Chapter 648 Newcomer

It should be the second time in my life to step into the territory of the ghost country again.

Different from traditional villages like Konoha, although there are rich green plants here, Shikamaru still feels that the industrial atmosphere here is too strong at first glance.

The high-rise buildings and various steel and concrete buildings that cannot be seen in Muye Village are facts.

I always feel that in this kind of place, it is not an easy task for ninjas to manage law and order.

Because of this, the Oni Nation has very loose conditions for the recruitment of garrison personnel, as long as they can roughly use Chakra and have stronger force than ordinary people.

Force can cause destruction, but it can also create order. This is the same in every country and every village.

If you want to resolve conflicts between people, the means of force will always be the bottom line that must exist.

So on the platform of the train station, you can also see a large number of members of the Oni Land Security Force. They are in groups of two and carry out daily patrol work nearby.

However, because it was a special car, the platform where Shikamaru and others came down, there were almost no tourists. Only Konoha and the envoys from the Daimyo Prefecture of the Fire Country gathered together, frequently attracting people from other platforms to turn their attention to observe Shikamaru and others' actions.

The person in charge of the envoys in Konoha Village is Shikahisa, the head of the ninja class, and the person in charge of the envoys in the Daming Prefecture of the Land of Fire is an official who is over fifty years old.

According to Shikamaru's understanding, the other party has always been in charge of the diplomacy of the Nation of Fire, and has often traveled to other countries, met with high-level officials from other countries, and even took photos with daimyos from various countries. Obviously, the Nation of Fire's daimyofu also respected the coming-of-age ceremony of the main branch of the Oni Nation.

Before making them wait longer on the platform, a government official from the Kingdom of Ghosts walked over with a smile, followed by two military ninjas as guards.

These two ninjas from the Oni Nation, who belong to the military, are wearing thick silver-gray chakra armor and holding a heavy-duty gun in their hands. The all-metal texture looks very heavy. The two men were fully armed, and inadvertently gave people a strong sense of deterrence, making those who wanted to come up to join in the fun immediately stop their progress.

In fact, seeing these two fully armed Oni Ninja ninjas, the faces of several Konoha ninjas behind Shikajiu seemed unnatural. Even the Sarutobi Jonin who accompanied him showed a little more serious expression.

They are all Konoha ninjas who have experienced the Fourth Ninja World War. They can absorb chakra, and can block general ninjutsu and ninja tools. The chakra armor, as well as the heavy firearms that can continuously spray 'fire escape' attacks as long as the switch is pressed to ensure sufficient chakra, have given them a great psychological shadow.

As long as the Jonin is equipped with such ninja tools, the destructive ability on the battlefield will be greatly improved, and a team can be severely damaged in an instant. If there are no multiple Jnin of the same level to suppress, a lot of human lives must be used to fill it.

Such an existence, as long as there are more than a dozen people, even in a melee of considerable scale, it is enough to tilt the balance of victory towards the kingdom of ghosts.

The chakra armor, as well as the 'flamethrower' that can fire continuously, are controlled products strictly controlled by the kingdom of ghosts and are not for sale.

This made Konoha and other Ninja villages who wanted to buy and arm their own ninjas after the war feel extremely regretful.

As soon as the officials from the Kingdom of Ghosts came up, they chatted with Lu Jiu and the person in charge of the Daming Mansion's envoy group for a while.

As far as how familiar they are, the two parties are actually not that familiar. After all, they only meet when they are on missions.

But according to etiquette, Shikahisa, who represents Konoha, and the officials of the Daimyo Prefecture, who represent the Land of Fire, also responded with smiles, mingling with the officials of the Oni Land government.

Looking at the "hypocrisy" in the adult world, wishing each other to die immediately, but still maintaining a warm and kind smile, although knowing that this is a skill that must be learned in the process of growing up, Shikamaru still feels that getting along with people is very troublesome.

Fortunately, this kind of greetings lasted very short, and ended in less than two minutes. Under the leadership of the officials from the Kingdom of Ghosts, everyone walked towards the VIP exit of the platform.

Although she really wants to take some action immediately, Shikamaru knows that now is not the best time, as long as she moves forward with the team.

