Hokage: Ryo’s Path

Seeing that everyone did not reject him as the Uchiha clan, Shisui breathed a sigh of relief.

However, everyone present was a little curious. The 9-year-old Zhishui's strength has reached a certain level, and the strength of Yamanakato's disciples should not be too bad.

With this in mind, everyone proposed to let Shisui and Kakashi have a contest. Kakashi's current strength is already an elite johnin, but his experience is a little lacking. Even if it is replaced by the 9-year-old Yamanaka Ryo, it will be difficult to defeat Kakashi.

Yamanaka Haru did not object, and signaled Shisui to fight Kakashi.

Shisui lost the battle with Kakashi, and the loss was miserable. For the current Shisui, the elite jonin absolutely cannot win.

However, Zhishui's performance surprised everyone. Thunder escape chakra mode, special teleportation technique, crow stand-in, and the terrifying talent of opening eyes at the age of 9.

"How is it? My eyesight is not bad!" Yamanaka Ryo said with a somewhat ostentatious tone.

"Well, this brat is pretty good!" Zilai also said seriously.

"It is true that in terms of talent, although it is not as good as you, it is stronger than Kakashi. As long as it does not die young, it will definitely become a movie class." Hatake Sakumo also spoke highly of it.

Namikaze Minato didn't express any opinions, but Kushina was happy that Yamanakato had such a disciple.

"Shisui, are you alright?" After Shisui lost to Kakashi, a little Masaru ran over anxiously.

"Huh? Isn't this Mikoto's child? It seems to be called" Kushina glanced at the child beside Shisui and said.

"It's Uchiha Itachi!" Namikaze Minato reminded.

"Yes, it's Uchiha Itachi!"

Yamanaka Ryo was taken aback when he heard Uchiha Itachi's name, and then immediately looked at the little Masahiro beside him.

If you ask who is the greatest ninja in Naruto, there are different opinions, and there will be many answers.

But when asked who is the greatest brother in Hokage, many people will give the answer without hesitation: it is Itachi Uchiha.

In the previous life, there were many controversies about Itachi Uchiha, such as whether Itachi is stronger than Payne, whether Itachi is stronger than Jiraiya in sage mode, etc.

Yamanaka Ryo felt that Itachi in the Shippuden period was definitely not as good as Jiraiya, let alone Payne.

Apart from other things, just talking about Itachi's body, itachi in the Shippuden period was already terminally ill, and even with Susano, he couldn't last long.

However, in the data book, both Jiraiya and Itachi have 71 points. If Itachi's body is not affected, they should be able to split 50-50 with Jiraiya.

As for Payne, the Eye of Samsara is too weird. Before knowing the information about the Eye of Samsara, neither Jiraiya nor Itachi can defeat Payne.

But no matter what, Yamanaka Ryo still likes Itachi very much.

Like Jirai, Itachi plays the role of Sasuke's guide in the original work, without him there would be no later Sasuke.

The relationship between Itachi and Zhishui is also mentioned in the original book, they are both teachers and friends.

Yuan Yamanaka doesn't want to interfere with Itachi's growth, because Itachi's life is the most perfect in his opinion, and no one is qualified to change it.

Because of Itachi's relationship, Shisui didn't have time to ask Yamanaka Ryo about his practice, so he had to send Itachi back to the Uchiha clan first. After getting to know Itachi, the others also left.

Two days later, Xiyan finally came back. She completed the task of exterminating the bandits by herself, but it was the first time she killed someone, which made little Lolita feel bad.

Shan Zhongyuan didn't know how to comfort her, and looked at the sullen little Lori Shan Zhongyuan in a bad mood.

Fortunately, after a few days, Xiyan's mood improved a lot under Hongdou's enlightenment, and Shanzhong was relieved.

And at this moment, Anbe next to Sandai Hokage found Yamanaka Ryo and asked him to go to Hokage's office immediately.

When Yamanaka Ryo and An came to Hokage's office together, they found that Jiraiya was also there.

"I won't talk nonsense, this time I have a very important task for you." Third Hokage said seriously.

"Old man, what is the mission?" Third Hokage's personality was very clear, and it must not be a trivial matter to make him so serious.

"Jiraiya, you all know that since the third Ninja World War, Sand Ninja and Cloud Ninja have signed a peace treaty with us, and now there are only Mist Ninja and Iwa Ninja."

"Hokage-sama, are you planning to take the initiative?" Yamanaka Ryo asked tentatively, trying to figure out the intention of the third Hokage.

"That's right, I plan to take action against Iwa Ninja Village, but the situation of Mist Ninja makes me a little unpredictable."

"Mist Ninja? Old man, are you worried that Mist Ninja will attack us suddenly?"

"Well, after all, the third Mizukage died at the hands of Konoha, and the first thing for the fourth Mizukage to succeed must be to seek revenge from Konoha." The third Hokage said solemnly.

"Based on the current situation, we are not afraid even if Mist Ninja makes a move. Isn't your worry, Hokage-sama, unnecessary?" Yamanaka Ryo asked.

"Little devil, it's not a question of being afraid or not. The old man was Kirinin who stabbed us in the back when we were fighting Iwanin." Jiraiya also expressed Sandai Hokage's thoughts.

"That's not the only thing I'm worried about, and the situation in Mist Ninja Village is too weird recently, I'm really worried, so I want you two to sneak into Mist Ninja Village to collect information about Mist Ninja Village."

After Jiraiya and Yamanaka Ryo exchanged a glance, he accepted the task.

Jiraiya himself is an expert in intelligence collection, and with the backing of Yamanakato's ice escape teleportation, it is not difficult for the two of them to complete this task.

"This mission is S-rank, you two should keep it secret, and don't let anyone outside the mission know the specific content of the mission." Third Hokage specially warned.

After leaving Hokage's office, Yamanaka Ryo and Jiraiya also agreed to set off tomorrow morning.

Early the next morning, at the entrance of Konoha Village, Jiraiya and Yamanakato joined up and headed towards the country of Nami.

Since yesterday, Yamanakato has been thinking about the last sentence of the third Hokage, don't let other people know the specific content of the mission.

This sentence sounds like it is to keep the two of them secret about this mission, but Yamanakato always feels that something is wrong.

Ji Lai also has no idea, it is normal for S-level missions to have special instructions.

The two didn't communicate much along the way, Yamanaka Ryo was worried about the problem with the mission, and Jiraiya was also thinking about the plan to infiltrate.

After arriving in the Land of Waves, Jiraiya and Yamanaka Ryo said: "Far, this time we are pretending to be merchants going to the Land of Water. The location of Mist Ninja Village is the center of water trade. It is not surprising that there are merchants here."

Yamanaka Ryo nodded, he was the first to do such a task of sneaking in, and he could just follow the old driver Jiraiya.

Jilai also took out the clothes he had prepared long ago, and together with Yamanaka Ryo, used the transformation technique to change his body shape.

After the two disguised themselves, they turned into two businessmen with big bellies and an air of local tyrant.

Jiraiya, who looked like a rich man, soon found a big ship in the land of waves.

I spent some money to rent the boat, and hired a few civilians to help them row the boat. In the cabin, there are some food and water sources that I have bought since I left Konoha.

In this way, after the preparations were completed, a merchant ship set off from the land of waves.