Chapter 924
Chapter 917
In Hokage’s office, Tsunade looked at Naruto and Jiraiya with joy.
Needless to say, Jiraiya is still the same. It’s Naruto, who hasn’t seen each other for more than two years and has grown a lot, but…
Tsunade glanced at the dust on Naruto’s clothes, a hint of helplessness flashed across his face. As Hokage, Tsunade has the means to understand the events of Konoha in real time. The previous encounter between Naruto and Haruno Sakura is no exception.
Although Tsunade was also anxious for Naruto’s emotional intelligence and immature mind, he didn’t mean to point it out in public. After all, Naruto is now only a fifteen-year-old boy, and there is still a lot of time for him to grow up. Temporarily.
“Two people, it’s been a long time since we saw each other. There should be some results in our practice.”
Tsunade said with a smile, knowing that she has high expectations for Naruto, um… second only to Zhou Xiaoning. Tsunade has always been interested in cultivating Naruto into Hokage, so Naruto’s strength is naturally the stronger the better.
“Of course, do you think we will come back if there is no result?”
Jiraiya raised her eyebrows and said quite contentedly.
“Yes, compared to before, I am much stronger!”
Naruto also showed a complacent smile at this time. Over the past two years, he has never relaxed his practice, and can feel that he is making progress every day.
“Hehe, just talking about it is not enough, let’s prove it with actual results.”
“Actual results? What should I do?”
Naruto looked at Tsunade incomprehensibly. He felt most about the improvement of his own strength, but he couldn’t let him share this feeling with Tsunade.
“Let’s have an ability test. For this test, I forced that person to stand by for ten days.” Tsunade smiled mysteriously, then looked out the door and said: “Come in.”
As soon as the voice fell, the door of Hokage’s office was pushed open, but two people had recently been there.
Shikamaru and Temari had just dealt with the Chūnin exam-related matters, and they were ready to report to Tsunade, and they started to prepare, but what they didn’t expect was that they met Naruto who had just returned to Konoha here.
The reunion of friends is naturally a reminiscence of the past.
“So, my opponent is Shikamaru?”
Naruto said in a questioning tone. He admitted that Shikamaru’s brain was very good, and not only did he get rid of him, but Naruto didn’t think he would lose in the frontal confrontation.
“Huh? Opponent? What are you talking about?”
Shikamaru looked confused. His IQ was high, but he didn’t have the ability to make good calculations. Naruto’s words had no beginnings and ends. How could he guess what was going on.
“No, your opponent is…”
Tsunade was about to point out the window, but at this moment, Zhou Xiaoning suddenly appeared in Hokage’s office and interrupted her directly.
“Ms. Tsunade, can you give me this proficiency test?”
“Time and Space Ninjutsu!”
Seeing Zhou Xiaoning’s way of playing, Jiraiya’s pupils couldn’t help shrinking. He is the teacher of Namikaze Minato. He naturally understands space-time ninjutsu. Before that, Zhou Xiaoning was definitely not in this office, otherwise he would not be able to find out. . Moreover, he did not find anything that could be used as spatial coordinates, such as kunai and runes. It can be seen that Zhou Xiaoning’s spatial ability even surpassed Namikaze Minato.
“Tsunade really has a good apprentice.”
Jiraiya sighed secretly, but soon he was relieved. Zhou Xiaoning’s strength is indeed very strong, but Naruto’s potential is not a joke, after all, Naruto is the “son of prophecy”!
“Big Brother Zhou, it’s you!”
After Naruto saw the visitor clearly, he immediately showed an expression of ecstasy. In his heart, Zhou Xiaoning has always appeared in the image of “brother”. Only after the Orochimaru invasion ended, Zhou Xiaoning left Konoha, and there was no news. For more than two years, Naruto has been trying to find Zhou Xiaoning’s whereabouts, but in the end nothing was found. Originally, Naruto wanted to ask Tsunade to help find it, but he didn’t expect to meet again in this way. unhappy?
“Long time no see Naruto, you have grown a lot.”
Zhou Xiaoning smiled happily. In fact, he had always treated Naruto as a younger brother. He was naturally quite pleased to see Naruto’s growth.
“Why, is your opponent in this strength test, Brother Zhou, you?”
Naruto was a little eager to try. He wanted Zhou Xiaoning to see his own growth over the past two years. He was no longer the weak kid at the beginning.
“It’s really rare. Since you want to test Naruto’s cultivation results yourself, I naturally have no opinion, just…”
Tsunade seemed a little embarrassed. She had already talked to Kakashi before, and now they are outside. If she changes her mind at this time, would she be too sorry for Kakashi?
“It’s okay, I just have to watch and enjoy my leisure time.”
Kakashi appeared at the right time and relieved Tsunade.
To be honest, whether it was two and a half years ago or now, Kakashi couldn’t see Zhou Xiaoning’s ability clearly. This made him very curious, so let him take this opportunity to take a closer look.
“Now that Kakashi has agreed, there is no problem.”
Tsunade nodded, and the matter would be solved perfectly.
“Master Hokage, please wait a moment.”
Shikamaru suddenly made a sound and interrupted Tsunade’s words. In fact, from the moment Zhou Xiaoning appeared, his gaze never looked away from him. This made Temari beside him very savory, knowing that Shikamaru had never looked at her like this before.
In fact, this is not to blame Shikamaru. With the development of Shadow Fruit’s ability, Shikamaru has become more and more definitely Devil Fruit is not easy. He used the Nara family, and even Yamanaka, Akamichi, and Inuzuka’s intelligence network to investigate Devil Fruit, but he couldn’t even find a word, as if it was not a product of this world. This made Shikamaru curious, he always felt that Zhou Xiaoning was hiding something.
This kind of thought was held in his heart, as if he was constantly beating his heart by a kitten, and Shikamaru couldn’t let go of it.
And just now, when Zhou Xiaoning offered to take the place of Kakashi to test Naruto’s strength, Shikamaru suddenly had an idea, maybe he could take this opportunity to figure out everything he wants to know.
“Shikamaru, what’s the matter with you?”
“Master Hokage, can I take part in this ability test?”
As soon as Shikamaru’s words came out, everyone present showed puzzled expressions. Everyone didn’t understand, why does Shikamaru have to participate in this strength test?