About half an hour later, I came to a chain hotel that received envoys from various countries.

"It's you guys."

It was a woman who was older than Shikamaru.

Shikamaru recognized the other party's identity at first glance, Temari, the eldest daughter of the fourth generation of Kazekage Rasa in Sand Hidden Village.

Although the hair is shorter than before, the face is much more mature, and the eyes are gradually becoming mature, Shikamaru still recognized the other party's identity immediately.

It's really troublesome... This sentence just reached Shikamaru's mouth, but Shikamaru swallowed it back and couldn't say it.

Intuition told him that something terrible would happen if he said such words to a girl at this time.

But seeing Temari here, Shikamaru was a little surprised.

But since the other party appears here, it means that the purpose of the other party here is the same as Konoha Ninja.

"Are you also here to participate in the coming-of-age ceremony for the witches of the Oni Land?"

Shikamaru asked aloud.

"Yeah, I just came out for a drive. It seems that your purpose is the same."

Temari nodded.

"So, what about the other two?"

Shikamaru didn't see Kankuro and Gaara beside Temari.

In his memory, he remembered that these three people have always been inseparable.

"The two of them are resting upstairs. Well, I still have something to do here, let's talk when we have time."

After Temari finished speaking, he left the hall and walked upstairs.

"I can't see it, Shikamaru, you also hooked up with a girl from Sand Hidden Village."

Ino patted Shikamaru's shoulder, not knowing whether he was happy or teasing, he secretly laughed.

"Don't talk nonsense, there is nothing between me and her, we just just met."

"But I remember you saved someone once during the Chunin exam."

Ino talked about it.

"Those are old things, I have long forgotten. Well, let's quickly put the salute in the room."

Shikamaru urged.

"That's true. But, can we really meet Sakura here?"

Ino thought of something, looked down at his feet, his eyes darkened, and his tone was full of doubts about himself.

Choji couldn't help but slow down when he was eating snacks, and looked at Shikamaru, hoping that he would come up with an idea.

"Only God knows about this kind of thing. But since we are still in the world of ninjas, it is only a matter of time before we encounter it. However, the real problem is after encountering it. It is best not to have any hope for some fantasies..."

Shikamaru dropped these words, saluted, and walked towards the other side of the hall.

Ino and Choji looked at each other, but followed Shikamaru's footsteps.

"So, is Konoha's fellow here?"

In the room of the hotel, there is a resting place for Sand Hidden.

Knowing from Temari that Konoha ninjas are gathering in the hall downstairs, Kankuro, who was sitting on the edge of the bed, showed an amused smile.

Because of the alliance, Konoha and Sand Yin have established diplomatic relations for many years. Over the years, the relationship has always been considered harmonious.

Even in the previous Fourth Ninja World War, they were advancing and retreating together.

"The leader of the team is Konoha's Jonin squad leader Nara Shikahisa, he is a heavyweight."

Temari said.

Listening to Temari and Kankuro communicating with each other in the room, Gaara standing by the window was unmoved.

Carrying a heavy gourd on his back as always, his height can be said to have grown a lot compared to before, but the indifference between his brows is actually deeper than before.

His brows were tightly frowned, as if there were shackles that could not be let go.

Temari and Kankuro on the side saw this, and couldn't help but sigh.

Although their father Luo Sha has somewhat recognized some of the wrong education methods in the past these years, the cause and effect of the matter have already been planted. Even if they want to make up for some regrets in the past, the "hatred" between father and son cannot be eliminated so easily.

Letting Gaara out this time may not have the idea of letting him out to relax.

And this is the little compensation that Kazekage can make.

Otherwise, as Sha Yin's Renzhuli, it is absolutely impossible to be so free in action.

"Gaara, this city is beautiful, don't you want to let my sister take you out to play later? If there is anything you want to buy, just tell my sister."

Temari came to Gaara's side, trying to slow down his tone, showing his tenderness.

This made Kankuro, who was sitting on the bed board, very tasty.

To Gaara is all kinds of empathy, soft-spoken, and meticulous care.

But for his younger brother, he always speaks rudely, and even when he is upset, he may be beaten up directly.

This made Kankuro complain in his heart.

