Naruto: As a genin, I just want to live a normal life.

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It attracted the attention of the three people.

"A jar worth five hundred taels."

"It's cheap and delicious, isn't it? In the Land of Rain, a weak ninja village like Amegakure can't maintain domestic order, and the towns are underdeveloped and the economy is in a recession."

"A piece of meat, and I could probably exchange it for the life of an orphan in the city."

The last sentence made the three of them pause slightly.

"But if..."

“You have this power of mine.”

"What methods will you use to achieve peace?"

"Of course, it's to stop the ninjas of the great powers from invading the land of rain!" Yahiko said bluntly.

Bai Xing calmly asked, "What if a major power insists on invading your territory?"

“Well…” Yahiko was speechless for a moment. At the same age as Naruto, Shirahoshi did not deny the other’s passion and ideals, but these ideals were too empty, and passion could also kill him.

"War... So, only by waging war can we achieve peace? No wonder Lord Hanzo of Amegakure established Amegakure and dared to challenge the ninjas of great nations." Nagato spoke of what he had seen and heard during his trip to Amegakure, interspersed with his own opinions.

Shirahoshi thought to herself, "Nagato truly lives up to his reputation as the one who feels pain the most; he understands things incredibly quickly."

“But wouldn’t that be different from Jiraiya-sensei’s original intention?” Konan couldn’t help but say.

“Jiraiya. I don’t deny his strength,” Shirahoshi said, “but in terms of peace, he doesn’t know as much as I do.”

Seeing that the three of them were starting to show interest, Bai Xing finally gave the answer:

"Peace is not a matter for one person alone."

"Just like becoming the Hokage of Konoha Village."

"You don't gain people's recognition just by becoming Hokage."

"It is only by gaining people's recognition that one can become Hokage."

After reciting Itachi Uchiha's classic line, Shirahoshi looked at the three people who were stunned by her words:

"And you."

"Just an unknown, weakling Rain Ninja."

"Peace is still a long way off for you."

Let's take the first step first.

The three of them exclaimed in unison, "What?" x3

“Cultivate a normal hobby for the purpose of achieving peace.”

—Just don't have any abnormal hobbies like "carrying rice up to the second floor," "artistic fireworks puppet shows," "sacrificing evil gods," "riding Lin in dreams," or "abusing your brother for no reason."

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The first day of training the three-person team.

Shirahoshi then gave Yahiko three hobby options: drawing, music, and business.

"Dean, what's the difference between these three?"

Bai Xing smiled slightly: "Of course. They are all kinds of training that can help you focus on cultivating your physical and mental health and enhance your strength."

"Then I choose... to go into business!"

"it is good."

Then, Shirahoshi handed the card that read "Business" to Yahiko, and took out another card from her pocket: "Cooking".

"Huh?! Why didn't you take this out for me to choose from?! If I saw this, I would definitely choose this one!" Inside the room, Yahiko looked at the playing cards in Shirahoshi's hand with a regretful expression.

Shirahoshi thought to herself, "If I had to choose this, you would definitely choose this one. And you wouldn't get any training from this anyway." Then Shirahoshi looked at Nagato and Konan: "Your turn, Nagato."

Let's draw!

"it is good."

Shirahoshi handed the cards to Nagato, then looked at Konan who was frowning, and took out the last card from her pocket: Writing.

"Hey. What's the point of cultivating these hobbies? I choose cooking." Konan complained, but still chose it and took Shirahoshi's 'cooking' card.

“Of course.” Shirahoshi put away the other cards and said, “You live in an ordinary and backward small country. Logically speaking, even the native residents of Amegakure would rarely be able to cultivate their children’s own hobbies.”

"in addition."

"These hobbies are not as simple as you think, so be prepared."

Bai Xing looked at Hong Lian, who was staring at her with wide, watery eyes:

"red lotus."

"Yes, teacher!"

"You'll be training with Xiao Nan later, take a break!"

"okay!"

"Then, I'll find you a place to train."

"Let's pack our things and get ready to go!"

"Yes."x3

The three of them spoke listlessly. Bai Xing chuckled to himself, thinking to himself, "Don't let the special training scare you too much later."

Soon after, Black Zetsu and White Zetsu, who had returned after reporting and were guarding a distance away outside, saw Nagato and his group leave. Black Zetsu thought to himself, "Oh no, are they going to start gouging out Nagato's eyes?"

The pitcher plant duo didn't dare to utter a sound. After watching the group set off with their bags on their backs for a while, they hurriedly poked their heads out.

White Zetsu: "It's over. Lord Madara's eyes are gone!"

