19 Chapter 19: Two Months of Practice (Edited)

Country of fire.

A small town on the border.

Danzo was sitting in a hotel room with a map of the Fire Country in front of him.

Recently, he had several encounters with Kirigakure ninjas who tried to provoke Konoha.

"The war will start sooner or later, you're always too soft and indecisive, Hiruzen, a preemptive strike is the best solution."

Danzo muttered slowly as he carefully examined the map.

In his eyes, Hiruzen's behavior was too indecisive and conservative, only responding to the movements of other villages, but in the current situation, it would be much more effective to start a war and deal a decisive blow to one of the large ninja villages.

With Konoha's current power, it won't be that difficult to crush one village, but if Konoha is simultaneously attacked by several villages and they engage in a protracted war, the situation will become very problematic.

According to Danzo, Hiruzen simply does not have enough courage and determination to start a war, but this is the only way to unite the entire ninja world, and sacrifices had to be made.

Whoosh!

Just as Danzo was carefully studying the map and considering how to act against Kirigakure in the future, a Root ninja appeared in the room.

Danzo didn't even look at him, but kept looking at the map and casually said, "What's the situation in the village?"

Although Danzo himself was at the border of the Fire Country, but some Root ninja remained in Konoha, to control and monitor the situation, and reported to him from time to time.

The Root ninja said in an emotionless voice: "The Lord Hokage's Opinion has not changed, you must continue to act the same way...". Orochimaru returned to the village with some information about Sunagakure, specific details are unknown."

The ninja Root reported all the information received recently, starting with the most important and ending with the least significant.

Danzo listened to the report in silence.

Almost half an hour later, the Root said, "... the older Kakashi brother, Yeruashi, killed an elite Kirigakure scout, presumably, Yeruashi has more power and talent than Kakashi"

"Hmm?"

Danzo paused for a moment, with a surprised look in his eyes.

This wasn't that important compared to the previous information, but the fact was that all the previous information was in line with his expectations, and this was a complete surprise.

"Is the information reliable?"

"Yes."

The Root ninja nodded affirmatively.

Danzo narrowed his eyes and said thoughtfully, "Does Sakumo's eldest son have such a talent, but chose to hide it..."

Sakumo's death is directly related to him, but that was not his original intention.

But the attitude of the villagers was manipulated by him, including the fellow who was saved by Sakumo, and it was only after some guidance from him that he discarded the guilt that tormented him and blamed Sakumo across the board as well.

The original intention was to suppress Sakumo's authority.

Because at that time, Sakumo was the main contender for the position of fourth Hokage and had Hiruzen's support, he certainly could not bear to see Sakumo become a Hokage.

But suddenly, Sakumo put all the blame on himself and committed suicide ... This was not his original intention, after all, although they did not get along, but the White Fang of Konoha was a powerful weapon of Konoha.

If he had taken the position of Hokage, Sakumo could have been a great tool in his hands.

Danzo thought, and turned to Root's and said, ".... continue."

Although Yeruashi made Danzo think about some things, but now he is at the border of the Fire Country and is dealing with Kirigakure, he doesn't have time to worry about those matters and will have to wait until he returns to the village.

Root ninja nodded and continued with the report.

...

Back Mountains of Konoha.

Two months had passed since the assassination of the Kirigakure scout.

During these two months, Yeruashi as usual continued to attend the ninja academy, after the incident with Hyuga Baki, the students began to look at him with some respect, and the girls were even more fascinated by him.

It's so easy to defeat Hyuga Baki, maybe Yeruashi has already reached the level of Chuunin, although he's not as good as Kakashi, but he's definitely not too inferior!

Now the girls in the class started to act even more "excessively", which left Yeruashi helpless.

Two months of time.

The results of his training were also very noticeable.

His actual age is just over nine years old, but due to the ability to accelerate time, the age of his physical body is gradually approaching eleven years old, and both his physical strength and chakra had steadily improved from barely reaching the level of an Elite Chuunin to a level that is considered the pinnacle among Elite Chuunin.

Furthermore, although Hatake's kenjutsu did not advance to the second stage, he can now open the first two gates of the Hachimon Tonko!

Although the first two gates of the Hachimon Tonko did not bring an explosive upgrade, they still brought a real boost of strength for Yeruashi.

Haa! Haa!!!!

In a clearing in the middle of the forest, Yeruashi was doing physical exercise.

"It's still a little while before I can open the third gate..."

After a few violent gasps, Yeruashi stopped his practice and muttered as he sensed that the shackles of the third door inside his body had not yet loosened to a level that could be easily broken through without severely damaging his body.

Opening the third gate should bring a qualitative change.

The first gate allows him to use the body's physical capabilities to one hundred percent, although the increase in strength was noticeable, but not too much, the second gate has a greater effect on recovery and endurance, only the third gate should provide a real increase in strength .

"If I can open the third gate ... combining them with Hatake kenjutsu, even without using time acceleration, I should have the power of a Tokubetsu Jounin!"

Yeruashi muttered in his mind.

After mastering the Hachimon Tonko, his strength became difficult to evaluate according to standard rank criteria, because opponents who can't respond to his speed would have difficulty lasting a move or two in front of him.

Only the Uchiha, with the Sharingan, and the Hyuga clan, with the Byakugan, could barely withstand his attacks, but this is only a qualification for entering the battle, because it is clear that seeing the moves ... Doesn't mean they can keep up with them!