In the autumn, the warm afternoon sunlight shone on the Hokage Building.
It cast a golden glow on this somewhat mottled and old building that had stood for decades.
Inside the Hokage's office.
The Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi, wearing his Hokage robes, quickly flipped through the Year 46 Ninja Academy Graduates List and the Ninja Squad Vacancy List on his desk.
Combining the strengths and weaknesses of each Genin, he formed them into relatively balanced teams, and matched them with appropriate Jonin leaders.
In the past two years, the situation in the ninja world had become increasingly turbulent.
The increasingly frequent small-scale conflicts between the various ninja villages had led to reductions in many Konoha ninja squads.
Hiruzen Sarutobi was well aware that well-organized ninja squads were an important guarantee for ninjas to improve their mission success rate, survival rate, and combat effectiveness.
Whether it was to prepare for a war that could break out at any time, or for the safety of his subordinates.
The arrangement of squad members had to be done with the utmost care.
More than an hour later, after repeatedly checking the draft of the groupings in his hand, and confirming that it was the best option he could think of at the moment.
Hiruzen Sarutobi began to summon one Jonin leader after another.
Akimichi Choza, Aburame Shibi, Namikaze Minato, Umino Iruka, Kibe Kinuto, Mimura Hayaki... Yamanaka Kei.
Time passed imperceptibly, and it was almost evening.
When he heard the knock on the door again, Hiruzen Sarutobi looked up at the last Jonin he had summoned today.
Eighteen or nineteen years old, a height of just over 1.8 meters, and a slender and straight figure from long-term training.
Plus that head of bright golden short hair and handsome face.
If it weren't for the dark circles under his eyes being too heavy, making him look very listless.
Just this handsome face alone, I'm afraid it would make countless Konoha girls toss and turn in the quiet of night.
"Lord Hokage, good afternoon."
Yamanaka Kei had a hint of undisguised fatigue on his face, and raised his hand to greet Hiruzen Sarutobi.
He stayed up late last night to cultivate until midnight, and this afternoon he went to work, just made up for a while of sleep, and was called to wait on the first floor of the Hokage Building.
Who could stand this?
"Kei, you should relax occasionally, and cultivation will be more effective."
Hiruzen Sarutobi had long understood the extent of Yamanaka Kei's daily hard work in cultivation, and didn't care about his lazy appearance.
After giving a slight reminder to show his concern, he directly talked about the purpose of calling him over today.
"I have discussed with Inoichi, Shikaku and the others, and decided to transfer you from the Analysis Team to the regular forces to perform tasks. This is your transfer order and subordinate information."
"Yes."
Yamanaka Kei took the document, put the transfer order into the ninja tool bag on his waist, and looked at the subordinate information in his hand.
Yamanaka Inoichi had already greeted him before, and he was already prepared to be transferred from the Intelligence Department.
Just being assigned to a regular ninja squad, leading a few genin.
I can rest freely after completing one or two missions each month.
Just treat it as changing locations to slack off.
However, when he saw three familiar names, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows in surprise.
Yuhi Kurenai, Might Guy, Shiranui Genma.
These three were on a team together?
That's not right...
Might Guy and Shiranui Genma's teammate shouldn't be Ebisu?
Moreover, aren't they from a different graduating class?
"The new green leaves need the patient guidance of their seniors to grow strong, just as the Will of Fire is passed down from generation to generation. Now it's your turn to lead the new generation of children."
Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi obviously didn't explain to Yamanaka Kei in detail why he had such grouping ideas, and preached his Will of Fire on his own.
"...Lord Hokage, please rest assured, I will definitely teach them seriously."
Yamanaka Kei suppressed the doubts in his heart, put away his lazy posture, and made a decent guarantee.
Hiruzen Sarutobi was obviously very satisfied with this attitude.
After instructing him to report to the Jonin waiting area tomorrow and then go directly to Konoha Training Ground 4 to pick up the people, he waved his hand and let him leave.
Walking out of the Hokage Building.
Yamanaka Kei greeted a few ninjas he knew well, and walked towards the Yamanaka Clan's territory in the setting sun.
Just halfway there.
A mechanical prompt suddenly sounded in his mind.
[Ding~ The system repair is complete, the database is organized, the energy absorption progress has reached 100%, the system hibernation is over, and the profession entry system is enabled.]
[Personal panel is open, detection function is open, entry extraction, gifting, copying, upgrading, and stripping functions are open.]
[Profession binding completed, binding profession: Ninja.]
[Complete profession missions and profession events, and you will likely get entry extraction, gifting, copying, upgrading, and stripping opportunities.]
[The novice gift pack has been opened, and you have obtained 3 entry extraction opportunities and 1 gifting opportunity.]
...
Yamanaka Kei's figure paused slightly, and a momentary unnatural expression appeared on his face, but it returned to normal in an instant.
As usual, he packed a fast food meal at a roadside restaurant, and returned home as usual.
Five Direction Anti-Sensing Barrier! Activate!
Forming the 'Hai' seal in his hand, Yamanaka Kei activated the chakra in his body, and slapped the ground with one hand, activating the barrier technique that had been set up at home long ago.
Buzz~
A light blue, semi-transparent barrier enveloped the entire room, the complex runes on its surface flickering slightly, completely isolating everything within from the outside world.
Yamanaka Kei stood in the center of the living room, his expression changing several times, but finally, after letting out a long breath, he quietly sat down at the tea table.
He had once fantasized about loudly cursing the system that was nineteen years late when it finally activated.
He had also fantasized about crying and laughing, venting the dissatisfaction and excitement in his heart.
But perhaps all those past grievances and resentments had been worn away over the long years, and when this moment truly arrived, he was far calmer than he had expected.
...
Host: Yamanaka Kei
Profession: Ninja
Activated Tags: Transmigrator (Red), Yin Release Master (Purple), Handsome (Blue), Knows a Little (Green)
Unactivated Tags: None
Tag Draws: 3
Tag Gifts: 1
...
Transmigrator (Red): As a transmigrator, having lived two lives, the strength, growth rate, and growth ceiling of your soul and spiritual power are greatly increased.
Yin Release Master (Purple): Decades of dedicated research and training have allowed you to almost perfectly control the nature and shape transformation of various Yin Release ninjutsu. Efficiency is greatly increased when learning, researching, improving, and creating Yin Release ninjutsu; the release speed, power, and effect of Yin Release ninjutsu are greatly increased; resistance to Yin Release ninjutsu is greatly increased.
Handsome (Blue): A person favored by the world, born with extraordinary looks, increasing affinity and attractiveness to the opposite sex.
Knows a Little (Green): Having probed ninja memories for a long time, you have acquired a large amount of information and knowledge, and through constant practice, you have initially mastered many multi-attribute and multi-type ninjutsu, slightly increasing learning speed and memory.
...
"It's not in vain that I've been burning the midnight oil to cultivate for more than a decade."
Yamanaka Kei saw the detailed explanation of his tags, and a satisfied smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
Without hesitation, he immediately began to draw new tags.
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