In Konoha: Eating Goro Goro no Mi at start.

"Counting the time, Rei and the others have been training for almost three years, right?" Jiraiya, who had finished a morning of training at the third training ground of Konoha, sat next to Orochimaru and asked.

"Three years." Orochimaru said casually.

"I came back after three years, and it seems that they are just like that!"

Jiraiya's face suddenly showed a smug smile.

This at least shows that everyone has the same talent in practicing sage arts.

"No, you have studied for three years, but you still need the sages of Mt. Myoboku to help you enter the sage mode."

Orochimaru leaned against the tree and slowly said to Jiraiya. "And the duration is very short."

'Very good, he is already angry.'

Jiraiya frowned tightly.

But Orochimaru has not finished speaking.

"The most important thing is that you are not my opponent even after entering the sage mode."

"Thank you for pointing my mistakes, take a good rest."

Jiraiya, who could no longer bear it, gritted his teeth and said to Orochimaru.

Orochimaru laughed when he heard that.

Very good, the boredom of not being able to learn the Sage Mode for the time being dissipated a lot at this moment.

  ...

  Shikkotsu Forest.

The Lady Katsuyu looked at Rei and Tsunade who were confronting each other.

As time passed, the two sixteen-year-old boy and girl have grown up completely.

'These two little guys are still quite good-looking.'

Lady Katsuyu thought silently.

  "Sage Mode, on!"

The two shouted at the same time, and a large amount of nature energy poured into their bodies, merging with chakra and turning into sage chakra.

  "Whoosh!"

A sound of breaking through the air was heard, and Rei's figure instantly disappeared from the spot.

  "Ding!"

Tsunade swung her stick back and blocked the sword that Rei attacked from behind.

Using the perception ability brought by the Sage Mode, Tsunade successfully captured Rei's attack.

"Quick reaction."

Rei and Tsunade distanced themselves, inserted the Kusanagi sword into the ground, and shook his hands that were a little numb from the shock.

"Humph! This is the price you pay for underestimating me!"

Tsunade raised her chin slightly when she heard the words, and said coldly to Rei.

"Then I'm going to be serious."

As he spoke, the three-tomoe Sharingan quietly opened.

  "Whoosh!"

Rei's figure had long disappeared from the spot.

In Tsunade's eyes, only a flash of purple light passed by.

So fast!

Behind!

Sensing that Rei appeared behind her, Tsunade hurriedly returned to defense.

  "Ding!"

A huge force came from the iron rod, and Tsunade's figure retreated uncontrollably.

In the process of retreating, Tsunade closed her eyes helplessly.

Lost...

If Rei hit her from behind again, she would have no chance to resist in this state.

  ...   

Lady Katsuyu watched the scene quietly.

Little Tsunade was now completely unable to resist.

Rei only needed to stab Tsunade in the back to easily end the battle.

Rei's figure appeared behind little Tsunade as expected.

But... where is the Kusanagi sword?

Lady Katsuyu's eyes moved horizontally, looking at the Kusanagi sword stuck in a tree, and was silent.

So as early as the moment they just fought, Rei had directly given up the Kusanagi sword?

How confident he was.

  ...

Rei's figure appeared behind Tsunade, stretched out his hands, and Tsunade fell directly into Rei's arms.

The powerful impact made Rei take several steps back to relieve the force.

Considering that Lady Katsuyu was still here, Rei let go of Tsunade after standing still.

"Okay, the training of Sage Mode ends here."

Looking at this scene, Lady Katsuyu said with satisfaction. Both the speed of entering Sage Mode and the stability of Sage Mode were already very good.

"Yeah."

Rei and Tsunade smiled at each other, turned their heads together, and nodded to the Lady Katsuyu with a smile.

  ...

"When will this kind of day end..."

After the 500th squat, Jiraiya lay directly on the ground. The numbness in his legs was like a surging wave that constantly hit Jiraiya's brain.

Jiraiya didn't want to move at all.

"Hey! Isn't this our Konoha Genin, Jiraiya-san? Are you basking in the sun?"

Orochimaru, who was about to say something, was suddenly stunned. He turned around and saw Rei walking hand in hand with Tsunade.

"Rei and Tsunade are back?"

Orochimaru smiled slightly. This time, the members of Team 7 were finally all present.

"Baka! I just did 500 squats, okay?!"

Jiraiya got up from the ground suddenly after hearing what Rei said, and said to Rei in a very unhappy tone.

"You are really amazing."Rei said lightly.

Jiraiya opened his mouth. Although he was very angry, he had no way to refute.

His face was flushed.

"Have you completed the training of the Sage Mode?"

Orochimaru stopped practicing, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and walked towards Rei.

"Well, it's done, what about you?" Rei asked Orochimaru after hearing the words.

"I didn't learn the celestial arts. The Sage arts of the Ryuchi Cave are too dangerous."

Orochimaru said to Rei after hearing the words.

At the same time, he briefly told Rei about the inheritance of the Sage arts of the Ryuchi Cave.

"If you put it that way, it is indeed quite dangerous."

Rei nodded after hearing the words. If it were him, he would definitely not learn such Sage arts.

Although it may be fast, the probability of failure is also very high.

"Have you been in Konoha for the past three years?"

Rei asked Orochimaru.

 "Yes, I've been practicing here all the time."

Orochimaru nodded, and then said to Rei.

"Can you let me see the Sage arts of the Shikkotsu Forest?"