I must be the younger brother picked up from the trash can.

Gaara just stared at Temari, turned around and started walking.

"I'm going out for a walk."

After finishing speaking, he opened the door and left, causing Temari and Kankuro who were staying in the room to look at each other involuntarily.

"He goes out alone...it shouldn't be a problem, right?"

Kankuro hesitated for a moment before asking this question.

"Idiot, of course there will be problems, you hurry up and follow!"

Temari looked at Kankuro with a serious face.

"Why don't you go?"

Kankuro retorted subconsciously.

"Huh? What did you say? Do you have the guts to tell me again? I find that you have become more courageous recently!"

Temari directly grabbed Kankuro's collar, lifted his body from the bed, and compulsively met his gaze.

Kankuro swallowed.

"I, I know, don't hold on to my clothes like this. Really, just know how to order me."

Whoever marries this female Tyrannosaurus in the future will definitely be unlucky. Kankuro is so sure.

"If something goes wrong with Gaara, I'll hang you outside on a pole overnight, and I'll do what I say."

Temari Youyou's words came, and Kankuro shuddered directly, and ran out of the door in a panic, chasing after Gaara.

"Did I make a mistake? Why did Shayin Village send Renzhuli out?"

Ayane, who came to the police force building to handle official business, saw Gaara's name on the list of Shahid Village participating in the shrine coming-of-age ceremony, which made her feel speechless.

You should know that the security on the day of the maiden coming of age ceremony is handled by the security forces.

Now that Shayin Village has sent Renzhuli over, isn't this making her work more difficult in disguise?

Although it is not difficult to suppress a tailed beast of this level running wild with her strength, the question is, who will be okay and play with the tailed beast? And before that, the rampage of the tailed beast Chakra will definitely cause irreparable damage to the city of the ghost country.

If she didn't understand that Hidden Sand Village could not use such a stupid way to add trouble to the Oni Land, Ayane would think that Hidden Sand Village came here to find trouble on purpose.

After all, it is only one head and one tail, and it is not a perfect Jinchuriki, nor is it a super-standard tailed beast like Nine Tails. There are too many methods that the Kingdom of Demons can target.

"Then, Minister, are you going to follow up on Shinjuriki of Sand Hidden?"

Junin who reported it asked.

"Of course we have to keep an eye on it. Although the possibility of running amok is very low, it is not impossible. Take Uchiha and Uzumaki clan ninjas from the guard and let them monitor the movement of Sagakushi Jinchuriki 24 hours a day. If the other party is a safety hazard, you don't need to report him, just take him down."

The rampage of the tailed beast did not happen overnight.

Because the tailed beast completely rampages, it will endanger the life of Jinchuriki. Therefore, in many cases, it takes time for the tailed beast to completely erode the heart of Jinchuriki and let the power fully manifest. And at this time, as long as targeted measures are used, the tailed beast can be prevented from eroding Jinchuriki's heart and preventing its chakra from leaking.

Therefore, sending Uchiha ninjas who can restrain tailed beasts and Uzumaki clan ninjas with sealing skills is the best way to prevent hidden dangers.

With the arrival of the shrine maiden's coming of age ceremony, her work has also become very busy, and she has no time to monitor Ichiro Jinchuriki.

Even if you have time, if you do this in her capacity and let other countries know, you will probably laugh your **** off, thinking that there is no one left in the ghost country.

After all, it's just monitoring the tailed beast, not suppressing the tailed beast's rampage. This is a different matter.

"yes!"

The Jonin who reported was ordered to go down quickly to follow Ayane's order, organize Uchiha and Uzumaki ninjas in the security force, and let them form a surveillance team to keep a close eye on the movements of Izuo Jinchuriki while the sand hidden ninjas are staying in the country of Oni.

After Jonin left, Ayane checked other work content.

The coming-of-age ceremony of the main branch maiden, to be honest, during this period, the whole country of ghosts will become very busy.

If you still maintain the posture of a small country as in the past, then naturally there is no need to be too complicated, and you only need to go through an internal process. Anyway, at that time, the kingdom of ghosts did not have much sense of presence in the ninja world, and it only retained the status of a neutral country because of the existence of witches. The coming-of-age ceremony of the main branch maiden is estimated to be paid attention to only by foreigners.

