"Although the method is clumsy, it's effective, and I'm not stupid either."
He activated his Sensing Technique, confirmed no one was watching within a hundred meters, and extended his left hand.
He condensed Chakra in his palm, maintaining it, steadily and gradually solidifying it, until it formed a small wind vortex.
A rapidly rotating blue energy sphere appeared in his hand.
This was the Rasengan that Minato Namikaze had spent three years researching!
"Today was another fruitful day."
He casually dispelled the Rasengan, dusted himself off, stood up, and jumped directly from the balcony.
What's the difference between having great power and not using it, and being an idiot?
After landing steadily, he walked towards his teacher's office.
He still had to sign in before work, otherwise, the unreliable Third Hokage would make trouble for him and deduct his salary.
Even after transmigrating, he still had to work. When would a working man ever get ahead?
Lin Mo returned to the office, preoccupied.
He was looking forward to the sound of the closing bell when suddenly, the office door was violently pushed open.
Anko Mitarashi walked in confidently, went straight to Lin Mo, and asked with an expectant face, "Lin Mo-kun, what do you want for dinner tonight and breakfast tomorrow morning? Tell me, I'll go buy it."
Whoosh!
Lin Mo instantly became the center of attention in the office.
The male teachers' eyes were filled with envy, jealousy, and displeasure.
Although Anko Mitarashi was impulsive and a bit overbearing, she was beautiful, had a great figure, was powerful, was also a rich woman, and could even play with snakes; there were actually quite a few people who secretly admired her.
But now, it seemed she had already gotten together with Lin Mo.
Otherwise, with her personality, how could she possibly offer to cook for him?
They were just arguing fiercely yesterday, how did he manage to win her over today?
It was truly infuriating. Can being handsome allow one to do whatever they want?
Lin Mo didn't understand how to read other people's minds. If he did, he would definitely tell them that being handsome indeed allowed one to do as they pleased, and ordinary people like them wouldn't understand such a feeling.
"How about these?"
Lin Mo casually listed a menu and handed it to Anko, casually instructing, "If you can't buy them, go to the Hokage Tower and post a mission, find someone to gather them from the nearby mountains or other countries."
He planned to stock up on all the ingredients and seasonings he liked.
"Alrighty!"
Seeing that Lin Mo didn't refuse the dinner invitation, Anko was overjoyed. She took the list and turned to leave, coming and going quickly.
"Whoosh!"
As soon as Anko left, a group of teachers surrounded him.
"Lin Mo-sensei, want a cigarette?"
"Lin Mo-sensei, are you free to go to the hot springs tonight?"
"Lin Mo-sensei, I know a good pub, want to check it out?"
"Lin Mo-sensei, I'm straightforward and willing to spend money, can you teach me the secret to picking up girls?"
"..."
A group of male teachers desperately flattered him, all wanting to inquire about the best tricks to pick up girls.
Lin Mo sighed and said helplessly, "Teachers, it's not that I don't want to teach, and I'm tempted by the benefits you offer, but unfortunately, you can't learn my method."
"If you don't tell us, how do you know we can't learn?" one teacher retorted, unconvinced.
Lin Mo didn't reply. Instead, he picked up a mirror from a female Ninja teacher nearby, let everyone look at their own faces, and then pointed at himself and asked, "Can you do it?"
!
With that look, everyone understood. This guy was saying they weren't handsome enough.
"Get out of here!" everyone laughed and cursed.
Just then, a purple-haired Anbu suddenly appeared on the office window sill.
"Lin Mo-sensei, Hokage-sama requests your presence."
"Alright, I'll be right there."
Lin Mo's fighting spirit instantly soared.
"..."
Yūgao Uzuki's lips twitched slightly behind her mask.
If it weren't for Lin Mo always cursing the Hokage as "Old Monkey" in his diary, and also cursing Danzo, she would have really thought his acting was good.
"Follow me."
Yūgao Uzuki leaped down from the window sill, signaling Lin Mo to follow.
She also wanted to show her face more in front of Lin Mo, so naturally, she wouldn't foolishly walk ahead alone.
The two rushed towards the Hokage Tower, one in front, one behind.
Lin Mo looked at Yūgao Uzuki's back, unable to help but praise her in his heart.
[Wife Yugao has such a great figure. It would be a pity if she grew old alone. Let me take care of her.]
"What were you mumbling about just now?!" Yūgao Uzuki suddenly turned around.
"?" Lin Mo was startled and asked back, "What did I say?"
Oh, you've really gone too far with that! You're saying I'll grow old all alone in the future?
Look at all these suitors around me, how could I possibly end up with no one?
But then again, it's not entirely impossible, after all, my standards are indeed picky.
