Naruto: As a genin, I just want to live a normal life.

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If it doesn't pass, I won't fix it.

The story revolves around the discovery of Karura's SM relationship with the protagonist by Nawaki, and also includes explanations of the protagonist's and Nawaki's identities.

Finally, because Rope Tree gave the protagonist a chance to experience the stun gun, the protagonist let Rope Tree try it out and enjoyed the upgraded version of the lightning five-hit lash.

Later, the protagonist sleeps with Tsunade and Mikoto in the same bed, using various tricks, but none of them lead the protagonist to commit any crimes.

This is the content of Chapter 130.

Chapter 132 Ape Fire, Group Regret!

The reason Yamato was working was because when he first arrived in Loulan, the restaurant owner took him in and fed him a lot of water, which woke him up.

After learning about the changes in Loulan, Yamato decided to hold back for now and find someone else to talk to.

So, he helped out at the restaurant to repay the restaurant owner's kindness.

In his free time, he would go out to look for any information about his companions.

In the end, he found Sakura Haruno first.

Sakura Haruno was wearing the sanitation worker uniform number 17 at the time, and Yamato also saw many people who were obviously local guards, and sensed a powerful female ninja in charge.

At first, Yamato didn't dare to get close and could only pretend to pass by.

In the time that followed, he pretended to be asking for directions and approached Sakura Haruno to ask her some random questions. He found that Karura and the guards just watched him and did not stop him.

Through repeated communication with Sakura Haruno and the use of coded language, he learned some information: Sakura Haruno appeared in the inner city and ended up looking like this because she used ninjutsu.

The agreed-upon time is today.

In the beverage shop, Yamato used the Loulan coins he had earned working for the restaurant owner to buy two drinks. When Sakura Haruno saw this, her eyes lit up.

"For Sakura. Thank you for your hard work."

"Waaaah—" Sakura Haruno grabbed the drink and hugged it to her chest, taking a big gulp. "Ha! I'm alive again!"

"Captain Yamato."

"You have no idea how much I've suffered this month! This Loulan is simply inhuman! Waaah—"

Yamato took a sip of his cool, sparkling water, leaned against a shady alley near the shop entrance, and said, "Sakura, have you been helping with the construction and renovation of the country of Loulan this month? Even though we lost contact for over ten days, I still saw you running around every day..."

"Mmm." Sakura Haruno finished her drink, picked up the ice cubes from the glass, and chewed them. In this hot environment, her mouth and body felt exceptionally comfortable.

"That's right. The people of Loulan don't treat ninjas like human beings at all. It seems like there's never enough work to do every day, and they don't even pay us. Our daily meals are either bean sprouts with minced meat, radish with minced meat, or vegetables with minced meat... I'm about to throw up." Haruno Sakura felt like she had endured all the suffering of her life when she thought about what had happened this month.

"The problem now is, Naruto and the others..." Yamato was about to say something when he sensed ninjas approaching. Looking up, he immediately saw a blond-haired boy standing on the roof of the building in front of them.

"found it."

"You're the Captain Yamato and Sakura that Naruto and Sai were talking about, right?"

"I am Minato Namikaze, a ninja of Konoha."

"The Fourth Hokage..." Yamato paused slightly, while Sakura Haruno blinked rapidly, her eyes seemingly fixed on the Hokage Rock that would become the future Hokage of the Fourth Hokage...

"The Fourth Hokage?!"

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"Magic."

"So, the all-powerful minister of Loulan has already mastered the development of Wood Release and Sage Mode?"

"But even so, is Nawaki, who has mastered Sage Mode and Wood Release, only ranked fifth in Loulan?" In the laboratory, Orochimaru flipped through the latest intelligence and fell into deep thought.

If that's the case, then the Wood Release plan would be completely meaningless.

Even if countless comrades were sacrificed, only one successful Wood Release experiment was produced.

No matter how powerful this experimental subject was, Orochimaru didn't think it could reach the level of the First Hokage.

At most, he's like Rope Tree, or even less skilled in Wood Release: Bloodline Mastery than Rope Tree.

Even though Konoha Village's high-end strength is still inferior to that of Loulan.

"So you're giving up already, Orochimaru?"

This is Orochimaru's private laboratory.

Located underground,

It is both dark and damp.

But the sudden appearance of a man's voice, combined with the sound of a wooden staff hitting the floor, made Orochimaru immediately deduce who had entered his laboratory.

"Lord Danzo."

Orochimaru turned his head and, upon seeing Danzo, sighed slightly: "I wonder what brings Lord Danzo to my laboratory today?"

