn't help but hesitate.

Their talents were obvious to the naked eye, but he actually wanted them to stay in school for a few more years.

If it was a war time, he would have graduated the two of them and sent them to the battlefield.

But now, after the war, the ninja world has ushered in a long-lost peace. Judging from the current situation, it should be able to maintain it for another ten years.

He thinks it's too early to graduate now.

The reason why he didn't argue with Wakato about this matter before was because he thought that Uesugi Takashi would not agree to their application.

Applying for early graduation is different from regular graduation.

Graduating early requires not only reaching a certain level of strength, but also applying to the class teacher.

After the class teacher agrees, the application is submitted to the village. As long as one of the two levels is not met, early graduation will fail.

He knew that if Ruo Ren proposed to graduate early, he had no reason to stop it, but before that, Uesugi Takashi needed to agree and submit an application to the village.

Unexpectedly, Uesugi Takashi agreed easily.

But that's right, after all, this is a chuunin who has returned from the battlefield. For him, as long as he is strong enough and has mastered ninja knowledge, it is enough.

Thinking of this, he felt that he had no reason to stop it.

So he said: "Let me ask you one last time, are you really planning to graduate early?"

Wakato and Kakashi looked at each other, and then nodded seriously to Sarutobi Hiruzen.

"Long, what's your opinion?"

Sarutobi Hiruzen looked at Uesugi Takashi again. As their homeroom teacher, he should be present at this time.

Uesugi Takashi took a step forward: "I'm telling you, Hokage-sama, that Edogawa Waka and Hatake Kakashi have reached the graduation level, and I agree to their applications."

"In that case, I agree."

Sarutobi Hiruzen signed his name on the two applications and reminded: "In three days, someone will take you to take the graduation examination. I wish you all the best on your journey as a ninja."

The two bowed and left.

Sarutobi Hiruzen asked Uesugi Takashi who was left behind: "Takashi, do you really think the two of them are ready?"

Uesugi Takashi smiled bitterly and said: "Hokage-sama, even I can't confidently say that I can defeat the two of them. This level is too much of a delay in school. They should get more experience."

Sarutobi Hiruzen sighed: "I understand, you can go down."

Uesugi Takashi bowed slightly: "Yes, Hokage-sama."

As soon as he came out, he saw Kakashi and Wakato standing in front of the Hokage Building.

Kakashi stood upright and solemnly, but Wakato leaned against the telephone pole with a lazy look.

Seeing him come out, Kakashi and Wakato came closer.

"Why don't you go back?" Uesugi Takashi asked doubtfully.

The two of them saluted him with serious expressions: "Thank you, teacher, for your teaching this year."

Uesugi Takashi was stunned at first, and then his face was filled with relief.

He patted the two of them on the shoulders: "I didn't teach you much. Being able to reach this level depends entirely on your own talent and hard work. I believe that your future achievements will be higher than mine. I'm waiting to see that day.”

After saying that, he turned and left.

"what are you up to?"

"Um?"

"I mean what are you going to do now?" Kakashi repeated the topic.

"Sleep!" After Ruoren answered, he stretched and walked towards home.

"Aren't you going to make any preparations?" Kakashi asked quickly from behind.

"Of course, sleeping is the best preparation." Ruoren replied while waving his hand.

He didn't lie to Kakashi, he was really prepared to take a good rest for two days.

In the past two years, he seemed to be running around in the village and causing trouble, but he never had a good rest.

Two days later, he will embark on a new journey and lose his identity as a student. When he becomes a real ninja, if he wants to achieve the goals in his heart, he will stand on the opposite side of many people.

So, he wants to rest.

Arriving at home, opening the door, a small room came into view.

A small living room with a table, a small kitchen, a bed, and a wardrobe in the middle, connected together by the living room.

After opening the door, you can see clearly at a glance.

This is not a home, it is just a room where people live. It is located on the outskirts of the remote Konoha Village, but since signing the contract with Xin Mingyu, this place has the atmosphere of home.