Facing Rei, Orochimaru didn't dare to provoke him directly like he did with Jiraiya.

After all, if he really provoked Rei too much, he would really get beaten.

Three years of practice only allowed him to barely catch up with Rei's pace when he took the Chunin Exam.

"Okay."

Rei nodded and loosened his hand holding Tsunade.

Hearing the conversation between the two, Jiraiya's attention was completely focused on the two.

Find Rei's flaws, and then ridicule him harshly!

Rei and Orochimaru pulled away and confronted each other.

"The new technique developed by Orochimaru recently is very powerful."

Jiraiya came to Tsunade and whispered.

"What technique?"

Tsunade was stunned when she heard this, and looked at Jiraiya beside her in surprise.

"The movement technique that can help your body in wind fast and leave afterimage behind"

Jiraiya whispered to Tsunade when he heard this.

"Is that so..." Tsunade's face was suddenly enlightened when she heard this, and the ending tone was very long.

"Yeah! So Rei may be in danger this time."

Jiraiya nodded, keeping an eye on the situation on the field.

"Who knows?"

Tsunade pursed her lips and said in an ambiguous tone.

  ...

'This bastard...'

Orochimaru is now thinking about killing Jiraiya.

Originally, Orochimaru wanted to use the weathering technique to surprise Rei.

But before the battle even started, he was exposed by Jiraiya.

"Have you mastered it? That's amazing."

Rei chuckled and said to Orochimaru.

"It's definitely not as good as Rei's Sage Mode." Orochimaru chuckled and said.

Jiraiya, who was standing by, pursed his lips a little embarrassedly.

It seems that he gave Uchiha Rei a pretty good assist?

Guiding the natural energy into the body, Rei instantly entered the Sage Mode.

"Is this Rei's Sage Mode? It's much better than Jiraiya's half-baked Sage Mode."

Orochimaru looked at Rei, whose eyes had purple eyeshadow, and praised in a low voice.

Jiraiya gritted his teeth and restrained his impulse to rush up and teach them a lesson.

"There's nothing we can do. If we don't practice to this level, the Lady Katsuyu will not let us go back to the village."

Rei easily heard the hidden meaning of Orochimaru's words and echoed softly.

  "Crack!"

Jiraiya seemed to be biting his teeth.

These two bastards!

However, Jiraiya still suppressed the impulse in his heart.

Because Jiraiya knew that if he rushed up now, Tsunade would definitely not hold him back.

And if he really rushed up, he would definitely be beaten up.

Being ridiculed is already very painful.

Therefore, if physical pain can be avoided, try to avoid it.

  ...

"To be honest, the Kusanagi sword you gave me is really great."

Rei stretched out his hand, and the Kusanagi sword behind his back was unsheathed and fell into Rei's hands under Rei's control.

"It seems that I'm at a disadvantage."

Orochimaru chuckled at the words and disappeared directly on the spot.

  Weathering Technique?

Rei chuckled at this. no matter what, the essence of the Weathering Technique was still an application of chakra.

And the perception ability brought by the Sage Mode, sensing chakra, was no problem at all.   

So, Rei directly let go of the Kusanagi sword, turned into a ball of lightning, and chased after Orochimaru.

When lightning moves in the air, it will ionize the air..

The voltage limit mastered by Rei has completely exceeded 200 million volts.

The external manifestation is no longer blue, but purple.

"Uchiha Rei he..."

Jiraiya looked at the scene in front of him and couldn't say a word.

"Where do you think Orochimaru's inspiration for developing the weathering technique came from?"

Tsunade glanced at Jiraiya and said silently.

Jiraiya pursed his lips when he heard it. Somehow, Jiraiya felt like a clown just now.

If he had to use a sentence to describe his current mood.

It would probably be... extremely embarrassing...

So, you can also do this kind of elementalization?"

After thinking about it, Jiraiya tentatively asked Tsunade beside him.

"No." Tsunade shook her head and said casually.

"So... you can't learn it?"

Jiraiya was relieved when he heard it. If Orochimaru, Rei and Tsunade could all transform into elements and only he couldn't, it would seem that he was a little bit unlike a member of Team 7.

But, elementalization... looks so difficult.

" I'm currently developing Wood Release." Tsunade glanced at Jiraiya unhappily when she heard it.

"The lightning hidden in the clouds... the strong wind sweeping the ninja world... the wood escape technique reappearing in the ninja world... is that so?"

Jiraiya sat down on the ground, muttering to himself with a dull look.

It turned out that the things that confused him in the prophecy of the great toad sage were actually about his three teammates.

Moreover, before I learned the sage art, I was the last one in Team 7.

After learning the sage art, I am still the last one in Team 7.

This sage art... didn't I learn it in vain?

  ...

"As expected of Mr. Rei."

Orochimaru sat on the ground, and the strong paralysis made him unable to stand up.

"How about you take a rest first?"

Rei looked at Orochimaru who was sitting on the ground and asked.

  "Okay~"

Orochimaru barely maintained a smile on his face and suppressed the trembling in his voice.

"Well, I'll go buy some food with Tsunade and meet at the central lake later."

Rei nodded and said to Orochimaru.

"Okay."

Orochimaru nodded upon hearing this. Of course, Orochimaru would not refuse Rei's invitation.

"Jiraiya, I'll leave Orochimaru to you first."

Rei said to Jiraiya upon hearing this, and at the same time extended his hand to Tsunade.

  　   　  　(End of this chapter)