But since the country of ghosts is now a member of a big country, if the coming-of-age ceremony of the monarch of a country is held too poorly, it will be looked down upon by other countries.

Although it will not really be looked down upon, it will leave a rude impression on countries.

Moreover, if the Miko Coming of Age Ceremony is successfully held this time, it will further unite the hearts of the ghost kingdom.

Based on this situation, organizing the order of the day is the top priority for the security forces right now.

As long as an extremely small accident happened on that day, it would leave an indelible stain.

Therefore, for those who have recently entered the country, strict scrutiny must be carried out.

People like Renzhuli who pose potential safety hazards must be monitored 24 hours a day.

"Sure enough, Liuli's job is better. At this time, I must be at home, spending time leisurely."

Ayane was a little breathless.

Although he was promoted to the position of Minister of the Security Forces, it was only based on the arrangement of her husband Shiraishi.

From the beginning, she was not interested in the high position that everyone wanted.

Because of being the center of attention, enjoying the awe and admiration of everyone does not bring her any sense of accomplishment.

If you want to talk about excitement, it is the emotion that bursts out at the moment of being dominated by her husband Shiraishi, and that is the unparalleled satisfaction and joy.

Therefore, apart from wasting her own time, this position does her no good at all.

In contrast, although Liuli has a second job in the military, she only has the post of president of the Ziyuan Flower Chamber of Commerce.

But there is no need for Liuli to come forward for the chamber of commerce. Her parents who have retired to the position of vice president will take care of everything for her.

As for my parents... my father died early, and my memory is already very weak, and I basically don't have such a character in my memory now. He has already shed his blood for the clan and dedicated his life... As for whether he is active or passive, it is unknown.

The relationship between my mother and myself is not good. Even though it has eased over the years, the number of times we meet each year is only a handful. And not only has no talent in ninja, but also has no management ability.

Thinking of this, Ayane couldn't help pressing the landline next to her.

"Mother?"

On the other end of the landline, about ten seconds later, Zi Cai's voice rang out.

"Cai, are you at home now?"

Ayane gathered the sorted documents into a pile, stood it upright, tapped it lightly on the table a few times, and casually asked Cai on the other end of the landline.

"Yes. Mom, what do you want?"

Cai couldn't help but feel a little puzzled about her mother Ayane coming to find her at this time.

"Speaking of which, you're going to take the Jnin test this year, right?"

"Yes."

Cai answered.

"Then, come to the security building later, I have some matters here that you need to deal with. I just came to observe whether you are qualified to participate in the johnin test now."

After finishing speaking, before Cai could respond, Ayane hung up the landline and let out a long breath.

Sure enough, the son is the mother's warm padded jacket at this time.

Konoha.

In an exercise field built on the basis of the death forest, there are huge regular round potholes everywhere, and wisps of light smoke are still rising into the sky.

Right at this moment, an extremely terrifying explosion sounded suddenly in the practice field.

The raging white hurricane blew up wind blades that reflected dazzling light, destroying the entire land.

Countless dust and smoke blown around with the storm, and even the nearby woods were affected, and began to tremble and shake uncomfortably.

When the dust and smoke dissipated, a circular pothole with the same rules as the surrounding ones appeared on the ground impressively.

A figure stood in the circular pothole, the ribbon on the forehead fluttered in the wind, and the whole person stood in the pothole, posing in a thinking posture, as if thinking, releasing the inspiration of ninjutsu at that moment. But maybe that inspiration was too difficult to grasp, so after thinking for a while, I still failed to grasp the important trick.

"Hello, Naruto."

There was a shouting sound in my ear.

The figure in the pothole, that is, Naruto, couldn't help but look up towards the edge of the pothole.

Captain Tianzang was standing there, waving at himself, as if he had something to explain to himself.

Naruto gave up thinking, jumped with ease, and the next moment, he suddenly appeared beside Tianzang.

"What's the matter, Captain Yamato? I'm currently practicing at a critical moment. Didn't I say that there is nothing important, so don't bother me?"

