Konoha: My peaceful life was betrayed by the system.

Only a few middle-aged women were buying breakfast in front of the small breakfast shop, mostly hoping to have a hot breakfast for their husbands and children after they woke up.

Toru gave a gentle smile and then walked towards the gates of Konoha.

"Good morning, Feng. Going out so early, are you on a mission?"

The ninja guarding the gates of Konoha Village were already quite familiar with Torifu, since Torifu was always busy carrying out various missions.

"No, Brother Gangziqian, I'm just going out of the village for a stroll." Qu Feng smiled and started chatting with Gangziqian.

"Brother Ziqian, is today a daytime duty shift?"

Gang Ziqian grinned, his gleaming white teeth almost blinding: "Yes, you arrived right after the handover."

Qu Feng nodded, his face slightly serious: "Brother Ziqian, remember to make the ninjas on duty be more serious during the shift change tonight, things might not be peaceful."

Upon hearing this, Gangziqian tensed up. Seeing that Qufeng didn't seem to be joking, he tentatively asked, "Is someone coming to Konoha to cause trouble?"

Qu Feng shook his head: "It was my master who told me. Just tell him to be careful and attentive. Don't tell a fourth person, so as not to cause panic."

While it's true that things aren't going smoothly tonight, it wasn't Hashirama who told him. Torifu simply didn't want to waste too much time on pointless explanations.

Who in Konoha wouldn't believe what the Hokage says?

Sure enough, upon hearing that it was the Hokage who told Toru the news, Kouko Sen's expression immediately turned serious: "Don't worry, I won't tell anyone except the ninja who will succeed him."

"Mmm," Toru nodded, and left Konoha Village satisfied.

As for why the guards needed to be reminded? Even ninjas get sleepy at night, and if Madara Uchiha attacked from the main gate, he would probably be the first to become cannon fodder.

He arrived in the forest outside Konoha Village, the place where his dream of taking the wind began.

It was here that Qu Feng encountered the busy part-time job system that might accompany him for the rest of his life, and from then on, he was tricked into starting his part-time job life.

This forest surrounds the entire Hidden Leaf Village, serving as a natural barrier. It is said to have been created by the Hokage using Wood Release, but the veracity of this claim remains to be verified.

Qu Feng took out a rhombus-shaped crystal block from his spatial ring, then squatted down and stuffed the crystal block into the soil.

"Crystal Release - Crystal Connection Technique".

The rhombus-shaped crystal that had just been planted in the soil began to grow rapidly, and in just half a minute it grew into a crystal flower.

The shape of the crystal flower is not much different from that of an ordinary flower, except that it is made entirely of crystal.

However, upon closer inspection, there is a hollow tube in the very center of the flower's stamen, which is very small and inconspicuous.

"Cloud Escape - Cloud and Mist Perception Technique".

The hand seals were completed, but no clouds or mist were released from his mouth or sleeves.

On the contrary, the newly formed crystal flowers were constantly spewing out clouds of mist from their stamens.

Although the flowers are fragile and small, the mist they release is not weak at all; in fact, it is no different from the ninjutsu released by the wind-taking technique!

And this is one of the things that Qu Feng has gained this year!

By using the Crystal Connection Technique developed by Tokiwa, one can remotely control upgraded crystal creations to unleash ninjutsu.

Not only Cloud Release, but almost all ninjutsu except taijutsu can be released through this technique.

All it takes is planting crystal seeds beforehand to launch a surprise attack! The enemy won't even realize it before Toru has already begun his ninjutsu bombardment!

At times like these, Qu Feng would be grateful for the "genius" buff, which helped him a great deal.

While ninjutsu is useful, planting seeds is not so convenient. Unlike the valley last time, Konoha Village is not very big, and you can use Crystal Explosion to scatter the seeds everywhere.

Konoha Village is very large, and since Torifu had no idea where Madara Uchiha would launch his attack from, he could only plant seeds all around Konoha.

"Does this guy really think I'm a wage earner? I was out doing sales a few months ago, and now I'm a farmer again?"

Qu Feng gazed at the vast forest and roared in frustration, "This is such a huge forest, when the hell are we going to finish planting it?!"

"Damn it, a raise!"

It's completely impossible to plant the seeds yourself. If you really tried to plant them one by one, you'd find Madara Uchiha already on your face before you even finished.

Just then, Qu Feng saw birds flying freely in the forest, and an idea suddenly came to him.

"Why not just use birds to sow the seeds? How stupid!"

"Cloud Escape - Flowing Clouds and Flying Birds Technique".

Chapter 45 The Forest Covered in Mist

"Cloud Escape - Flowing Clouds and Flying Birds Technique".

Qu Feng exhaled a cloud of mist from his mouth, which slowly condensed into dozens of small white cloud birds that circled and danced above his head.

I reached out and touched one of the little birds; it was a bit cool, which was nice.

Qu Feng then took out an equal number of upgraded crystal seeds as the cloud bird and precisely threw them into the cloud bird's body.

Then he controlled the cloud birds to scatter and fly away.

Once each cloud bird reaches the appropriate position, it will swoop down and plant the crystal seed in the soil, thus completing its task before disintegrating and disappearing.

After releasing the Cloud Bird Ninja Technique several times in a row, crystal flowers have bloomed in half of the forest.

In order to avoid being discovered, Qu Feng deliberately chose a relatively hidden location, so that if it is not damaged, it can still be used in the future.

The flowers exhale mist, and by sensing the wind, one can detect everyone within the mist, effectively creating a protective barrier around the village.