Just like Gekkō Hayate, who has a Bloodline Limit and always tries to curry favor with me, and we get along quite well, but he's still on probation, isn't he?
But right now, I definitely won't be alone.
Thinking this, Yūgao Uzuki glared at Lin Mo and said, "Hey, control your gaze."
"We're not done with what happened in the early morning."
"Early morning? Oh, you're Yūgao Uzuki, whom Yuhi Kurenai mentioned!" Lin Mo feigned a look of just understanding.
Yūgao Uzuki's lips twitched again under her mask.
You don't know me? You probably know me better than I know myself!
"I am Yūgao Uzuki. I'll come find you for a spar when I have time."
"If you're too weak, I might just finish you off with one strike!"
Yūgao Uzuki had always been quite confident in her emotional management, but whenever Lin Mo was around, she always lost control. This man truly had an inexplicable charm.
Just like now, she actually said such an impossible threat.
"Then Yugao-senpai must go easy on me."
Lin Mo quickened his pace, walking with Yūgao Uzuki, and said with a smile, "Actually, I can take responsibility."
"Take responsibility?" Yūgao Uzuki said indifferently, "To be my man, first, your appearance must not displease me; second, your age shouldn't be too far off; finally, you must be able to defeat me, and your swordsmanship must not be inferior to mine."
"You pass the first two, but can you defeat me?"
A man cannot say no!
"Such a good deal exists?" Lin Mo immediately smiled and said excitedly, "There's a small grove over there, how about we go spar right now?"
Yūgao Uzuki: "..."
Are you serious about challenging me to a fight?
"I absolutely won't hold back!" Lin Mo said with a serious expression.
Seeing him like this, Yūgao Uzuki realized she had overthought things, and her face instantly turned red.
Thankfully, she was wearing a mask, otherwise, Lin Mo would have been dumbfounded.
"I overthought it just now; it must be because Anko keeps telling me all those random things."
"It's definitely not because I was secretly hoping for something!"
Yūgao Uzuki quickly made an excuse.
On the other side, Anko, who had just arrived at the market, sneezed.
"Could Lin Mo-kun be writing about me in his diary?"
Anko excitedly opened the diary and indeed saw new entries.
[Goddess Uzuki above, there really are good things that fall from the sky in this world.]
[I was just worrying about how to solve my single status, and Yugao just delivered herself to my doorstep. She said she could accept my looks and age difference, and as long as I could win against her, she would let me take responsibility for her.]
"My Chakra is three times that of Kakashi's three years from now, and I've mastered the Flying Thunder God, Shuriken Shadow Clone, Rasengan, plus Sakumo Hatake's peak instantaneous movement and invisibility techniques. My attack speed is enough to instantly defeat Wife Yugao."
"So, isn't the Ninja World's first wife already in hand?"
"Anko, I've decided to completely let go. You've done a great deed!"
"Yugao, you sly one, so proper on the surface, but so cunning!"
Anko Mitarashi was furious.
Yūgao Uzuki was indeed outstanding, five years younger than Yuhi Kurenai and two years younger than Anko, yet she had already been promoted to Jonin and joined the Anbu, although she hadn't reached elite level yet.
And Lin Mo? Leaving aside where he learned Rasengan, everyone had heard of his other skills. He was practically a combination of the yellow flash and Konoha's White Fang, not weak even among Kage-level Ninja.
Yūgao Uzuki was clearly no match for Lin Mo, yet she came to him saying, "If you win against me, I'll let you take responsibility." Wasn't that just openly offering herself?
It was all a trap!
This best friend is too playful!
"The Ninja World's first wife?!"
At Satomi Hill Villa, Yakumo Kurama held the diary, reluctant to put it down, eager to turn the page.
She was fixated on the title "The Ninja World's first wife."
"This, I absolutely cannot give up," Yakumo Kurama felt she had to take action.
"So, one 'Kakashi Chakra' means that."
In the spatial rift, Rin Nohara laughed like a silver bell.
She was staring at the sentence, "Chakra amount is three times Kakashi's three years from now."
Combined with what Lin Mo had written before, it was easy to understand that "one Kakashi Chakra" meant "the Chakra amount of Kakashi three years from now."
After more than ten years, has Kakashi become the standard for measuring Chakra in the Ninja World now?
Next time she sees him, she must ask for clarification.
How interesting.
Other women had various reactions after reading these contents.
For example, Yūgao Uzuki, after reading the diary, was stunned then furious.
To be honest, what she said just now was out of self-confidence and her preconceived notions about Lin Mo.
But after reading the diary, she suddenly felt like she was no different from others.
Yuhi Kurenai and the others must be laughing at her, right?
"As an Anbu member, I cannot act freely."
"If you want to fight me, wait until I'm free."
