Naruto: Are you worthy of being called Sage Mode?

On the night when he succeeded as Hokage, Orochimaru breathed a sigh of relief after dealing with everything.

Even if many unnecessary links are removed, there are still many things to be busy with.

However, he did become Hokage and sat in Sarutobi Hiruzen's position.

There were many things for him to consider. At this time, Konoha was in dire straits, with many scars that needed to be healed and many problems that needed to be solved.

And Sarutobi Hiruzen, who successfully retired, has nothing to do.

His two sons have grown up, his wife has died, and now Sarutobi Hiruzen is alone.

After today's succession ceremony, Sarutobi Hiruzen returned to the Sarutobi family's mansion.

Although the quality is not as good as that of Konoha's big families, the Sarutobi clan is not small, and together they are even more numerous than the big clans.

However, their talents are all average, and at most they are jounin.

The five escape talents of the Sarutobi clan have not been passed down. In other words, Hiruzen Sarutobi and Sasuke Sarutobi are special cases.

After instructing Asuma and Shinnosuke to obey Orochimaru's arrangements, Sarutobi Hiruzen began to practice in seclusion.

The training efficiency of ninjas is not high. It relies more on talent. The content of chakra is closely related to bloodline and affinity to chakra.

It has been a few days since I traveled through time, and I can finally start practicing formally.

The spiritual energy in Konoha Village was not that strong, so Hiruzen Sarutobi came to the outskirts of the Death Forest.

The reason why Konoha is hostile to other ninja villages has a lot to do with its geographical location. The forest resources in the Land of Fire are very rich.

The various resources in other ninja villages are relatively poor.

The trees in the Death Forest are very thick, and just one branch is enough for several ninjas to move around on it.

Such a huge forest was left behind by the First Hokage. From this, we can imagine how powerful the First Hokage was.

Years later, the forest remains surprisingly vibrant.

This place is full of vitality, and the spiritual energy is equally rich. The rich spiritual energy in the forest has even given birth to some beasts that are far larger than the normal size.

After finding a thick tree stump and sitting cross-legged, Sarutobi Hiruzen began to feel the chakra in his body.

The strange energy created by squeezing the potential of the mind and body will consume lifespan and potential, but it must be said that chakra is very quick and omnipotent.

And over a long period of time, chakra and escape techniques have evolved in response to the environment. For example, people from the Kingdom of Water are more suitable for water escape, and there are existences like Kisame that are completely different from normal humans.

The entire ninja world is integrated with chakra, but this does not change the fact that chakra comes from the sacred tree.

Sarutobi Hiruzen can use compound ninjutsu, even ninjutsu like the Five-Escape Grand Continuous Bullet, and his body still has plenty of chakra.

However, now Sarutobi Hiruzen wants to disperse all the chakra in his body to nourish the physical body and lay the foundation.

Take a deep breath, slowly absorb the spiritual energy assistance from the outside world, then silently recite the mental method in your mind to communicate with the physical body, and begin to use the physical body to absorb chakra.

For the Otsutsuki clan, the fruit of the sacred tree is a great medicine for absorbing the life energy of a planet. For Hiruzen Sarutobi, the chakra he cultivates is also a tonic that can nourish the physical body.

Three days have passed, the chakra has been exhausted, and the body that is strong on the outside and strong on the inside has become full again.

His pale hair turned black, and he even had a brand new set of teeth growing in his mouth!

The skin all over his body was cracked. As Sarutobi Hiruzen stood up, the old skin was broken and scattered in the wind, revealing his wheat-colored skin.

At this time, Sarutobi Hiruzen looked completely different from three days ago.

Before, Sarutobi Hiruzen looked like a waning old man, but now his exact age cannot be discerned.

The whole body is full of muscles and the breath is long. He looks only about 40 to [-] years old.

He shook his head. Although his body had recovered a little, he was still a little strong on the outside but weak on the inside. He needed to use some natural and earthly treasures.

In the forest of death, I found some ferocious beasts that contained spiritual energy, and killed them directly to start a barbecue.

At this time, Sarutobi Hiruzen was only at the first level of Qi Refining, but he had already made a good start.

……

Nanga River, this river witnessed the rise and fall of Konoha. At this time, Uchiha Shisui and Uchiha Itachi were discussing the ninja world and life.

Two young children, with serious faces, talked about many topics that adults would not think about.

These two are also the top geniuses of Uchiha.

Danzo feels that Uchiha is uncontrollable, perhaps because Uchiha is rich in such people.

Uchiha people are too stubborn, prone to self-deception and self-impression, and their thinking logic is also different from normal people.

Uchiha Itachi and Uchiha Shisui are the leaders of the Uchiha clan.

"Itachi, do you smell the aroma of barbecue?"

Shisui suddenly turned his head and smelled carefully, and the aroma of barbecue filled the air from the forest.

Uchiha Itachi nodded, he also smelled it, but he preferred sweets and was not that interested in barbecue.

"Come on, let's go and see."

This place is close to the Uchiha clan, and generally no other ninja will come close.

Shisui thought it was someone from the clan having a barbecue.

The two of them didn't have lunch, and Uchiha Itachi didn't object. The two of them walked in the direction of the smell.

Sarutobi Hiruzen caught a huge black bear and came to the Nanga River. After skinning and removing the bones, he was grilling it.

The paws of this black bear are relatively nutritious and can just replenish your energy.

Only during the foundation building stage can one begin to live without grains, and after the golden elixir one begins to feed on qi. However, this does not mean that one does not need to eat at all once one has reached a high level of cultivation.

Powerful monster flesh, flesh, and medicinal materials are all helpful in cultivation.

Use Fire Release to speed up the grilling and find some simple seasonings in the forest.

Ordinary cooking techniques, but the ingredients are good enough and top-notch delicious.

Shisui and Itachi smelled the smell all the way, and when they came over, they found a stranger grilling meat.

The barbecue technique is very rough. After a huge black bear is cut up and skewered on wood for barbecue, it seems that the portion is not enough for more than a dozen people.

Sarutobi Hiruzen had already noticed the two little guys, and he could tell at a glance that they were Itachi, the dutiful son, and Shisui, the little fool.

Because of the Uchiha Mirror, Sarutobi Hiruzen and Shisui were relatively familiar with each other. Shisui also had the intention of joining ANBU. He wanted to be like the Uchiha Mirror and become a bridge between the village and Uchiha.

It looked familiar, but I couldn't remember who it was at the moment, but it was definitely not from the Uchiha clan.

"Uncle, who are you?"

Uchiha Itachi didn't speak, but was secretly on guard in his heart.

Inexplicable people appeared around the Uchiha clan, most likely with bad intentions.

"Don't you know me?"

The voice was also very familiar, and after just thinking about it for a moment, Shisui opened his mouth wide.

"Are you, Hokage-sama?"

"It's the Sandaime, and the current Hokage is Orochimaru."