Chapter 566 Confluence

It didn't take much time to contact the daimyo envoy.

The arrival of the envoy was just to inquire about Konoha's current situation as a routine, and then told Tsunade that the daimyo had an important military matter and invited her, Hokage, to the daimyo mansion for talks. And I hope she can leave as soon as possible, and must arrive at Daming Mansion before March 2.

Although there is not much time left for Tsunade, considering that Konoha Village can arrive at Daming Prefecture in about half a day, Tsunade did not seem too anxious. Just reply to these messengers, she will arrive at the Daming Mansion on time before March 2, and join the Daming.

Before going to Daming Mansion, Tsunade felt that it was necessary to deter the restless elements in the village, so as not to make some people feel that they had an opportunity to do something against the rules when she went to Daming Mansion to discuss important matters.

Although in the various departments of Konoha, her power has only deeply infiltrated a few limited departments such as the Anbu and the medical department, but as long as she occupies the name of Hokage, then at least half of the power in Konoha Village can be mobilized in the name of Hokage. And these powers are the deterrent power for Hokage to stand on the top of the village.

The Anbu and the medical department are just important voice channels for Hokage to issue its own government orders, but the specific implementers are tens of thousands of ninjas in the village.

With this background, Hokage is Hokage.

That's what he said, but Tsunade dare not underestimate the current ninja power at all. Due to the huge stimulus of the Uchiha clan incident, ninjas who began to aggressively seek power in order to stabilize the family's status are everywhere now. It can be said that her teacher Sarutobi Hiruzen left her with an extremely difficult problem.

There is also the problem of handling the Sarutobi clan... Although most members of the Anbu have been replaced, there are still some important positions that are firmly controlled by the Sarutobi clan ninjas. Asking them to obediently return the Anbu positions that should belong to Hokage's jurisdiction selflessly, it is not something that can be solved smoothly by just talking about it.

If one fails, it may cause bloodshed.

If there is going to be trouble like that, Tsunade is undoubtedly unwilling to see it.

"Master Hokage, the list of guards has been drawn up. Do you have anything to add?"

At this time, Shikahisa's voice rang in his ears, and he came to Tsunade with a list.

Tsunade took the list in his hand and quickly glanced at it.

The names on the list are all the guard ninjas who will accompany her to the Daming Mansion, and all of them are elites selected from Anbu.

Except for Shikahisa, the Jonin squad leader who must accompany him, there are a total of 17 guards remaining, which happens to be the size of a unit of Anbu.

The leader is Tianzang, a blood-successor limit ninja who has a wooden escape.

"Replace Tianzang and choose another team leader to take over."

After putting down the list, Tsunade gave instructions to Lu Jiu.

"Replace Tenzo? Hokage-sama, with all due respect, Tenzo is one of the very few high-strength ninjas in Anbu. Only with him and the rest of Anbu can we be sure of everything."

Lu Jiu was slightly startled.

"No, just do it this way."

Tsunade thought about it and decided to replace Tianzang.

"Can you tell me the reason, Hokage-sama?"

Lu Jiu didn't understand and asked.

From his point of view, he doesn't think that Tianzang, a wooden escape ninja, has any loyalty issues.

"It's not what you think, I never doubted Tianzang's loyalty, but next I plan to let him take over the post of Jonin who guides the seventh class."

Tsunade knew what Lu Jiu had misunderstood, so he explained.

"So it is."

Hearing Tsunade's explanation, Lu Jiu breathed a sigh of relief, he thought there was something wrong with Tianzang too.

Although there are some internal problems in Konoha, she can't completely fall into the trap set by the enemy, and becomes suspicious and lacks trust in anyone.

And if even Hokage himself starts to become suspicious, then there will be a crisis of trust within Konoha, which will lead to the collapse of the village from within, which is extremely detrimental to Konoha's future development.

"What do you think, let Tianzang be the new captain of the seventh class?"

Tsunade picked up the pen in his hand and tapped it twice on the table. After making a crisp sound, he asked Lu Jiu what he thought.

Regarding Tsunade's question, Shikajiu said without hesitation: "I think it's possible. Tianzang is the only Mutun ninja in the village, and Mutun, like Sharingan, possesses the restraint power to suppress tailed beasts. It is undoubtedly the best candidate for him to be Naruto's guard."

Squad 7 has now lost a team leader and a team member, and there are only two people left. It is impossible to assume the responsibilities of Class 7.

Then, at this time, it is necessary to reorganize the seventh class.

However, considering Naruto's particularity as a jinchuriki, ordinary ninjas are simply not qualified for the position of the captain of the seventh squad. After all, it is even more difficult to find such a ninja in Konoha Village while protecting Naruto and at the same time quieting the power of the tailed beast in his body.