Naruto seemed a little concerned about Tianzang's disturbing behavior.

"Well, I'm here to disturb you at this time, of course because of an important matter. Besides, haven't you completed the chakra property change in the spiral pill yet? It doesn't matter if it's late. Anyway, your current strength has surpassed me as the captain."

Tianzang helplessly looked at Naruto in front of him.

To say that the biggest growth of Naruto and before, is not a sharp change in height, let alone a mature appearance, but a leap in strength.

According to what Tianzang knew, Naruto had initially mastered the fairy art of Mount Miaomu a year ago.

Now it is even more practiced to inject nature changes into level ninjutsu spiral pills.

This is something that the founders of the four generations of Hokage have not been able to complete completely. If Naruto can accomplish this, there is no doubt that his strength will make another leap.

As for how strong Naruto is now, to be honest, as the leader of the Jonin, Tenzo, he is already a little unclear.

"That's why I'm doing exercises here, just to complete the change of the chakra nature of the spiral pill earlier." Even so, being disturbed is being disturbed, Naruto quickly cleared up his mood, and he would not blame Tianzang for this kind of thing, and asked: "However, what is the important thing you said... What is it?"

"It's a new teammate."

Tianzang smiled mysteriously.

"New teammates?"

Naruto was taken aback.

Probably did not expect Tianzang to talk about this matter, Naruto didn't react for a while.

"Yes, after all, there are only three people in the seventh class. Considering the balance of the team, of course a fourth person must be arranged. Although no good candidates have been found before, it seems that Hokage-sama has found a good substitute. Sai has already passed, and now we will go too."

Tianzang laughed.

"oh oh."

Naruto was in a daze, the fourth member of the team...

Honestly speaking, this incident was a bit of a shock.

For two consecutive years, the seventh shift has three people performing tasks, and I didn't expect a fourth person to be inserted at this time.

"Speaking of which, does Captain Yamato know who the fourth person is?"

On the way to the Hokage Building, Naruto asked Tianzang who the fourth person was.

"You'll know when you get there."

Tianzang pretended to be mysterious and didn't disclose it, but only quickened his pace.

Naruto had no choice but to chase after him.

It's just a little heavy in my heart.

But I also know that now is not the time to be sentimental, so I quickly clean up the disappointment in my heart.

The training ground is not too far from the Hokage Building, it takes about ten minutes.

Came to the office where Hokage was located, as Tianzang said, Sai had been waiting here for a long time.

Two years have passed, and the height and appearance of the other party have changed slightly.

The only thing that remains the same is probably the fake smile on his face.

"Captain, Naruto."

Sai nodded with a smile.

Naruto curled his lips, even though he already recognized in his heart that this guy was also his companion, but seeing that smirk on his face still made him feel uncomfortable.

And Saii was not surprised, smiled and said nothing.

"It's all here, you three."

The owner of the office, Fifth Hokage Tsunade spoke.

"Grandma Tsunade, um, who is the fourth person you're talking about?"

Naruto asked this question when he came up. Obviously, the fourth person to be inserted in the seventh class made him very curious.

"Let me say first, Sakura is a very good ninja. It is not easy to find a ninja to replace her."

Naruto's subconscious meaning is that if the strength is too weak, he is not qualified to join the seventh class.

"Don't worry, I can guarantee my ability. Well, come in."

With the sound of Tsunade falling, the side door of the office was opened.

Not only Naruto and Tenzo, but even Sai couldn't help but look there.

A figure came out from the side door.

A girl.

Under the beautiful orange hair, there is still a childish temperament on the round cheeks, and there is a touch of blush.

"Uh...kid?"

Naruto was taken aback when he saw the girl who was only a little taller than his shoulders.

This is the fourth person who will be merged into the seventh class?

Are you too young?

Give Naruto the feeling, very much like himself four years ago, a fledgling who just graduated from ninja school...

"I'm not a kid, I'm already a Chunin!"

Maybe stimulated by Naruto's words, the girl immediately raised her eyebrows, emphasizing that she is a Chunin in a heavy tone.

"Chunin? Fake?"

Hearing this, Naruto's jaw dropped in shock.

Only then did I realize that the girl's clothes were not simple.

is Anbe's attire.