"Orochimaru."

"There's something you probably don't know yet."

"What is it?" Orochimaru asked curiously.

"There are actually two bloodline holders in my Root. Perhaps, by using these two children who possess bloodlines, we can create Wood Release ninjas."

Orochimaru sneered. The precursor to the Wood Release experiment had caused the deaths of countless Senju clan members. What did a mere Bloodline Master matter? "Give it to me."

"It might succeed."

"In addition, I have some guesses about the information I have about the rope tree, which may be helpful to your experiment."

"Oh?"

"We've both witnessed Nawaki's strength," Danzo analyzed seriously. "Back then, that kid was at most a Jonin."

"But after it was taken away by the surgeon."

"He suddenly became a user of Sage Mode and Wood Release."

"Secondly."

"When Nawaki didn't activate his Sage Mode, he was no match for Shirahoshi."

"Shirahoshi, my disciple is quite extraordinary," Orochimaru chuckled.

"Even if they're not simple, they're at most Jonin level." Danzo didn't care about Jonin who had no bloodstains or unique secret techniques. "The point is..."

"White Star frequently performs low-level missions, and in astonishing numbers."

In this way, Shirahoshi's mastery of the body, application of techniques, and combat experience far surpassed Nawaki's.

"Even if the power of the White Star Technique is not as strong as that of the Rope Tree."

Orochimaru: "What are you trying to say?"

"What I want to say is that Nawaki was no match for Shirahoshi without activating Sage Mode, nor did he use Wood Release."

"Could it be that...?"

Orochimaru seemed to have realized something.

"Sage Mode and Wood Release are the same thing!" Orochimaru thought about it carefully. It seemed that even though the Second Hokage was so powerful and had developed countless forbidden techniques, he didn't have this kind of Sage Mode ability.

Danzo nodded. "That's exactly what I was thinking. But I don't know the specifics of how to develop Sage Mode. I can only ask Ryuchi Cave if they have any records on that."

Upon hearing this, Orochimaru's previously excited eyes immediately drooped. "Lord Danzo is well aware that my relationship with Ryuchi Cave is not very good."

“In that case, let’s use some of the ‘things’ from Ryuchi Cave as test subjects,” Danzo said cruelly. “After all, that sage wouldn’t care about some weak and insignificant snakes.”

"That's fine."

From then on, through Danzo's new round of angel investment, Orochimaru obtained two more children who had grown into teenagers besides Kushina Uzumaki: Iku and Kayoko, a boy and a girl.

Konoha spared no effort in obtaining the power of Wood Release to fight against Loulan.

Upon returning to the village after his mission, Shirahoshi saw that many ninjas and villagers were attracted by Konoha's propaganda and signed up one after another.

In response, he could only say that even if the village developed Wood Release ninjas, they would only be elite Jonin-level trash like Yamato, completely different from what he was researching.

Not everyone can be selected to participate.

If the village uses people for experiments and it fails, they will definitely have to pay compensation; otherwise, if something goes wrong, the village will be too ashamed to continue operating.

In other words,

It's a big gamble.

The experiment proceeded quickly, since it wasn't that complicated; it simply involved preparing some experimental reagents, injecting them into the subjects, and observing the reactions.

If no adverse reactions occur after a few days or even a week, the injection of interstitial cells will officially begin for fusion.

However, even a tiny bit of Hashirama's cells in the Wood Release experiments possessed extremely corrosive properties.

Because of the excessively high content of natural energy in the cells, the cells that were originally ordinary cells are rapidly engulfed and killed by the interstitial cells.

Eventually, he turned into a wooden figure.

This principle is consistent with the Saiyan cells in Shirahoshi's body. The cells are too powerful and will reject weaker cells, thus launching a full-scale attack to establish a 'territory' where only the strong exist and no weak ones exist.

So, when Jiraiya's team returned and tried to dissuade the village...

The Wood Release experiment has already resulted in over twenty deaths.

Furthermore, some test subjects are collapsing.

boom!

"Old man! Quickly, quickly stop the Wood Release experiment!" Jiraiya returned to the village and found many ninjas feeling uneasy. He also heard that many of his ninja friends and relatives had signed up for the Wood Release experiment but had not returned, and in the end, they only received a small amount of compensation: one million ryo.

"Jiraiya. Why didn't you have the Anbu inform us when you returned?" At the table, Hiruzen Sarutobi frowned as he saw his disciple acting rashly, with a large group of unfamiliar ninjas behind him.

Behind Jiraiya were Minato, Naruto, and others.