Xin Mingyu's ethnic group is very large. Like the three great immortal lands of Ryūchi Cave, Shigu Forest, and Miaomu Mountain, Xin Mingyu's ethnic group also has a sacred place that exists in a hidden time and space in the ninja world.

The reason why they are not famous is simply because they have not found a suitable contractor.

Just like Miaomu Mountain, if Jiraiya hadn't accidentally broke in and the big toad sage's prophecy, they might not have appeared.

When Ruoren opened the door, Xin Mingyu, who had disappeared for a long time, appeared unexpectedly.

"came back?"

Xin Mingyu lay on Ruoren's bed, licking his paws.

"Hey, you're back. You were away for such a long time. Where did you go?"

Ruoren was very happy to see Xin Mingyu, but he still couldn't help but ask questions in confusion.

"I went back to Chibahara to help you find out what your so-called 'critical' state is all about."

"oh?"

Ruoren's curiosity was suddenly piqued, and he asked doubtfully: "Did you find anything?"

"No."

Xin Mingyu stood up and stretched, and said in a hoarse voice: "There is no record of your situation in the clan's historical materials. However, Elder Ye Shen is very interested in you and asked me to take you back to the clan. trip."

Ruoren touched his chin.

He is very interested in the Chiba Plain mentioned by Xin Mingyu. As a holy land that can be compared with the three great immortal lands in his words, I like it very much.

As for the Elder Ye Shen mentioned by Xin Mingyu, Ruo Ren has also heard him mention it.

Chibahara, as the holy land of the ninja cat clan, has three great immortals: star, moon and night.

Among them, the Star God is called the Immortal of the Ninja Cat Clan, and is an existence that can be compared with the Great Toad Immortal and the White Snake Immortal.

As for the Slug Immortal, that level is slightly higher.

According to Xin Mingyu, even Xingxianren didn't know how many years that guy had lived.

If you understand, in terms of biological categories, the appearance of slugs should be after amphibians, but this is the ninja world, can the science of the ninja world be regarded as science?

That's pseudoscience and black technology, okay?

"when to go?"

"It's up to you. If you have time now, you can do it now."

Ruoren thought about it for a while, shook his head and rejected, "I will graduate in two days, wait until after I graduate."

Xin Mingyu nodded: "Okay, you have decided."

After the two of them finished talking about business, Ruoren grabbed Xin Mingyu, threw himself on the bed, closed his eyes, and fell asleep slowly after a while.

Xin Mingyu did not resist, lying quietly in Ruoren's arms, and soon a series of grunts sounded.

Two days later, Wakato and Kakashi were taken to an indoor training ground in the village by ANBU.

The place was empty, but there were many people around, including those from the Hyuga family, the Uchiha family, Orochimaru, Jiraiya, Sarutobi Hiruzen and others.

There are also some high-end combat forces. They point at Ruo Ren and Kakashi and keep talking about them.

Hatake Sakumo is still not in the village. For such high-end combat power, the village will not let him rest at will, especially when he is now in the limelight, the senior officials are even more unwilling to let him appear in the village at will.

It is difficult for Konoha's top brass to face Hatake Sakumo now.

On the one hand, this is the village's high-end combat power, which is tantamount to a terrifying deterrent to other villages.

On the other hand, his presence does make some people uncomfortable.

They have heard a lot about their talents, but most people have not seen their faces, so many people are curious about what the geniuses who are praised in the village can achieve.

"What you are about to face is the attack of two chunin. As long as you can not be defeated within 5 minutes, you can graduate early. So, you can start now."

After Hiruzen Sarutobi stood on the stage and explained the rules clearly, he waved his hand and the two chunin jumped down.

Ruo Ren looked at the two chunin and raised his eyebrows.

These two guys, one with a spiky head and the other with squinty eyes, looked either unruly or shady.

I originally thought that the two of them were going to talk about it. After all, some guys just don't feel comfortable facing geniuses. However, I didn't expect that these two guys didn't do this. After looking at each other, they directly attacked the two of them.

The two of them approached quickly with kunai in hand, obviously wanting to test Wakato and Kakashi's taijutsu.

