The Country of Fire, Konoha Village.
Shinomiya Aoyu, who was mixed among a group of children, looked at everything around him with curious eyes like the others, but compared with other children, his eyes were less numb and uneasy.
But no one noticed that he was so different.
"Thanks for your hard work."
After verifying the identity of the leading Jonin, the guard at the gate outside the village felt moved and said while letting him go.
"If Minato-sama hadn't turned the tide and thwarted Iwagakure's conspiracy, I don't know how long this war would have lasted." The Jonin who led the team also sighed.
"By the way, you just came back, don't you know? Just a few days ago, the defeated Shayin also signed a new peace treaty with us, so only Yunyin's side has no news, but It’s nothing to be afraid of, the war will be over soon.”
"Really? That's great! No more talking, I'll take these brats to hand in the mission first, and I'll treat you to a drink after the shift changes!"
"Then it's settled, haha."
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Walking into the famous Konoha Village, Qingyu tried his best to hide himself and not make himself appear special while thinking about the news he just heard.
It seems that this time is the stage when Konoha once again stands on the top of the ninja world and forces other major powers to sign a defeat agreement.
Jiraiya and the other three ninjas should have all left one after another, but the final winner of this war is still the camel of Konoha.
The next period of time should be a relatively peaceful period, until that big event happened, and then the Third Ninja War, which was supposed to be over, was forcibly dragged into the quagmire...
While thinking about the relevant plots during this period, Qingyu mixed in with other children and came to Konoha Hospital.
"Is this the last batch?"
After confirming the mission procedures, a medical ninja wearing a Konoha forehead protector asked in a calm tone.
The leading jounin who put away the mission scroll nodded, "All the war orphans we can collect are here, 42 in total. My mission is over, and the rest will be left to you."
The medical ninja nodded, and then a few more people walked in with these war orphans.
Although the major ninja villages are in urgent need of increasing their population, it does not mean that bringing these war orphans back is the end of the matter. Next, a series of examinations are required to provide them with physical and psychological treatment. After all, they can survive death. Most of the people who survived the escape had injuries on their bodies, and had experienced desperate experiences such as the murder of their relatives. To say that they did not have any psychological problems would be to deceive themselves.
Therefore, it is easier to win their favor by taking them to the hospital for treatment first. It can also take this opportunity to relax them and eliminate some potential troubles.
By the way, you can also record information and discover some good seedlings to focus on cultivating, such as the blood stain limit. Although there are very few, there will always be a few fish that slip through the net among the war orphans collected from several ninja wars, which is like a lottery. almost.
After being tossed around for a whole afternoon, Aoyu had to admit that Konoha still had two skills in this regard, especially the medical ninja model established by Tsunade, which was really eye-opening.
It was like a guy like him with an adult soul living in his young body. After being carefully treated by these gentle big sisters, he was also taken to take a bath and change into clean new clothes. He felt relaxed. I learned a lot and developed a good impression of Konoha.
Not to mention the other little brats, their originally lifeless little faces seemed to be rejuvenated, and there was expectation in their eyes.
"Name."
"Shinomiya Aoyu."
"Do you remember which village you lived in before?"
"Yeah, Citrus Village."
"Who is there at home? Is anyone still alive?"
"Only my parents, both dead."
When Qingyu answered the question, he acted very calmly, but the person who asked the question was used to it, because there are too many children like him who have become numb due to huge changes and blows, but it will get better after a while. .
"Have you ever received ninja training or have any special talents?"
He knows that this is the key point, and it will also determine what kind of identity he will use to stay here in the future.
First, being a ninja is a must.
Since the mission is for him to stay undercover here, and the reward is related to the size of the trouble he makes, then the identity of an ordinary person is not suitable for him.
Secondly, as an undercover agent, it is not good to be too public, otherwise you will be easily exposed.
So after thinking about it, he decided to expose part of his special qualities and then develop them slowly in secret.
Although this will increase the risk of exposure and even arouse suspicion, firstly, his identity can withstand investigation, and secondly, as long as he grasps the balance between mediocrity and excellence, there should be no problem.
So he hesitantly glanced at the gentle elder sister in front of him, and then lowered his head in fear.
All these reactions of his were seen by the other party, and then he heard the eldest sister ask in a gentler language: "Don't be afraid, Konoha is a harmonious family, and you are already a member of this big family from now on. Yes, we only ask this to help you. After all, some special abilities are accompanied by great risks. If you are not careful, you may accidentally hurt others, are you right?"
Pretending to be convinced, Qingyu plucked up the courage and said, "I don't know if this is a special ability, but while I was hiding around, I encountered danger once and I found that my skin suddenly changed. Very hard."
The eldest sister, who was listening to him carefully and writing down notes quickly, seemed to have her eyes lit up, and then she said gently, "Can you use it so that I can see it?"
After hesitating for a moment, Qingyu nodded, then slowly stretched out his right hand, and at the same time activated [Hardening] in his heart.
LV0's [hardening] only made the skin of his right hand grow an extra layer of keratin.
But when the other party saw this change, he was very surprised, and his expression became a little more excited. Maybe he didn't expect to win the prize.
Even if this ability is not limited by blood stains, it should be a very rare ability.
Sister Gentle nodded secretly, reached out and touched his right hand, and found that it had indeed become a little harder. Although it was only compared to ordinary flesh and blood, not harder than stone and steel, he was still only 4 or 5 years old. Children, who have just awakened this ability, must still have great potential to tap.
Then she asked for some information about abilities and some details before she put down the pen with satisfaction.