Chapter 56 Talent Is Nothing Compared to My Efforts

After the defeat, the Hidden Cloud Village retreated.

The apparent reason was that Ai succeeded the Fourth Raikage, and all the ninjas of the Hidden Cloud Village had to participate.

In fact, everyone knew that this was just a high-sounding excuse for their withdrawal after the defeat.

After the ninjas of the Hidden Cloud Village withdrew, all the strongholds and industries in the Land of Hot Springs and the Land of Fields were taken over by Konoha.

Originally, Orochimaru planned to pursue the victory, but Sarutobi Hiruzen strictly prohibited him from making any unnecessary moves.

Orochimaru could only follow Sarutobi Hiruzen's orders and withdraw the ninja troops.

After a few days, the front line stabilized.

On the border near the Land of Lightning, most of the ninjas received orders from the village to return to the village for rest.

…

In the Konoha camp.

Uchiha Mirai walked out of the room and slowly walked towards Orochimaru's tent.

On the way, all the ninjas who saw him would bow respectfully to greet him.

After the last war, Uchiha Mirai has established a great prestige in the hearts of these border ninjas.

The genius boy in the eyes of everyone has completely transformed into a strong man who can stand on his own.

"Mirai, Lord Orochimaru is inside, please come in."

Nodding lightly to the guard at the door, Uchiha Mirai stepped in.

Orochimaru heard the voice, looked up, and a smile appeared on his face.

"Mirai, did it affect your rest?"

"Nothing, what do you want to talk to me about?"

Uchiha Mirai waved his hand and asked directly.

"Nothing, but we are going back to the village today, so I told you in advance."

Uchiha Mirai raised his eyebrows: "What do you mean?"

"I have reported all your performance here to the village truthfully, so after returning to the village, the teacher may talk to you..."

Orochimaru knows his teacher very well. Uchiha Mirai showed such a strong power, which will definitely cause the teacher's fear.

It was just that in that battle, Uchiha Mirai's performance was seen by everyone. He wanted to hide it but couldn't, so he could only report it truthfully.

Of course, he didn't mention in the report that Uchiha Mirai had mastered the Flying Thunder God Technique.

"You actually took the initiative to remind me."

"Are you ready to accept the conditions I offer?"

Uchiha Mirai smiled, with a calm expression on his face.

With his current strength, what can Sarutobi Hiruzen and Shimura Danzo do to him?

"Mirai-kun, when things really develop as you expected, I will consider your proposal."

"I called you here this time just to simply hope that you can be mentally prepared in advance."

Orochimaru did not hide his thoughts.

Originally, he had some doubts about Sarutobi Hiruzen and Shimura Danzo because of Uchiha Mirai's words. Now is obviously a good time to make achievements and enhance prestige, and Sarutobi Hiruzen transferred him back to the village from the front line...

This made Orochimaru more suspicious.

In other words, although the things predicted by Uchiha Mirai have not happened yet, he has already lost trust in Sarutobi Hiruzen and others.

Maybe the teacher really has the idea of ​​training another successor.

Hearing Orochimaru's words, Uchiha Mirai shrugged indifferently: "There is nothing to prepare. At this time, your teacher will never allow the village to be in turmoil."

"Even if he has any ideas about me, he will wait until the war is over."

Hearing this, Orochimaru showed a meaningful smile on his face: "Yes, the teacher who was once known as the 'ninja hero' is now old..."

——

A week later, Orochimaru led a group of ninjas back to Konoha Village.

The front line defeated the Hidden Cloud Village, and the Hidden Cloud Village ninjas suffered heavy casualties.

The newly succeeded Fourth Generation Raikage also lost an arm on the battlefield.

These news had already been passed back to the village, so the streets of Konoha were full of villagers cheering for Orochimaru and others.

Everyone regarded them as heroes who protected the village.

Among them, Orochimaru's voice was the loudest. Whenever he passed by, the villagers on both sides of the street would shout his name.

"Mirai-kun, it seems that your achievements have not been well publicized."

Orochimaru looked at Uchiha Mirai and said with a smile.

"It's just a clumsy trick."

"After a while, there will naturally be ninjas to defend me."

Uchiha Mirai said lightly.

Of course, he would not expect Sarutobi Hiruzen and others to actively publicize his achievements, and it is natural that such a situation would occur.

Anyway, most of the ninjas on the front line have returned to the village now, and what happened on the front line will soon spread in the village, and his prestige will be established in the hearts of the villagers.

After walking and stopping along the way, Orochimaru and Uchiha Mirai came to the Hokage's office.

Pushing open the door, Sarutobi Hiruzen immediately showed a kind smile on his face.

"Orochimaru, Mirai, you are finally here."

"Sorry to have kept you waiting."

"No problem." Sarutobi Hiruzen put down the scroll in his hand, "You did a great job this time, showing the style of our Konoha Village."

"Especially Mirai, you really impressed me."

Hearing Sarutobi Hiruzen's meaningful words, Uchiha Mirai smiled: "No, I did some trivial things."

"After all, I don't think the village has promoted anything for me."

Sarutobi Hiruzen was choked by Uchiha Mirai, and explained shamelessly: "Uh... Now it's war time, and the village needs to deal with too many things every day. I neglected this."

After that, without waiting for Uchiha Mirai to speak, he forcibly changed the subject: "Future, can you tell me why you are so strong?"

"If I remember correctly, you just graduated from the Ninja School for more than a year."

"Well... Maybe it's because I'm really a genius."

Uchiha Mirai's words made Sarutobi Hiruzen's face full of black lines, and he almost couldn't maintain his expression.

Genius?

You burn newspapers at the grave - fooling ghosts!

Who here is not a genius?

But he has never seen a genius who can defeat the Fourth Generation Raikage with overwhelming combat power and cut off his arm!

Sarutobi Hiruzen forced a smile: "Mirai, you are really joking. Your strength cannot be simply attributed to talent."

"I believe there must be other reasons."

Hearing this, Uchiha Mirai nodded in agreement: "As expected of the Third Generation, you are really sharp. I was just joking just now."

"Only 1% of my strength comes from my talent, and the remaining 99% all comes from my sweat."

"It can be said that talent is completely insignificant in front of my efforts."

"That's all."

Uchiha Mirai said seriously.

Who said that working hard to cheat is not considered hard work?

This time, even Orochimaru was a little stunned.

Good guy... He has never seen such a shameless person!

Sarutobi Hiruzen almost spit out blood.

I asked you to answer the question, not to brag about yourself here!

But he also realized that even if he continued to ask, Uchiha Mirai would probably just keep pretending to be stupid.

At the moment, Sarutobi Hiruzen could only give up helplessly: "Orochimaru, Mirai, you two just came back from the front line, you two should rest well in the village for a while."

"Yes."

...

After Uchiha Mirai and Orochimaru left, Shimura Danzo walked out from the shadows.

Sarutobi Hiruzen frowned and took a deep puff of cigarette: "Danzo, did you hear the conversation just now?"

"Do you have anything to say?"

Hearing this, Shimura Danzo leaned his crutches hard on the ground, snorted coldly and said: "It's obvious that Uchiha Mirai must have the power of the Mangekyō Sharingan!"