Chapter 123: Confrontation with White Fang

Not to mention the exchange in the Hokage's office, Tamura Hao on the other side just got down to business after sensing the disappearance of the chakra.

"Is that the Hokage Half Sleeve of Sakumo-senpai? The third Hokage values ​​​​senpai very much."

His eyes fell on Hatake Sakumo's Hokage half-sleeves. The style was similar to that of Future Namikaze Minato's Hokage robe.

Hatake Sakumo glanced at his half sleeve and was speechless, thinking about the real intention of this person coming here.

He would not treat him like a twelve-year-old boy. He had gone to the Uchiha clan alone before and even stayed in the Uchiha clan leader's house.

Who knows what agreement the other party has reached with the Uchiha clan leader, and the purpose of coming to his home this time is definitely not as simple as asking for sword skills.

"Senior, do you think you can become the Fourth Hokage?"

Tamura Hao asked again, thinking that it would be a good harvest to try to change this person's fate.

Hatake Sakumo is still speechless. When communicating with such a person, you have to be careful with every word you say. Don't speak if you can.

The main reason is that he is not good at verbal confrontation. What he is good at is cutting people.

"I think Sakumo-senpai also understands that he cannot become the Fourth Hokage. Not only the Senju Faction and Uchiha, but also the Third Hokage Faction will not agree.

Because you, senior, are not one of theirs, and neither is the Hatake family, so you cannot guarantee their existing interests.

Looking at how many times Sarutobi Hiruzen and the Senju faction have fought openly and covertly over the years, Sarutobi Hiruzen and the others must be worried that they will become the next Senju faction and be targeted by latecomers.

But the senior is not qualified to become Hokage, but he has obtained the Hokage Half Sleeve, which is very dangerous.

Senior, you'd better be careful in the future, lest you become a victim one day and break your best sword in the ninja world.

For those in power, it doesn't matter whether the people below have the desire to covet that position, what matters is whether they have the ability.

Sometimes being too strong and capable is an unforgivable sin. "

Regardless of whether Hatake Sakumo could understand or not, Tamura Hao started talking about sword training.

It was hard for Hatake Sakumo to talk about what the boy had said before, but he could still talk about it when he was simply asking for advice on sword skills.

After all, that knife is really good, even better than my own White Fang.

No matter what this person is thinking, this sincerity is really sufficient.

Not long after, Sakurako Hatake prepared the dishes and brought them over. Fortunately, they were barbecued meats and not the dishes made by Uchiha Mikoto. Tamura Hao was quite satisfied with the food.

After eating and resting for a while, Hatake Sakumo took Tamura Hao to a nearby training ground for practical guidance.

Lord Hokage had ordered him to find an opportunity to test this young man, so he just took this opportunity to take a look.

At the same time, Hiruzen Sarutobi once again used the telescope technique to peek, and Tsunade and Jiraiya also came nearby to watch.

Tamura Hao burst out with all his strength to deal with Hatake Sakumo's strong attack. He could hardly attack and could only passively defend and even evade in embarrassment many times. The rhythm control he had developed was completely defeated and could not be used at all, because Hatake Kisaku Shigeru has better control over the battle rhythm.

Compared to a shadow-level warrior like Hatake Sakumo who specializes in ninja swordsmanship, Uchiha Fugaku's swordsmanship strength is far behind and is not on the same level at all.

However, Tamura Hao's tenacious performance surprised Hatake Sakumo. Although he did not use all his strength, let alone a killing move, just ordinary sword slashing, it was enough to defeat the Jonin.

But this young man was able to resist it. Although he looked very embarrassed, he was able to resist it.

Its speed, reaction speed, and dynamic vision are all excellent. I can't believe it's a twelve-year-old child.

Tsunade and Jiraiya, who were watching secretly, were also surprised.

"It's very strong!"

Jiraiya looked more serious. The young man was very strong, and even if he simply competed with him in physical skills, he would not be able to win.

Of course, this is just a purely physical competition, and you can still win easily if you use ninjutsu.

But this is enough to prove that the boy is as powerful as Minato.

I didn't expect that Yunyin Village could have such a talented young man.

"Can Minato defeat him?"

Tsunade crossed her arms and asked. She knew that Jiraiya's disciple, mainly from what his younger brother Naoki said, was a genius in the ninja school, but she didn't know what his specific strength was.

"You have to keep your distance."

Jiraiya was very aware of the disciple's strength and advantages. He was definitely no match for that young man in a simple competition of physical and sword skills, that is, close combat.

