Chapter 55, Protect Yourself

"What did you do yesterday?"

The next morning, when Raijin appeared in front of Tsunade, his bloodshot eyes and haggard face startled Tsunade.

"Uh... I tried to make an extra shadow clone yesterday."

Raijin said with a slight pursing of his lips, speaking somewhat regretfully.

Just adding one more shadow clone than usual almost made Raijin collapse.

"Are you crazy? Four shadow clones plus the main body practicing at the same time is already your limit."

Tsunade frowned, instinctively wanting to slap Raijin, but seeing Raijin's state, the hand that was swung out stopped in mid-air.

Feeling somewhat awkward pinching the air, Tsunade could only silently retract her hand.

"I know."

Raijin nodded, turned around and walked towards the third training ground.

"If it really doesn't work, take a leave today."

Tsunade stepped forward and hugged Raijin's arm, leaning on and supporting Raijin as they walked forward shoulder to shoulder.

"How can that be? If I take a leave on the first day of official reporting, how will Sarutobi-sensei see me?"

Raijin shook his head and continued to walk towards the training ground.

"Really, with such good talent and you are still working so hard, are you afraid to be surpassed by me?"

Tsunade's tone was somewhat resentful, and she spoke with some implications.

"That's not necessarily the case."

Raijin shook his head slightly, glanced at Tsunade, leaned over, and whispered.

"I just want to protect you."

"Disgusting!"

Tsunade almost instinctively pushed away Raijin's approaching face.

But the smile at the corner of her mouth couldn't stop.

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The third training ground.

"Yo, Jiraiya, you weren't eliminated?"

When he saw Jiraiya, Raijin raised his eyebrows slightly and asked with a smile on his face.

"What are you talking about? I am very strong, okay?!"

Seeing Raijin, Jiraiya jumped up abruptly and shouted at Raijin.

"Well, Jiraiya is indeed very strong, after all, he is a man who can be ruthless to himself."

Raijin nodded and said seriously to Jiraiya.

Seeing this scene, Orochimaru couldn't help but laugh.

"Uchiha Raijin! I'm going to kill you!"

Jiraiya's face twisted, and without saying a word, he rushed directly at Raijin.

Today's Raijin looks especially easy to bully.

"Bang!"

Standing next to Raijin, Tsunade silently took a step forward, and a precise uppercut hit Jiraiya's chin, and Jiraiya's figure immediately flew out.

Seeing this, Raijin chuckled, took a step back, and directly hid behind Tsunade.

"Uchiha Raijin! Are you just going to hide behind women?!"

Jiraiya, who had climbed up from the ground, roared at Raijin.

Jiraiya closed his eyes in despair, only feeling a knife being plunged into his chest.

"What happened to Raijin-kun last night?"

At this moment, Orochimaru came to Raijin's side and asked him with a hint of concern in his tone.

Raijin waved his hand nonchalantly in response.

"I trained too hard last night, haven't recovered yet."

"Raijin you are truly a diligent genius."

Orochimaru praised upon hearing this, possessing a powerful bloodline like the Sharingan, yet still willing to train so hard.

Indeed, every strong person has their inevitable reasons for being strong.

"Don't always praise me or I'll get arrogant."

Raijin chuckled and punched Orochimaru lightly, leaving Orochimaru stunned.

The force wasn't very strong, but was this Raijin's unique way of showing goodwill?

"Hmph, you're already so strong, yet you still work so hard. The ethos of the Shinobi world is ruined by people like you!"

Jiraiya said to Raijin with a disgruntled face, not knowing what 'ethos' meant.

"Everyone seems to get along well."

At this moment, Sarutobi Hiruzen's voice rang out, and everyone turned to look at him.

"Is Raijin not feeling well today?"

Sarutobi Hiruzen looked at the tired Uchiha Raijin and asked with concern.

"It's okay, I overdid it a bit during training yesterday."

Raijin explained to Sarutobi Hiruzen upon hearing this.

"Good, young people should have such ambition."

Sarutobi Hiruzen nodded approvingly upon hearing this, paused, and then said to Raijin.

"But you should also take care of your body, otherwise it's easy to leave hidden injuries."

"Okay, I got it."

Raijin nodded and said with a light laugh.

"Alright, today I want to announce something to everyone."

Sarutobi Hiruzen nodded, ignoring the disheveled Jiraiya, whose chin was already swollen.

Without even thinking, it was clear who had hit Jiraiya.

But Sarutobi Hiruzen didn't plan to deal with this matter, not until Jiraiya cried and complained to him.

"Following the order from Hokage-sama, Team 7 will not take C-rank, D-rank missions that have no possibility of combat, but will start with B-rank missions."

Sarutobi Hiruzen told everyone, honestly speaking, when he received this order from his teacher, Sarutobi Hiruzen was not surprised at all.

After all, if you ignore Jiraiya, this team is a completely elite team.

Among them, Raijin and Tsunade's strength, after a simple exchange yesterday, in Sarutobi Hiruzen's view, Raijin and Tsunade's strength is not weaker than Chunin, it's possible that even Jonin might fall at their hands.

Orochimaru's strength is relatively weak, but his strength is also close to Chunin.

Such team members, indeed only B-rank missions can better hone them.

As for Jiraiya...

"Great!"

Jiraiya suddenly shouted excitedly, thinking that he could soon fight against enemy ninjas, Jiraiya felt his blood boiling.

"Jiraiya, in B-rank missions, you only have one thing to do, listen more, watch more, speak less, do less, protect yourself."

Sarutobi Hiruzen gave Jiraiya a cold shower without any mercy.

Jiraiya's excited smile gradually froze and he finally fell silent.

"So when do we start?"

Raijin asked Sarutobi Hiruzen, not having to catch cats, deliver documents or anything like that, Raijin was actually quite happy.

The strength of a ninja is mainly composed of two aspects. One is to enhance one's hard power through training. Raijin is not in a hurry about this. He only needs to slowly endure for about three more years, and his strength will reach a peak.

From thirteen to fifteen years old, it will be the fastest time for a person's body to develop.

The other is combat experience, fighting with more ninjas, seeing more Ninjutsu, and thus fully utilizing one's own abilities to defeat and even kill enemies, which is also a quality that a strong person should possess.

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