After hearing this, Tsunade fell silent for a moment, then turned to Hyuga Hizashi to verify it with her eyes.
After receiving Hyuga Hizashi's affirmative nod, she reached out, pinched Shiro Akira's cheeks, and pulled them. Only after confirming that the Shiro Akira before her was not fake did she glare at him and question him, "Talk! When did you obtain this kind of strength? Just how much have you been hiding from me?"
That terrifying sky-piercing lightning pillar, that terrifying battle record… even an ordinary Kage-level expert might not be able to do it so cleanly, right?
One mistake and they might even lose their life.
Tsunade asked herself and knew that she could not do it as cleanly and decisively as Shiro Akira had.
"Not that much!"
Shiro Akira explained awkwardly, "I only hid a tiny bit. These are all the results of my training over the past year. Ever since my bloodline awakened, I discovered that I learn things especially fast, and my brain became especially useful."
"As I trained, I naturally became this strong. As I thought about it, I naturally created this ninjutsu."
He, Shiro Akira, had relied entirely on himself.
Like hell I believe you!
Hyuga Hizashi and the others roared inwardly from the side.
What did he mean, he became this strong just by training?
What did he mean, he created that world-destroying ninjutsu just by thinking about it?
They wanted that kind of talent too.
Heaven knew how much effort and painstaking work they had spent to obtain their current strength.
In the end, their strength was just like this, directly reduced to dregs by Shiro Akira's one year of progress.
This world was really damn unfair.
Even Kakashi's eyes twitched when he heard this, and his heart was no longer calm.
Good grief!
Compared to Shiro Akira, he suddenly felt that this so-called genius in other people's eyes might actually be a piece of trash.
When Tsunade heard this, her expression also stiffened. She pulled Shiro Akira's face again, even deforming it slightly, before saying speechlessly, "Did you awaken some kind of mutated bloodline? Even in my Senju clan, as far as I know, even my Second Grandfather wasn't as exaggerated as you."
Kage-level combat power at the age of seven?
This world had gone insane.
However, since the matter had been clarified, there was no need for Tsunade and the others to continue rushing toward the incident location. They immediately turned back.
It took nearly an hour before they returned to the front-line camp.
"What happened?"
Orochimaru immediately came forward to ask.
After Tsunade and Hyuga Hizashi explained the whole situation to Orochimaru and the others, everyone was also full of disbelief at first.
After confirming it again and again, Orochimaru even personally inspected the Sand Ninja corpses and looked at the six neatly severed heads and fourteen charred bodies. Only then did they truly believe it.
After that, everyone sucked in a cold breath, their eyes staring straight at Shiro Akira.
Those gazes looked as if they wanted to eat him alive, making Shiro Akira feel extremely uncomfortable.
Orochimaru looked at Shiro Akira meaningfully and said, "Everyone has greatly underestimated you, Akira-kun! You're not a genius, but rather…"
A genius was not this kind of ridiculous creature.
"I'm alright, I'm alright!"
Shiro Akira smiled shyly, putting on an obedient appearance.
Orochimaru then continued, "I've already recorded your merit. I'll report it to the village shortly. I believe the rewards and promotion related to you will be implemented very soon."
"Also, the plan has changed slightly. Lord Hokage has given new instructions."
As he spoke, Orochimaru took out a sealing scroll, handed it to Shiro Akira, and instructed, "Deliver this to Sakumo on the eastern battlefield as quickly as possible. After that, listen to his arrangements."
"You can rest here for the night and set out tomorrow."
Actually, if possible, he wanted to keep Shiro Akira here and see whether he could borrow his combat power to completely defeat the Sand Ninja.
But Tsunade probably would not agree.
Back then, Nawaki had been entrusted to him by Tsunade, only to die in the end.
Although Tsunade had never blamed him, Orochimaru had always remembered it and could not forget.
Nawaki's death was actually also the beginning of him realizing the fragility of life and starting down a crooked path.
However, the current him was still not yet the incredibly evil and cold-blooded person he would become later.
He still retained some human feeling.
Combined with the Third Hokage's orders, after thinking it over, he decided to forget it.
It had also been explained just now that Shiro Akira's technique required rainy weather as support. Otherwise, it would be difficult to use.
"No need. The intelligence is important, and we're not tired. We'll set off now!"
Shiro Akira accepted the scroll and put it away, then shook his head.
He did not want to stay here as a rare animal for everyone to watch.
It was better to leave early.
"That's fine!"
Orochimaru naturally had no objections.
His earlier words had merely been to look after Shiro Akira.
Since Shiro Akira had such awareness, that was even better.
"You're going to Sakumo's side?"
Hearing this, Tsunade nodded despite being reluctant to part after only just reuniting with Shiro Akira. "That's good too. With him taking care of you, I doubt anyone will be able to threaten you."
The key was that the Sand Ninja battlefield was very dangerous right now. In contrast, the eastern battlefield against Kirigakure was still in the probing stage.
It was much less dangerous.
Moreover, Sakumo's strength was far greater than hers, so he could take care of Akira.
"Then we'll head out first! Sister Tsunade, Uncle Snake!"
Shiro Akira nodded to Tsunade and Orochimaru, then called Kakashi along and left the commander's tent.
"Uncle Snake, is it? I like that name!"
Hearing Shiro Akira's way of addressing him, a rare smile appeared on Orochimaru's face.
Just as Shiro Akira and Kakashi were about to leave the camp, Tsunade and Hyuga Hizashi followed them over.
"Be careful on the road! This time, we really owe you, Akira. Otherwise, many of us would have died in battle."
"After the war, you're always welcome to visit my home."
Hyuga Hizashi solemnly thanked Shiro Akira.
"Alright!"
Shiro Akira smiled and nodded. "Also, Captain, you're being too serious. Isn't this what I should do?"
"Heh!"
Hyuga Hizashi smiled knowingly.
This kind of Shiro Akira really made it difficult for people to dislike him.
"You brat!"
Tsunade rubbed Shiro Akira's head and said with a complicated expression, "Be careful, and keep a low profile! Don't think that just because you have some strength, you can get carried away! That's very dangerous on the battlefield. Do you understand?"
Shiro Akira nodded seriously. "I understand! Sister Tsunade, don't worry! I've always been very low-key. You should know that better than anyone."
Otherwise, he would not have only exposed a portion of his strength now.
"You brat!"
When Tsunade heard this, she could not help remembering how this kid had hidden most of his strength for nearly a year.
No matter what, in terms of being cautious, this brat really did do quite well.
"Hurry up and get lost!"
Tsunade immediately began chasing him away.
She hated scenes of farewell like this.
"Alright!"
Shiro Akira answered with a smile, then called Kakashi and ran east.
Half a day later, Shiro Akira and Kakashi had already run more than a hundred kilometers. Seeing that the sky was getting dark and their stomachs were hungry, they finally stopped.
After finding an open space, Shiro Akira directly took more than a dozen fragrant dishes and a large pot of rice out of his spatial ring under Kakashi's dumbfounded gaze. He filled a bowl for both himself and Kakashi, then pointed at the food on the ground and said, "Eat! It's delicious!"
As he spoke, he opened his mouth and began enjoying the food in large bites.
Of course, he did not forget to summon Pikachu as well and prepare a feast for it too.
"Pika!" I'm digging in!
As soon as Pikachu came out and saw so much delicious food, it happily began eating.
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