But if the distance is increased, Minato can defeat the opponent with ninjutsu.

He was very confident about this. The strength of the two was almost the same, but they majored in different directions, not to mention that Feng Dun could restrain Lei Dun.

"You also need a good ninja tool!"

Looking at the flickering light of Mori's sword over there, Jiraiya added.

The young man's ninja sword was definitely extraordinary at first glance, and he would be at a disadvantage if he fought forcefully.

After that, I have to tell Minato and go to the teacher's place to see if there are any good ninja tools.

At the same time, on the other side of the training ground, there were also people watching the game secretly.

He is short in stature, but carries a disassembled double-headed razor on his back. It is Izumi Shimura who has been monitoring someone.

Izumi Shimura silently watched the battle ahead. Although he was a little surprised by someone's strength, he still had absolute confidence in himself.

Last time, I didn’t know the other party well enough, so I suffered a big loss. Next time, I will never give that bastard a chance.

When I thought about being stripped naked and forced to cooperate with that bastard to take so many unsightly photos, Izumi Shimura almost went crazy and his teeth were almost broken.

That bastard must pay the price, and those photos must be taken back, and none of them can be spread out.

And here, there is another person watching the battle in secret, and it is Ye Cang who has been secretly staring at someone.

Although he was panicked before, Ye Cang did not leave, but followed secretly, and then followed here.

"He has grown to this point."

Looking at the figure who was cowardly, Ye Cang was very surprised.

Although the pervert was cowardly, you have to know that the opponent was facing Konoha White Fang, a strong man comparable to the shadow.

Not long ago, he even killed the son and daughter-in-law of Elder Chiyo on the front line. It was difficult for him to survive against such an existence, but now the pervert can persist under the knife of Konoha White Fang.

Compared to two years ago, the pervert has improved a lot. I am afraid that he may not be his opponent in a head-on confrontation.

"Liar!"

Realizing this, Ye Cang felt bad all over, and felt cheated.

You still say you don't have the qualifications to be a ninja, little liar!

In this way, under the secret watch of many parties, Tamura Hao exhausted the chakra in the Yang Seal before retreating and admitting defeat.

"The senior's swordsmanship is worthy of being the best in the ninja world."

Panting, Tamura Hao had a clear understanding of this person's strength.

Konoha White Fang is really strong, worthy of the killer in Sarutobi Hiruzen's hand.

Hatake Sakumo did not refute the boy's praise. He still has this confidence and arrogance.

Although his own strength is not the strongest in the current ninja world, when it comes to ninja swordsmanship, Hatake Sakumo is second, and no one can say he is the first.

He has even fought with the demigod of the Rain Country.

"Your swordsmanship will definitely surpass mine in the future."

Looking at the boy in front of him, Hatake Sakumo gave a high evaluation.

When he was twelve years old, he did not have such achievements in swordsmanship. As long as this boy does not die halfway, he will definitely surpass himself in swordsmanship in the future.

Because he has reached his limit, the limits of all aspects, it is impossible to improve, at most he can maintain the current peak state.

"Thank you for the praise, senior, I will work harder, and I will definitely take the title of the No. 1 sword in the ninja world from you next time. I hope you can live to that time and don't die on the battlefield."

Tamura Hao responded seriously, and he was also very confident about his future.

With two major plug-ins, his limit is not what ordinary people can imagine.

As long as he is given enough time, he can chop off the Six Paths Sage.

The No. 1 sword in the ninja world now is Hatake Sakumo, and the No. 1 sword in the ninja world in the future will definitely be him, Tamura Nichi!

Hearing the boy's subtext, Hatake Sakumo fell silent.

Although he was not good at that, he was not a fool. He could understand that the boy's previous words were correct, at least it would be right to pay more attention.

"I have something else to do."

After saying this, Hatake Sakumo performed the instant body technique and left, preparing to return to the Hokage Building to report to the Hokage the results of this test of the boy's strength.

Before leaving, he also glanced at the slightly shorter long sword in the boy's right hand, and found that the sword seemed to have a flaw through the collision just now.

And Tamura Hao stayed in the training ground and used the chakra absorption technique to recover the chakra in his body.

His chakra is different from the chakra passed down by the Six Paths Sage. It can be recovered, just like the chakra returned after the shadow clone is released. Uzumaki Naruto also uses it to assist in the maintenance of the sage technique.

Moreover, Chidori God Speed ​​and Chidori Blade are both blessing-type ninjutsu. Chakra only circulates in the sword and the body, and is not released.

