The Shadow of Konoha

After the reception ceremony, the Third Hokage first arranged for the Uzumaki clan's envoys to rest, and then sent Sansho and Uzumaki Mito away together.

The Sarutobi clan is also considered a big clan in Konoha, but their mansion can never compare to the Senju mansion that Hanyu had seen. It's a pity that the Senju mansion is now dilapidated. In addition, Sarutobi Hiruzen has become the third Hokage, so the Sarutobi clan's mansion has naturally become the most grand and prominent residence in the entire Konoha.

Compared to the Senju, Hanyu has nothing to do with Sarutobi. After today's incident, he stayed quietly in the corridor near the door, ready to receive the Hokage's dismissal order at any time... Hanyu is a relatively law-abiding person after all, and he would not run around in Sarutobi's house like Tsunade or Orochimaru.

Just as Hanyu was leaning against a wall in a daze, waiting to punch out, suddenly, the voice of the Third Hokage rang in his ears.

"Strong lightning and weak fire, bringing the cutting attribute to its full potential, whether it's penetrating damage, internal destruction, or surface-based killing capabilities, it has extremely excellent performance... This is the characteristic of wind-attribute chakra and even wind escape, Hanyu, are you practicing this?"

This person appeared behind Hanyu silently without making any sound. He was truly worthy of being called a "shadow" with his stealth skills maxed out.

"Sandaime..." Hanyu left the wall he was leaning against and stood up in front of the Hokage. But it took him a moment to realize what the other party was saying, and then he lowered his eyes and glanced at his fingers - only to see a leaf between his two fingers.

No wonder the Third Hokage said that, it turned out that he was unconsciously practicing the transformation of the wind-attribute chakra.

"Yes, Third Hokage, I am practicing the transformation of wind-attribute chakra... Before, when I went to Daimyo Castle, during the fight with that special enemy, I came into contact with wind-style ninjutsu, and took this as an opportunity to start practicing wind-style ninjutsu." Then, Hanyu said this very frankly. This was not something worth hiding, so there was nothing that could not be told to others.

"Find it on your own... you'll get half the result with twice the effort. It's quite difficult to do something like this entirely on your own." The Third Hokage said after a moment of hesitation.

Although Sansho is a good teacher, there are many things she cannot teach Hanyu. Many times, even if she explains a theory, a concept or even a practice method clearly, it is not as illustrative to her students as a real demonstration.

Unfortunately, Sansho couldn't do such a demonstration.

The Third Hokage was not a good teacher, but he didn't mind helping the young ninjas in the village. He stretched out one hand, spread his palm flat, and said, "Looking at your level of practice, you have already had an initial impression of wind attribute chakra and wind escape ninjutsu. This is very good. What you need to do next is to continue to increase the amount of practice. When your wind attribute chakra conversion amount and conversion efficiency are improved to a certain level, you will be able to use wind escape ninjutsu.

The characteristic of wind is cutting. To be more specific, it is like you put your hands together, squeeze them together, and then slide your palms suddenly. The power of tearing through space is stimulated from between your hands... The tearing feeling that bursts out through the short and intense friction in the extreme space is the feeling of wind escape."

According to his own instructions, the attributeless chakra emanating from the palm of the Third Hokage began to change a little bit, and finally formed a rotating micro-cyclone in the middle of his palm. His movements were so slow that Hanyu could see every step he took when changing the nature of the chakra.

There is no doubt that the seemingly ordinary was a top-notch teaching. It extended Hanyu's understanding of wind escape from a broad impression to the specific method of how to efficiently transform wind attribute chakra... It can only be said that the Third Hokage is worthy of being called a "Ninjutsu Professor".

Soon, the Hokage dispersed the chakra in his hand, and then continued, "Thank you for reporting on Jiraiya's matter. Next, please help keep an eye on his situation. Although I am the Hokage, I can't invest much energy in finding my own disciples. After all, I can't use public resources for personal gain."

Although Sarutobi Hiruzen is the Hokage, he would never mobilize Konoha's power to find his disciples. That would make no sense. Konoha's ninjas are Konoha's ninjas, not the Hokage's personal servants.

"I understand, Hokage-sama. I will help find Jiraiya. It would be great if Katsuyu can reconfirm the spatial location it had sensed before." Hanyu immediately agreed, as a way of returning a favor. Then he secretly glanced at the Hokage. He had obviously taken advantage of the situation, but he started bargaining again, "But, Hokage-sama..."

"What? Didn't you see my demonstration clearly? Do you need me to do it again?" The Hokage said with a smile. He didn't feel disgusted with this smart and studious young man.

However, Hanyu shook his head and said, "No, the Third-Kage's demonstration just now was clear enough, and I have memorized it all... I want to say that it is better to do it today than to wait for a day, and this opportunity is rare. Can Hokage demonstrate to me the transformation of the properties of earth attribute chakra?"

Right, teaching one is the same as teaching two, so what's the difference?

Even Hanyu felt a little regretful. When the Hokage taught him Fire Release, he should have asked him to demonstrate all the property changes at the same time... Well, it was a bit too greedy to think like that.

The Third Hokage: "..."

Young man, aren't you taking yourself too seriously as an outsider?

Hanyu also knew that he was a little greedy, but the opportunity was rare now. An old driver in the ninja world like the Third Hokage would not be willing to let you get on the bus at any time.

"Are you sure? Aren't you afraid of mixing up your knowledge?"

"Sandaime, we are ninjas, we are not afraid."

Hanyu is not afraid of learning too many different things. "Miscellaneous" does not mean "bad", he is afraid of not learning enough different things. Hanyu's special way of making hand seals is not so much about making hand seals as it is about recompiling ninjutsu, reorganizing the code and forming an effective sequence. Of course, the more escape techniques and ninjutsu he masters, the better, so that he will be more efficient and more lethal.

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Three days later, the Hokage was in a panic because of Jiraiya's disappearance. If a ninja on the battlefield had , the combat command would have to consider whether to issue him a death notice.

At the same time, Myoboku Mountain.

Jiraiya was following a toad on a tour. The fresh and green scenery was a little overwhelming for him, but as he walked, he finally remembered something.

He seems, probably, possibly, seemingly... he should inform the village that he is now in Myoboku Mountain, right?

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