Water bears at the beginning, wet bone forest eating old people

"Mr. Gu Zang, I'm here to pay you a visit."

Hiruzen held Kawazo in his arms, knocked on the door, and finally stepped into the old house of the Senju family. As time went by, this area was basically emptied, and the old house of the Senju family was not conspicuous here at all, and it seemed that no one had been here for a long time.

"Heh... Hiruzen..."

An old voice came from the house, and Hiruzen was stunned. Kozo was at home?

Hiruzen turned around and saw that the door of the side room in the courtyard was open, and Gu Zang was lying leisurely on the small mat that had never changed for thousands of years.

"Mr. Gu Zang, I heard that you are not..."

"Have you been back to the Wet Bone Forest? Don't even mention it. The old woman got tired of me and kicked me out after two days."

There seemed to be a hint of helplessness in Gu Zang's words.

Hiruzen couldn't quite understand what this feeling was. After all, in his eyes, or in everyone's eyes, Mr. Kozo and the slug... were two different species, right?

"But thanks to the old woman, I can live two more days."

There was a sense of fatigue in Gu Zang's voice, which made Hiruzen doubt whether he could live for another two days, but he couldn't say that out loud.

"Mr. Kozo, I'm sure you can hold on for a long time. I believe in Tsunade, and I hope you get to see her hold her son."

Gu Zang shook his head. Here it comes again. Ever since Hiruzen became Hokage, he has been using these comforting words one after another, and they look just like the real thing.

"What brings you to visit me today? Has Konoha fallen into such a state that an old man like me needs to show up?"

Hiruzen's old face turned dark. That's right, Mr. Kozang, even though he was so old that he was about to die, his mouth was still unbearably dark!

"It's like this, Konoha has a rising star recently, his name is Shinzo."

"Hmm... I've heard of him. He's a ten-thousand-year-old Genin, the one who runs really hard."

Hiruzen sighed, he was getting old and confused.

"No, Mr. Kozo, he's a teacher at the Ninja School and a staunch inheritor of the Will of Fire."

"Will of Fire..."

Upon hearing this, Gu Zang propped himself up slightly, and his originally strong insect body seemed to become a little fat, like the skin of an old man.

Then, Gu Zang seemed to be lost in some memories, standing there motionless.

"Mr. Gu Zang?"

Hiruzen sat quietly at the door with him for a while, but after staying for half a day, he couldn't stand it any longer. He was the Hokage! He didn't have that much free time!

"Ah...I was lost in thought. Sorry, Monkey, what did you want to talk to me about?"

Hiruzen seemed to be running out of patience, but when he heard Kozo call him a monkey, he froze for a moment.

This name... How long has it been since anyone called him that?

Hiruzen smiled faintly, regained his patience, and slowly explained to Kozo, whose memory seemed to be fading: "It is like this, Mr. Kozo, there is a teacher in the ninja school named Shinzo..."

Hiruzen hugged Kawatsune and seemed to have returned to his youth.

At that time, Senju Tobirama was also sitting patiently in front of the door, teaching Hiruzen with a relaxed expression.

Even though Senju Tobirama was not the Second Hokage at that time, he was much busier than Hashirama, the First Hokage.

"This child is named Chuan Zang. He is the one that Xin Zang brought back."

Hiruzen slightly peeled back the cloth bag that was wrapped around Kawatsu's body and held it out towards the house.

"Sichuan-Zang... I know, this kid, let me see... see..."

Gu Zang's voice was trembling. Hiruzen panicked for no apparent reason and tried to go forward to support Gu Zang.

He was afraid that if he visited by chance, he would be worshipped to death by Gu Zang. That would be a great sin. Gu Zang was not like Shin Zang. He was a living fossil of Konoha!

"This child, named Kawatsura, was... brought back from the Land of Rivers?"

Gu Zang raised his head and looked at Hiruzen. This question immediately made Hiruzen realize something was unusual.

What's going on? Mr. Gu Zang seems quite agitated.

This kind of emotional fluctuation is very rare in Gu Zang. You know, Gu Zang has always been a senior-like guy who is good at joking.

The last time Gu Zang was so emotional was more than ten years ago, when Gu Zang and his teacher Senju Tobirama were sparring in the back mountains and Gu Zang was slightly defeated, and he angrily scolded the onlookers!

"What's wrong, Mr. Gu Zang? Is there something wrong with this child?"

Hiruzen shrank his arms slightly. He had just decided in his mind that even if something was wrong with Kawatsune, he would do his best to protect the child and make appropriate adjustments to his education.

This was brought back from Xinzang.

Hiruzen retracted his hand slightly, which made Gu Zang stunned, but Gu Zang didn't say anything, but retreated to the middle of the mat.

"Hehehe... Hiruzen... alright."

"No... Mr. Gu Zang, that's not what I meant, it's just that this child..."

"Do not."

Gu Zang gently waved his paw.

"This is what you should do. I don't blame you, Hiruzen. I just sensed a familiar aura from this child."

Gu Zang's insect body slowly lay down on the mat, his head looking at the ceiling, even though he had no eyes.

"It's so familiar..."

Hiruzen looked up at the ceiling, seeing nothing special, and then lowered his head to think for a while.

familiar?

Who is Gu Zang most familiar with? It’s not Tsunade, nor Senju Tobirama, but... Senju Hashirama!

He is the summoning beast of Hashirama Senju!

Then this child...

Hiruzen looked down at Kawazo who was sleeping soundly in his arms, his hands shaking a little.

What does it mean to feel familiar with Hashirama Senju?

A silly personality? A carefree way of speaking? A charismatic personality? What can you tell from such a young child?

The only sense of familiarity that can be detected must be the sensing of certain similarities in his body through chakra!

"Mr. Kozang..." This time, even Hiruzen's voice was trembling.

"This child... has Wood Release attributes, right?"

Kozang turned around and nodded, and this confirmation made Hiruzen take a deep breath.

Once wasn't enough, so he took another deep breath.

After a long breath in and out, Hiruzen solemnly entrusted Kozō to him, "Mr. Kozō, please consider..."

Before Hiruzen could finish, Kozo interrupted him.

"Taking care of children? This is something I've always been good at, isn't it?"

Hiruzen nodded vigorously.

"That's right, Mr. Gu Zang, please!"

Gu Zang waved his hand.

"Have you ever considered the Uchiha's thoughts on the appearance of a Wood Release ninja at the Senju residence?"

Hiruzen's expression immediately darkened. This was due to his inconsiderateness and his excessive excitement.

Hiruzen was not surprised at all that Gu Zang could think of this. Compared to Hashirama Senju's universal love, Gu Zang gave him the feeling that he was closer to Tobirama Senju's character of balancing everything for Konoha.

"Let's go, old man. I haven't been out for many years. Take me to the home of that ten thousand year old Genin to have a look."

Kozang slowly climbed to his feet and came to Hiruzen's side.

"Mr. Kozo, Shinzo is a teacher at the ninja school, not a ten-thousand-year-old genin."

Hiruzen muttered softly before lifting Kozo onto his shoulders.

Kozang looked at Kawazaki in Hiruzen's arms and couldn't help but want to laugh.

Done, it's so easy.

But I raise myself, and then I become my own spirit beast?

It's a bit mysterious.

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