These chakras are still there, and a part of them can be absorbed back using the chakra absorption technique.

As for the rest, it was integrated into the body. Chidori Speed, like the Lightning Release Armor, also has the effect of tempering the body. Every time it is used, part of the chakra will be integrated into the body's flesh and blood.

This is just like the Seeking the Way Jade after Uchiha Obito achieved the Six Paths in the Future Four Wars. After the explosion, the Seeking the Way Jade can be restored and returned to his side, and the control of chakra is higher.

Tamura Hao's chakra is extremely pure, without the imprint of other people's will. It is hard to say what is outside the body, but the chakra in the body is still his own.

In such a short time, 60% of the chakra was recovered, 10% was absorbed by the body, and 30% was annihilated with the chakra added to the sword by the opponent when fighting with Hatake Sakumo's blade.

That was annihilated and disintegrated, restored to vitality and spiritual power, and could not be recovered, at least at this stage.

He turned around and looked at the blonde woman who appeared behind him. It was Tsunade, and she looked unfriendly.

"Senior Tsunade, do you have something to talk to me about?"

"Don't call me senior casually, we are not that close."

Tsunade snorted coldly, very unhappy with this hateful brat.

She was actually fooled by such a brat, who did so many things under her nose.

"So what do you want to do, Tsunade?"

Tamura Hao followed suit and took back the title of senior and called him by his name.

This title made Tsunade even more unhappy with this brat.

"My hands are itching, I want to practice with you."

Tsunade moved her wrists and wanted to personally measure the strength of this brat and vent her dissatisfaction.

"I understand!"

Tamura Hao understood, put the big cat and the small cat into the arm armor, and prepared to fight Tsunade with his bare hands.

He had long been envious of Tsunade's super strength, and the level of skills was far beyond what he had figured out now.

If he could steal Tsunade's super strength skills, his own super strength skills would definitely be greatly improved. This perfect opportunity to steal the skills should not be missed.

"Want to compete with me in physical skills?"

Raised an eyebrow, Tsunade thought that this kid would just run away, or fight with swordsmanship, but who would have thought that he would use physical skills to fight.

This kid should not have heard of his name.

"My sword can't break your earth escape ninjutsu defense for the time being, and attacking has no effect. I can only dodge."

Tamura Hao confessed frankly that he didn't think about attacking, but just wanted to practice dodging.

Tsunade's fighting method seems to be only physical strength, but in fact, there is also the application of earth escape ninjutsu, which hardens the skin and bones of the body, so that it can withstand the burst of such power and fight with the opponent at the same time.

Otherwise, if you really use your flesh and blood alone, you can't achieve such an earth-shattering effect, let alone break the enemy's ninjutsu offensive.

If you can't break the defense, the attack is naturally useless. It's better to give up the attack and concentrate on dodging.

"Then let's see how long you can hide."

Tsunade stopped talking nonsense, and without moving her feet, she punched hard.

Chakra burst and fused the air in front of her to create a violent airflow, which is the outward application of the strange power technique.

Although it was just fused with air, the impact was extremely strong. Even Tamura Hao didn't dare to confront it head-on. He dodged to the side with lightning flashing on his body.

Before he could stand firm, another punch came over, and the airflow formed was very domineering, scraping off a layer of the ground.

Tamura Hao continued to dodge, using his hands and feet to speed up, and didn't dare to stop at all.

The stimulation of Chidori's speed and the effect of Mifune's instant step were superimposed, which increased the speed to the extreme of his current stage.

He even used chakra lines to pierce the ground from time to time to assist his body movement and dodge.

Of course, stealing the skills is necessary. With the help of Kaguya's Byakugan Sharingan, he observed the chakra flow in Tsunade's body and recorded it in detail.

"Very flexible."

After hitting dozens of punches without hitting, Tsunade no longer held back, raised her leg high, and then chopped down fiercely.

"Painful kick!"

"Bang!"

With a muffled bang, the ground of more than 20 meters in radius exploded instantly, greatly affecting Tamura Hao's evasion.

After all, even the ground was broken, the foothold was naturally not stable, and the speed of the body movement would be greatly affected.

Tamura Hao did not panic about this, and continued to dodge Tsunade's next fist wind attack.

Although it was a bit embarrassing, fortunately, he could still barely dodge.

Even if he was sometimes touched by the fist wind, with the defense of the light armor and leather clothes on his body, as well as the blessing of chakra on the body and physical fitness, he would not be injured.

