Sunny and cheerful Konoha Genin

In Konoha Village, it was an ordinary sunny day.

Da da.

A long-haired man with a gloomy face and pale skin was walking slowly on the road.

There was purple eye shadow around his eyes, and he had an aura that said "keep away from strangers". Wherever he walked, the air temperature around him seemed to drop by several degrees.

Passersby on the street silently avoided him, not only because of the long-haired man's aura, but also because of the green vest he was wearing, which represented the ninja!

"Hey! Orochimaru! You're here!"

Suddenly, an enthusiastic voice came from the side, and a tall man with long white hair walked over.

He was wearing the same green vest as Orochimaru, but his temperament was much gentler.

Although he is not very old, he looks like the uncle next door, giving people an inexplicable sense of trustworthiness.

"Jiraiya."

Orochimaru gave him a blank look and called out his teammate's name.

The two were teammates in the same class, and now he was being assigned to be a guiding jonin who had just graduated from the ninja school.

"Has your team assembled?"

"Hahahahaha!"

Jiraiya laughed up to the sky and answered loudly.

"of course not!"

"..."

Orochimaru looked at Jiraiya with empty eyes.

So you still have the energy to come and chat with me?

"Hey, don't be so serious!"

Jiraiya patted his shoulder and said, "It's rare for you to be a guiding jonin. You will scare your teammates like this. I heard that your team is the most evenly matched, and there are even people from the Uchiha family in it. I'm so envious!"

"Then let's switch and give me Minato Namikaze from your team."

Orochimaru pulled the corner of his mouth and revealed an ugly smile.

He is naturally aloof, so it is rare for him to smile like this.

"That won't do~ Hehe! That boy is a rare genius ninja, how could I possibly give it to you~ And don't you have a genius in your team?"

Jiraiya decisively refused and silently kept a distance of 50 centimeters between himself and Orochimaru.

A look of strict defense.

After all, the four words "Namikaze Minato" mean more than just a talented disciple to him.

But the legendary son of prophecy!

"Hehe... that Uchiha? He's just an ordinary person who hasn't even awakened his Sharingan."

"No, no, no, I'm talking about that Ito Toru, have you forgotten? The little guy who wanted to learn medical ninjutsu from Tsunade."

"It's him."

The image of a smiling black-haired boy emerged in Orochimaru's mind.

He had some impression of this young man.

Ito Toru, whose parents were both Genin, died in a B-rank mission. He entered the Ninja School for three years, but his performance was just barely passing, which was not too outstanding. He showed great interest in medical ninjutsu and claimed that he wanted to save more people.

"He didn't go to Tsunade's class?"

"It was arranged by the old man of the third generation. Who knows what he is thinking."

"Ah."

"Hey, Orochimaru..."

Jiraiya slowly put away his joking expression.

"You know, recently the fighting faction of the Fire Nation has come to power, and so have the Wind Nation and the Earth Nation. The conflict among the three nations is getting more and more intense. If this continues, war will break out sooner or later..."

"Jiraiya."

Orochimaru interrupted him and continued

"We are ninjas, we just need to follow orders."

"But if war breaks out, many people will die."

Jiraiya's expression became more serious: "Maybe it's you, maybe it's me, maybe it's our friend."

"I am not afraid of sacrifice, but I don't want to kill for the desires of those high-ups!"

"…but we can't stop it, can we?"

Orochimaru maintained a calm demeanor and analyzed, "This era of madness has already begun. Neither you nor I can stop it."

Jiraiya remained silent, clenching and unclenching his fists.

"you're right……"

And now, on the other side.

"In my opinion, future wars are inevitable! But! There are things we can do!"

A young boy was talking with saliva flying all over the place, and two young girls were sitting beside him listening with boredom.

"For example, I, Toru Ito, as a medical ninja, can provide timely treatment when you are injured, so don't be impulsive! You can retreat after achieving a little success, and small injuries can accumulate and turn into big injuries!"

"Do you understand what I mean? After all, we are members of the same class now."

Seeing that his two teammates didn't seem very interested, Toru Ito reluctantly stopped and asked one of the girls.

"Especially you, Yukina. Although you are a genius, we..."

"Stop! No need to talk, just do your own thing. The medical ninja and I have nothing to talk about."

The girl whom Ito Toru called Yukina responded coldly.

"And Ito Toru, we're not that familiar with each other yet, I hope you can call me Uchiha Yuina."

"……I see."

His hot face touched something cold, and Ito Toru couldn't help but sigh, then looked at the other person.

"Red Bean, do you understand?"

Mitarashi Anko is considered a good friend of Ito Toru. Both of them are orphans and are classmates in the same period.

Compared to the inexplicably proud Uchiha Yuuna, Ito Toru and Red Bean have a pretty good relationship, and they often go to eat three-colored meatballs together.

So Hongdou will still give some face to her dining partner, Ito Toru.

"Don't worry, Toru!"

Hongdou smiled brightly, "Even if a war breaks out, I'm confident I won't get hurt!"

"Hehe...Although I'm not as talented as Yukina, my strength is not bad either. I can definitely protect you!"

"Don't worry about it."

"certainly--"

Hongdou rubbed her hands, and the smile on her face also had a hint of farewell.

"But, you have to pay for the dumplings after the mission is over!"

Eat, eat, eat! Just eat!

Toru Ito looked at Hongdou with disappointment.

Don’t you know how fat you became when Naruto ended?

"Ha ha……"

There was a dark laugh.

The three people present felt the temperature around them drop at the same time.

"Hello."

Orochimaru suddenly appeared among the three people, and an invisible pressure immediately spread!

"I am your guiding jonin, Orochimaru. You can call me Orochimaru-sensei."

"You two seem to be having a good time chatting, but now is not the time to chat."

"Please introduce yourselves first, Genin."

His snake eyes slowly swept over the three people present, and the corners of his mouth raised slightly, with an expression that seemed to be smiling but not smiling.

If the three of them didn't know that he was their guiding jonin, they would have almost thought that he was an Anbu sent by another ninja village to Konoha to start a massacre!