Black Zetsu said on the surface: "Follow them first."

Inner monologue: "Damn it! That bastard surgeon! I'll kill you sooner or later!"

The two followed behind, while Bai Xing calmly led the four forward, pretending not to have seen Hei Bai Jue appear.

The group arrived at the bottom of a natural cave that Bai Xing remembered passing by. Then, Bai Xing opened the ROOM space, took out a drawing board, paintbrushes and other things, and placed them on the ground. Then, with a bang, everyone was startled.

Seeing that the ordinary wooden drawing board and colored pens made such a loud noise when they hit the ground, Nagato was stunned and wondered, "Are they really that heavy?!"

Subsequently.

Bai Xing formed a hand seal, causing a low wall to rise from the ground. He glanced at Xiao Nan, then divided and erased a part of it, turning it into a kitchen table. He then took out 'air' from his pocket and conjured a cleaver and a cutting board, placing them on the low wall with a soft sound. This gave Xiao Nan a sudden bad feeling.

"Alright. The materials are basically ready."

"Then you can begin."

"Nagato, your task is simply to find a place anywhere, copy the painting, and that's all."

"As for Xiao Nan, I need you to make a dish..."

"Wait a minute! You only have this much kitchenware? You expect me to cook?" Xiao Nan smirked, thinking to herself, there isn't even a stove for cooking rice here, how am I supposed to cook anything?

Shirahoshi glanced at Konan, her eyes beneath the mask brimming with lightness and delight: "I want you to cut sashimi to a millimeter's thickness, not a fraction more or less, okay?"

"You...you're kidding, right..."

"I'm not kidding," Bai Xing smiled. "If you don't finish today, you can sleep here tonight."

"Eh?!"

At this moment, Nagato arrived at the place where he was painting. There was no seat, but it didn't bother him. "Painting doesn't seem that difficult, does it?"

Then, Nagato picked up a paintbrush, and the next instant her hand felt a sudden heaviness: Holy crap?! Is this a weighted brush?!

However, in terms of weight, each piece weighs only five or six pounds. So Nagato tried the colors, only to find that he couldn't draw anything at all, and couldn't help but ask Shirahoshi:

"Dean, there's no water in this pen."

Shirahoshi smiled slyly at Konan's breakdown, then, hearing Nagato's voice, came to Nagato's side, took the pen from Nagato's hand, and drew an orange stroke in front of it: "Can't you draw with this?"

"Huh?!" Nagato took it, tried again, and looked up at Shirahoshi: "Dean, it still doesn't work!"

Shirahoshi covered her forehead, picked up the brush again, and this time she clearly used chakra to disperse some of the ink molecules, making another stroke on the canvas. "Do you understand? Use chakra. Also, just a reminder, you only have ten chances."

"..." Nagato understood what Shirahoshi meant and asked cautiously, "What if they're all broken?"

Shirahoshi was silent for a moment, then a red light seemed to flash from within her mask, causing Nagato to tremble in fear.

"It's fine."

"If you play games with the dean, he will give you another pen."

Nagato stammered, "W-What game?"

Shirahoshi patted Nagato's shoulder lightly: "Fishing game."

Then, pointing towards the river below the cliff outside the cave, he said, "Just be the teacher's bait."

Upon hearing this, Nagato's stunned expression instantly turned serious: "I understand, Dean. I will definitely not break any pens!"

"Try your best~ If you don't draw a decent picture, you can sleep here with Xiao Nan."

"Huh? Is it that good?"

"?"

A huge question mark appeared above Konan's and Yahiko's heads. Yahiko thought to himself, "Nagato, you dare to have designs on Konan..."

"Yes. The dean will set a trap for you, seal your chakra, and leave you here. If you die, don't blame the dean."

"?!!!!" x3

"Alright, the task is now in your hands. Next..."

Shirahoshi burst out of the cave and leaped down, startling everyone who looked over. Just a second before landing in the river, Shirahoshi's body floated in the air for a moment, then he grabbed three fish with his fingertips, leaped up again, and landed on the cave floor. However, Nagato, who possessed the Rinnegan, could see Shirahoshi's extremely refined Wind Release chakra: his body was almost completely enveloped in white Wind Release.

"I've found the materials for you too."

"Yahiko is next. Come with me."

"Yes, yes!" Yahiko thought to himself, "It's so cool that ninjas can fly. I wish I could learn that someday..."

If Shirahoshi knew, she would definitely criticize him, saying that he can't even learn medical ninjutsu and yet wants to learn how to fly with wind chakra? This is the Slime Flight Technique: the whole body is covered with a layer of wind chakra, making the body turn into the wind.