Naruto: The Strongest Sage.

In the Land of Rain, Hokuro is conducting his first actual combat training after the Demon Sprout Technique.

The person he was practicing with was Xin. At this time, he had already unlocked the second gate of the Eight Gates of Ninjutsu. His speed was greatly improved.

But he still couldn't keep up with Obiru's movements. However, he had the dynamic vision of the Sharingan, plus his strong physical strength and recovery ability. He could wear Obiru out.

If Okuroko used Wood Release with all his strength without any disguise, his current level of Speed ​​Release would still not be enough.

As the name suggests, Swift Escape is a high-speed escape technique. This is the first bloodline limit sample that Beiluo requested.

Hiruzen's talent is mediocre, but this so-called mediocre refers to the comparison with Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru in those days.

In fact, Hiruko himself has the strength of a jonin. Otherwise, he would not have been able to defect for so many years.

He is not a person with connections like Orochimaru, and the Anbu who are tracking him will not hold back. This guy has been able to evade Konoha's pursuit for so many years, so he must have some strength.

It's just that he is too ambitious and always wants to compete with Orochimaru and the others.

Being a ninja is a profession that requires talent. If you don't have talent, you can still become a ninja through hard work. But the difficulty will increase dramatically. It also requires a certain degree of opportunity and special methods.

Apart from anything else, most people are born with only one or two chakra attributes, and the transformation of attributes can be cultivated later in life.

But looking at the entire ninja world, how many ninjas can achieve all five attributes?

In fact, except for a few ninjas in Konoha, most ninjas in the ninja villages are only proficient in one or two attributes. This is true for the Kage of each village, not to mention other ninjas.

But look at Konoha, the Third Hokage, Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and Kakashi, all of them are ninjas with all five attributes.

Although it is not explicitly stated, the Second Hokage should also be like this. Otherwise, it would be impossible to conduct various complex studies.

Before Aoba mastered the Yang escape technique and the Yin escape technique, it was very difficult for him to study Hashirama's cells.

Mastering all the five elements of chakra and being able to use them flexibly. The upper limit is definitely the Kage level.

This is a path that anyone can achieve in theory, but in reality, it is almost impossible to achieve.

Ninja training requires money and time. But most ninjas don't have time. Missions, battles, rest, family, these things will consume all the energy of a civilian ninja.

Most people don't have the time and energy to complete this complex practice. Ultimately, success still depends on talent.

This world is never fair. Because some people can master it just by practicing casually. And they can also develop it more deeply and find their own way.

The third generation is mentioned here. The third generation's ruling level is a mess. However, as a Hokage who does not use blood limit or secret techniques.

His path is actually the hope of an ordinary civilian ninja.

Of course, most civilian ninjas didn't notice this. Although Sarutobi Hiruzen didn't seem to have any secret techniques or bloodline limits, he was not a civilian. The Sarutobi clan was the top clan in Konoha.

However, when Sarutobi Hiruzen was in power, he intentionally controlled the information about the Sarutobi clan. As a result, most people knew about the Sarutobi clan, but they only thought that they were a small ninja clan.

The Sarutobi clan was also very low-key. The number of ninjas registered in the village was only a medium-sized clan.

But Aoba knew the foundation of the Sarutobi clan. Although the clan did not have secret techniques or bloodline limits, as the Hokage, Sarutobi could use all kinds of ninjutsu resources at will.

In fact, the Sarutobi clan has now developed into a large ninja clan that specializes in fire-style ninjutsu. The number of real ninjas in the clan far exceeds that of the traditional Konoha clans such as the Hyuga clan and the Ino-Shika-Chou clan.

Such a huge force, hidden in a family, is a huge waste of resources. The key is that your family grew up by sucking the blood of Konoha. Isn't it natural to contribute to Konoha?

Aoba had decided on the plan for the Sarutobi clan a long time ago. But Tsunade held back. She had some concerns about this. After all, she had just taken office, and targeting the family of the previous Hokage would inevitably deal a blow to her reputation.

Aoba also agreed to postpone it, but soon, Tsunade brought up the matter herself.

When Qingye received the news and went to the meeting, he was also confused.

"I thought you would wait a while."

"That's the theory. But Konoha is short of manpower right now. I need more people."

"Not enough? Are there so many missions in the village recently?" Qingye was also surprised. He didn't notice how many missions Konoha had before. He is the Hokage's assistant. If there is such a phenomenon, he must know it.

"...It's not about the mission. It's...the shipping business that Cardo cooperated with us delivered the first income three days ago."

"A lot?" Qingye began to realize something.

"Yes, there are a full twenty million taels."

Twenty million taels is not a lot for Qingye. You have to know that he controls the Cardo Group behind the scenes, although he doesn't intervene directly.

But Zabuza was watching over there. At the same time, he had the Mangekyō. A large number of senior executives of the companies around Cardo were under Aoba's control. Therefore, he was very clear about the size of the entire Cardo Group.

For the current Cardo Group, a business worth 20 million taels is actually not that big.

He originally estimated that it would be at least 40 million ryo. It seems that Tsunade was conservative before.

"So, Hokage-sama wants to strengthen cooperation?"

"That's right. The village is so short of money. The damage caused by the previous war, as well as the introduction of various new policies and new welfare benefits, all require huge expenditures. The funding from the daimyo alone is far from enough. We need more income.

But Kado needs a lot of manpower. If I transfer a large number of people to him, the mission here in the village will be affected. This will cause a certain blow to Konoha's reputation.

Therefore, I need to take care of both sides at the same time. This requires a large number of people. And they must be elite enough. "

"This is not a big problem. All the major ninja clans have their own manpower. Currently, more than one ninja clan is willing to approach us.

As long as we share some of the benefits, we can get their support, and manpower won't be a problem. But the Sarutobi clan has always been low-key. I don't think they will say anything."

"I know. But how can I put it? The Sarutobi clan is only low-key on the surface. These days, I have collected some intelligence on the Sarutobi clan, you can take a look."

Tsunade said, handing a stack of information to Aoba.

Qingye opened the information and glanced at it, a look of surprise appeared on his face.