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

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Bai Xing glanced down at the little one licking her feet and trying to please her. "Perfect timing. I also want to see if I can get out now."

"I still need to go to the Land of Iron."

"Young man, I suggest you hire a few ninjas to accompany you. It's really chaotic outside," the fishmonger advised.

"No. I'm used to being alone. Ninjas and such are not necessarily a match for a samurai like me." After saying this, Shirahoshi slightly drew his short sword, his tone full of confidence: perfectly demonstrating the state of a spirited young samurai.

......

Until she stepped out of the gate of the town of curtains, Shirahoshi didn't say anything to the gatekeeper. Instead, she put on the gentle sheep patterned mask, put one hand in her pocket, held an umbrella in the other, and walked forward.

The people at the gate recognized the masked, pretentious samurai and the three orphans, and simply ignored him.

Afterward, the four of them walked for quite a while and came to the top of a mountain road.

Shirahoshi was followed by three children, and behind Nagato was a little yellow dog.

"Um, what's your name, Samurai brother?"

When Shirahoshi arrived, he gave himself a name: "Jiraiya".

—The fact that he shares the same name as Jiraiya, a Jonin from Konoha, in the intelligence reports makes the Amegakure ninjas think that this guy could never be a ninja from an enemy country.

"Jiraiya... So what does Jiraiya-nii do for a living?" Hearing Yahiko's continued questioning, Shirahoshi fell silent, looked down at her short sword, and then looked at Yahiko.

At that moment, Yahiko remembered the conversation between the bosses and Shirahoshi, and that his outfit looked very much like a samurai: "Sorry, I forgot."

"But what kind of work do you usually do as a samurai, Jiraiya-nii-san?"

"I'm just a temporary bodyguard." Shirahoshi was familiar with the duties of a samurai, while Yahiko was curious. He had heard that many of these jobs were for ninjas, so he asked Shirahoshi.

"If ninjas are hired, it is generally a short-term escort operation to complete a certain goal. Such a mission alone is worth no less than 20,000 to 30,000 taels of currency."

"Wow—" x3

"Twenty thousand taels! If we had twenty thousand taels for a mission, none of us would go hungry!" Yahiko exclaimed excitedly.

"Twenty thousand taels, twenty thousand taels, twenty thousand taels for one task, if we do five or six a month, that's enough for the three of us to eat," Xiao Nan said excitedly.

Nagato, on the other hand, had never seen money before and was quite introverted at home, so she didn't know its approximate value. However, Yahiko and Konan had a general idea; at least the large fish and watermelon they were holding were worth around two thousand Rain Coins.

As Bai Xing walked, she said:

"But becoming a ninja is not that easy. Not only do you need to have the chakra talent to train, but you also need various resources to support your training. In the end, even if you become a ninja, you will be confined to the village."

"I'd rather be a samurai."

"How much do samurai usually earn?" Konan asked curiously.

Fortunately, before assuming her new identity, Shirahoshi had looked up some information about samurai. "Well... the income isn't very stable. And I'm a wandering samurai, I find all my jobs myself. The highest I've ever earned is 100,000 yen, and I've also earned a few hundred or a few thousand."

"Overall, it's around tens of thousands of taels a month."

"As far as samurai work is concerned, it doesn't pay as much as a ninja's monthly salary, nor does it offer the same job security."

"But the advantage is..."

"free."

"Oh, is that so? That's a bit too little." Xiao Nan sighed slightly, still hoping that this samurai older brother would teach them to become samurai so they could make a living in this chaotic world.

But if it's only tens of thousands,

If one only has 10,000 Rain Coins a month, it won't even be enough to make ends meet.

As the three traveled, some distance from the mountain road, all fifty Konoha ninja in the assassination squad on the battlefield were killed, leaving only the leaders Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru.

Just then, a kunai with an explosive tag attached was flicked away by Hanzo, who was standing on the salamander, with his scythe. As if by fate, it flew towards Nagato's direction.

The kunai was very fast, arriving in front of everyone in almost an instant.

"Samurai Style: Flying Swallow Flash!"

The kunai was instantly blasted away and exploded in mid-air.

The shockwave from the explosive tags also caught the attention of the Sannin and Hanzo on the battlefield. As they prepared to use Fire Release to continue their attack on Tsunade, their gazes swept over.

hum-

In an instant, the three children seemed to see some kind of demonic being, and were so frightened that they could not move: at this moment, Hanzo's astonishing killing intent surged forth.

"A ninja from Konoha?"

Having no recollection of Shirahoshi's appearance or shape, Hanzo immediately suspected that she was a support force from Konoha.

But when he saw Nagato and his two companions, he couldn't help but frown.

Bai Xing thought to herself, "Is this guy trying to fly at me? If he flies to the little guy's position behind me, I can pretend I can't see him and then get knocked away."

"That's right. Hanzo, you're surrounded by our reinforcements." Orochimaru didn't know who the group above was, but he had to find a way to escape now.

"Stop talking nonsense, Orochimaru! That's just an innocent passerby!" Jiraiya saw the child above who was pale with fright and immediately realized that the child was an innocent child who was just passing by.

