I'm in Konoha, and I have ten skill slots.

Shigure lightly traced the Zangetsu sword at his waist with his left hand. "Naruto, I won't hold back this time. Think it over!"

"Shiyu! When did you become so talkative!"

"I can stop anytime you want, but you have to come back to Konoha with me, or you can tell me what's going on with that headband on your forehead!"

Shiyu: "If you want to know, you'll find out when you go back to the village!"

"I want you to say it yourself!"

Suddenly, Naruto rushed towards Shigure, drew his kunai, and slashed it fiercely at Shigure.

The blade of Shiyu was half-drawn from its sheath.

Dang! !

Sparks flew out continuously, and Tsunade was quite surprised by the two's attack.

'Are all the kids these days this strong?'

The mere clash of their weapons generated a powerful shockwave that spread outwards.

Then Shigure pushed Naruto away, and the next second his ninja sword Zangetsu was drawn.

In a sudden instant, the flow moved along the blade, and a single slash unleashed a series of ripples.

It instantly enveloped Naruto in mid-air.

Experts will know if there is one as soon as they take action.

Shigure's single slash was enough to leave Tsunade's gaze momentarily blank.

Her gaze toward Shiyu was filled with shock.

did not expect!

For a kid as young as Shigure to have such accurate swordsmanship.

If it were Tsunade herself facing this attack, she wouldn't even know how to defend herself.

But Naruto seemed to have anticipated this all along.

He lay flat on the ground, rolled away to dodge, and then got up and kicked Shigure.

As Naruto kicked Shigure away, he also completed the hand seals.

'Wind Release: Vacuum Blade!'

He exhaled a breath of wind jutsu onto the kunai, and wind blades instantly formed.

Naruto swung his wind blade and slashed at Shigure.

Naruto, who learned the essence of swordsmanship from Shigure, possessed a surprisingly powerful swordsmanship despite its lack of structure.

It's absolutely amazing.

The collision of the flow and the wind blades instantly erupted into an even more intense commotion.

At that moment, a red figure was rapidly approaching from afar.

"Naruto~!"

The other party first called out to Naruto, and then saw Tsunade and Shizune, who were watching from the sidelines, almost fall from the air.

He made a sharp turn and landed right next to Tsunade.

Tsunade turned around and looked at the person who had come.

"Jiraiya???"

"Tsunade! I've finally found you!"

Jiraiya smiled, then looked in Naruto's direction and paused for a moment.

"Why is Naruto fighting with Shigure?!"

"Huh? Why is Shigure here?"

Seeing that Jiraiya knew Shigure, Tsunade was even more confused. "You know that kid?"

"Ah! Moonlight Shigure, Naruto's comrade!"

Jiraiya chuckled, "You haven't been back to the village in so long, you don't know yet! Three little monsters have appeared in the village!"

"The two in front of us are two of them. There's also a little monster named Uchiha Sasuke, but he shouldn't be here. He should be staying in the village!"

After Jiraiya finished speaking, he looked at Tsunade beside him and asked, "Why are those two fighting?"

When Tsunade heard Jiraiya say this, she was stunned for a moment. "Are you sure that Shigure is a Konoha ninja? Gekko Shigure, and a child of the Gekko clan?"

"That's right! Of course, it's the ninjas from Konoha! That kid Shigure is extremely talented!"

Jiraiya then looked at Tsunade and said, "You've been outside for so long, go back to the village! The old man is injured and still unconscious, his condition is very serious, if you don't go back he might die!"

Upon hearing this, Tsunade was taken aback. "...Hiruzen, that old guy, is injured? Who did it?"

"Orochimaru!"

Tsunade's expression changed slightly. Although she had already guessed something when she heard that Hiruzen was injured, she did not expect that Orochimaru was the one who did it.

Why didn't you stop him?

"I wasn't in the village at the time!"

Shizune: "Lord Jiraiya, is Lord Hiruzen seriously injured?"

Jiraiya nodded. "It's extremely serious. I'm afraid Tsunade is the only one in the entire ninja world capable of saving him!"

He then looked at Tsunade.

Tsunade's expression kept changing, but finally she showed a helpless look. "I'm sorry, Jiraiya, I can't do it!"

Can't do it?

reject?

Tsunade actually refused to save Hiruzen?

How can this be?

"Tsunade, you..."

"It's not that I don't want to save him, but I really can't provide any more treatment!"

"Tsunade, I've come here not only to take you back to save Grandpa, but also to make you the Fifth Hokage. If you don't go back, not only will Grandpa die, but Konoha will also be doomed!"

Jiraiya spoke with a solemn expression and in a very serious manner.

However, Tsunade paused for a moment.

Fifth Hokage?

What qualifications does she have to serve as the so-called Fifth Hokage?

Boom boom boom!

Suddenly, the battle in the distance intensified. Shigure unleashed three consecutive strikes that sliced ​​the ground in two, and Naruto narrowly dodged them.

Jiraiya was stunned to see the two fighting like this.

"What are these two brats doing? What kind of conflict is there that needs to escalate like this?"

"Is this a plan to fight to the death?"

Tsunade glanced at Jiraiya. "Looks like you don't know either!"

Jiraiya: "What do you know?"

"That brat named Shigure is wearing the Kirigakure headband!"

The headband of the Hidden Mist?

why?

impossible!

"Let me tell you the answer!"

Suddenly, a cold voice rang out, a voice that was familiar to both of them.

"Orochimaru!"?!