Joint Training

Looking at the excited Orochimaru, Nagasawa did not say a word.

Although he knew the reason for the failure of the experiment, it was still difficult for Orochimaru to solve this problem.

Raising spiritual energy was more complicated and took a longer time than reinforcing physical strength.

If he wanted to obtain powerful spiritual energy quickly, he would have to transplant Sharingan.

Moreover, if he wanted to balance out Hashirama's cells, even ordinary three-tomoe Sharingan might not be enough.

regardless, Orochimaru was elated since he made a progress in his experiments, and Nagasawa didn't want to ruin the parade.

With Orochimaru's intelligence, he could quickly discover the problem.

However, solving it was a whole different thing.

However, that was just how experiments were. It had its ups and downs. If everything went smoothly, one would have to wonder if they had overlooked any mistakes.

...

Time passed quickly, and March was about to end.

Shisui arrived at the Hokage building and entered the Third Hokage's office to submit his evaluation of Nagasawa for the past two weeks.

Since January, the Third Hokage had asked him to report once every two weeks.

The Third Hokage looked at the evaluation submitted by Shisui.

The evaluation contained some simple records of what Nagasawa had done in the past two weeks. There were no records about the training team.

Then, Shisui evaluated Nagasawa through these records.

"Shisui, your evaluation of Nagasawa is as high as ever." The Third Hokage said after reading the evaluation.

In Shisui's evaluation report, Nagasawa was a person who inherited the Will of Fire, hardworking and loved Konoha. He was the role model for Shinobi.

Even if the Third Hokage trusted Shisui, he also suspected that Shisui was a little biased toward Nagasawa.

However, after he asked some other Anbu, they mostly said positive things about Nagasawa.

At the very least, they all believed that Nagasawa definitely loved Konoha.

Anbu once found a spy. Seeing that there was no chance of escaping, the spy took out the Explosive Tag and tried to commit suicide.

At that time, the spy was in the shopping districts, so there were many shops and people nearby.

In the face of the spy who had several Explosive Tags in his hand, Nagasawa was not afraid at all. He took the risk of being blown up by the explosion and directly captured the spy.

After the mission, an Anbu asked Nagasawa whether he was not afraid if the spy detonate the explosion talisman in advance.

Nagasawa's answer left a deep impression on Anbu.

"At that time, I didn't think too much. The only thing in my mind was I couldn't let the enemy destroy that place since it's the most prosperous place in Konoha."

His love for Konoha ran that deep.

Therefore, at this moment, the Third Hokage was convinced that Minato had a good eye for picking friends. Nagasawa was indeed an excellent Shinobi who had inherited the Will of Fire.

"Shisui, your mission is concluded. You don't have to go to the training team anymore. Thank you for your hard work." The Third Hokage looked at Shisui with a kind smile.

Shisui was stunned for a moment before nodding and saying, "Understood."

Actually, he didn't want to leave the training team.

The training team had a good atmosphere. Everyone worked hard and strived to make Konoha better.

He saw eye to eye with the leader of the First Team, Kakashi, who was also a prodigy and occasionally discussed Ninjutsu with him.

The leader of the Second Team was very funny, always able to brighten up the mood while the others were down.

The leader of the Third Team was very calm and smart...

There were also many things worth learning from Nagasawa.

Although he had only joined them for two months, he was impressed with the training team.

However, he was an Anbu, and Anbu only ought to obey orders.

After Shisui left, the Third Hokage thought about it and went to the Hokage's office.

Third looked at the familiar office door and couldn't help but sigh.

In the past, he was sitting inside, waiting for someone to knock on the door.

But now, he was the one knocking on the door.

However, this was not so bad. After retirement, he didn't feel as much pressure, making it much easier.

Ever since his teacher ordered him to become the next Hokage as they faced a crisis back then, he had never gotten the chance to relax.

After the second Ninja World War, the third Ninja World War quickly broke out, giving him no chance to rest.

The Third Hokage shook his head and snapped out from his thoughts as he knocked on the door of the Hokage's office.

"Come in."

The Third Hokage opened the door and walked into the familiar office.

Minato looked up and saw that it was Sarutobi Hiruzen. He was surprised and said, "Third, why are you here?"

The Third Hokage closed the door and saw the few documents on Minato's desk. He smiled and said, "It seems that I still have a good eye. Minato, you are very suitable for the Hokage. When I first became the Hokage, I couldn't handle all the paperwork and it just piled up on the desk."

"You flatter me, Third-sama." Minato smiled modestly.

"Didn't your Anbu form a training team? How are they doing?" Third asked.

Although he sent Shisui to join the training team to observe Nagasawa, Shisui could not investigate the training team.

Therefore, he did not know much about the current training team. He only judged through experience that the training team was a big move that Minato made.

Minato thought for a moment and said, "Very good. The Anbu that joined the training team has improved a lot."

"Is that so? That's good." Sarutobi Hiruzen nodded.

It was good that they did get something out of it.

He felt that Minato would not lie about this just to make him look good in his eyes.

After pondering for a moment, Sarutobi Hiruzen said, "Why don't we have a joint training between our Anbu to see how far the new Anbu has grown?"

"Do you want to have a joint training with your Anbu?"

Third nodded and said, "If the new Anbu performs well this time, then I don't mind giving them more missions and responsibility."

Minato understood what the Third Hokage meant.

The Third Hokage wanted to how well Minato's Anbu was doing. If the Third Hokage were satisfied, the Third Hokage would give a portion of his authority to his Anbu.

The Fourth Hokage's Anbu didn't really do that many important missions right now, and basically, all the important secret missions were handed over to the Third Hokage's Anbu.

Even Minato himself didn't think that his Anbu was ready yet, let alone the Third Hokage. After all, the members of the Fourth Hokage's Anbu were mostly new and inexperienced.

Otherwise, Minato would not have handed over important things like Kushina's childbirth to the Third Hokage and his Anbu in the manga.