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

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The Hokage informed Shirahoshi that Team 11 had been completely disbanded, and that Mikoto Uchiha would return to the Uchiha clan and join the village's security department as a member.

Just as Yakushi Nonou was being assigned to other teams, and Hiruzen Sarutobi was preparing to assign her to another team, Shirahoshi spoke up:

"Hokage-sama."

"Can I ask you for a favor?"

"Hmm. This is the first time you've asked me for a favor, Shirahoshi. Tell me, as long as it doesn't violate the ninja code, I can consider agreeing."

"I want Nono to be able to enter Konoha Hospital and become a medical ninja."

Her chakra control was mastered very quickly, even surpassing Mikoto's.

Inside the office, Hiruzen Sarutobi looked surprised upon hearing this and turned to Shirahoshi, speaking earnestly: "Shirahoshi, becoming a medical ninja is a long journey. Just learning medical ninjutsu techniques and becoming a qualified medical ninja takes several years."

I've read the report on Nonou's abilities; actually, given her strength, becoming a combat-type ninja would be a good choice.

"Please! Hokage-sama!"

Bai Xing bowed deeply.

"Nonou's dream is to become a medical ninja; she does not aspire to be a combat ninja."

For a moment, Hiruzen Sarutobi felt a little melancholy. The battlefield was short of people, and he would rather assign Nono to a team of Jonin with decent strength to carry out a mission at the border.

At this moment, he suddenly remembered what had happened back then, as if he saw the shadows of Shirahoshi and Yazaki Jonin in this incident.

Hiruzen Sarutobi smiled helplessly, took a puff of his pipe (which he hadn't had time to smoke), and exhaled a cloud of white smoke.

"I promise you."

"Not only that, I will also arrange a suitable teacher for Nono."

"But I have one request."

"Please speak!" Bai Xing was surprised that her words actually worked; it seemed her previous performance hadn't been in vain. "As long as it's within my power, I'll do it!"

"but."

Bai Xing scratched her cheek:

"If it's about advancing to Chunin, then I'm sorry, but I refuse."

Hiruzen Sarutobi's lips twitched. He thought to himself, "Everyone else wants to become a Chunin, to be respected by the village's ninjas and people, and to live a 'perfect' life with generous benefits. But you, I've tried to persuade you so many times, and you still refuse!"

"I'm going to assign you a team of genin."

Bai Xing's expression immediately changed, and he thought to himself, "Could they be trying to trick me into going to the battlefield?"

Seeing Shirahoshi's pale face, Hiruzen Sarutobi assumed it was because Shirahoshi was thinking about what happened with the team earlier, and quickly tried to explain:

"rest assured."

"The purpose of joining the class is simply to find you a teacher who is skilled in ninjutsu, to specifically teach you about the problems with your ninjutsu talent."

"As for the mission..."

"Just do what you did before, take on D-level missions, and incidentally teach some experience to your junior fellow students."

"understand!"

Upon hearing this, Shirahoshi immediately understood that this was because he didn't want to learn ninjutsu, and the old man had forcibly found him a teacher: hopefully not a powerful one.

otherwise.

Once your talent is fully discovered, it will be difficult to remain a genin forever.

Thank goodness, Shirahoshi had already prepared for the discovery of her five elemental chakra talents.

—After all, he was an orphan, not a local, and had been hiding it all this time without saying a word. If he were found out, he would have no way to explain himself.

The Chunin Exams concluded in a very short time, and the July wind blew across the back mountain of Konoha Village.

Hidden among the dense forest are many tombstones. At the very front of the forest stands a tombstone made of special blue stone, bearing the names of numerous ninjas: the Memorial Stone.

"Yazaki-sensei, Tetsuta, Aoko."

"I'm sorry, but I have bad news to share with you this time."

"I took the Chunin Exams this year, and I failed again."

My teammates from the team that lasted half a year—the graduating Team 6: commoner genin and Hyuga branch family genin.

Holding a bouquet of lilies, Shirahoshi carefully looked at the three names:

"I may have made a mistake back then."

"As a genin."

"Perhaps we should have followed Jonin Yazaki's orders during the mission and carried them out diligently... Perhaps that way, our team of three... wouldn't have fallen apart."

Unfortunately, although he possessed the Op-Op Fruit at that time, developing its power required physical strength, and exposing it would risk entering the Root organization, so he chose to conceal it.

However, the first time he truly believed he possessed Chunin-level strength without using Devil Fruits was two years ago.

World War II has been going on for a while now; it's just that we're currently in the most intense phase.

He wanted to live, not die, and not take risks. So, during a C-rank mission, he openly disobeyed Jonin Yazaki's orders, believing that Jonin Yazaki's orders were too impulsive and would lead to the team's annihilation.

