Chapter 116 Return to the Village

"999, 1000, 1001"

Xiao Li next to him finished doing push-ups, stretched his body and prepared to rest. Seeing Neji still sitting there, he asked curiously.

"Aren't you going to rest yet?"

"looking at what?"

Following Neji's gaze, he saw the two people in the corner.

"Nothing." Neji's tone was flat.

"Are you looking for something Naruto?"

Although Xiao Li's brain is not very smart, his intuition is very accurate.

Ningji was a little surprised and glanced at Xiao Li.

Xiao Li scratched his head.

"You want to ask how Naruto can become stronger?"

As soon as Rock Lee's words came out, Neji's eyes widened instantly and he looked at Rock Lee as if he was looking at a rare beast.

"Haha, actually you're not the only one who wants to ask this, but they're just as embarrassed as you are."

Rock Lee is not a fool. If only Naruto became stronger, no one would say anything, but Uchiha Sasuke and Hyuga Hinata are much stronger than them.

Everyone felt depressed but also curious.

But the method of becoming stronger is almost a secret, so although everyone is curious and wants to ask, in the end no one speaks.

As for Xiao Li himself, he is taking the path of physical skills. Even if Naruto really has some method to become stronger, it has nothing to do with him. Xiao Li sees it very clearly. He just needs to follow the footsteps of Teacher Gai.

Neji pursed his lips. He really didn't expect that his purpose would be seen through by an idiot.

"Go to sleep."

He sighed, but his inner pride prevented him from speaking.

Xiao Li sighed inwardly and lay down to sleep.

Only a few people knew how many of them truly slept that night.

The next day most people continued on their journey with dark circles under their eyes.

Naruto and the other person were always hanging at the back, and didn't see what the people in front were thinking.

It took another three days for everyone to return to Konoha.

The others dispersed, and Naruto followed Yamato and Shikamaru to the Hokage's office.

The early morning sun shone through the window, making the Hokage's office unusually bright.

Tsunade sat behind the Hokage's desk, clasped her hands together and looked calm.

"I'm sorry Hokage-sama, we failed in our mission."

Yamato sounded a little guilty. Hokage trusted him so much, but he messed up the mission.

The other two also bowed their heads slightly.

"Nothing, tell me about the mission."

Tsunade had expected this, but what she couldn't understand was how they could fail given their strength.

Yamato looked up and began to narrate the story of the mission, with Shikamaru adding to his story.

"Uchiha clan, Mangekyō Sharingan or space-time eye technique."

Tsunade was puzzled, and then she thought of something. She looked at Naruto, as if she wanted to say something but hesitated.

"Hokage-sama, you can just say whatever you want to say."

Naruto looked calm.

"Well, I have some impression of the person you are talking about. During the Nine-Tails Rebellion, everyone saw the Nine-Tails controlled by the Sharingan in its eyes, and the person who controlled the Nine-Tails was the Uchiha you are talking about."

Tsunade's eyes met Naruto's.

Although it is not stated explicitly, most people here know Naruto's identity.

"Why are you so sure it's him, Lady Tsunade?"

Shikamaru asked his question.

"There are archive records here. When the Fourth Hokage fought with a mysterious Uchiha, the abilities he revealed were exactly the same as what you just analyzed."

Tsunade explained.

The three nodded.

Seeing that Naruto didn't want to say anything, Shikamaru continued his story.

Tsunade frowned when she heard Orochimaru coming out.

"Have you mastered Wood Release?"

To be honest, when Tsunade heard the news, she was not too surprised. If it were someone else, she would feel a little surprised, but since it was Orochimaru who mastered Wood Release, it was not surprising.

Yamato's face was calm. He was brought out by Orochimaru, so he didn't show much expression when he heard the news.

After explaining the situation, Tsunade nodded. The enemy that appeared this time was indeed a bit difficult to deal with.

Wood Release Mangekyō Sharingan.

What Tsunade didn't expect was that Uchiha Sasuke had also opened the Mangekyō Sharingan.

"What a troublesome clan."

At this moment, Tsunade could more or less experience the feelings of the Third Hokage.

Once the Uchiha clan awakens the Mangekyō Sharingan, they become restless elements.

But fortunately, she doesn't have to worry too much. Now Konoha has become strong again under the leadership of Tsunade, and the upper level is supported by Kakashi, Jiraiya, Kai, Yamato and other ninjas.

The middle generation, including Uzumaki Naruto, Hyuga Hinata, and other powerful new generation.

It can be said that Konoha will be safe and secure in the next few decades.

At least during Tsunade's reign, the affairs of the Uchiha clan will not become a problem.

After the mission report, Naruto and the others went back.

We made an appointment to have dinner together in the evening.

Naruto returned to his laboratory first.

In just these few days, the laboratory has developed many practical things.

And this time, with the addition of Scorpion of the Red Sand, the two sides worked together to come up with something that surprised Naruto.

puppet.

Naruto looked at the puppet that was as tall as him. He not only looked it up and down, but also frowned deeper and deeper.

"You are conducting human experiments."

Naruto actually sensed the aura of soul in this puppet.

Although Naruto is not a good person, he would definitely not allow anyone to capture ordinary people and extract their souls for no reason.

"No. These are just test subjects, using the souls of White Zetsu."

The clone began to explain.

At the beginning, they wanted to develop a combat puppet, and the reference model was the Red Sand Scorpion.

If you want a puppet to have intelligence, there are only two ways in this world: one is chakra and the other is soul.

No matter what method they used in this experiment, they could not use chakra to make the puppet have intelligence.

If chakra lines were used, then these guys would be trash.

So they set their sights on the soul, using the abilities of their dual hands to create a scorpion-like core.

Successfully endowed the puppet with intelligence.

For some reason Naruto felt a little uncomfortable. Naruto had no idea how many White Zetsu he had devoured during his own training, but he felt it was a bit cruel to use his clones for experiments.

"Forget it, let's not do this kind of thing again."

Finally, Naruto understood that using the soul as the core of the puppet was equivalent to imprisoning it inside the puppet. If it was used to torture people, especially bad people, Naruto could still accept it. But if it was simply used for experiments, it made Naruto feel a little evil.

Even if he used White Zetsu, Naruto would still feel guilty.

It's just like when people eat animals, you won't feel anything, but if you torture them before eating, it will make people feel uncomfortable.