Of course, pain is inevitable.

Tsunade still didn't move, her fists attacked continuously, blasting out a series of domineering punches, and she was having a lot of fun.

She just wanted to vent, not really want to defeat the kid, just let the kid suffer a little.

Another point is that her speed is not as fast as the kid, which is her shortcoming.

And Tamura Hao also had a lot of fun learning from him, and even occasionally moved to lure Tsunade out to let her perform the pain kick again to destroy the ground, so as to observe the chakra flow secrets of the pain kick many times.

At the same time, Sarutobi Hiruzen in the Hokage's office was watching the whack-a-mole-like battle through the telescope technique while listening to Hatake Sakumo's report.

Although he also watched the battle between Hatake Sakumo and the boy through the telescope technique before, remote viewing is not as good as the other person's personal experience, and some subtle aspects still need Hatake Sakumo to explain.

"Will he surpass you in the future?"

Sarutobi Hiruzen was dignified, and the boy's potential was higher than he thought.

He knew Hatake Sakumo's strength very well. If Sarumo was still there, they could suppress Hatake Sakumo with him. But now that Sarumo was gone, he was not sure he could suppress him.

Even if Hatake Sakumo got close to him, he would be injured.

This shows how powerful Hatake Sakumo was, but now he said that the child had higher potential.

In other words, the child could reach his level in the future, which was very dangerous.

"When I was this age, I just touched the level of sword Zen, which was far inferior to him. In a few years, he would definitely reach the realm of man and sword unity."

Hatake Sakumo told the truth, and was amazed at the boy's sword practice.

Only pure sword practitioners like them could understand the power of sword Zen practice, and even more so the horror of man and sword unity.

It can be said that as long as you comprehend the realm of man and sword unity, you can enter the ranks of Kage, and that's how he broke through.

"Man and sword unity?"

Sarutobi Hiruzen was surprised. He had heard of this statement, but he didn't know the details.

"Hokage-sama can be seen as a kind of illusion training for one's own spiritual will. Achieving the unity of man and sword can transform the spiritual will, and then drive the transformation of chakra, reaching a level beyond the level of jonin.

At the same time, the unity of man and sword can make the chakra and ninja sword more closely matched, and the chakra blade cut out will be more powerful. As long as the belief is not broken, the combat power can be maintained."

He briefly explained the unity of man and sword. That state is very mysterious. Even he can hardly explain it clearly in words, so he can only explain it from the side.

The Hatake family is a ninja clan that evolved from a samurai family. They still practice the samurai swordsmanship, which is the foundation of their own strength.

"Faith?"

Hiruzen Sarutobi remembered this point in his heart.

"After the Chunin Exam is over, you go to the Sand Ninja Front and cooperate with Orochimaru and Shimura Danzo to push the front back. The daimyo is already very dissatisfied with this."

Speaking of another thing, Hiruzen Sarutobi has been troubled by the front line over there. The daimyo has sent envoys to condemn this several times, asking them to push the front back as soon as possible, and even drive the Sand Ninja Army out of the country of rivers.

It is difficult to achieve this, mainly because the losses in the country of whirlpools were too heavy. The elite of their two clans who reached the special jonin were annihilated, and the elite of Danzo's root were also lost there.

It is good enough that Danzo and Orochimaru can maintain the front line without collapse.

It is almost impossible to push the front back, but the order from the daimyo cannot be ignored. Now we can only send out the trump card of White Fang.

However, we have to tell Danzo not to let Sakumo find out about the experimental research.

After all, these are just his subordinates, not his confidants. The Hatake family is also neutral in the village, and its final position is hard to say.

"Yes, Hokage!"

Hatake Sakumo accepted the order and didn't think much of it. He had been ordered to go to the front line once before and killed the leader of the Sand Village puppet army.

"You go down!"

Sarutobi Hiruzen signaled Hatake Sakumo to go down, and continued to look at the battle scene displayed in the crystal ball with deep eyes, and I don't know what he was thinking.

"The Cloud Ninja is indeed the best choice. After the plan is completed, they can be dealt with legitimately. The death of his only son is enough to make the Third Raikage furious and lose his mind."

He whispered in his heart. Sarutobi Hiruzen has been patient with the Cloud Village for a long time. He must completely drag the Cloud Village into the battlefield and start a war there, which can also weaken the Uchiha.

Thinking of this, Sarutobi Hiruzen made a hand seal to guide the crystal screen to change, and appeared in another training ground. The screen showed a blond boy and his disciple Jiraiya.