Zongman: Capturing the goddess from Demon Slayer

Today is Nawaki's twelfth birthday.

On the rooftop, Tsunade presented Nawaki with a wrapped box.

"Happy twelfth birthday, Nawaki."

Nawaki handed the gift box in his hand to Tsunade, pouting as he said:

"I'm not a kid anymore, I don't need gifts."

"Nawaki, you'll always be a child in my eyes. Quickly open the gift, you'll definitely love what's inside!"

Seeing Tsunade's earnest expression, Nawaki opened the gift wrapping, unwrapped the box, and saw the necklace inside.

Nawaki was stunned, and asked in disbelief:

"This is..."

Tsunade leaned against the railing, smiling as she said:

"That's right, it's that necklace, the one that Grandpa, the First Hokage Hashirama Senju, left to me!"

"But I think you're more suited to this necklace, after all, Nawaki is going to become Hokage!"

Nawaki was overjoyed and rushed forward to hug Tsunade excitedly.

"I love you the most, Sis!"

Releasing Tsunade, Nawaki walked to the railing, looked out over the entire village of Konoha, and said:

"I will definitely become Hokage, and protect Grandpa's treasure—this village!"

"I must work hard to become stronger! I will follow Brother Mingo to learn ninjutsu and Wood Release!"

"I will never let down the name of the grandson of the First Hokage!"

Seeing Nawaki with such ambition, Tsunade, as his sister, was also extremely gratified.

Inside the room, Arashi Mingo was teaching Konan how to extract chakra, as well as some ninjutsu related to origami.

Konan doesn't have a bloodline limit. The various ninjutsu abilities in the original story are actually a kind of application of ninja tools—origami.

While Arashi Mingo was explaining various ninjutsu to Konan, Kushina Uzumaki was also listening attentively.

She was never interested in becoming a female Hokage. If it weren't for integrating into this village and being recognized, who would want to be Hokage?

She only wants to become stronger now, to become a ninja as powerful as Arashi Mingo.

*Knock knock.*

A knock sounded on the door.

The door opened automatically, and Nawaki walked into the room.

"Brother Mingo, can you teach me Wood Release?"

"Wood Release? That depends on your talent, which is your chakra capacity. If your talent isn't great, even if you really master the bloodline limit Wood Release, you won't be able to be like the First Hokage."

Just like Yamato in the original story.

Wood Release in his hands can only be used to build a house, and its power is basically no different from ninjutsu of other attributes.

If you want to use Wood Release to suppress the Nine-Tails, you still have to rely on the First Hokage's necklace to barely suppress five tails of the Nine-Tails.

A batch of scraps.

"Ah, it still depends on the amount of chakra."

As the grandson of Hashirama Senju and a member of the Senju clan, Nawaki naturally possesses precise control over chakra, which is Super Strength. His chakra capacity is also several times that of ordinary ninjas.

But this does not mean that Nawaki's chakra is as much as Hashirama Senju's.

If Nawaki learns Wood Release, coupled with his chakra capacity, it would be at most the same as Tobi + Yamato's Wood Release ninjutsu during the Fourth Ninja World War.

Using True Several Thousand Hands, as big as the Wood Human Technique, or even not as good as the Wood Human Technique.

Nawaki had no choice but to give up the idea of learning Wood Release.

"Wood Release is strong, but it is not invincible. Nawaki, if you want to become stronger, I suggest you learn the Eight Gates Formation of Taijutsu, or the Second Hokage's Flying Thunder God Technique."

These two ninjutsu, combined with the Senju clan's innate Super Strength talent, can have a very good effect.

A real man should engage in close combat.

Nawaki had heard of the Flying Thunder God, the Second Hokage's famous move.

Although it is not a forbidden technique, as an S-rank ninjutsu, you need to apply to learn it.

What is the Eight Gates Formation?

"Brother Mingo, what is the Eight Gates Formation ninjutsu?"

"It's not ninjutsu, it's taijutsu! A very powerful taijutsu. Once you cultivate to the highest level, the Death Gate among the Eight Gates, you alone can hang the Kage of the other four ninja villages and beat them up."

"There is such a powerful taijutsu?" Nawaki said excitedly.

"Don't get excited yet. To cultivate to the Eight Gates requires more than ten or twenty years of hard training, and once you open the eighth gate, the Death Gate, you will die."

Nawaki was silent, hesitated for a moment and said:

"I want to learn the Eight Gates Formation!"

"I don't agree!" Tsunade walked into the room.

Nawaki doesn't know the Eight Gates Formation, but she does.

Might Dai, the 'Eternal Genin' of her class, is a practitioner of the Eight Gates Formation.

Every day before dawn, this guy starts running around Konoha Village, and doesn't stop until the sun sets.

Therefore, he also has the titles of 'Iron-Blooded Dai' and 'Crazy Dai'.

