Hagoromo and Hamura, after sealing Kaguya away, one went to the moon to guard the seal, while the other wandered the ninja world.
Without Kaguya's suppression, the unified nation split apart, and the world fell into chaos.
But Hagoromo, who had the ability to end the wars, did not do so and restore peace.
Instead, he separated his own chakra, vainly attempting to use it to connect people's hearts and thus bring peace to the world.
Unfortunately, Hagoromo did not understand the human heart.
He founded the Ninja Sect, but in the end, its chakra was still used for slaughter.
After the birth of the ninja profession, almost all the turmoil in the world was stirred up by the sons of the Sage of Six Paths.
And the Sage himself, Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki, merely watched the battles from the Pure Land, and when necessary, he would reincarnate the chakras of his two sons to start a new round of fighting.
Something even the Sage of Six Paths could not do, Tsunade did not think she could either.
In her heart, if there was anyone in this world who could bring peace to the ninja world, then Li Anshi was perhaps the one with the greatest chance.
After glancing at him, Tsunade turned her gaze to the children in the classroom.
"Congratulations, you little guys."
"From this moment on, you will truly step into the world of the ninja."
Seeing Tsunade's hardened heart soften at the students' cheers, Orochimaru knew it was his turn to step in.
Otherwise, the purpose Tsunade had been trying to create—to let these brats see the cruelty of the ninja world early on—would fail.
"The life of a ninja is not as wonderful as you imagine."
"Death, slaughter, betrayal..."
"These will accompany you for the rest of your lives."
Spreading with Orochimaru's magnetic voice was a thick killing intent.
In an instant, the children in the classroom felt as if they had been plunged into an ice cellar.
The chilling killing intent made them feel as if they were in a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, the fear of being killed by an enemy at any moment filling their hearts.
Fortunately, Orochimaru only released this killing intent for a moment before retracting it. Otherwise, most of these children would probably have been scared witless by it.
After all, Orochimaru was a powerful Jonin. How could these children possibly withstand his killing intent?
Let alone these children, even the squad-leading Chunin who had followed behind him and Tsunade now had beads of cold sweat on their foreheads.
As expected of the Third Hokage's disciple.
Just the release of his killing intent is enough to make us unable to bear it.
How strong would Lord Orochimaru's true strength be?
Lord Jiraiya and Lady Tsunade are also the Third Hokage's disciples. Do they also possess such strength?
After the fear in their hearts, came a sense of security.
The safety of a village was protected by the prestige of these lords.
They were not young, and they had also participated in the First Great Ninja War.
Therefore, they knew that in a war between villages, people like them could not influence the course of the battle.
All they could do was stabilize the rear for these lords, and wait for them to defeat the enemy's powerhouses.
If their own powerhouses were defeated, then what would await everyone would be the slaughter of the ordinary ninjas by the enemy's.
Before their chakra was exhausted, a Kage-level powerhouse killing Chunin and Genin was no different from mowing grass.
Only an Elite Jonin-level powerhouse could hold back a Kage-level one.
Three or more well-coordinated Elite Jonin had a chance of surviving in the face of a Kage-level powerhouse.
For ordinary ninjas like them, their strength had almost reached its peak, and had even begun to decline.
The greatest contribution they could make to the village was to properly cultivate the next generation...
Seeing that the students had been cowed by him, Orochimaru was very satisfied.
Although this was his first time as a "squad-leading Jonin," it was not the first time he had led subordinates.
It was no joke. Every Jonin in Konoha had achieved countless merits and experienced countless life-and-death situations to obtain that honor.
There were many ninjas with Jonin-level strength, but those who could truly obtain the title of "Jonin" were definitely the best of the best!
Their individual experiences, if written down, would be legendary stories that could be passed down.
"Now, those whose names I call will come with me!"
"Ryuji Furukawa, Shinta Murakami, Fūha Nishimura."
"Yes!"
Two boys and a girl rose from their seats, trembling.
On their faces, one could see a mixture of fear and relief at being under Lord Orochimaru's command.
The fear was because they had been frightened by his killing intent earlier.
The relief was because they might become his subordinates!
After six years in the Academy, these students already knew that, under normal circumstances, the ninjas who came to be their supervising teachers were mostly Chunin.
Only when a genius appeared in the class and attracted the attention of the village's higher-ups would a Jonin possibly be assigned as their squad leader.
In their year, there were geniuses like Nawaki Senju, Fugaku Uchiha, and the Hyuga brothers, Hiashi and Hizashi. There would definitely be a Jonin as a supervising teacher.
However, that was a treatment only these geniuses would receive.
How could ordinary people like them possibly receive the favor of a Jonin?
But the fact was, it had happened.
The three of them, all commoner ninja students, had really been called by Lord Orochimaru.
The other students looked at their departing backs with envy.
"Yūya Nara, Yuriko Yamanaka, Ichirō Akimichi, come with me!"
After Orochimaru, Tsunade spoke.
Unsurprisingly, the juniors Hiruzen had prepared for her were from the Ino-Shika-Chō trio.
This could also be considered him paving the way for her.
In a time of chaos, a powerful ninja could bring peace to the village and be trusted and loved by everyone.
In a time of peace, wisdom took the mainstream, guiding the direction of the village and allowing it to develop correctly.
And in the entire ninja world, when it came to wisdom, the Nara clan was at the pinnacle.
Among the Ino-Shika-Chō trio, the Nara clan's strength was not the strongest, but they were indeed the core.
Most of their core battle tactics were created by the Nara.
Therefore, one could see that their combat core was centered around the Nara.
In fact, the Nara's shadow techniques made them the best choice for a teammate.
