The Shadow of Konoha

The investigation team sent by the Third Hokage did not find any useful clues from the traces left at the scene when Jiraiya left, but the space ninjutsu itself is very mysterious, and the random landing points of Jiraiya's mess are even more unpredictable, so the failure of the investigation team is reasonable.

However, despite the fruitless efforts of his side, the Third Hokage received news about Jiraiya not long after.

Two days later, a traveling toad invaded the village through a gap in Konoha's barrier and landed directly on the Hokage's desk. It then handed a postcard written by Jiraiya to the Third Hokage and explained his current situation.

It turned out that Jiraiya went to Mount Myoboku... It was not until this time that everyone knew where Jiraiya was.

Sarutobi Hiruzen certainly knew about Mount Myoboku, and with the confirmation of Jiraiya's notes and the fact that toads themselves were much more trustworthy than humans, he believed what the other party said.

Based on some special reasons and some demands for learning and practice, Jiraiya decided to stay in Myoboku Mountain for a while. This behavior of staying in the outside world and refusing to return is really infuriating, but it doesn't matter. The Third Hokage is already satisfied to know that Jiraiya is safe and sound.

It was precisely because he knew what kind of existence Myoboku Mountain was that the Third Hokage felt at ease to let Jiraiya stay there. After learning that Jiraiya could fall into a secret place like Myoboku Mountain by chance, the Third Hokage had an illusion that his children and grandchildren would have their own blessings... For some reason, since the Second Hokage passed away and he became the Third Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen felt that he had suddenly aged several dozen years in his state of mind.

The message sent by Jiraiya was just barely timely, so the Hokage didn't have to put more energy into looking for him, so he could communicate with the Uzumaki clan with peace of mind.

This also meant that Hanyu no longer had to fulfill the promise he made to the Hokage to help find Jiraiya's whereabouts, which he had never intended to do in the first place.

For Hanyu, the wisest choice for the Uzumaki clan is to leave the Land of Whirlpools and join Konoha, but he also knows that his idea is too simple. After all, Hanyu is not a native of this century, so he has no concept of leaving his homeland. However, for a clan like the Uzumaki clan, even if they know that Konoha is a better choice, it is not a simple matter for them to give up their country.

Senju, Uchiha, Uzumaki, Hyuga, etc., no matter whether they were clans that joined the ninja village or clans that were independent of the outside world, they all gradually disappeared with the passage of time. The destruction of clans within the ninja village might be due to accidents and internal strife, but the destruction of clans outside the ninja village was almost inevitable.

The demise of the Uzumaki clan is a pity, but despite his knowledge of these aspects, Hanyu is still a lowly figure and cannot have a say in major matters.

It is even more impossible for him to go directly to the Uzumaki and say like an idiot, "Move quickly, otherwise there will be a bloody disaster in ten years" - Hanyu has the relevant information in his mind, but he does not have the power to rewrite the future for the time being. It has to be said that this is both sad and realistic.

Therefore, instead of worrying about those trivial things, it is more important for Hanyu to practice wind escape well.

Wet bone forest.

In front of Hanyu was a huge rock wall that was as smooth as a mirror. He took a deep breath, stretched out his right palm and placed it on the rock wall.

No matter how the seasons change in the outside world, here in the Wet Bone Forest it is eternally hot and humid, so hot and humid that it seems as if the rock walls can squeeze out water, so Hanyu immediately feels a warm and slippery feeling in his palms.

"Concentrate chakra, transform it into wind attribute, and then... release it!"

Hanyu slapped the rock wall with his palm, and wind blades burst out from his palm, spreading out in all directions with his fingers as extension lines. Then, with a sharp sound like nails scraping on a blackboard, a spider web-like radial mark instantly appeared on the rock wall.

Hanyu removed his palm and frowned at the mark he had made. The conversion of wind attribute chakra was no problem, which showed that the Third Hokage had taught him well, but his chakra intensity and release were too low, so that it looked like he was scraping moss instead of cutting rocks.

"Master Hanyu, there's no problem. What's left is just a matter of practice." Seeing that Hanyu was frowning, Katsuyu at the side couldn't help but comfort him.

When it comes to practicing wind escape, Hanyu has already gotten the hang of it. What remains is just a matter of practice quantity. As long as he increases the amount of practice, everything will become easier with practice .

"It seems that I really need to practice more. I can't take shortcuts this time... My water jutsu was awakened because of the chakra of the Second Hokage, fire jutsu is my natural chakra attribute, and lightning jutsu is developed with the help of water jutsu. These three are considered shortcuts, but for the remaining wind jutsu and earth jutsu, it seems that I can only take one step at a time." Hanyu said.

He wasn't complaining, he was just expressing his feelings.

Without taking shortcuts or hanging on the wall, he relied on his own efforts step by step to practice a kind of escape technique... At this time, Hanyu finally realized that this was a very difficult thing.

Hanyu's emotion came from the bottom of his heart, but if other people heard such remarks, they would definitely slap him twice without saying a word... Is this human language? In addition to practicing step by step, is there any other method to practice the art of escape?

"Given Mr. Hanyu's age, this is not something to be anxious about," Katsuyu said again.

"You're wrong. Actually, I don't have much time. At most, I will be back on the front line in one to two months. Before that, I hope I can at least learn the basics of wind escape technique. Next time I go to the battlefield, I will be stronger than the last time I went to the battlefield. This is one of my survival rules." Hanyu said. Only by constantly improving can you maintain your right to survive on the battlefield. The battlefield of a ninja is so simple and direct.

Moreover, Hanyu disagreed with Katsuyu's argument that there was no need to rush at Hanyu's age. Others at the age of sixteen were already able to solo the World Boss, which was a dungeon with 100,000 people. But at the age of sixteen, Hanyu could only fight as a Genin and barely make a living.

If you compare yourself to others, you will die; if you compare goods to others, you will throw them away. But at least Hanyu still had a strong will, so he began a period of the most arduous and diligent practice.

During the past one or two months, he trained an astonishing amount. By the time the rock wall was covered with dense scratches of varying depths, as if it had been left under wind erosion for hundreds of years, Hanyu's wind-attribute chakra finally reached the level where he could cast a spell.

"Master Hanyu, you succeeded..." Katsuyu said.

"Huh..." Hanyu let out a long breath and continued, "I can only say that the first step was successful. Next... should we try that technique? Anyway, it has been designed a long time ago."

"Can you do that?" the slug asked.

"Who knows? Let's give it a try." Although the result is unknown, Hanyu's tone was quite affirmative when he said this.

Anyway, the theoretical design has been completed long ago.

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