Wood Leaf Village.
White clouds in the sky, leisurely sunshine shone above the village.
In a secluded forest, a waterfall hung like a silver hook on a huge rock wall, and the silver-white water reflected colorful colors in the sun.
At this moment.
"Success!!"
A shout of excitement suddenly sounded on the grass next to the waterfall.
Next to the waterfall, a young man with golden hair was happily looking at the broken balloon in his hand, his palm covered with the burst water.
After seeing the water ball break, he excitedly ran towards a big tree at the side, shouting excitedly as he ran.
"Lascivious Sennin!
Look! Look!
I did it! "
Hearing his voice, Jiraiya, who was writing and drawing in a book on the trunk, glanced at him with disdain, then said with a lazy look.
"It took you a full week to finish this. Naruto, you're too bad. Back then, it only took me three days to finish this!"
After saying that, he put the book in his hand in his arms, then jumped down from the trunk and stood firmly in front of Naruto.
Hearing Jiraiya's words, Naruto, who was excited and happy, didn't feel discouraged at all, and grinned.
"You're Lascivious Sennin, I'm satisfied to be half as good as you!"
"Haha, in this way, I have the strength to teach Sasuke a good lesson!!"
Naruto secretly clenched his fists, and he was very happy in his heart.
I'm afraid that showing off his strength in front of Sasuke is the ultimate motivation for him to practice so hard.
Hearing Naruto's words, Jiraiya's forehead was full of black lines, and then he said helplessly.
"What a senseless way of thinking!"
"I really don't understand, Minato and Kushina have such good characters, how can they have such a naughty child like you!"
Hearing Jiraiya's words, Naruto wasn't angry, maybe he didn't care at all, and he replied casually.
"They don't have time to teach me, Lascivious Sennin, thanks to your free time, you can teach me such a strong move!"
Facing this, Jiraiya's mind couldn't help but go dark, and he said with exasperation.
"How am I free? Do you know how many things Uncle Jiraiya is busy with every day? How many female fans are waiting for my autograph!"
"Hurry up and proceed to the second step of training. A moment of pride won't last long. The moment you truly master Rasengan is the moment you should be happy!"
Hearing Jiraiya's words, Naruto, who was immersed in joy, couldn't help but tighten his face, then he pursed his lips slightly and nodded heavily.
He looked firmly at Jiraiya and said in a deep voice.
"I understand, Lecherous Immortal!"
After that, he hurriedly ran to the side of the waterfall, where many solid rubber balls had been prepared.
Looking at Naruto's back, Jiraiya's eyes flashed softly.
The reason why this kid worked so hard was because he wanted Minato and Kushina's attention. It seemed like he should find a time to have a good talk with them.
When he thought of this, a strange glint flashed across his eyes as he thought to himself, "That's right.
However, this kid's talent is really amazing. It only took him a week to master the preliminary practice of Rasengan.
Even for me, it took me a long time to do it back then …
Rubbing his chin, he pondered for a moment, and finally came to a conclusion and murmured.
"Sure enough … I'm too good as a sensei!"
.....
In the Wood Leaf Village, Naruto and Sasuke were practicing in full swing.
In the Wood Leaf Village, outside a group of simple buildings, Tsunade and Shinji were calmly walking there.
This was the residence of the Senju Clan.
It has to be said that because of the death of the First and Second Hokage, the once glorious Senju Clan almost withdrew from the stage of Shinobi World War because of the lack of talents.
Until the return of Shinji, who inherited the First Hokage's Wood Release, almost made the elders of the Senju Clan cry tears of joy, and they praised the first Hokage for blessing the younger generation.
At that time, because Shinji left the village without permission and joined Oda Nobunaga.
The hardliners in the village led by Danzo once demanded a thorough investigation of Shinji and deprived him of his ninja status in the Wood Leaf Village.
In other words, they intended to make Shinji a prisoner unconditionally and lose the opportunity to enter the Wood Leaf Village.
However, this kind of thing naturally caused strong dissatisfaction among the elders of the Senju Clan.
Some of the elders of the Second Hokage even found Danzo and scolded him for being ungrateful.
In the face of an old man who is much older than him, even Danzo can only let the other party criticize him without saying a word.
Later, because of Tsunade's participation and Shinji's statement that he wouldn't enter the Wood Leaf Village, the situation was slightly eased at that time.
However, even so, because of Shinji's Wood Release ability, the Senju Clan once again regained the spirit of a famous clan.
After all, the First Hokage's Wood Release was too shocking.
At present, the division of forces in the Wood Leaf Village was relatively clear.
The moderate faction led by the Fifth Hokage, Minato, was the largest. After all, whether it was Kushina, who was in charge of the sealing team, or the Third Hokage, who was currently behind the scenes, they all had a close relationship with Minato.
On the other hand, the hardliners, led by Danzo, were able to command many of Konoha's elites under their command.
Among them, Root's ninjas were spread throughout the small and medium-sized clans of the Wood Leaf Village. To some extent, Root, led by Danzo, was the most extensive and elite force in the Wood Leaf Village.
This point, even the Anbu directly under the Hokage could not resist.
The rest were some medium-sized clans, such as Ino-Shika-Cho and other ninja clans with unique abilities. However, these clans were generally biased towards either the hardliners or the moderates.
The Senju Clan was in a neutral state, but their identity was relatively special. After all, they were the First Hokage's clan, and they currently had the unfathomable strength of Shinji. Even if they were alone, they couldn't be underestimated.
The Hyuga Clan was also in a neutral state, but at present, their strength was somewhat reduced.
Although the Hyuga Clan didn't leak the news of the Branch Family's mysterious departure, some people still learned a little bit of information, which caused the power of this once rich and powerful clan to decline.
Needless to say, the Uchiha Clan's situation was even worse. They only had two members left, a woman and a child. Of the remaining two, one became a traitor, and the other mysteriously disappeared.
The former three great clans of the Wood Leaf Village were no longer as glorious as they used to be.
"Let's go back first. If I don't go see those old antiques, I don't know how they will slander me."
Outside the Senju Clan's gate, Tsunade glanced at the tall gate and said casually.