Naruto: Set a goal, conquer the universe.

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"An individual's thinking is always limited and cannot cover everything, but if a group of people think together, it becomes much easier to take care of all aspects."

"If we do that, administrative efficiency should improve, and Mother-in-law will have more personal time, right?"

Listening to Naruto's words, Tsunade's eyes grew brighter and brighter. This was simply a great way for her to slack off, no, I mean, to lighten her burden.

Naruto's words opened Tsunade's mind and gave her more ideas.

Power can be delegated, but there must never be any power outside of the Hokage's authority.

She couldn't help but pat Naruto's head again. Sure enough, Naruto and the others should never be treated like ordinary children.

It was absolutely the right thing to do to talk to him about these political matters.

Although those old men were taken away by the teacher, I still need to personally reclaim their power and manpower. Reform of Konoha's administrative system needs to be initiated.

Well, let's take it one step at a time. It's just that we feel we're a bit short-handed.

It's not that Konoha has no ninjas, but rather that Tsunade doesn't have enough trusted ninjas.

Thinking of this, Tsunade glanced at Naruto again.

[Given Naruto, Sasuke, and Hinata's abilities, they probably don't need any more guidance or help!]

"Naruto!" With that thought in mind, Tsunade made a plan.

"What's wrong?" Naruto asked Tsunade curiously.

"Starting today, your Class 7 is officially disbanded!" Tsunade said solemnly.

“ε=(?ο｀*)))Eh?” Naruto’s eyes widened.

"Naruto Uzumaki, Sasuke Uchiha, and Hinata Hyuga, you are officially assigned to my Shadow Guards. I will personally lead your work. As for Kakashi, let him be relieved of his position as team leader. I will assign him a new task!" Tsunade said solemnly.

"Is this...is this okay?" Naruto was a little excited and a little shy when he heard that he had become the Hokage's bodyguard. He scratched his head and said, "We're still just genin."

“There’s nothing wrong with that. Given your current state, you’re all busy with training and don’t have much time to do missions, right?” Tsunade said.

Naruto nodded honestly. Hinata and Sasuke were both training in Sage Mode at Mount Myōboku, and he himself planned to return to Mount Myōboku to train later. He really didn't have much time to do any more missions.

They are currently in a period of rapid growth in strength, and engaging in ordinary missions would only be a waste of their precious training time.

They have plenty of money and ninjutsu skills, so what's the point of taking on that kind of mission?

It means nothing to them.

Elite ninjas should have missions that belong to elite ninjas.

Naruto returned to Mount Myōboku to continue his training. The natural energy there was more abundant than outside, which allowed him to enter Sage Mode and practice Wood Release ninjutsu more quickly.

Kakashi never expected that he would be dismissed less than a year after becoming the team leader.

Of course, he was promoted and became Tsunade's confidant, helping her to reclaim the power of the Hokage's assistants.

Peaceful times passed quickly. Konoha appeared peaceful on the surface, but with the succession of a new Hokage, Konoha experienced a new surge of vitality.

But in reality, the power struggle continues unabated.

The Third Hokage pulled several old friends down from their posts, but how could these people, who had served as Hokage's assistants their entire lives and wielded immense power, so readily relinquish their authority?

They fought back, but they were no match for Tsunade, since even the Third Hokage chose to side with her this time.

With the help of Kakashi, a wise, brave, and experienced veteran, Tsunade quickly sidelined Koharu Utatane and Homura Mitokado, completely reclaiming their power and personnel.

Danzo is a tough nut to crack.

With the Third Hokage's leniency, the power in his hands had become somewhat excessive.

Tsunade wasn't in a hurry. Her position as Hokage was very secure. She could simply take back the power from Danzo little by little.

If Danzo hadn't been desperate and wanted to escalate the conflict, Tsunade wouldn't have considered using force for the time being.

That would only lead to internal strife in Konoha, ultimately depleting the village's resources and resources—it's not worth it.

Just like boiling a frog in lukewarm water, we'll gradually strip Danzo bare.

