Naruto: In the name of the Senju, he made the ninja world tremble.

After an unknown amount of time, when Qianyu once again performed a complete set of the Lion's Mane Technique, her white hair grew wildly like a raging lion, and the strands of hair swept across like steel whips, shattering the rubble on the wall.

Seeing this, Jiraiya finally nodded in satisfaction, "Alright, alright, my ninjutsu will finally have someone to carry on its legacy."

At this point, Jiraiya's eyes flashed with the image of the Fourth Hokage. The untimely death of his most perfect disciple still pains him deeply whenever he recalls it.

At this moment, Chiba dispelled his ninjutsu, and a fine bead of sweat appeared on his forehead, clearly indicating that the night's training and study had not been easy. However, his eyes were exceptionally bright, and his gaze towards Jiraiya was filled with respect.

He bowed deeply and said solemnly, "Thank you for teaching me ninjutsu, Uncle-Master. I will certainly not let you down."

"Alright, alright, enough with the formalities," Jiraiya waved his hand, reverting to his carefree demeanor, and took another swig of sake. "Don't let power blind you, and... don't let dirty things cloud your judgment."

"Uncle-Master, I've got it."

"That's good," Jiraiya stood up, stretched, and looked at the gradually brightening sky outside the cave. "Alright, I should continue my ninja world research now, and you should continue your mission. Let's part ways here."

"Take care, Uncle-Master," Qianyu said, and just then, the giant toad behind Jiraiya opened its mouth and swallowed Jiraiya whole.

"Croak!"

Hamachu politely waved to Chiyu and the little slug on his shoulder, then with a bang, a puff of white smoke appeared and he vanished without a trace.

"This... is quite a unique way of leaving."

After making a speechless comment, Qianyu got up and jumped away into the distance; he still had a mission to complete.

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Mizunaro is a Rain Ninja, and not even a low-ranking one. He's probably just a junior officer, like a squad leader or something similar to Hanzo the Salamander's right-hand man.

Born in this dark country, he blindly worshipped the current Amekage of the ninja village, so when someone tried to bribe him to find out about the leader, he knew his time to make a contribution had come.

However, to his surprise, when he reported the situation of those who tried to win him over, he found that the leader, who was known as a 'demigod', actually showed a hint of fear.

After a series of missions were assigned, Minarou was sent to Itazumi Town to meet up with the Iwa ninja. He had been waiting there for five days. Where on earth did those damned Iwa ninja go?

Touching the scroll in his pocket, Mizunaro waited anxiously until a knock sounded at the door. He looked out warily, only to find a letter slipped under the door.

Shortly after Mizunaro left his residence, a paper butterfly fluttered down into the room, and a purple figure quietly appeared there.

"Cough cough cough," Jifeng handed the message to Qianyu, who had returned to her residence. "This is a clue left to us by the other side. Meet outside the city?" Qianyu took the message, her brows furrowing slightly.

After thinking for a moment, Qianyu nodded. "If that's the case, then let's go. But the three of us need to disguise ourselves."

Half an hour later, Qianyu and his two companions appeared in a forest dressed in ordinary clothes. This was the location designated by the other party, but they did not see anyone.

Moonlight Gale took out a pill from his pocket and swallowed it. His face turned rosy, and his body quickly became transparent. He then retreated into the jungle to conceal his presence.

Uchiha Tsuki also retreated to a distance, waiting for Chiba's signal and keeping an eye on the surroundings. Only Chiba, as the team leader, was qualified to make contact with the other party during this rendezvous.

"Yakushi Nonou, Kabuto said that you, the director of the orphanage, are the kindest person he's ever met," Chiyu stretched and looked back at the withered tree. "The way you look so worried, do you not trust me?"

"You're a member of Root," the blonde-haired healer—no, the pharmacist Nono—emerged from the withered wood, looking at Chiba with extreme distance in her eyes, "How is Kabuto doing now?"

"Don't associate me with places that produce the living dead, it makes me feel disgusted," Chiyu said, placing her hands in front of her chest and showing the hand seals for communication, which made the medicine doctor, Nonou, less wary.

After Yakushi Nonou completed the corresponding coded communication, she tossed a scroll to Chiba, her eyes still fixed on him, clearly concerned about Yakushi Kabuto's whereabouts.

"This is from Kabuto. It's fate that I actually met you." Chiyu handed over the photo she had received from Kabuto, thus fulfilling her promise to him.

"Is this Kabuto?" Yakushi Nonou looked at the photo in her hand, a hint of doubt flashing in her eyes. Although this child looked a lot like Kabuto, he was clearly not the same person Danzo had given her.

Chiba wasn't surprised by this. Only someone as wicked as Shimura Danzo would resort to such tactics, ultimately causing many people who originally belonged to Konoha to either die or escape.

"I won't go into what kind of person Shimura Danzo is; you know him better than I do," Chiyu said bluntly, seeing the suspicious look in Yakushi Nonou's eyes. "If you'd like, you can take some time to listen to my explanation and then decide for yourself."

Although it was the first time Yakushi Nonou had met Chiba, she was still willing to wait a little longer compared to Shimura Danzo's character.

On the other side of the forest, Mizunaro was hiding in the water, waiting for the Iwa ninja contact to arrive. He knew that someone was chasing him, but for Lord Hanzo, he was willing to give up everything.

Before long, he suddenly felt a shadow appear. He looked up and saw a tall figure with scars on his face and sallow skin looking at him through the slightly murky water.

Shi Tu looked at Mizunaro, whose concealment techniques were extremely clumsy, with great disdain in his eyes. This is the elite ninja of a small ninja village? This level is only at the level of a genin in a small ninja village.

Just then, Ishido looked at Minarou in the water, his eyes flashing with terror; his experience of surviving on the battlefield made him quickly retreat.

The next second, countless white kunai fell from the sky and landed in the water. Relying on his signature ninjutsu, Earth Release: Hardening Technique, Shi Tu was only left with a few shallow wounds.

However, when he looked at the kunai stuck in the back of his hand, a look of solemnity flashed in his eyes. This kunai was actually made of white paper. This was a bloodline limit.

Without the slightest hesitation, Shi Tu, who was naturally afraid of death, immediately sank into the ground and fled at high speed into the distance. His resolute attitude surprised Xiao Nan in the sky.

However, she had something more important to do now. Looking at the rising water, the white paper behind her transformed into a large hand and reached down. "Hanzo the Salamander, I've found you."