Although there was no quarreling, there was still some slight contempt.

If one dared to think this, he didn't expect that Nian Yanyan would be one step behind. He took out a shuriken from his ninja bag with his other hand and threw it away.

Kakashi stepped forward to block Wakato, holding a short sword to knock down the flying shuriken, and then quickly jumped away before the hedgehog attacked, revealing Wakato behind him.

"Art fire escape ho fireball!"

If a person tries out ninjutsu first, his chakra a year ago was not inferior to that of a chuunin, and a year later his chakra is much higher than that of an average chunin.

The two of them obviously didn't expect that a student who had not yet graduated would be so careless about his own chakra.

You must know that a kid of this age does not have much chakra, so being able to skillfully use the Three Body Techniques and good Taijutsu is already pretty good.

The two people who were unprepared were caught off guard in an instant.

But he was a chuunin after all. The hedgehog was stunned for a moment and then immediately jumped away, while the narrow eyes also approached from the other half.

Long before entering the venue, Wakato and Kakashi had discussed that Kakashi would be severely damaged and Wakato would use ninjutsu to contain him.

As for the one-on-one challenge, Kakashi was eager to try it, while Wakato was more indifferent.

After all, this is a graduation assessment, so it's unnecessary.

So when the two people gathered around, Kakashi immediately rushed towards Squinten.

From the actions of the two chunin, he first guessed that the hedgehog likes close combat, while the narrow eyes should be ninjutsu or blade ninjas, so Kakashi planned to cut off the narrow eyes first.

Starting a team with slicing and damage should be the correct mindset in any battle.

The two of them made the right bet.

Seeing Kakashi step forward, he narrowed his eyes and retreated instead of moving forward. He threw his shuriken to contain him, stepped back, and then formed seals with his hands.

"Art fire escape ho fireball!"

As expected of the Konoha Ninja Village of the Land of Fire, he is a person who always starts with a fireball in any battle.

Kakashi didn't panic at all. The fireball blocked the road and immediately retreated. The chakra on his body flashed, and he turned around and rushed back towards the hedgehog.

The hedgehog knows Kakashi's name, after all, the Hatake clan always attracts attention.

What he and Squinted Eyes discussed was to let Squinted Eyes attract Kakashi and hold him back, and then he would go to Kirato first.

He also knew Wakato's name. After all, the village said that this guy was more talented as a ninja than Kakashi.

However, the reputation of Hatake's swordsmanship is still more intimidating to these mature ninjas.

Moreover, the so-called ninja talent, the two of them think of it as ninjutsu talent.

In this case, this human technique must be poor. As long as you get close, you should be able to solve it quickly.

How could a kid of this age be proficient in both Ninjutsu and Taijutsu, and Ruo Ren's Ninjutsu just confirmed their thoughts.

What he didn't expect was that this kid would be so difficult to deal with. After getting up close, his physical skills were not inferior to him. His only strength was due to his age, but he couldn't defeat Ruoren quickly.

Now being entangled by Wakato, Kakashi came to kill him again, and the hedgehog felt that something was wrong with him.

At this moment, Squin Yan suddenly formed seals with his hands, and a huge amount of water spurted out from his mouth.

"Water Release: Great Waterfall Technique!"

The water rushed like a huge wave and enveloped all three people.

The huge impact made the three of them unsteady. The previous fireball was extinguished by the wave before it disappeared, leaving only wisps of water vapor.

This ninjutsu is very useful.

Although teammates are affected, they are already in a critical situation. Using this ninjutsu can not only impact the enemy, but also break up the siege of teammates.

The hedgehog has already run back. Although he has also been affected, as an adult, he weighs more and will not be more embarrassed by the impact of the current than the two children.

After the hedgehog head returned, the two chuunin worlds threw shurikens at Waka and Kakashi and enveloped them.

There was still water on the ground at this moment. The two of them had just stood up. The indoor training ground was paved with brick and stone floors. The water could not flow down and was still flowing on the floor.

Wakato looked at Kakashi's reaction and did not interrupt Kakashi's seal, but also formed the seal himself.

