Naruto: The Strongest Sage.

“First, because you are far away in the frontier, your report for promotion to jonin has been delayed long enough.

In view of your military exploits over the years, the advisory committee and I have unanimously decided that you have all the qualities to become a Konoha Jonin. Therefore, starting today, you will be promoted to Konoha Jonin. "

Qingye expected to be promoted to Jonin. What he cared about now was the second thing.

After receiving the letter of appointment, Yuan Fei Ri Zhan continued.

"Since you are a jonin of Konoha, you need to play your due role. I have an S-rank mission for you to complete.

Don't worry, you won't go alone. For this mission, there will be a group of jonin from the Anbu and the Root. Here are the detailed arrangements for the mission, go back and prepare. "

Sarutobi Hiruzen did not directly tell him what the mission was, but handed him a mission scroll. This was considered a very formal and high-end mission process.

Aoba took the scroll and then said goodbye.

Leaving the Hokage's office, he opened the scroll and took a look.

"Going after Orochimaru...interesting."

The mission was somewhat unexpected. Mainly because Aoba guessed that the Konoha upper echelons would not let him stay in the village, so they would definitely assign him a mission to go out. He just didn't expect that the mission would actually ask him to hunt down Orochimaru.

A serious jonin like him is not just a high-end combat force in the village. Generally speaking, jonin will hold some positions with real power.

However, it seems that the top management has no intention of letting him take up a specific position.

Because it was an S-level mission, he had two days to prepare. Therefore, Qingye was not in a hurry. Instead, he wandered around Konoha casually.

After all, he hadn't been back to this place for three years.

The Land of Fire can be said to be the chosen country in this world. It occupies the best land resources on this continent. Konoha Village is also the richest and most prosperous of the five major ninja villages.

Even if viewed from the perspective of previous lives, this town-level village is still very well built.

Walking to a snack bar, Qingye bought a few skewers of Konoha's famous snack, the three-color meatballs.

He wasn't a big fan of sweets. But after all, he hadn't eaten them for three years. It was okay to have something new.

But just after buying it, he paused for a moment because he felt someone was watching him.

When he looked back, he saw a short, yellow-haired kid standing not far away, looking at him.

Uzumaki Naruto, the absolute protagonist of this world. The future seventh Hokage, the reincarnation of Ashura, the strongest ninja with a mouthful of power......

Shaking his head to get rid of all the stupid information that popped up in his mind, Aoba walked directly in front of Naruto.

"do we know each other?"

"Ah, sorry bro, I just thought you looked strange. Are you a ninja?"

Naruto said, pointing at the forehead protector on Aoba's head.

"Yes, I am Kamikawa Aoba, Konoha's new jonin."

"Ah, my name is Uzumaki Naruto. I'm a student of Konoha Ninja School. Just wait and see, big brother, I will soon become a ninja like you. And I will become the most powerful ninja, that is, Hokage."

Naruto's style is somewhat similar to Gai's. But Gai's is a bit more awkward. Naruto, on the other hand, has a clear and stupid style...

Aoba wanted to tell Naruto that Naruto was not the strongest ninja. In the later period, the third generation was not even in the top ten. However, he was still willing to give some face to Naruto at this time.

"You are such a motivated kid. I'll give this to you as a celebration of your becoming Hokage in advance."

"......what......"

Naruto suddenly yelled, startling Aoba.

"what happened?"

"Brother, do you agree with my dream?"

"Why not? No one has the right to deny other people's dreams."

"That's right. That's right. No one can deny my dream." Naruto had a look of enlightenment on his face. Aoba looked embarrassed. The main reason was that this kid was shouting so loudly that many people around him looked over.

He turned around and ordered two more cups of red bean soup, handing one to Naruto.

"Okay, we're blocking others here."

Many people in the crowd were unabashedly hostile to Naruto, but they didn't dare to speak loudly because of the forehead protector on Aoba's forehead.

Aoba had hardly ever seen Uzumaki Naruto. After the death of the Fourth Hokage, Naruto had just become a Jinchūriki. His identity was kept strictly confidential.

Since Orochimaru and the Fourth Hokage had a rivalry for the position of Hokage, Aoba, as a descendant of Orochimaru, naturally could not come into contact with Naruto.

After that, Orochimaru completely fell into depravity and began to conduct human experiments recklessly. Then he was discovered by the village. The Third Hokage, who had returned to power, personally captured him, but at the last minute, he let Orochimaru go (the exact time of Orochimaru's defection is controversial, so here I will take my setting as the standard).

Then there was the experience of Aoba being exiled. So, strictly speaking, this was the first time Aoba met Uzumaki Naruto.

In fact, the moment he came into contact with Naruto, he could sense that there were four different perspectives on him.

But Qingye didn't care. He even had the intention of going against the wind. He bought meatballs and red bean soup for Naruto and ate them while walking.

The four Anbu behind him were so nervous that they almost rushed over. The main reason was that Aoba was the focus of attention from above. Uzumaki Naruto was an absolute taboo.

Aoba seemed to feel nothing and continued chatting with Naruto.

"Brother, do you know any ninjutsu? I'm in the ninja school now, studying theory all day long, and I can't learn any ninjutsu."

"Of course I know ninjutsu, just watch." Qingye threw the bamboo stick in his hand, and a moment later, a leaf fell from the branch.

"What? Isn't this just shuriken throwing? Is this also called ninjutsu?"

"Don't be impatient." Aoba asked Naruto to be patient.

The leaf fell lightly in front of Qingye, and when it reached the level of his eyes, it suddenly split open.

As if being cut by some invisible blade, the leaves were instantly broken into dozens of pieces, floating in the air.

"Hey...what's going on? You didn't do anything?"

"Haha, this is a ninjutsu. A ninjutsu that is unique to me."

I see. Naruto certainly didn't understand what that meant. But in his confusion, he still felt that the blow must have been very powerful. After all, this big brother didn't do anything to break the leaves.

"Brother, can you let me use that move just now?"

"Haha, Naruto. Everyone's ninjutsu is their own secret. Do you understand? Don't ask about other people's ninjutsu easily. This is very impolite."

"Ah, so that's how it is." Naruto became obviously disappointed.

"However, I can still teach you something. Have you learned how to extract chakra?"

"Of course, my chakra extraction is excellent."

"That's good, follow me."