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

No one expected Nawaki's death. Why did this rising star of Konoha die? Why did he die?

As the grandson of the first generation, his talent and ability were highly anticipated by everyone, but he died before he could grow up.

It is not known whether any of this was done within the village.

At least Kozo didn't know if Danzo and the Uchiha were involved.

Tsunade has been drinking every day for the past two days and even stopped going to Konoha Hospital. The front line is in crisis and Konoha Hospital is overcrowded. Without Tsunade, the powerful medical ninja, the treatment progress of Konoha Hospital immediately became a little stretched.

"Tsunade-chan... It's not good for you to do this. The past cannot be undone..."

"Mr. Gu Zang."

Tsunade tilted her head back and gently shook off the hair that was stuck to her forehead due to sweat, her eyes blurred with drunkenness.

She shook the bottle in her hand, and the wine gurgled and spilled a few drops.

"Grandpa went, Second Grandpa went too, Shengshu... Shengshu went too, hiccup—I might as well go too..."

Tsunade's face was red and she looked unkempt. She said something like "I'm leaving", which made even an old man like Gu Zang feel a little uncomfortable.

"It's because so many people have passed away that you need to be more independent and prevent others from passing away, isn't it, Tsunade?"

Gu Zang slowly crawled to Tsunade's side.

"I believe Orochimaru must be thinking so."

Tsunade struggled to think with her alcohol-soaked head. Yes, that guy Orochimaru must have thought so...

"But I'm not as good as Orochimaru. Putting aside the identity of the Princess of Konoha... Heh, what else do I have?"

"Little Tsunade, don't underestimate yourself. You are the master of Konoha's medical ninjutsu."

"Medical Ninjutsu...yes...medical Ninjutsu..."

Gu Zang looked at Tsunade, who seemed to have finally come to her senses and was standing there in a daze, and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

He didn't really care whether Tsunade was sad or not.

The most important thing is that Tsunade drinks and acts crazy at home every day, so he can't use his newly-created body. If Tsunade accidentally finds out that what he left at home is a shadow clone, it will be troublesome.

Naoki is dead, go out and torture Hiruzen, go to the hospital and save people, don't stay at home and watch me, an old man, dying!

Gu Zang finally experienced the feeling of being tortured.

"Mr. Gu Zang!"

Tsunade seemed to have regained her fighting spirit.

"You're right, Sensei doesn't care about medical ninjas at all. This will only cause more people to die in Konoha!"

Tsunade squeezed Gu Zang's claws with great force.

Fortunately, Gu Zang is not as weak as he looks.

"Just as the Jounin Conference is about to begin, I must elevate the status of medical ninjutsu!"

Tsunade stared at Kozo.

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

"Ahem...yeah Tsunade, that's it!"

Yes, yes, yes! Just stay away from home and do whatever you want. I'd be happy even if you slap Hiruzen on the head!

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In the 36th year of Konoha, before the Jonin Conference was held.

The Sarutobi family has a new son, named Asuma Sarutobi.

Sarutobi Hiruzen invited all the important figures in the village to visit him.

Of course, as the inheritor of the Will of Fire, civilians can also come to the door. Whoever comes can have a free meal, but the big guys are not in the same courtyard with the small guys.

Xinzang was also among those invited.

Although Gu Zang is very "busy", the Hokage is much busier than Gu Zang, and Sarutobi Hiruzen did not look for Shinzo.

But he was invited today.

Gu Zang walked on the road in Xin Zang's body and couldn't help complaining in his heart.

I didn't think much of it when I read the original novel, but after putting myself in your shoes, I found that you are really in high spirits. Becoming Hokage and having a second spring in life?

Looking at Hiruzen's old appearance, he is actually 42 years old this year! This is already considered old, right? Many people are grandfathers at this age!

Adhering to the principle of not discussing official business when discussing personal matters, Hiruzen moved between the tables with experience, accepting congratulations from members of Konoha's major families.

When it came to Kozang, Hiruzen stopped.

"Xinzo, has the school arranged new classes recently?"

"Replying to Hokage-sama, no."

Looking at so many people, Gu Zang decided to give Hiruzen some face and stood up.

Of course, no new class was assigned to him. Hiruzen privately asked the school not to assign classes to Shinzo.

Hiruzen smiled and moved closer, and whispered to Kozo, "Shinzo, come and help me. You know I can't handle this alone, and I really need someone like you to help me."

After being the Hokage for less than a year, Hiruzen has already begun to transform into a veteran.

The passionate, determined, persistent and indomitable monkey is gone forever, replaced by the increasingly cunning and bureaucratic Hiruzen.

This was also a helpless move. Sitting in that position, without the strength of Hashirama Senju and the thinking of Tobirama Senju, he could only control the overall situation from behind. Sarutobi Hiruzen was forced to this point.

"Hokage-sama, no matter where I am, I am a part of Konoha. Whatever I do, I am helping you. If you need anything, just tell me what to do."

"Oh? You agree?"

Hiruzen raised his eyebrows. Although he was in his early forties, his eyebrows were already a little gray. There was war outside Konoha and the Uchiha people inside were gradually becoming uncontrollable, which made him very worried.

"Excellent! I will promote you at the Jonin Conference. I will discuss the specific position with you later."

Hiruzen left happily, looking very happy. It was not appropriate to discuss too much official business today. Hiruzen was already very happy that Shinzo could give in. He actually hadn't thought about what to do specifically, but Hiruzen felt that with Shinzo's strength and intelligence, he would be more than qualified to sit anywhere except the top position.

To reach the top, the only thing Shinzo lacks is seniority, but for the Hokage, arranging seniority is too easy.

The perspective changes, and in the corner, Orochimaru and Tsunade are sitting at the same table.

Jiraiya hasn't come back yet, he seems to be busy with something at the front line.

"Tsunade, do you have any impression of that guy?"

Orochimaru looked at Kozo who had just sat down and asked Tsunade beside him.

Tsunade nodded.

"His name is Shinzo, and he's a teacher at the Ninja School. It seems he was noticed by Hiruzen-sensei during a special mission. I'm not sure how strong or talented he is, but Hiruzen-sensei thinks highly of him."

"New Tibetan..."

Orochimaru looked at Gu Zang solemnly, then turned his gaze away.

Paying too much attention to others will easily lead to being discovered. Orochimaru is not such an imprudent person, and as always, he will only think a lot in silence and will not share his thoughts with others.

"Is Mr. Gu Zang okay?"

"Mr. Gu Zang...his health is getting worse and worse, alas..."

Tsunade's thoughts were suddenly pulled back, thinking that if Gu Zang also left her...

"Don't worry too much, Mr. Gu Zang's health is not that bad yet."

Orochimaru comforted Tsunade a little.

Unlike others, Orochimaru is the only one in the Anbu laboratory who is qualified to access Senju Tobirama's experimental samples. He found some of Gu Zang's experimental data there.

Perfect fusion of Hashirama cells!

Orochimaru wasn't sure if it was due to the summoning contract between Kozo and Hashirama, but at least for now, all experiments involving Hashirama's cells had failed without exception.

And since it is linked to Hashirama's cells, Orochimaru absolutely does not believe that Kozo will die so easily.

The activity level of Hashirama's cells is such that even if he can't bring the dead back to life, he can almost turn them into flesh and bones!

Kozo might really be old, but Orochimaru felt that he would definitely not die so soon.

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