Immediately, the conflicts within the team erupted completely.

Shirahoshi knew he had failed Yazaki Jonin's teachings: all three D-rank ninjutsu techniques were taught by Yazaki Jonin.

But in order to survive, he had no choice but to become a stubborn person, leave the group, and become alone.

The following year, when he was able to complete D-rank missions independently, he learned from the village that Jonin Yazaki had made a misjudgment during a mission command, causing two Genin in his team to fall into an enemy ambush: Team Six came to an end.

The distraught Jonin Yazaki finally understood Shirahoshi's good intentions. The next time Shirahoshi saw Jonin Yazaki was in an izakaya (Japanese pub).

Shirahoshi's initial intention was to encourage Jonin Yazaki, but the result made Jonin Yazaki believe that he should atone for his sins and charge to the front line of the battlefield: but he did not have the luck of the eternal genin Maruhoshi Kosuke, and died in battle.

Emotionally, Shirahoshi is prone to sadness, so she tries to avoid making friends to reduce her feelings of sadness.

He didn't want to see his friends and companions turn into mere names in front of him.

He couldn't persuade others to remain as junior ninja as he was—unless there were special circumstances, in which case they would generally be promoted.

Persuasion only makes others think you're a spy, making it harder for your defection to back down.

Just look at the miserable lives of some wandering ninjas outside and you'll know.

......

As time passed, the Hokage informed the team that they would wait for the Jonin to be available to notify Shirahoshi to report for duty. However, the Jonin was not available at the moment, and the Hokage said that he would give Shirahoshi a surprise.

Also.

"Congratulations, Nono U."

"Also, thank you for treating Dai."

"Tsunade-sama."

In the hospital director's office, a blonde woman in a white lab coat leaned back in her chair.

Brown eyes scrutinized Shirahoshi's appearance.

"I remember."

"Your name is Shirahoshi, right?"

"Yes, Lady Tsunade." Shirahoshi hadn't expected Nono to be so lucky as to become Tsunade's disciple.

"Have you got a girlfriend yet?"

Shirahoshi: "......"

Beside him, Yakushi Nono's face stiffened.

"Um...Tsunade-sensei."

"Shirahoshi-sensei said he has no intention of dating unless he is promoted to Chunin."

Instantly, a big question mark appeared on Tsunade's face. Completely disregarding what Shirahoshi was thinking, she asked bluntly, "Didn't you pass the Chunin Exams?"

"Sorry. No." Shirahoshi scratched her head.

"Oh, I see. It seems you have serious psychological problems."

Upon hearing this, Bai Xing's expression tightened. He wondered if the Hokage would arrange for Tsunade to be his teacher!

"Uh... Could this Lady Tsunade be...?"

"No, no, no—" Tsunade hurriedly waved her hands, "I only know a little about your situation. But psychological issues can only be resolved by yourself."

"I see." Shirahoshi breathed a sigh of relief. Seeing Shirahoshi's expression, Tsunade laughed in exasperation.

Tsunade got up and came to Shirahoshi's side. The two, who were of similar height, gradually approached each other. Tsunade, who was four years older than Shirahoshi, rubbed Shirahoshi's head. Shirahoshi didn't dare to resist—he was afraid that Tsunade would punch him with superhuman strength if she got angry.

"What's wrong? Does it make you feel awkward about me being your teacher?"

"No, no, no—" This time it was Shirahoshi's turn to wave her hands hurriedly: "I just felt that becoming Tsunade-sama's disciple might make it difficult to concentrate on cultivation because of Tsunade-sama's beautiful appearance."

"Oh~ You've got a sweet tongue~!" Tsunade pinched Shirahoshi's cheek: "Don't worry, your teacher is also a very good ninja."

"It will not let you down."

"Uh-huh."

......

Once outside the office, Bai Xing resumed her cold expression.

Trying to curry favor with Tsunade? Not a chance. It's just a matter of social etiquette; getting a name remembered by a prominent figure in the original work will improve her chances of survival later. Besides, what if your own disciple works under someone else and you don't say nice things to them before they're subjected to unspoken rules?

After delivering the "real fruit basket" as a thank you gift to Tsunade, Shirahoshi returned to Might Guy's hospital room to see how he was doing that day.

"Honey, have some apple. You've been working so hard."

"It's not hard at all, this is all part of youth!"

Standing at the door of the ward, the sharp-eared Shirahoshi really wanted to say, "Why are you feeding me dog food all of a sudden?" But she still opened the door, glanced at the little genin sitting to the side, a single dog preparing to be discharged, and said to Dai and Ms. Korin:

"Please stop showing off your love."

"Otherwise, I won't come to see you next time."

"Look at the poor child over there."