Even without the Yamanaka and Akimichi, the Nara would not be much weaker.
And if the other two were without the Nara, although they wouldn't be much weaker, they wouldn't have their current illustrious reputation.
What's more, in his years of governing Konoha, Hiruzen could feel just how important the Nara's wisdom was to the development of a village.
Sakumo Hatake had a Nara under his command.
Since Tsunade also aspired to the position of Hokage, he naturally would not show favoritism.
Although Yūya Nara was not much in the Nara clan, this was an intersection between Tsunade and them.
Presumably, with their wisdom, the Nara would be able to understand the meaning behind the Third Hokage's actions.
At that time, if they were interested, they would align themselves with Tsunade.
In other villages, if there were two "Kage" candidates, everyone in the village might worry that a fight between two tigers would inevitably lead to one being injured.
At the very least, the village might suffer a great loss of strength.
Even worse, it could lead to the village splitting apart.
However, Hiruzen was not worried about such a problem.
Whether it was Sakumo Hatake or Tsunade, in both of their hearts, Konoha came first.
The contest between the two for the position of Hokage, as long as it was accompanied by the correct public opinion propaganda, would be a grand event for Konoha.
Because Konoha had two candidates who were worthy of the position of "Kage."
This represented the prosperity of Konoha.
It was something the other villages could only envy and be jealous of.
And unlike other villages, no matter who inherited the position of Hokage between the two of them, the other would not become a stumbling block.
On the contrary, they might both become the number one person under the Kage.
Just like the current Third Hokage and Sakumo Hatake.
"Fugaku Uchiha, Hizashi Hyuga, Gyōichi Sarutobi."
"Yes!"
After Tsunade, Jiraiya also called a few people.
Then, the Chunin outside the hallway all looked at Li Anshi.
Tsunade and the others dared to call people before him, but they did not have such courage.
Seeing this, Li Anshi shrugged, not surprised.
He then stepped onto the podium.
Seeing him, unsurprisingly, a look of disappointment appeared on the faces of the students in the classroom.
Although his reputation as Little Li's Flying Dagger resounded throughout the ninja world, the only ones who knew his true face were the experienced ninjas who had been in the profession for many years.
How could these children in the Academy possibly know that he was him?
In their eyes, perhaps the only supervising Jonin this time were Lord Tsunade, Lord Jiraiya, and Lord Orochimaru.
However, what puzzled them was that Nawaki Senju's performance in class was in no way inferior to Fugaku Uchiha and the Hyuga brothers.
They all had supervising Jonin, but he didn't?
Was that normal?
Putting others aside, it was important to know that Lady Tsunade was also one of the supervising Jonin this time!
Could it be that his own sister doesn't want him to become a ninja?
Unlike the confusion of the other students, a trace of disappointment flashed in Nawaki's eyes.
Since he was young, he had always loved and even idolized his older sister, Tsunade.
He had always strived to be like her, to become a great ninja recognized by everyone.
But unfortunately, he didn't know when it had started, but he had begun to sense something.
During that time, his sister had seemed to get injured often.
Then, whenever he wanted to say he wanted to become a ninja, he would be beaten severely by her.
He didn't understand.
However, he wanted to help his sister.
Therefore, although he was beaten to a pulp every time, he would still, time and time again, in front of her, state his goal of becoming a great ninja.
And, to become Hokage!
From then on, her "education" of him had become more and more severe.
Thanks to her sparring, his taijutsu in the Academy had consistently ranked first.
Even Fugaku Uchiha and the Hyuga brothers, in terms of taijutsu alone, were no match for him.
However, he had never imagined that his sister would go so far as to prevent a Jonin from becoming his supervising teacher, just to stop him from becoming a great ninja.
"Sister..."
Clenching his fists, he took a deep breath.
"Just you wait."
"Even if I only become a Chunin's subordinate, I will still, step by step, get closer to you!"
"Nawaki Senju, Mikoto Uchiha, Rin Hyuga."
"The three of you, come with me."
"Yes!"
Hearing his name, Nawaki immediately stood up. He glanced at the black-haired girl in front of him, and a soft light flashed in his eyes.
"Well, not everything is going wrong."
Looking up at the ninja on the podium, he sighed again.
Although he was not yet a true ninja, he could still recognize many of the famous ninjas in Konoha.
This unremarkable ninja, he had no impression of him in his memory.
This meant that the other party was not a famous ninja at all.
"Worst case, after I've completed the missions assigned by my squad leader, I'll go home and ask my sister for guidance."
"Even if I get beaten, as long as it makes me stronger, it's not unbearable."
Thinking of his sister's fists, his face couldn't help but twitch a few times.
"Let's go."
Seeing the three of them stand up, Li Anshi nodded at the waiting Chunin in the hallway and then led them out of the classroom.
"Sensei, you're going the wrong way."
The three of them followed behind him, but to their surprise, he did not lead them to catch up with the other teams. Instead, he led them higher up the school building.
Thus, the seemingly introverted Rin Hyuga couldn't help but remind him in a small voice.
"Haha, Rin, we're not going the wrong way."
"I brought you here on purpose."
Turning back to smile at her, he explained, "Since the Hokage has assigned the three of you to my command, then I feel it's necessary for us to get to know each other better."
"Oh? We're here."
Opening an iron door, the four of them arrived on the roof of the Ninja Academy.
"The roof of the Ninja Academy. What a familiar sight."
"Oh? Sensei, were you a student at the Academy before?"
Mikoto Uchiha asked curiously.
If one wasn't a student, it would be difficult to have such a sentiment.
"That's right, Mikoto. An excellent deduction."