The Calm Of The Approaching Storm

Naruto didn't care too much about being suspected. This was bound to happen as his strength recovered, it was just a matter of sooner or later.He was sure that if he was honest now, he wouldn't have to question his own power for a while.And he must seize the opportunity to muddy the water so that he can have more opportunities to regain his strength. After all, he cannot always use his strength to borrow money, and the punishment time is too long.After all, for now, the environment he is in is still relatively calm and safe most of the time. If it is the kind of situation filled with high-intensity battles every moment, a whole day without Reiatsu, it would be It's already quite deadly.At least until Naruto finds someone who can transfer souls from another world and successfully obtains a powerful companion, he probably won't think about it casually and then use his strength to borrow all his strength.Now he needs an opportunity, a chaotic battlefield, an opportunity that allows him to harvest the lives of strong men wantonly.The current situation couldn't help but remind him of the thousand-year bloody battle in Shinigami. As a triple agent, he wantonly harvested the strong men of the Star Cross Knights and the Gotei Thirteenth Division on the battlefield.To this day, he can still clearly recall the pleasure of harvesting lives.All Naruto can do now is to keep waving Zanpakutō and improve his physical fitness as much as possible before the start of the third game.Even if everyone in this exam is not an opponent in his eyes, he still has to prepare in advance to kill Orochimaru, Sarutobi Hiruzen and the top experts in each village.And because Sasuke was taken away by Kakashi, little Sakura sitting aside could only pass the time silently watching Naruto's movements.Little Sakura looked at Naruto's serious face and fell into thinking. It was obvious that he had just graduated from the ninja school not long ago. The voice of everyone calling Naruto "the tail of the crane" seemed to be in her ears, but looking at Naruto's performance now...In the Hokage's temporary office in the tower, Anko stood up in disbelief and asked, "Master Hokage, are you serious?"Sarutobi Hiruzen blew out a smoke ring and said calmly: "According to the three of them, combined with the situation at the scene, it was indeed Naruto who did it.""It was Naruto who killed the Orochi and wounded Orochimaru?" Anko still couldn't accept the news.There were not many people present, only Sarutobi Hiruzen, Kakashi and Anko. They gathered here because all three of them were closely related to the incident.Seeing Kakashi's calm expression, Anko asked, "Did you know the news in advance? You didn't look surprised."Kakashi waved his hand and replied: "I learned the news earlier than you, but I didn't have such a big reaction as you at the time. He had already killed Jōnin before that.""I've heard the rumor that Zabuza Momochi, one of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen, was killed. I thought he was just involved, mainly because of your role, but even if he did it, it couldn't be compared to A character comparable to Orochimaru, right?"Anko seemed to have thought of something, his eyes lit up as if he had found the answer, and he said loudly: "It's because of Nine Tails, right?"Sarutobi Hiruzen glanced at Kakashi, and Kakashi understood and said: "In fact, this has nothing to do with Nine Tails.Not only in the last battle with Zabuza, but even this time, Naruto did not use any Nine Tails' power from beginning to end, which means that he fought Orochimaru with his own strength."Sarutobi Hiruzen added: "You are also one of the discoverers of the scene. You should know that such power is enough to kill anyone without considering other factors.""Not the power of Nine Tails, but relying on his own strength?" Anko opened his mouth and couldn't accept such a reality. This was a much more unacceptable answer than borrowing the power of Nine Tails."I know this is hard to accept, but in fact, Naruto, before becoming a Genin, actually had a record of killing Chūnin, and this was also the news that I ordered to be blocked." Sarutobi Hiruzen calmly poured out the ash in his pipe."What?" Anko felt that at this moment, the values ​​she had held for so many years were being broken bit by bit.Sarutobi Hiruzen also got to the point at this time and said seriously: "The reason why I introduced so much to you before talking about the official topic is because I asked you to come here to talk about Naruto as one of the forces against Orochimaru."Sarutobi Hiruzen first looked at Kakashi and said: "As Naruto's teacher, you are one of the people who know his strength best."He looked at Anko and said: "And you are the only one who has fought with Orochimaru at this time besides Naruto, so I want to hear your opinions.""Hokage, are you serious?" Anko couldn't help asking."You have fought with him, you should know better than me what amazing results Naruto has achieved." Sarutobi Hiruzen said decisively.Anko recalled the fight with Orochimaru not long ago. Although she tried her best and even wanted to use the Forbidden Technique, she still couldn't hurt Orochimaru at all.So Anko put herself in her own perspective, killing Orochimaru's Summoning beast and successfully hurting Orochimaru, but she couldn't do it." Kakashi, what do you think?""Naruto's strength has obviously improved a lot compared to what I know, but when it comes to other aspects, whether it is insight or judgment, according to my standards, it is above the level,"Kakashi touched his chin and pondered for a moment, "Based on my understanding of Naruto, if he didn't know Orochimaru insufficiently, perhaps the results would be even better."Sarutobi Hiruzen nodded with satisfaction and said, "Your evaluation is not low. Now it's your opinion, Anko."Anko put his hands on Sarutobi Hiruzen's desk and said seriously, "I'm sorry, Hokage-sama, it's precisely because I know Orochimaru's ability that I can't easily draw conclusions before I see Naruto's true strength. I don't want him to sacrifice because of my decision."Sarutobi Hiruzen didn't refute it, because he could more or less understand what Anko said.He tapped his fingers on the table for a while and said, "Then let's do this, you can confirm Naruto's strength, and the next time Orochimaru takes action again, it's up to you to judge whether to let him Naruto is involved."Since Sarutobi Hiruzen has said this, Anko will not refuse."I will stay by his side until I get the answer I want."