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

Konoha 21 years.

Jiraiya, who finally couldn't bear it anymore, protested against Sarutobi Hiruzen.

"Hey! Hiruzen-sensei! I'm already a very powerful ninja. I don't want to help uncles and aunties in the village every day!"

Hiruzen took out a pipe and took two puffs. He didn't know when he got addicted to smoking, maybe after talking with Jiraiya?

"I see. Since you're so motivated, how about we take on a mission that's truly worthy of a ninja?"

When Jiraiya heard this, he jumped up like a monkey and looked at Sarutobi Hiruzen with energy.

"Hiruzen-sensei! Keep your word! We're going now!"

"Hahaha! Why are you so impatient?"

Hiruzen calmly led the trio towards the mission distribution center.

On weekdays, he helped the second generation to deal with the affairs of the village, which were too many trivial matters. Hiruzen thought that today, since he had time to take care of the three little ones in Team 7, he might as well let them have some meat.

At the mission issuing office, the ninja who issued the mission saw Hiruzen coming and nodded politely and called him "Sir Hiruzen".

The guards of the Second Hokage, whether now or in the future, are definitely high-ranking officials with an extraordinary status.

Hiruzen responded with understanding, without any airs.

"Are there any C-rank missions?"

The mission issuing ninja glanced at the three people led by Hiruzen and immediately understood that it was a C-level mission when he found a mission document from the mission.

"Clearing out the bandits, that's it."

Hiruzen glanced at the mission report, nodded, and took the mission information away.

"Bandits? Why are there bandits outside?"

Jiraiya asked carelessly as he followed Hiruzen.

Although he was an orphan, he had not experienced a large-scale war, and Konoha Village seemed very peaceful. Jiraiya could not imagine that the outside world was chaotic.

"Jiraiya, the village looks big, but it's only a small part of the Land of Fire. There are many other Lands of Fire outside, and there are even places bigger than the Land of Fire."

Hiruzen, smoking a cigarette, brought the three of them to a training ground at the edge of the village.

"Today, I will first test the results of your training. If I am satisfied, you can set off tomorrow."

"Okay! I've been waiting for this day for a long time!"

Jiraiya was ready to fight. Ever since he accepted Hiruzen's teachings, there had not been a single day when he didn't want to punch his old face. The scene of being tied to the wooden stake that morning was still vivid in his mind!

Orochimaru stood aside nonchalantly. He was not as brainless as Jiraiya. He knew that he had accepted the mission and would leave the village tomorrow no matter what.

As for Tsunade, she was actually as restless and wanted to take action as Jiraiya, but as a girl, she had to be more ladylike, and having the noisy Jiraiya to speak for her was enough.

Gu Zang was sleeping on Tsunade's shoulder. Since he came out from the second generation last time, he was almost bound to Tsunade, but he had no sense of existence. Everything was done to reassure Senju Tobirama and divert the major's attention to him.

Recently, Senju Tobirama seems to have some ideas about Uchiha, and he doesn't care about Gu Zang. Gu Zang is happy to be idle and just sleeps every day. He can only stand up when he kills Senju Tobirama.

When he heard Hiruzen say that he wanted to test the results of the training, Gu Zang consciously "woke up" and quickly retreated to the side, not intending to intervene.

There was a strange light in Orochimaru's eyes. He didn't see clearly when Gu Zang left Tsunade's shoulder just now. It was not until Gu Zang's figure appeared on the side that he noticed that Gu Zang had been by their side all the time.

Even the crude Jiraiya noticed Kozo.

"Hey! Tsunade, summoning beasts are also considered their own fighting power, right? Why doesn't Mr. Kozo help you?"

"laugh--"

When Kozo heard Jiraiya's words, he sneered in an incomprehensible way.

"Boy, when did you learn to instigate this?"

Gu Zang lazily found a tree root and leaned against it and said, "Strictly speaking, I am not Tsunade's summoning beast, but the summoning beast of the First Hokage, Senju Hashirama. If I fight with you, wouldn't that be bullying a child?"

"Yes, Mr. Gu Zang is a spiritual beast from the last era."

Hiruzen chimed in from the side, seemingly agreeing, but the crow's feet at the corners of his eyes seemed to betray him.

"What?! Stop looking down on me!"

As expected, Jiraiya was fooled.

"Mr. Gu Zang?" Hiruzen looked at Gu Zang with a smile. This was not a monkey at all, he was an old fox!

Gu Zang waved his hands at Hiruzen in annoyance. He was just curious and wanted to see him take action. He couldn't beat Senju Tobirama, and he couldn't deal with the three little ones?

"Okay, I'll practice with you guys today, but let's make it clear beforehand."

Gu Zang stretched out a paw seriously and raised a finger.

"For five minutes, you can hit me however you want. I won't fight back. After five minutes, if you don't hurt me or make me move, you must admit defeat."

"Why!"

"If I take action, I'm bound to hurt you."

Gu Zang shook his head in a pretentious manner, and even shook his sharp claws twice.

Jiraiya was holding back his anger, as Gu Zang's words deeply hurt his self-esteem. Although it was not the first time, how could the genius Jiraiya be defeated by just one sentence?

"Come on! Mr. Gu Zang!"

Tsunade was even more eager to try. Although Gu Zang had always been in her life and could be said to be inseparable, Gu Zang rarely spoke on his own initiative. Sometimes, Tsunade would inadvertently forget Gu Zang's existence.

Several years have passed, and Gu Zang has never taken action, which has led Tsunade to have a low understanding of Gu Zang.

But Gu Zang was left by her grandfather, and because of the generation gap, Tsunade was embarrassed to ask Gu Zang directly or test him.

"What about you, Orochimaru, do you want to give it a try?"

Seeing Jiraiya and Tsunade full of fighting spirit, Gu Zang couldn't help but look at Orochimaru who was standing aside as quiet as a girl.

Compared to Jiraiya and Tsunade, Kozo always felt that Orochimaru's achievements and ceiling were the highest among the three ninjas. He was scientific!

"Mr. Gu Zang, I am indeed quite interested in you. Please give me your guidance."

Orochimaru smiled lightly and said politely.

"Very well, then... Hiruzen, make some room."

Upon hearing this, Sarutobi Hiruzen immediately retreated.

bang——

A huge cloud of smoke and dust exploded, and Gu Zang revealed his twenty-meter-long insect body. This was the limit he could reach in the Wet Bone Forest a few years ago, but now, he was just playing house with Sanxiao.

Unlike a few years ago, the insect's body looks mottled and hard, its huge claws are shining coldly, and its mouthparts are even more hideous and terrifying.

A rumbling sound of friction came from the smoke. Gu Zang stepped out of the smoke with one claw. The sharp claw tip pierced into the ground as easily as a knife into tofu. Then his whole body slowly emerged from the smoke.

The huge body brought an astonishing sense of oppression. Jiraiya shivered a few times and said, "Are you...are you kidding me...Is...Is this really Mr. Kozo?"

After Gu Zang's figure was fully revealed, the three children took a breath of cold air. His exaggerated size and terrifying insect body made them look like insects in comparison.

bass--

The claws, shining with cold light, gestured at the air, and the buzzing sound caused by the friction with the air was a bit harsh.

"Come on, try using ninjutsu on me."