Upon hearing Danzo's resistance, the Third Hokage simply sighed heavily and did not intervene in the political struggle between Tsunade and Danzo.

Let Danzo become Tsunade's whetstone.

Now he is living a retired life, practicing calligraphy, fishing, teaching Konohamaru, and comforting Koharu and Menyan every day.

After the burden on my shoulders was lifted, I lived a more comfortable life, my spirits improved a lot, I could eat more, and my body became healthier.

The situation in Konoha was thriving, and on Mount Myōboku's side, Naruto and his friends' training was also progressing smoothly.

Hinata had already mastered Sage Mode before Sasuke, and began developing more powerful and diverse attack methods.

She had already learned all the secret techniques of the Hyuga main family and developed her own strange spatial technique, Bagua Shift, which allows her to appear anywhere on the Bagua formation beneath her feet, making her attacks unpredictable.

Even if the enemy attacks with ninjutsu from a distance, Hinata can deflect the attack within the range of the Eight Trigrams.

It is a true ninjutsu that combines offense and defense.

However, Hinata is not without her weaknesses, as demonstrated in her battle against Shukaku.

That is the weakness of her attack methods, which are severely inadequate when facing large creatures.

If everyone is human, then Hinata's methods are indeed sufficient. Haku is the best example. He was touched in the heart by Hinata's finger, and his heart was shattered by the invading chakra, and then he died.

However, when facing large creatures, such as tailed beasts or Gamabunta and his companions.

To them, poking a hole in their skin with their finger is no different than being bitten by a mosquito.

This was also a weakness of the Fourth Hokage at the time.

There was no other way; he had to face the Ninja World War from a young age, and the methods he developed were all designed for a fatal blow against humans.

As the war drew to a close, before he could even research new attack methods, the Night of the Nine-Tailed Fox arrived.

If he had a little more time, he would definitely have been able to master Sage Mode and Wind Release: Rasenshuriken.

If the Nine-Tails breaks free from its seal again then...

Therefore, Hinata began to develop large-scale attack methods to address this weakness.

Following Naruto's advice, she used her vast chakra reserves and Sage Mode to significantly enhance her physical abilities.

First, he throws out his fist with tremendous force, then compresses the air, and in the next second, he unleashes the chakra contained in his fist like a volcanic eruption, finally forming a massive chakra fist air cannon with immense energy.

This move is similar to the Daytime Tiger's technique, but it is much more powerful because the Daytime Tiger is a pure taijutsu attack, while Hinata's attack not only has taijutsu but also carries the burst of chakra!

What even Naruto didn't expect was that when this move was combined with Hinata's Byakugan, the Byakugan's 360° all-around vision could accurately capture every flaw and trajectory of the enemy's attack.

The chakra fists, based on real-time prediction, complete the offensive and defensive transitions. The formation of offense and defense is perfectly integrated between the rising and falling fist shadows!

Chapter 117 Divine Sky Strike

The toads of Mount Myoboku are not living a happy life.

After mastering her new technique, Hinata naturally wanted to find a target to test it out.

The enormous toad of Mount Myōboku naturally became Hinata's opponent.

After all, Hinata developed this technique specifically to target large creatures.

Moon Tae was very glad that he was still recuperating.

Despite being almost fully recovered, he remains bedridden, maintaining the appearance of a severely injured body.

Hinata's new move is just too terrifying in power.

The two who came to try out the skills were Hama Hiro and Hama Ken.

The two toads were originally full of confidence!

Hiro was sent flying by Hinata's attack, suffering countless fractures all over his body.

Gamaken is slightly better, since he has a shield.

It was only slightly better; Hinata had already shattered the shield, and the two toads, like Gamabunta, were wrapped in gauze. The three giant mummy toads lying there were quite a sight.

Hinata had already reduced the power to the minimum, but she didn't expect to still seriously injure Gamahiro and Gamaken. She felt deeply sorry for this and promised Gamaken that she would compensate him for his shield.

"This move is incredibly powerful. Even a tailed beast would have no chance against Hinata's fierce attack!" Shima commented.