Besides Tianzang, Lu Jiu can't think of anyone in Konoha who is more suitable to be the leader of the seventh class Jonin now.

"Then it's settled like this. Let Tianzang take up the post tomorrow, lead the seventh squad to perform the mission, and then...forbid them to leave the Land of Fire temporarily. The scope of the mission is only within the Land of Fire."

Tsunade thought for a while, and gave the scope of activities of the seventh class.

"this"

Lu Jiu looked hesitant.

"What's wrong?"

"Actually, when Naruto first joined the seventh squad to perform missions, the top management, except for the third generation, forbade Naruto to leave the area of Konoha Village. They thought it would be too risky for Naruto, who is Jinchuriki, to leave Konoha's sphere of influence. If lost, Konoha would suffer heavy losses."

"It's ridiculous. Jinchuriki is not only a weapon of the village, but also a member of the Konoha ninja with its own will. If it is not tempered, no matter how powerful a weapon is, it will rust. If you just blindly hide Jinchuriki in the village and prevent him from going through the wind and rain, then in the end he is just a container with powerful chakra energy."

Tsunade sneered at this explanation and smiled.

Kajiu knows that this kind of explanation cannot be used to convince Tsunade. And his purpose is not to persuade Tsunade, but to remind Tsunade to do so, which may cause opposition from the advisory group.

But since Tsunade has made such preparations, he will naturally choose to support it.

He is the squad leader of Jonin, and his immediate boss is Hokage, not the advisory group.

And he also very much agrees with Tsunade's point of view, a ninja who has not experienced wind and rain, even if he has excellent aptitude, it is difficult to become an independent ninja.

Naruto has a huge potential to be tapped. If he is only protected inside Konoha Village and given the best protection, what will be cultivated in the end will be nothing but flowers in the greenhouse.

And the current Konoha does not need the jinchuriki grown in the greenhouse.

Placing Naruto under Konoha's protection layer by layer is undoubtedly Konoha's biggest loss.

"Lujiu, go and handle this matter well, let Tianzang make sufficient preparations, and don't be affected by the people of the advisory group. By the way, take Anbu to the torture room, visit that old guy in Danzo, and warn him to hide his minions in the dark, and don't stretch them where they shouldn't be."

If it weren't for the lack of strength today, the first thing Tsunade wanted to do was not a painless warning, but to uproot the roots from the inside of the leaves.

Let this decades-long shadow that has shrouded the Konoha be completely erased from the Konoha.

Unfortunately, such an idea is just a fantasy that exists in the mind, and it is difficult to put it into practice.

"yes."

Seeing Tsunade's resolute attitude, Shikajiu nodded and sighed secretly.

If it was just a warning, he didn't think the root would stop there.

But right now, we can only delay in this way, and the next focus is the meeting in Damingfu.

The things in the village can only be decided after returning later.

If you still have this kind of leisure after you come back.

"Okay, that's it. Inform the people on the list to gather at the main gate on time at five o'clock tomorrow morning, and target the Daming Mansion."

"Then I'm going down, Hokage-sama."

Lu Jiu took the list again, turned and left the office.

On the second day, it was just dawn.

Naruto dragged his tired body, set off from home, and arrived at the assembly point drowsily.

The location of the assembly is an exercise field at the corner of Muye Village, surrounded by dense trees, and in some places, rusty barbed wire can be seen, which precisely divides the area of the exercise field from the free area of the village.

When he came to the training ground, he found that someone had already stepped in first.

The other party had long cherry-colored hair, and was holding a lunch box in his hand. He was standing in the open space bored, looking at something.

It was Sakura.

"Sakura, good morning."

Yawning, Naruto walked over weakly, and greeted Sakura's back.

"Good morning... Naruto, you're not staying up late again, are you?"

Seeing Naruto's listless look, Sakura turned around with dissatisfaction on her face.

"I can't help it. Recently, I have been dragged by the lecherous fairy to practice gymnastics with him, so that I have no time to rest... To put it bluntly, it is actually just being beaten. My body still hurts when I think about it."

Naruto patted his cheek hard, trying to refresh himself.

Hearing Naruto's explanation, Sakura's face softened.

During the time she was receiving the strict training of Tsunade, Naruto was not simply wasting time, but also followed another Sannin, doing very rigorous training.

Based on Naruto's hard work and the cheating training method of shadow avatar, Sakura estimated that compared to a few months ago, Naruto's strength should have grown a lot.

"Sakura, hasn't the new captain of our team come over yet?"

Naruto looked left and right, and found that there was no third person besides himself and Sakura.

"I didn't see anyone else, so I probably haven't come here yet. After all, there is still half an hour before the meeting time. Naruto, you don't have to worry too much."

Sakura took out the small alarm clock she brought with her, glanced at the time on it, and calmed down.