Although he didn't wear a mask, the color and style of his clothes were very similar to Anbu's. If you didn't distinguish carefully, you might think that the other party was a ninja from Anbe.

Her pair of sparkling eyes revealed a strong confidence.

Even children are not ordinary children.

"Huh!" The girl snorted softly: "In the ninja world, strength is everything, and age is not a problem at all, Naruto-senpai. Ah, no, I am a Chunin, and you are still a Genin."

Pfft!

Naruto felt the strong malice from the mysterious girl.

What a hateful guy!

That's right, although his strength has become much stronger in the past two years, and he already has the ability to fight as a Jnin, but at the administrative level, he is still a genuine Jnin.

As a junior, Hinoko is, strictly speaking, his superior!

Regarding the girl's self-evaluation, Tsunade also nodded in approval, and said: "That's right, Naruto, you can't judge a ninja's strength by his appearance age. Although Hinoko is only twelve years old this year, she is already a candidate for Anbe. All of this is achieved by her own strength."

"Anbu candidate?"

Tianzang, who had known about this for a long time, just shrugged.

Naruto and Sai are full of incredible.

Becoming a Chunin at the age of twelve is fine, but it turned out to be an Anbu candidate... This is not an honor that ordinary ninjas can get.

It also means that the opponent can change from an ordinary Chunin to a member of Naruto's direct troops at any time.

Ordinary ninjas absolutely do not have such abilities.

"However, Hinoko... the name is quite cute."

Naruto said so.

"Hehe, just like in the information, I don't know how to grasp girls' minds. Ninjas can't be described as cute, senior idiot."

Hinoko's beautiful face was full of sarcasm and sarcasm.

"...Captain Yamato, can I beat her up?"

Naruto smiled on the surface.

"This is really difficult, anyway, it is the next teammate."

Tianzang smiled wryly.

"How does this look like a teammate? No matter how you look at it, she is a disobedient brat, right? And does she really have the strength to join Class Seven?"

Naruto pointed at Hinoko.

It was because the other party was too young, he looked no different from a rookie who had just graduated from ninja school.

"The ability to join the seventh class? If it wasn't for Hokage-sama's arrangement, I wouldn't want to join the seventh class that always appears rebellious."

Hinoko's words made Naruto even more furious.

"What did you say?"

This is definitely a taboo in Naruto's heart.

"Whether the defected Hatake Kakashi and Uchiha Sasuke, or the later Haruno Sakura, are nothing but Konoha's traitors... Am I wrong?"

Hinoko showed no weakness to Naruto's anger.

In her slender eyes, people can feel her tenacious and firm will.

"Damn it!"

Naruto clenched his fists, although what the other party said was true, but...

"I won't allow you to insult them!"

"So, do you want to maintain rebellion? Hokage-sama, I think the other party's thoughts have seriously violated the safety of the village. It's better for such a guy who doesn't understand his position to be imprisoned in prison for labor reform."

Hinoko suggested to Tsunade in a cold tone.

"...you two give me a break."

Tsuna stopped the farce with a headache.

However, Naruto and Hinoko stared wide-eyed, both disliked each other.

"Hinoko, the situation in the seventh class is a bit special, so please bear with me."

Tsunade shook his head helplessly.

Afterwards, she looked at Naruto and said, "You too, Naruto, don't get angry with your juniors. Although Hinoko's words are a little harsh, but there is nothing wrong. I can't say more about some things, but you understand it in your heart... Forget it, anyway, Hinoko is the fourth member of the seventh class. From today, let's get along well."

Naruto still wanted to say something, Tianzang pressed Naruto's shoulder, making him swallow the words he wanted to say.

"Then, let's take our leave, Hokage-sama."

As he spoke, he led Naruto out of the room.

Sai smiled at Hinoko, and Hinoko also smiled back, but in the smile, there was a kind of deep vigilance and vigilance towards Sai, a ninja from the roots.

Following in the footsteps of Tianzang and Naruto, the two left the office one after another.

(PS: Hinoko, a character that appears in the official novel, was fourteen years old when she appeared in the novel, and is an official member of Anbu.)

(end of this chapter)