Unfortunately, Hinata can only use this technique after entering Sage Mode, and given Hinata's Sage Chakra reserves, using it once would deplete all of her Sage Chakra.

This is a trump card that will kill you instantly!

But it's not a big deal.

If Hinata, like Naruto, trains in Sage Mode extensively and becomes thoroughly familiar with it, she will be able to instantly enter Sage Mode, making this a standard move for her.

Hinata named this new move "God Sky Strike"!

Naruto and Hinata have practiced together. When Hinata uses this move, he has to activate Sage Mode, then open the Eight Gates, and use his self-created ninjutsu, Wind God Kick, to counter Hinata's Divine Sky Strike.

He had also tried Wood Release, but the Wood Golem Technique couldn't withstand Hinata's attack. After one strike, the massive wooden golem shattered.

Of course, he hadn't tried the more powerful True Thousand Hands - Top Transformation Buddha.

This move consumes an enormous amount of energy.

Moreover, ordinary chakra is useless; only Sage Chakra can effectively use this technique.

Given Naruto's current Sage Chakra reserves, he can't use this technique yet.

He is still some distance from being the First Hokage.

After all, according to Tsunade's description, the First Hokage was already capable of instantly entering Sage Mode.

The amount of Sage Chakra is estimated to be as vast as the amount of Chakra he can use.

Here we must mention the difference between Sage Chakra and regular Chakra reserves.

As we all know, ordinary chakra is energy obtained by refining cells, and Naruto and his friends can generate a huge amount of chakra through refining.

Sage Mode, on the other hand, is formed by fusing natural energy and chakra in a 1:1 ratio.

The amount of chakra stored up depends mainly on how much natural energy can be absorbed and then fused with chakra. Therefore, having a lot of chakra does not necessarily mean having a lot of Sage Mode chakra.

Naruto and his friends are familiar with Sage Mode because they are familiar with the process of absorbing natural energy.

When they reach the level of the First Hokage, that is, when they instantly enter Sage Mode.

This means they can absorb large amounts of natural energy from the outside world anytime, anywhere.

At that time, the so-called Sage Chakra was the energy they used regularly.

Therefore, the reason why the First Hokage was able to suppress the ninja world single-handedly was because the energy he used was already a level higher than that of others.

Although they were still some distance from the level of the First Hokage, Naruto and his friends were not discouraged at all.

After all, how old was the First Hokage? How old are they? They'll be here when they reach the First Hokage's age.

All three were confident that they could far surpass their predecessors.

Sasuke quickly completed Sage Mode after Hinata.

Furthermore, during the process of cultivating immortal techniques, he has completely mastered the third power nurtured by the Mangekyou Sharingan.

With the aid of Sage Mode, his Susanoo is more powerful than Itachi's half-body Susanoo.

Moreover, the amount of eye power consumed is actually reduced, since the energy used is of a different quality.

Sage Chakra can handle a greater load, thus reducing the burden on Dojutsu.

Orochimaru left behind the Kusanagi sword, a divine weapon, during his invasion. Naruto had originally kept it, but now it has been given to Sasuke.

This divine weapon can extend and retract, is incredibly sharp, can be controlled by thought, and most importantly, can actually be equipped on Susanoo.

Sasuke's Susanoo itself carries the Heavenly Magakko Bow and the Heavenly Kaguya Arrow, plus a Kusanagi Sword!

The overwhelming power, effective both at close and long range, was fully unleashed at this moment, demonstrating the formidable strength of Sasuke's Susanoo.

With a casual strike, it can easily cleave the mountain in two.

"I feel that if I get more familiar with Susanoo, I might be able to activate it directly using chakra without the aid of the Mangekyou Sharingan!"

After Sasuke used Susanoo multiple times, he came to a conclusion.

"The Mangekyou Sharingan is merely the key to unlocking it. Once you fully master the method of unlocking Susanoo, you can use it without the Mangekyou Sharingan!"

"Sasuke, Sasuke!" Naruto looked at the massive body of Susanoo and suddenly had a good idea. He called out quickly.

Sasuke canceled his Susanoo and walked over to Naruto, asking, "What's wrong?"