Beginning in January and February of this year, many teams resumed work and began to accept tasks and earn rewards.

However, there are quite a few teams that are still waiting to attack. Due to various reasons, they cannot receive the rewards smoothly and still need to wait for time. The seventh team is one of them.

Firstly, because the seventh class directly lacks two members, it is impossible to form a standard team to go out to carry out the mission. If the mission is received directly, it is easy to cause frequent accidents due to lack of personnel. Secondly, there is no leader of the ninja, and there are only two squads of ninja. Even the deployment is a very big problem.

In view of these two points, when the rest of the team has already participated in the mission, they in the seventh squad can only stay in the village and wait for orders.

It wasn't until yesterday afternoon that I was notified that a new Jnin would be arranged by the higher-ups, who would serve as the instructor of the Jnin in Class 7 and the part-time captain. And under the leadership of Shinjo Shinobi, you can go to the Hokage Building to pick up the mission.

Naruto and Sakura were both excited when they heard the news.

Although it is not bad to bury their heads in cultivation all the time, rather than just burying their heads in hard work, they also want to test their growth through tasks, compared to the previous year.

They were looking forward to it.

"Speaking of which, what kind of person will the new captain be?"

Naruto tilted his head, exploring this question.

"I don't know, but he should be an excellent Jonin."

Sakura doesn't know who the new captain of their seventh class is, so she can only answer like this.

"I hope to be a gentle and beautiful Jonin, just like Teacher Hong."

Naruto started thinking about it.

"Naruto... don't think about such disgusting things."

Sakura looked at Naruto contemptuously. From his mind, he really couldn't think of anything serious.

Just then, a voice suddenly intervened:

"Sorry to disappoint you, I'm not a pretty girl."

Hearing this sentence, Naruto and Sakura turned their faces away and looked at the person coming.

It is a man wearing the uniform of Konoha Jominin and wearing a protective ninja forehead on his forehead. He is about 26 or 7 years old... The smile on his face is a kind of gentle smile with a sense of horror. It feels quite subtle.

This man is Tianzang.

In the Anbu directly under Naruto, the elite Jonin who serves as the captain of the unit.

As soon as he came here, his gaze passed over Naruto inadvertently, and then he stood in front of the two of them, smiling slightly.

"Who are you"

Naruto and Sakura looked at him in surprise.

"From today onwards, I will be the instructor of your seventh class, Jonin, and the position of part-time captain. As for the name..." Tenzo, who stood still in front of the two, paused, and continued: "You can call me Yamato, or you can call me Captain Yamato, or Teacher Yamato."

"Yamato? What a weird name."

Compared to Naruto's strangeness, Sakura thinks that the name Yamato is probably a pseudonym.

Because of the way the other party paused just now, she felt that the other party had concealed her true identity.

"Since that's the case, let me introduce myself too. My name is Uzumaki Naruto, my favorite food is Ichiraku Ramen, and my future dream is to become Hokage!"

Naruto introduced himself to Tianzang as if he wanted to activate himself.

Tianzo nodded in approval, as if he was also approving Naruto's self-introduction, without any impatience.

Sometimes, the team really needs an active person.

"It's my turn next. I'm Haruno Sakura. I'm good at medical ninjutsu... I'm also learning how to use taijutsu to fight. Please give me your advice, Captain Yamato."

Compared with Naruto's introduction, Sakura's introduction is much more formal, and she also briefly explained her advantages as a ninja, instead of just talking about her preferences and dreams like Naruto.

"Your introduction is very good, I probably understand your situation."

Tianzang continued to nod, praising the behavior of the two.

But in fact, even if the two didn't introduce themselves, he still knows the information of the seventh class like the back of his hand.

"In order to celebrate the establishment of the new seventh class, I have accepted a B-level task to give you a practice."

Tianzang smiled.

"B-level mission?" Hearing Tianzang's words, Naruto's eyes lit up immediately: "Is it true, Captain Yamato?"

Naruto's enthusiasm is not as expected by Tianzang, and in the information, he is a ninja who is simple and easy to understand, but occasionally has miraculous consciousness operations.

There is no way to use common sense to guess.

"That's right, it's a B-level mission."

"Great!" Naruto was so excited that he almost jumped up, he was completely aroused by the gimmick of the B-level mission.

In contrast, Sakura is much calmer.

"Captain Yamato, I would like to ask, what is the content of the B-level mission..."

Under the expectant or apprehensive eyes of the two, Tianzang smiled slowly and said: "The content is very simple, you all use your full strength to fight me. In order to improve the coordination of the team, I need to actually understand the fighting ability of the two of you!"

The Land of Fire, Daming Mansion.

Located in the center of the capital city of the Land of Fire, Daming Mansion is a city within a city.