The young man seemed unfamiliar to her, and was likely some kind of wandering samurai: Shirahoshi used her short sword to knock away the kunai.

Hanzo calmly assessed the situation. Judging from Orochimaru's reputation, he suspected Orochimaru was trying to use outsiders to create an opportunity for him. Secondly, who would launch a sneak attack with three children?

Tsunade stood silently beside Orochimaru. Jiraiya approached, indicating that Orochimaru was still capable of fighting, and urged him to fight Hanzo to the death...

"enough!"

"Let this war end here."

—This refers to the war between Amegakure and Konoha.

"I suppose the final victory will still belong to the ninjas of Konoha."

"I'll let you off this time."

"The fact that you survived my clutches proves your skill."

"So."

"From this day forward, I, Hanzo, will address you all as the Legendary Sannin of Konoha..."

Even after Hanzo finished speaking, Shirahoshi remained standing, gripping her dagger, rain streaming down her face, her eyes beneath her mask calmly observing the scene before her.

—The three legendary Sannin have unexpectedly witnessed the completion of the challenge. What challenges lie ahead?! Will it be a battle against Hanzo? Or perhaps against the three legendary Sannin? Or...?

"We don't need your pity! I can still fight!" Jiraiya glanced around at his dead comrades, gritted his teeth, and roared at Hanzo.

"Enough! Jiraiya." Tsunade knew that if they continued fighting, they would only be sending themselves to their deaths.

This time, it was Orochimaru's turn to fall silent. His eyes glanced at the young man standing above him, and he felt the young man's gaze was somewhat familiar...

Hanzo scanned the mountain road area, which was the main road to the Seventh District. If the other party was an enemy ninja, they would not take that road: it would be too obvious and easy to be discovered.

......

As a result, the two sides parted ways peacefully after the fight, without Bai Xing rushing up to kill him as he had expected, letting him experience the feeling of being hunted by a master while wearing a disguise.

Wait a minute! Will my Saiyan bloodline be affecting my thinking at this moment?!

On the way, Bai Xing was also thinking about this question.

Furthermore, he has no time to train his tail at home, and the tail is always retracted inside using the 'Life Return Transformation Technique,' which could become a weakness.

Therefore, he is also looking for a suitable opportunity to train his tail so that it won't shrink when someone grabs it, even if it's kept tucked in for a long time or cut off later.

"Amazing! Brother Jiraiya, that last strike was so cool!" Yahiko said to Shirahoshi behind him after carrying the big fish back home and putting it away.

"If it weren't for Jiraiya, we might be dead." Nagato put down the watermelon with a smile, recalling that he had been standing a little behind the young man, and the explosion of the explosive tag had almost scared him to death.

"Wang Wang Wang-"

"Little one, are you scared? Here, have some bread." Xiao Nan fed the little one some bread, but the little one was too frightened to eat.

"Actually, it's not that I'm..."

Tread-tap-

As an aside, the area where Yahiko and his two companions lived was not a safe zone; it was a war zone.

As soon as footsteps sounded, Bai Xing glanced back, feigning alertness as she placed her hand on the hilt of her sword: "Who goes there?"

"Don't misunderstand, we are not enemies."

Jiraiya raised his hand and spoke, Tsunade stood aside, while the aloof Orochimaru looked at Shirahoshi.

"who are you?"

“…My name is Jiraiya. What?” Shirahoshi pondered for a moment, then forced himself to speak.

"Huh?! You have the same name as me? That's interesting!"

Jiraiya scratched his head and finished speaking, then his expression turned serious as he said:

"Actually, I came here to apologize to you."

"My teammates almost dragged you down with them just now."

"In return, could you teach us ninjutsu?" Yahiko asked directly.

Konan and Nagato also looked at Jiraiya with great anticipation.

"Should we kill these children?"

"..." Bai Xing heard her teacher's familiar words and fell silent for a moment: As expected of a teacher, even more ruthless than me.

In an instant, Yahiko, Konan, and Nagato turned pale, and the little one was so frightened by Orochimaru's aura that he trembled.

"Orochimaru!" Jiraiya glared angrily, but Orochimaru remained calm and continued, seemingly unconvinced that he had said something wrong: "I have seen many orphans. Their fates are all extremely tragic."

"It's better for them to die sooner rather than to live in agony."

As Orochimaru spoke, he observed Shirahoshi: apart from the occasional look in his eyes resembling Shirahoshi's, this person's other physical characteristics were completely different.

"As expected. You ninjas are truly cruel," Yahiko said coldly. "Kill us. Just like our parents!"

Seeing this, Orochimaru showed no intention of holding back, raising his hand to reveal a kunai: "As you said..."

Jiraiya and Shirahoshi blocked Orochimaru's path one after the other. Shirahoshi was immediately confused. He didn't want to get involved in other people's business... but why did he suddenly feel an urge to have a good fight?

"I see."

"But Jiraiya, you should understand." Orochimaru withdrew his kunai, but his implication was that Jiraiya should not teach these three children to avoid causing trouble for the village's future.

Tsunade remained silent, but her meaning was the same: the war between the fire and rain was over, and the work of the three Sannin had come to an end.