As her younger brother, and the only relative besides Grandma Mito, Tsunade is not willing to let Nawaki suffer too much.

"Sis, I want to learn the Eight Gates Formation, I'm not afraid of this hardship!"

"Grandpa and the others suffered more hardships for Konoha than I did."

"If I can't even endure this little bit of hardship, how can I become Hokage and how can I protect Konoha!" Nawaki said with his head held high and his chest puffed out.

Looking at her brother's appearance, Tsunade didn't know what to say for a moment.

Suddenly realizing that her brother may have really grown up, no longer the little child he used to be.

"Sigh~"

She sighed softly.

Then Tsunade showed a gratified smile and rubbed Nawaki's head.

"It seems that Nawaki has really grown up."

"Nawaki, good luck, I look forward to the day you become Hokage!"

Nawaki's eyes were like torches, his eyes firm, and he said:

"I will definitely become Hokage!"

Tsunade looked at Arashi Mingo and asked:

"Mingo, how are you going to teach Nawaki the Eight Gates Formation?"

"I plan to throw him to Might Dai, and train with Might Dai, running around the village every day, and at the same time, it can also temper Nawaki's character."

Tsunade nodded slightly, agreeing with Arashi Mingo's teaching method.

Letting Might Dai teach Nawaki is indeed a good choice.

After Tsunade thanked Arashi Mingo, she took Nawaki out of the room to find Might Dai.

Arashi Mingo asked Kushina Uzumaki:

"Kushina, isn't this year's Ninja Academy graduation exam about to start?"

"Yes, it will start next week. What's wrong, Brother Mingo?"

"I'm going to form a class, do you want to join?"

In Arashi Mingo's perception, Mikoto Uchiha has decided to participate in next week's graduation exam.

In order to let Mikoto join his family, Arashi Mingo decided to form a class.

"Form a class? But, Brother Mingo, you don't seem to be a ninja yet, right? And will the Third Hokage and the others agree?"

"Definitely!"

Arashi Mingo said confidently.

The Third Hokage and Danzo can't wait to have more women around them.

Once he submits the list of students in his class, it will definitely be approved in seconds.

"But I haven't met the graduation requirements of the Ninja Academy yet..." Kushina lowered her head and said softly.

"That's simple, with me here, are you still worried about not graduating?"

"Brother Mingo, are you going to help me cheat?" Kushina asked in surprise.

"What are you thinking!" Arashi Mingo flicked Kushina's forehead lightly.

"I will tutor you one-on-one."

"That's good too! Brother Mingo definitely teaches better than those teachers in the academy!"

...

At night, Nawaki, who had been training with Might Dai for an afternoon, found Orochimaru.

"Teacher, I'm sorry I'm late."

Looking at the very tired Nawaki, Orochimaru handed over a towel and asked in confusion:

"What did you go do? Why are you so tired?"

Shumpu took the towel, wiped the sweat from his face, and told Orochimaru that he was learning the Eight Inner Gates from Might Dai.

“Eight Inner Gates?”

“What are you learning that for?”

“To get stronger!” Shumpu replied.

“Can’t ninjutsu make you stronger?”

“It can, but I can’t learn the most powerful ninjutsu. I don’t have enough chakra. If I want to be able to take on four Kage by myself, the only way is the Eight Inner Gates.”

“Huh?” Orochimaru was dumbfounded. Was the Eight Inner Gates so amazing?

That doesn't make sense. If the Eight Inner Gates were so amazing, Might Dai wouldn't still be a Genin.

Speaking of which, what does 'not enough chakra' mean?

Doesn't Shumpu already have enough chakra? He has more than I did at the beginning, almost as much as Tsunade. How can he not have enough chakra?

What kind of ninjutsu do you want to learn?

“The most powerful ninjutsu is?” Orochimaru asked疑惑地.

“Wood Release!” Shumpu replied.

“Wood Release?????” Orochimaru was even more puzzled. Isn't Wood Release a Bloodline Limit? How can it be learned?

“Are you learning from Lan Mingang?”

“Yes, isn’t Mingang-ge the only one in Konoha who knows Wood Release?”

“Unfortunately, I don’t have enough chakra. Even if Mingang-ge teaches me Wood Release, I’ll only be half as effective when I use it. It’s not much different from ordinary ninjutsu, and can’t compare to my grandfather at all. How can I increase my chakra…” Shumpu sighed and looked up at the night sky.

After listening to Shumpu's explanation, Orochimaru's interest in Lan Mingang increased even more.

This is the first time I've heard that the Bloodline Limit, Wood Release, can be taught. How interesting!

If I have time, maybe I can go and find Lan Mingang.

As for increasing chakra, as Shumpu said, I wonder if Hashirama cells will work…

...

A blank sheet of paper suddenly appeared on the Hokage's office desk. Hiruzen Sarutobi picked up the paper.

“Mikoto Uchiha, Nono Yakushi, Kushina Uzumaki…”

“Lan Mingang wants to form a class. Are these three his planned students?”

