Naruto: Senmei Asahi

After leaving the Hokage Office, Asahi did not feel much happiness. Although everything went as Asahi wished, Hiruzen had completely seen through his thoughts. He understood that Asahi was so anxious to go to the Iwagakure front-line just to ask Minato about the [Flying Thunder God Technique].

Fortunately, Asahi's suggestions were all considered from Konoha's perspective. Even though his intention was quickly to learn the [Flying Thunder God Technique] was exposed, Hiruzen would not give up his investment in Asahi. At most, he would observe Asahi for a while longer.

However, this incident also made Asahi alert, and he thought to himself: 'When I encounter an even more critical situation in the future, I must remain calm.'

Haste leads to big mistakes, and Asahi had learned a lesson this time.

Asahi was also very fortunate that the mistake he made this time was not too serious and he would have the opportunity to make up for it in the future. Moreover, through this incident, Asahi had grown again.

For Asahi now, the most important thing is to learn the [Flying Thunder God Technique] and have the ability to protect himself from Orochimaru.

…

Three days later, the appointment of Senmei Asahi to be promoted to Special-Jonin was finally issued. At the same time, the village also gave Asahi the latest task, leading a hundred medical-ninjas to support Jiraiya on the front line.

Because he had to guard against other ninja villages, Hiruzen had no plans to send reinforcements to Jiraiya for the time being. He only asked Jiraiya to stabilize the situation and prevent the Iwagakure from breaking through the borders of the Land of Fire. However, with Iwagakure's massive attack, Jiraiya also came under great pressure, and the casualties of the Konoha ninjas were very serious.

In order to reduce Konoha's losses, a group of medical-ninjas should be sent to the front-line first to relieve Jiraiya's pressure.

The Land of Fire occupies the center of the entire continent, with the most prosperous land and the most resources. But at the same time, once war breaks out, those countries that envy the prosperity of the Land of Fire would take the opportunity to take a bite whenever Konoha was at its weakest.

If the successive Hokage had not been so outstanding and Konoha had not continuously produced geniuses, the Land of Fire would have been destroyed long ago.

This expedition was very different from the previous low-key ones. Asahi was promoted to a Special-Jonin at the age of eleven and a half, and was the most popular talent in Konoha in the past two years.

In order to build momentum, the village's top leaders hosted a grand ceremony for Asahi's departure. Although only Asahi and a hundred medical-ninjas were going on the expedition, the villagers who came to see him off almost filled the open space in front of the Konoha gate.

The low-key expeditions in the past were intended to conceal intelligence, but the main reason for this high-profile ceremony was to help Asahi become famous in the ninja world and let other ninja villages know that Konoha had another new young genius. Konoha, with successors, would always be invincible in front of other ninja villages.

Similarly, when the news of Asahi's promotion to Special-Jonin reaches the front-line, it would also boost the morale of the Konoha ninjas on the front-line.

Such a high-profile image would help Asahi to help the villagers remember him. When Konoha defeats the Iwagakure in the future and Asahi would return victorious, it would be easier for him to get a larger share of the fruits of victory.

The most important thing was that it could make Orochimaru hesitate and not dare to attack Asahi easily.

Of course, every advantage had its disadvantages.

In the ongoing Third Great Ninja War, some young geniuses from other ninja villages would target Asahi and want to deal with him to become famous in the ninja world. Even the top leaders of other ninja villages would issue orders to hunt him down.

The reason why Hiruzen agreed to do this, in addition to promoting the reputation of Konoha, was also to completely tie Asahi to the Hokage's chariot.

How could the fact that Danzo sent Root members to monitor Asahi be hidden from Hiruzen's eyes? Although Danzo also had his own explanation, how could Hiruzen not understand Danzo's true intentions?

But once Asahi had gained a certain degree of fame in Konoha, Danzo would no longer be able to pull Asahi into the Root, and even Asahi himself would not agree to join the Root.

Even if Danzo could boast about the benefits of joining the Root to the heavens, Asahi, who had enjoyed the sunshine, would not choose to join the darkness.

And so, with a nervous mood, Asahi, along with a hundred medical-ninjas and another hundred escort ninjas, set out for the front-line.

When he departed from the village this time, Asahi had deep feelings. Hiruzen's shrewdness made Asahi very afraid, and Orochimaru's oppression also made him gradually anxious.

Whether this situation could be reversed, Asahi placed all his bets on the [Flying Thunder God Technique]. Asahi was now a bit like a gambler. With only the last bit of chips left in his hand, he could only hope to win with all with the last bet.

…

The ninjas traveled very quickly, and three days later, Asahi had arrived at the Konoha camp.

First, he went to the medical team to take over and let them arrange accommodation for everyone, then Asahi came to Jiraiya's tent alone to report on his work.

"Jiraiya-sama! Special-Jonin, Senmei Asahi reporting. As per orders, I have arrived leading a hundred medical-ninjas to support the front-line!" Asahi said.

"Oh! That's great, you're finally here. I've been waiting for you guys for a long time." Jiraiya laughed immediately after seeing Asahi. He even walked up to him enthusiastically and looked him up and down, completely lacking the dignified attitude of other superiors.

Even though Hiruzen acted like a kind old grandfather in front of Asahi, Asahi could still feel Hiruzen's power and authority. But when facing Jiraiya, even though there was a huge gap between their strength, age, and status, Asahi felt that Jiraiya was just an ordinary person, without any airs at all.

"Jiraiya-sama, this is the list of medical-ninjas." Asahi handed the information of one hundred medical-ninjas to Jiraiya.

"Let's not talk about that for now. Is Tsunade okay now?" Jiraiya said with a look of 'you know what I mean'.

"..." Asahi looked at Jiraiya helplessly and sighed, "Tsunade-sensei is doing well now. Before leaving, Tsunade-sensei specifically talked to me about Jiraiya-sama."

"Oh? What did Tsunade say about me?" Jiraiya asked expectantly.

"Tsunade-sensei said that you are a big pervert and asked me to stay away from you." Asahi swore to heaven that these words were the exact words said by Tsunade herself.

As her disciple, Tsunade absolutely does not want Asahi to become like Jiraiya.

"What!?" Jiraiya looked heartbroken and sighed, "Tsunade... actually thinks of me like this…"

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