Yūgao Uzuki immediately found an excuse and added, "And defeating me isn't enough; you also have to earn my recognition for your swordsmanship."
"Then it's settled," Lin Mo readily agreed.
With his current strength, the swordsmanship of the Ninja World, even without diary rewards, he could surpass Yūgao Uzuki just by practicing with Shadow Clones.
If he was stronger than her, she would naturally acknowledge him, right?
"..."
Yūgao Uzuki said nothing more, because the two had already arrived at the Hokage Tower.
"Hokage-sama!"
Yūgao Uzuki led Lin Mo into the office to report.
"Hmm!"
Hiruzen Sarutobi secretly put away the crystal ball on his desk, picked up his pipe, and said, "Lin Mo, I have high hopes for you. Your understanding of the Will of Fire, blah blah blah…"
This Old Monkey started his usual platitudes again, interspersed with praises for Lin Mo, like a long, winding foot-binding cloth, giving people a headache.
Lin Mo, on the other hand, put on a professional demeanor, smiling and playing along with the act.
In a blink of an eye, half an hour passed before the Old Monkey finally stopped and revealed his purpose.
To put it simply, he wanted Lin Mo to organize the content he taught in class yesterday and hand it over to him.
He thought Lin Mo's teaching was excellent and wanted everyone in the village to learn from it.
[Old Monkey, Old Monkey, you're truly shameless.]
[How could you possibly summarize the things I taught yesterday?]
[It sounds nice to say you want everyone to learn from me, but actually, you want to claim it as your own, put it in textbooks, so that future generations remember your title as the "Strongest Hokage."]
[Are you worthy? Bah!]
[But you only have a few months left to live. I'll play along with you for now, and burn it for you later. I hope you learn well over there.]
"Good, very good!"
Yakumo Kurama was so excited she almost jumped up.
Whether it was Lin Mo's disdain for Hiruzen Sarutobi or his impending death, both were good news for her.
"The Third Hokage really only has a few months left to live?"
Hearing this, the girls present each had their own calculations.
The death of a village's Kage was enough to shake the entire Ninja World's situation; they had to prepare in advance.
"Hokage-sama, please rest assured, within half a year at most, I will organize my understanding of the Will of Fire and present it to you then," Lin Mo promised, patting his chest.
Half a year made Hiruzen Sarutobi a bit displeased.
But then he thought that what Lin Mo taught was indeed profound, and he couldn't think of a better solution, so spending more time was normal.
To cover up his lack of cultural understanding, he didn't object, but instead encouraged Lin Mo a few times.
Finally, he took out two envelopes.
"These are two letters. One is Uzumaki Naruto's guardian certificate; from now on, you will be his legal guardian."
"The other is Naruto's last orphan living expenses before he becomes a Ninja; please hand it over to him."
Hiruzen Sarutobi handed over the envelopes.
Lin Mo was reaching out to take them.
Just then,
"Bang!"
The office door was suddenly slammed open.
Immediately after, an old man with a cane, half his face and half his body wrapped in bandages, strode in.
He walked straight to the desk and said coldly, "Hiruzen, letting the Tailed Beast person join a squad as a Ninja, and letting someone else be his guardian, I don't agree!"
Lin Mo didn't take the envelopes, withdrew his hand, and turned to look at the newcomer.
Oh, isn't that Danzo?
You're backing yourself into a corner!
[Look, look who I ran into.]
That guy, Danzo Shimura, the King of Blame, Konoha's Shadow, Fifth Hokage, Kazekage's spokesperson, and he even called himself a new hybrid species of Uchiha and Senju, eventually dying to seal half a bridge. He was practically the gatekeeper of Kage-level existence!
Many people's life tragedies were his doing.
Girls: What? So many outrageous titles, are they real or fake?
The Ninja World is a bit twisted, causing everyone's values to be a bit off.
Actually, who hasn't made a mistake? But from another perspective, it's not necessarily all wrong.
Take Black Zetsu, for example. Black as charcoal, he's been scheming for thousands of years, manipulating Madara, Obito, Nagato, not letting any of them off. But in the end, he was trying to save his mother, so his filial piety was quite strong.
But if we're talking about who's the most irredeemable, Danzo definitely takes the crown.
Uchiha Kagami died, Uchiha Shisui also died, Yakushi Kabuto, such a key figure in the Fourth Great Ninja War when he was young, and Konoha's White Fang's reputation was also ruined by him. He was also behind the Nine-Tails' Attack, and he instigated Hanzo to kill Yahiko, the leader of Akatsuki. When Kakashi, Hiruzen Sarutobi, and Pain attacked Konoha to seize the Nine-Tailed, he was still working behind the scenes. Even Mount Myōboku's contact toad was manipulated by him, and Naruto's entire life was made miserable by him.