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The sky was drizzling with light rain.
A figure wearing a wide straw hat entered the inn.
"The accommodation fee is 12,000 Ryo per night."
Kenjiro stated the price without raising his head, continuing to sip a bowl of noodles.
Snap!
The straw hat was thrown onto the front desk, revealing the figure's appearance.
"Kenjiro, I didn't expect you to be alive."
A hoarse voice sounded, and Kenjiro shivered upon hearing it.
He raised his head abruptly, his pupils violently constricting.
"Lord Orochimaru?"
Kenjiro never expected Orochimaru to come to Kusagakure.
Didn't he flee the Konoha front lines? How did he get here?
Seeing Kenjiro's expression, Orochimaru was satisfied, and then explained his purpose.
"Bring out the latest information about Konoha."
"Ah, good."
Kenjiro nodded hastily.
But in his heart, he was already cursing Orochimaru's lineage.
Here comes another parasite.
Squatting his fat body, he took out a scroll from under the counter and respectfully placed it on the surface.
Orochimaru snatched the scroll and scanned the information.
But the next moment—
His face darkened.
"Are you kidding me?"
"Huh?"
Kenjiro was stunned.
This is the latest information, and it is indeed from Konoha.
"Broken! I forgot that this was information about Orochimaru's defection~~"
Kenjiro's face turned green.
The newest, biggest information in Konohagakure was undoubtedly the defection of the frontline commander, Orochimaru, which led to the defeat of the front line!
But he forgot that the defected protagonist was standing right there.
"Misunderstanding! This is a misunderstanding," Kenjiro hurriedly explained.
"I hope your next report won't be a misunderstanding," Orochimaru said grimly.
Kenjiro squatted under the table again.
"Boys! They're all from Konoha! That brat Akira Tsubaki at least knows how to trade! But this damn Orochimaru, he has no shame!"
Cursing internally, he took out the second scroll.
This time, instead of continuing to rage, Orochimaru looked at the intelligence with a frown.
"Namikaze Minato has left the village with nine Genin teams, heading toward the Land of Hot Water?"
Orochimaru guessed instantly that Cloud Shinobi was coming.
"Cloud Shinobi truly seizes opportunities. As soon as I defected, they couldn't hold back."
"How can one Namikaze Minato stop the Cloud Shinobi army?"
As for the nine Genin teams, he simply ignored them.
"By the way, help me collect information on one person!" Before leaving, Orochimaru turned his head.
"Huh? Who!"
"Genin of Konohagakure, Akira Tsubaki!"
Having said that, Orochimaru left the inn.
Kenjiro narrowed his eyes, not understanding Orochimaru's intentions.
After all, Akira Tsubaki is his 'close' partner.
On the Street.
Orochimaru's face was gloomy, a monstrous anger simmering in his heart.
He still couldn't figure out who blew up his secret laboratory.
Because of this person, he was forced to defect from the village, and his status plummeted.
"From the beginning to the end, only Akira Tsubaki from Team Minato approached the secret laboratory."
"However, it's unlikely that a Taijutsu brat could use that kind of Forbidden Jutsu in the back mountain."
"Did he hide something, or did Namikaze Minato do it?"
"Achoo~~"
In the woods in the early morning, Akira Tsubaki sneezed.
Seeing that Kakashi was not there, he guessed that the other party probably went to investigate nearby.
Conversely, Yūgao Uzuki was there.
Wait a moment!
Akira Tsubaki looked at the stone and found that his clothes were missing.
"I was worried about the dew in the woods, so I put the clothes on the rock. Why did she take them?"
He was right.
Yūgao Uzuki was mending his clothes.
Ah, this!
"You're awake~~" Yūgao Uzuki turned her head, greeted him, and continued mending the cloth.
"Sorry to bother you."
With a word of thanks, Akira Tsubaki jumped up the tree and opened the properties panel as a routine.
Name:Akira Tsubaki
Age:12 years old
Strength:458[Super · Kage-level]
Physique:2304 (*)
Agility:186[Kage-level]
Spirit:640 [Ultimate Immunity]
Chakra Amount:3588
Skills:None
Ninjutsu:Planetary Devastation (Class S) [Quality Evolution]
Ability:Wood Style
Comprehensive Strength Evaluation:Genin
Looking at the Attribute Panel, Akira Tsubaki fell into a daze.
"My Physique has doubled and entered the Immortal level. But why do I have an extra Wood Style ability?"
He couldn't figure out why.
Akira Tsubaki swore he had never learned Wood Style (Mokuton). How did he awaken such an ability?
Suppressing the doubts in his heart, he tried to calm himself down.
"Everything happens for a reason."
Taking a long breath, Akira Tsubaki decided to find out why Wood Style appeared.
After all, this ability cannot appear out of thin air.
"First of all, Physique has doubled to the Immortal level. I can compare this to the Sage Body."
"But this doesn't explain the emergence of Wood Style."
"What else is there?"
Touching his chin, his thoughts raced at high speed.
Soon, Akira Tsubaki's eyes lit up.
He thought of another reason.
"Wood Style is a Kekkei Genkai (Bloodline Limit) formed by the fusion of the two attributes: Earth Style and Water Style!"
"I remember that during the entrance examination, my Chakra attributes included three elements: Fire, Earth, and Water."
"But after graduation, when Minato-sensei tested me, my attributes seemed to have disappeared!"
"What if, instead of disappearing, they fused?"
The more he thought about it, the more likely this seemed to Akira Tsubaki.
"Because my Physique doubled to the Immortal level, the dormant, fused Wood attribute also transformed accordingly! It became Wood Style!"
Only this theory could explain the emergence of Wood Style.
In the past, Akira Tsubaki always thought his Chakra attributes had degenerated. But now, it seemed this wasn't degeneration at all, but fusion.
The emergence of Wood Style was the best proof.
After closing the properties panel, Akira Tsubaki was neither happy nor disappointed.
He had no intention of learning Ninjutsu, but by chance, Wood Style just appeared.
Whoosh!
Kakashi was back.
He glanced at Yūgao Uzuki, who was mending clothes, with a strange expression, and then jumped onto the tree.
"I found a dozen Cloud Shinobi coming from the direction of the Daimyō's Manor."
"Oh? Only a dozen or so?"