"Water escape·water flow wall!"

The water on the ground was used by Ruo Ren, and a wall of water rose up to block all the shurikens without consuming much chakra.

The two chuunin frowned. It was quite shocking that this kind of ninjutsu was used by two children. After all, it was a B-level ninjutsu.

"I didn't expect that I would be taken advantage of." He narrowed his eyes and smiled, and directly formed the seal of Hedgehog Tong.

"Thunder Escape·Earth Walk."

The lightning flashed, and the electric snake spread out around the hedgehog's head like a spider web.

The electric snake quickly spreads around when it encounters water. If it is contaminated with water, Waka and Kakashi will be paralyzed, or even incapacitated by the electricity.

At the critical moment, an earth wall rose.

Kakashi deliberately slowed down the sealing speed. In this closed scene, there was still a lot of moisture on the ground, and the two of them were already prepared for the Thunder Release Ninjutsu.

The two stood on the earth wall, forming seals with their hands, and their speeds were almost the same.

"Art fire escape ho fireball!"

The kunai and shuriken thrown by the chunin towards the two of them were directly shot down by two huge fireballs in the air. The fireballs did not rush towards the two of them, but fell to the ground. In addition to two explosions, a large amount of water poured out. The fog rose instantly, blocking everyone's sight.

"Oh haha, my mind is spinning very fast." Jiraiya said with emotion as he put his hands on his waist. ,

The two brothers of the Hyuga clan opened their eyes directly.

I thought this would be a tough battle, but I didn't expect that the two chuunin would be completely plotted against.

As for Wakato and Kakashi losing, the two of them were not worried at all.

After all, they are one of the few people who have seen the two of them fighting at full strength. They have also seen the two of them come to challenge the children of their own family, so they are very sure of their abilities.

But after all, Chuunin have more chakra reserves and sufficient experience.

The two thought that they would need to fight hard to defeat the two chuunin, but they did not expect that they would use what their opponents formed during the battle to fight back.

A huge amount of mist enveloped the four of them. The two chunin held a large number of shurikens, but they did not throw them out casually.

Holding it in their hands, they will only take action when they see the enemy, otherwise the ninja tool will be wasted too much, and someone may be targeting this.

The experience of a chunin should not be underestimated.

But they didn't take action. Wakato and Kakashi didn't spare these ninja tools, and directly took out the kunai and shuriken, covering the entire place.

In order to prevent the two chunin from running elsewhere, they scattered the ninja tools and threw them away.

After the ninja tool was thrown out, there was a clanking sound soon after. It was obvious that the two chunin were knocking down the shuriken.

Wakato and Kakashi looked at each other and rushed in that direction.

The two chuunin had just shot down the ninja tools, but they found flashes of light coming from the mist. In the blink of an eye, Kakashi rushed out like a ghost holding a short sword with flashing lightning in his hand.

The speed of Hatake's sword technique made their scalps numb. Neither of them were speed-oriented ninjas. Facing the speed brought by Hatake's secret technique, which was the best in the ninja world, there was nothing they could do if they were approached.

So the two chunin quickly retreated, narrowing their eyes and forming seals with their hands, trying to use ninjutsu to stop each other.

At this moment, three figures suddenly rushed out.

Kakashi lowered his head and seemed to avoid something, but the three Wakato did not launch an attack. Instead, each of them was wrapped with a steel wire. The steel wire connected the three Wakato and surrounded the two Chunin.

At the critical moment, Hedgehog Head activated directly and instantly killed the Ruo Ren on both sides, but the two Ruo Ren disappeared into smoke, obviously they were shadow clones.

After losing the shadow clone, the steel wire lacked a carrier and was about to fall. Ruo Ren, who had already run behind the two people, directly used his hands to exert force, and the steel wire quickly tightened and wrapped around the two chunin.

The two of them were about to jump up and leave when there was a sudden sound of wind above their heads.

There was also a shadow clone that fell on the ceiling at some point. At this moment, it was falling from the sky and suppressed the two people who jumped up. It happened to be tightly entangled by the steel wire.

