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In every era, someone has to carry the burden and move forward. Senju Tobirama is a very stubborn person. It's not that he is self-centered, but once he makes a decision, few people can control him.
Except for Hashirama Senju.
But even if Hashirama Senju could control Tobirama Senju, when Hashirama Senju was alive, Tobirama Senju often disobeyed his orders behind his back.
This situation has improved a lot after the death of Hashirama Senju, but how can the weight of Chishima Chiba's words reach that of Hashirama Senju?
Chiba Chishima had never been to the battlefield of World War I, and he was not clear about the situation of the various parties during World War I. In the eyes of Senju Tobirama, his words were just like children playing house and were not convincing at all.
But when Tobirama Senju was about to leave the village with his shadow guards, Chishima Chiba followed.
He wanted to try again.
However, there were too many people seeing Senju Tobirama off as he left the village, and Chishima Chiba finally squeezed through. But before he could say anything, he was interrupted by Senju Tobirama.
"Chiba, I am the second Hokage of the village. There are many dangerous things that only I can accomplish. Have you forgotten the Will of Fire that you compiled?"
Just one sentence completely blocked Chishima Chiba's reason to persuade Senju Tobirama to send others to the Land of Lightning to sign an alliance.
"And the alliance we signed with the Hidden Cloud Village is beneficial to us, so the location was decided in the Land of Lightning. If it were the other way around, I would be safe, but the village would become the weaker party, which would be detrimental to the interests of the village."
The second sentence also blocked Chishima Chiba's second proposal.
"Grandpa Tobirama, you can bring some more people..." Chishima Chiba said in a low voice, "In case of danger, at least they can cover your retreat."
"There are already a lot of people." Senju Tobirama squatted down, grabbed Chishima Chiba's small hand with one big hand, and patted his shoulder with the other big hand.
"I know you're worried about me, but a Kage with six jonin is strong enough to destroy a small or medium-sized ninja village. If there are too many people, the Hidden Cloud Village will probably think I'm going to steal their house, and they will be in a panic."
The corners of his expressionless face suddenly turned up, and his smile was as ugly as ever.
"As for the danger you mentioned... Grandpa is the shadow of the village, and I should be the one to carry out the Will of Fire. If I can't take the lead, wouldn't the persistence of our generation become a joke?"
Finally, he patted Chishima Chiba's shoulders and stood up. "Chiba, work hard and grow up quickly. When you grow up, you will understand that many things must be done without hesitation even if you know they are dangerous. This is a responsibility and a will."
After saying that, Senju Tobirama stood up and left without looking back, leaving Chishima Chiba standing there with bitter eyes.
It was obvious that Senju Tobirama had thought of all the possibilities of this trip and was also prepared for the worst.
As the group left the village and walked further away, Chishima Chiba also mixed in with the crowd of people seeing them off and walked back to the Senju base alone.
"Qianye, where have you been?"
Tsunade, who had grown taller, ran over quickly and looked Chishima Chiba up and down, "Why do you look unhappy?"
"I went to the village entrance to see Grandpa Tobirama and the others off, and they didn't look unhappy." Chishima Chiba smiled, but it was a little awkward.
"Really?" Tsunade looked suspicious, approached Chishima Chiba and circled around him, "No, you're just unhappy, and...why didn't you call me to see grandpa off?"
"Didn't Grandpa Tobirama tell us not to go?" Chishima Chiba found an excuse.
"Then why did you go?"
"Because I was disobedient." Chishima Chiba spread his hands, and then pulled Tsunade's hand, "Okay, don't be angry, I will definitely take you with me next time."
"snort!"
Tsunade pouted and turned her head away, but did not break free from Chishima Chiba's hand, and was pulled by him into the Senju base.
"Qianye, are you back?"
Uzumaki Mito had a kind smile on his face, "Come on, I've been waiting for you. There are a lot of knowledge points to cover today, and time is tight."
"Okay grandma."
Chishima Chiba walked over and sat down next to Tsunade, listening quietly to Uzumaki Mito talk about various knowledge points.
Chishima, Chiba and Tsunade, who are now 9 years old, have mastered low- and medium-level ninjutsu after two and a half years of hard training.
It's just that Chishima Chiba and Tsunade have slightly different focuses.
Chishima Chiba is still following the path of all-round development, with comprehensive skills in ninjutsu, physical training, illusion, and sealing, without any obvious shortcomings and with extremely strong comprehensive abilities.