An hour had passed since Tōfū left the village. At this rate, the seeds would be planted all over the forest surrounding Konoha Village in another hour.

Fortunately, Toki had a habit of preparing many seeds in advance; otherwise, with the continuous release of ninjutsu, his chakra would have been insufficient.

Nearly an hour later, the seeds were finally planted throughout the entire forest!

He then used wind to unleash ninjutsu to stimulate the seed's growth and connected all the crystal flowers using the Crystal Link Technique.

After doing all this, Qu Feng could finally relax.

Qu Feng was quite confident in his ninjutsu. As long as his chakra recovered for a while, he could release the Cloud Perception Technique and let the clouds and mist fill the entire forest!

Even Madara Uchiha would definitely not be able to escape the cloud's perception, after all, Madara's chakra is so vast!

Furthermore, given Madara Uchiha's personality, he wouldn't choose to conceal his chakra and launch a sneak attack. As long as his location is known immediately, things will be much easier.

Qu Feng flicked non-existent sweat from his forehead and sighed softly, "Without me, Konoha Village will be doomed sooner or later."

"Cloud Escape - Cloud and Mist Perception Technique".

In an instant, a large amount of chakra in his body was depleted, and his spirit became exhausted, even his eyelids felt heavy.

Tokito's breathing became somewhat rapid, clearly indicating that the ninjutsu that circled the entire perimeter of Konoha Village had taken a toll on him.

Fortunately, it was just ordinary mist and didn't deplete the Wind-Gathering Chakra in an instant.

In addition, there was a light mist in the forest in the early morning, which allowed Toki to boldly unleash such a wide-range ninjutsu.

The so-called Cloud and Mist Perception Technique is actually just ordinary clouds and mist; it was only given this name to sound more sophisticated.

Thick clouds of mist began to emerge from the crystal flower, instantly dissolving the morning fog upon contact with it.

Before long, mist began to spread through the forest, and if someone were to wander in by mistake, it would be quite difficult for them to find their way out.

However, there's no need to worry. Everything is constantly being monitored by the wind, so this situation won't happen.

As the fog grew thicker, Toki stretched and decided to return to the village to tell his master or Lord Tobirama about the matter.

Otherwise, it would be bad if it were mistaken for an enemy attack.

After returning to Konoha, the village ninjas had indeed noticed the unusual fog in the forest outside the village.

Everyone was on high alert, but after Qu Feng explained things to them, they all breathed a sigh of relief.

But I still don't understand why we have to go to so much trouble to do this. Does someone really dare to invade Konoha?

Qu Feng just laughed, but didn't say anything, because he was really afraid of scaring them to death, and also afraid of being mistaken for a mental patient.

After all, who would believe that Madara Uchiha would attack Konoha today?

Even Hashirama, when he heard that Madara Uchiha had appeared in the village, was happy, not thinking that Madara would attack the village.

Without engaging in much small talk with the other ninjas, Toki went straight to the Hokage's office.

At this time, even if Master hasn't gotten up and is still sleeping in, Tobirama-sama has definitely gotten up too. It's all the same to both of them, and it doesn't matter who you tell it to.

After all, in the hearts of the village's ninjas, the Second Hokage was undoubtedly Tobirama Senju.

He was very fast and soon arrived at the Hokage's office. He knocked on the door a few times and a voice came from inside telling him to come in.

"Master, Lord Tobirama, I have something to report." Toru bowed to the two officials and explained his purpose.

"Oh? What brings you here so early in the morning? Tell me about it," Tobirama asked with interest.

Because Tobirama was very fond of Tobirama because he could come up with all sorts of strange and wonderful ideas and develop many ninjutsu that Tobirama could not have imagined.

He felt that it was a waste for a genius ninja like Toru to follow his older brother around and learn taijutsu every day, so he kept trying to find a way to snatch this apprentice from his older brother!

"It's like this, I was in the forest outside the village early this morning..."

After leaving the forest this morning, Toki gave a detailed report to Hashirama and Tobirama on what he had done, but he did not mention that it was to deal with Uchiha Madara.

It was simply to strengthen the village's defenses so that any outside ninja could be detected instantly by taking in the wind.

Unlike other spells, fog doesn't dissipate easily in the forest, so the fog array set up by Qu Feng can be considered a long-lasting one.

Hashirama and Tobirama understood everything after listening to the explanation given by the wind.

"Good lad, I was just telling my brother that the commotion outside must be you tinkering with some new tricks again, and I was right."

Tobirama is becoming more and more satisfied with Torifusa, and his disciples, while each possessing considerable talent and strength, also have excellent teamwork.

However, they were lacking in developing ninjutsu; among these individuals, only Hiruzen Sarutobi possessed some talent for developing ninjutsu.

The others were all no match, and Hiruzen Sarutobi was no match for Tokiwa in developing ninjutsu.

This kid can develop seven or eight new techniques a year, while Hiruzen Sarutobi only manages one or two.

Tobirama now has only one feeling: I could have endured the darkness if I had never seen the light!

Before discovering the Wind-Borrowing Technique, Tobirama often said to Hiruzen, "Monkey, you are my most promising disciple, don't let me down!"

The phrase Tobirama says most often to Hiruzen Sarutobi is: "Look at Tokiwa, and look at you! He develops so many ninjutsu in a year! You can't even utter a fart in half a year!"

In short, Tobirama is dissatisfied with Hiruzen no matter what, but he sees Torifu as a hot commodity and always wants to snatch him away from his older brother.