Tsunade, who came to the gate of the city within the city, looked up at the majestic and tall city wall in front of him, and couldn't help but smile with emotion.

"It's been a long time since I came here. No matter how long it has been, the city walls here are still as spectacular as ever."

Beside her, there was only Shikahisa accompanying her. Hearing Tsunade's emotion, he also smiled and said, "No matter what, it is the mansion where the daimyo lives. In terms of the prosperity here, even we Konoha can hardly match it. The only thing that can surpass this is the city of Shion in the kingdom of ghosts."

"That may not be the case. According to my field research, the kingdom of ghosts is not limited to the central city of Ziyuan City."

Tsunade pointed.

Lu Jiu kept it in his heart silently, without refuting.

Compared with Tsunade who has been traveling all year round, the information he has obtained may be really behind the outside world.

On the surface, only Hokage, Tsunade, and Shikahisa as his entourage came to visit the Daming Mansion this time.

But in the dark, there is another unit, Anbu, with a total of 17 elite ninjas quietly hiding in hidden corners around them, protecting the safety of Tsunade and Shikahisa at all times.

Entering the castle where the daimyo is, there are already waiters waiting in front of him, receiving Tsunade and Shikahisa, and leading them to meet the daimyo.

Regarding the scenery along the way, Tsunade had no intention of admiring it. She was full of thoughts about what important business the daimyo had invited her to discuss at this time.

It is absolutely impossible to just let her come here to report on the past and go through the final process of Hokage's succession. There must be other intentions.

Thinking like this, while following the waiter.

Soon, the waiter brought her and Lu Jiu to a relatively secluded yard.

Around the yard, samurai with a large number of sabers are strictly guarding the entrance and exit, scanning the surroundings with eagle-like sharp eyes, not letting go of any corner.

In the dark, there are still an unknown number of ninjas who surround the place and turn the yard into an iron barrel, further improving the safety and privacy of the yard.

Seeing such a secret courtyard under surveillance, Tsunade couldn't help but feel fascinated.

Using such a powerful guard force to surround this place into an airtight 'prison', it is conceivable how high the level of secrecy the daimyo has for this meeting with her.

But now that I have come here, it is impossible to go back home.

In the corridor, the waiter stopped in front of a room door and knelt down on one knee.

Respectfully said to the people inside the door:

"Daimyo-sama, Hokage-sama and Mr. Shikahisa have already brought here."

"Thank you, let's go down."

The unique old voice of the fire country daimyo came from the room. Although the voice was old, the voice was very clear, giving people a feeling of high energy.

"yes."

The waiter retreated, leaving Tsunade and Shikahisa behind.

After the waiter stepped back, Tsunade took the initiative to push open the door, and saw Daimyo of the Fire Country sitting in the room at first sight.

On both sides of him, there are other cushions and tea tables. Tea and refreshments are placed on the tea tables, which are obviously used to entertain distinguished guests.

"Yo, it's been a long time, Tsunade, no, I should call you Hokage now. I heard that Konoha's life has started to improve under your guidance recently. It's really hard for you. It seems that you are better than Hirazan."

The moment Tsunade entered, the fire country daimyo opened the folding fan, half-hid his face and laughed.

"You are too praised, Your Excellency Daimyo. Compared with the teacher, I still have many shortcomings as a Hokage."

Tsunade has long been used to this kind of polite words, so it is very natural to accept the words of praise from the fire country daimyo.

The Fire Nation daimyo smiled, not caring about Tsunade's modesty, but waved his fan to signal the two to sit down.

Tsunade had no choice but to obey the other party's wishes and sit down. This old fox!

Shikahisa also walked down, but as the squad leader of Jonin, he could only sit behind Tsunade, with Tsunade as the leader.

"Although I also want to welcome you, Tsunade, and celebrate your becoming the Fifth Hokage, but the rest of the guests arrived yesterday, and they can't wait. So, let's hold the banquet for you after the matter is over."

After Tsunade sat down, the Fire Nation daimyo frowned in embarrassment.

Tsunade looked at the embarrassment of the other party who didn't know whether it was true or false, and didn't tell it apart. The person sitting in this position naturally couldn't be easily guessed.

"guest?"

Compared with the so-called clean-up banquet, she is more interested in the 'guests' mentioned by the daimyo of the Land of Fire.

The daimyo of the Land of Fire smiled mysteriously, and before he could speak, a voice came over first, with a bit of vile ridicule.

"It's really a noble person who forgets things, Princess Tsunade. The old man is here, and I have been waiting for a long time."

As soon as the sound entered Tsunade's ears, her expression changed suddenly, and she turned her head suddenly, looking in the direction of the sound source.

Then Tsunade's eyes widened for a moment, as if she saw something that surprised her.

"Two-day scale... Onogi!?"

(end of this chapter)