In addition, because Chiba Chishima possesses four types of chakra in his body, he is proficient in low- and medium-level ninjutsu of the four types of chakra. Plus the surging amount of chakra in his body, he is a pure mobile ninjutsu turret.
In contrast, Tsunade's route is still similar to that in the original work. Her super-powerful fist has already taken shape, and her medical ninjutsu has made remarkable progress.
In addition, due to the influence of Chiba Chishima and the auxiliary training of the shadow clone, Tsunade is also proficient in the low-level and medium-level ninjutsu of the four attributes. However, Tsunade's ninjutsu skills are less powerful than Chiba Chishima.
After the two of them have laid a solid foundation, Uzumaki Mito will naturally start a new round of teaching, teaching them various advanced and even forbidden level ninjutsu, as well as various knowledge that match them.
Advanced ninjutsu is different from low- and medium-level ninjutsu. It has very high requirements on chakra control, mental strength, etc. Even with the talents of Chishima Chiba and Tsunade, if they want to learn an advanced ninjutsu, they still need to use "years" as the unit.
Next, Uzumaki Mito spoke seriously, and Chishima Chiba put aside all distracting thoughts and listened equally seriously.
I really have to rely on myself from now on!
Regardless of the will of Senju Tobirama, the rise and fall of the Senju clan, and even the future of the entire Konoha, Chishima Chiba is ready to shoulder it.
And it can be predicted that in the future he will inevitably have fierce clashes with Sarutobi Hiruzen, Shimura Danzo, Mito Kado En, Utane Koharu and others. If one's own strength is not enough, his voice will naturally not be loud enough, let alone shouldering it.
After a day of teaching, Uzumaki Mito went to bed early because of his age, and Chishima Chiba and Tsunade also had more time alone.
On the roof, the two of them leaned their shoulders together, looking up at the full moon in the sky, and no one spoke.
The wind was a little cool, but just right.
The hair on Tsunade's forehead fluttered in the wind. Chishima Chiba raised her hand and helped her comb it and tucked it behind her ear.
"Chiba."
"What's wrong?"
When their eyes met, Chishima Chiba saw the sadness in Tsunade's eyes, and his heart inexplicably tightened.
"Sakumo's parents and uncles and aunts..." At this point, Tsunade lowered her eyes, tears flashing in her eyes, "And the uncles and aunts in our base, also..."
Without saying a word, Chishima Chiba silently raised his hand and put it around Tsunade's shoulders, and with his other hand he gently stroked the tears from the corners of her eyes.
"The dead are gone. As the people they protected, we must look forward and not let them down."
Chishima Chiba comforted Tsunade, "At the same time, we must be prepared for everything and not let them bleed and cry."
"But what can we do..."
"As long as we become stronger and keep getting stronger, sooner or later we will be able to do a lot of things." Qiandao Qianye looked up at the full moon, "The future is ours. The stronger we are, the stronger the village will be. Even if the war comes again, we will no longer be the ones who need to be protected, but the ones who will end the chaos!"
"Tsunade, I still remember you once said that you wanted to be like your grandfather, so... work hard with me!"
"Yes!" Tsunade nodded heavily and stretched out her finger, "But you have to promise me that you will stay with me and not leave me alone."
Chishima Chiba understood what Tsunade meant, and seriously stretched out his finger and hooked it with Tsunade's little finger.
"Pin, don't change for a hundred years."
"Well, it's not allowed to change for a hundred years."
Two thumbs of different skin colors were pressed together, and a simple yet heavy agreement was concluded.
This time, Tsunade seemed to be relieved and leaned her head on Chishima Chiba's shoulder again, and at the same time gave up discussing the slightly heavy topic just now.
Looking at the full moon in the sky, the two chatted aimlessly, but after a while, the girl's faint snoring was heard, which made Chishima Chiba couldn't help but take a few more glances.
After waiting for a while, Chishima Chiba hugged Tsunade in his arms like a princess, jumped off the roof, and carried her into the house.
But soon, Chishima Chiba calmly closed the door for Tsunade and returned to his room.
This time, he didn't go to bed so early.
He formed seals with his hands and created a shadow clone, which studied the advanced ninjutsu knowledge that Uzumaki Mito had explained today with the original body, and practiced and used it.
In this way, the lights in the room stayed on until midnight...
(End of this chapter)