That was Kakashi's shadow clone.

"laugh!"

Kakashi and Wakato each put a knife on the necks of the two chuunin, and the assessment ended.

"The Hatake sword technique is just a cover. It was used deliberately to attract the attention of the two people." Hinata Hiashi spoke slowly.

Ri almost nodded: "The key is to prevent the two of them from paying attention to the top of their heads, otherwise it may take more time."

The mist dissipated and people left talking.

The two of them deserved the reputation of Konoha's geniuses.

In the Hokage's office, under the witness of Jiraiya and Orochimaru, Sarutobi Hiruzen with a soft smile handed two ninja forehead protectors with Konoha marks and two documents to Wakato and Kakashi. .

"From today on, you are the real ninjas of Konoha. I hope you can grow into a big tree in the sky that can support Konoha."

Wakato took the forehead protector and looked at Kakashi's ninja registration information. It showed Kakashi's personal information and ninja number.

009720.

This is Kakashi's ninja number, and Wakato's own is: 009719.

The two handed the information back to the Hokage.

Starting today, they truly become ninjas.

After leaving the Hokage Building, a black shadow jumped down and stood on Ruoren's shoulder.

"Want to celebrate?" Kakashi asked.

"Your treat!" Ruoren agreed without hesitation.

"Okay, let's go to my house. Dad said he would be back tonight." Kakashi was in a good mood and actually agreed.

"Then I'll go change my clothes first, and I'll see you and the master in the evening."

After saying that, Ruoren trotted away.

Kakashi glanced at Wakato in confusion, this guy was always lazy, why was he so excited today.

"Tch, this little thing can make you so happy." Kakashi also turned and left, unable to help but smile under his mask.

If you run faster and faster, you will eventually jump onto the roof and move quickly on the rows of rooftops.

Finally, he arrived at his destination and glanced at the cliff in front of him. He was lost in thought for a while, and then ran up.

Xin Mingyu stood quietly on his shoulder without disturbing him. He knew that this young man was very happy.

If a person comes to the cliff, looks at the village hidden in the forest below, and looks at the three huge heads on the cliff below, spreads his hands and closes his eyes, as if he wants to embrace the world.

He didn't shout loudly, he didn't make any promises, he just blended himself into the breeze on the top of the mountain.

"Isn't it beautiful?"

If one opens his eyes, he sees the Sandaime Hokage standing beside him with his hands behind his back.

"You will do your best to protect this place, right, Ruoren?"

Sarutobi Hiruzen looked at Ruo Ren with fire shining in his eyes. That was his expectation and the honor he had guarded throughout his life.

"I will." Ruoren replied softly, but extremely firmly.

"But I might be on the opposite side of some of the guys from the village."

Ruoren raised his head, looked at the Shinobi at his peak, and slowly said: "Including you."

Sarutobi Hiruzen was stunned for a moment, and then stared at Ruo Ren seriously.

Ruo Ren didn't shy away and looked straight into Sarutobi Hiruzen's eyes without flinching at all.

After a long time, Sarutobi Hiruzen slowly said: "You will protect me, right?"

"Yes!" Ruoren replied without hesitation.

The Sandaime finally smiled: "I don't know what you are going to do, but I will stand behind you and watch you, Ruo Ren. There are many dark and rotten places in the village. I don't know if I will still be there in ten or twenty years." Do I have the spirit to change everything? Maybe I will become a part of the decay."

"So, if you want to do something while I'm still alive, do it with all your strength, Ruato. If one day, I become a part of the corrupting Konoha, don't hesitate!"

After Sarutobi Hiruzen finished speaking, he handed a piece of information to Wakato and then left slowly.

If someone opens the file, they find a real estate property, which was once his home, the clan land of the Edogawa clan.

"I'll help you sell the property, and all the finances are already in it."

Sarutobi Hiruzen's voice became smaller and smaller, and Ruo Ren put away the information and showed a smile.

"Xin Mingyu, we are going home, our real home."

"Well, when will you move?"

"tomorrow."