“But… the graduation exam hasn’t even started yet. How can he be so sure that Mikoto Uchiha and Nono Yakushi will participate in this graduation exam?”

Hiruzen Sarutobi looked at the paper in his hand, very puzzled.

His head was full of doubts.

Putting down the paper, Hiruzen Sarutobi retrieved the information of Mikoto Uchiha and Nono Yakushi.

“One is twelve years old, one is nine years old.”

“They are among the top students in their class and have met the graduation requirements.”

“There’s a problem, a very big problem!”

“Where did he learn the names of these two students?”

“What is his purpose?”

Hiruzen Sarutobi sat on his chair, closed his eyes, and thought about the reasons.

“How about asking him to come over and ask?”

“Or should I discuss it with Danzo…”

Calling Danzo to the Hokage's office, Hiruzen Sarutobi pushed the blank paper on the desk towards Danzo.

“Lan Mingang wants to form a class. These are his three students.”

Looking at the names on the paper in his hand, Danzo asked:

“Mikoto Uchiha?”

“Three girls?”

Hiruzen Sarutobi nodded.

“Can this Mikoto Uchiha be replaced?” (The original text does not say whether Mikoto Uchiha is like Sakura Haruno, married into the Uchiha clan, here it is according to the Uchiha clan.)

Facing the evil Uchiha, Danzo did not want them to have Wood Release as well.

“This wasn’t assigned by me. The graduation exam hasn’t started yet. These are the three people that Lan Mingang specifically requested. Kushina and Nonoyu are easy to deal with, but I'm afraid the Uchiha won’t agree.”

In Hiruzen Sarutobi’s opinion, Lan Mingang must have selfish motives for making these three people his students.

And the truth is, he really has selfish motives.

Let’s not consider whether there are selfish motives or not for the time being.

If Lan Mingang becomes a teacher and forms a class, the Uchiha clan among the high-level Konoha officials will definitely know of Lan Mingang’s existence.

Although it can be disguised by saying that Lan Mingang is from the Anbu.

But isn't this class of three women a bit abnormal?

It is inevitable that the high-level members of the Uchiha clan will suspect it.

It is not impossible to investigate the existence of Wood Release at that time.

“Damn it, why are there members of the Uchiha clan!” At this moment, Danzo had the idea of erasing Mikoto Uchiha.

But he quickly rejected the idea.

Hiruzen Sarutobi also remained silent, thinking about countermeasures.

After a while, Danzo thought of a good method.

“It’s a bit unrealistic to want to hide Lan Mingang’s existence.”

“Wood Release, what a terrifying power!”

“A synonym for the God of Shinobi, frightening, and capable of changing the terrain!”

“Hasn’t Tsunade always said that Lan Mingang has Wood Release comparable to the First Hokage? But what’s the truth? We only saw Wood Release that can stimulate flowers. There were no traces of Advent of a World of Flowering Trees in the forest where Tsunade was attacked! There weren’t even any traces of fighting!”

“We have never seen Lan Mingang’s true strength at all. It’s all what Tsunade said.”

“Lan Mingang wants to be a teacher, then agree to him! If the Uchiha are not convinced, then let the Uchiha test his true strength.”

“If the truth is really as Tsunade said, and the Uchiha rashly confront Lan Mingang, do you think Lan Mingang will give the Uchiha a good look?”

“Moreover, we can also use Lan Mingang to create momentum and deter the other four great countries!”

“If Lan Mingang is just a paper tiger, then use him to study Wood Release!”

“No matter what, it’s more beneficial than harmful to us!”

Hiruzen Sarutobi nodded thoughtfully.

“Since that’s the case, then do as you said. Agree to Lan Mingang being a teacher and forming a class.”

“Let him meet with the high-level officials of Konoha!”

The specific implementation plan was quickly finalized.

The next day, Lan Mingang received a message from the Anbu.

An Anbu member wearing a cat face mask said to Lan Mingang:

“The Third Hokage has agreed to your request to become a teacher and form a class, but now you still need to go through a process and get to know the other high-level officials of Konoha.”

Lan Mingang, who already knew the plans of Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo, smiled slightly and said:

“Then let’s go.”

The two disappeared instantly in the corridor, and when they reappeared, they were already outside the conference hall door in the Konoha Hokage office building.

Lan Mingang pushed the door open.

Inside the conference hall, the Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi sat in the highest position, followed by Anbu · Danzo Shimura, two senior advisors: Homura Mitokado, Koharu Utatane, Hiruzen Sarutobi's wife · Biwako Sarutobi, Senju clan · Tsunade, Uchiha clan leader, Hyuga clan leader, Ino-Shika-Cho five clan leaders. (Akimichi clan leader: Akimichi Torifu)

Lan Mingang only recognized seven people whose names he could call out and who had appeared in the original book.

He didn't recognize any of the others.

......