Naruto: I wrote in my diary that I exposed the Otsutsuki's arrival.

Chapter 70 New Mission: The Land of Waves Story Begins

Not to mention Hashirama Senju, who brought the Senju clan's Sage Body to its peak.

The Yin Seal, which Tsunade painstakingly stored up chakra to release, could only be achieved by Hashirama Senju using this ability passively.

Ordinary people can greatly increase their chakra reserves and recovery abilities by injecting a small amount of Hashirama's cells, and Hashirama Senju had such cells all over his body.

So compared to such a monstrous monster, Madara Uchiha's ability to fight him to a standstill back then was truly an achievement.

Kitahara Kaede's transformation was incredibly rapid, which is why people like Hyuga Keiko, who could directly see his chakra levels, were shocked. Although Ayato Genryu couldn't see it directly, Kitahara Kaede's improvement in strength was genuine. From being roughly equal to them in strength, he could now easily overpower them with one hand. This transformation was truly remarkable.

Even their former teacher, Akai Akimoto, was certainly no match for Kitahara Kaede's current strength.

Sometimes they would even engage in mixed battles, and even when the two of them joined forces, they couldn't defeat a single shadow clone of Kitahara Kaede.

The two of them privately concluded that Kitahara Kaede's strength was at least at the level of a proper Jonin.

What they didn't understand was that, in the history of the ninja world as they knew it, all sorts of geniuses had emerged. It could be said that although they hadn't seen many young geniuses in person, they must have heard of them.

For example, the most famous one is the young genius Uchiha Itachi, who was about the same age as them.

Although they were not in the same year, they lived very close to each other, so they had seen Itachi Uchiha at school before.

Of course, Itachi Uchiha was a genuine young genius and the focus of everyone's attention at school, while these three didn't even make it into Class A of their grade, only Class B, which was already considered quite good.

After all, Class A is mostly made up of ninja clan members, and commoners who are assigned to Class A are all exceptionally talented.

Such geniuses usually become famous at a young age. It is extremely rare for someone to make such rapid progress in a short period of time when they are already fifteen or sixteen years old, and whose life can be said to be basically set.

It's impossible for him to have had any extraordinary encounters, since they almost always completed their missions together and left the village together. It would be difficult to keep any extraordinary encounters of Kitahara Kaede from them.

Regardless of their own speculations about Kitahara Kaede's increased strength, they all understood one thing: although they didn't know why Kitahara Kaede was so eager to improve their strength, it was ultimately for their own good.

Having a master like Kitahara Kaede as a sparring partner is a blessing one could never have in several lifetimes.

Kitahara Kaede's only weakness is that he doesn't know many ninjutsu, but his overall strength definitely surpasses that of ordinary elite Jonin and is very close to Kage level.

Moreover, as he accelerates his fusion with the Sage Body of the Uzumaki Clan, he is confident that by the time of the Chunin Exams, he will at least reach the Kage level, the difference between him and the Kage level is just a lack of powerful ninjutsu.

However, these can be remedied. For example, the Rasengan he has figured out himself can be transformed into a Wind Release shuriken if Wind Release chakra is added to it. There is also the half-powerful Flying Thunder God Technique. As Kitahara Kaede's chakra continues to grow, he can sense that the range of the kunai in the Flying Thunder God Technique has expanded to the entire village.

If he can obtain the next stage of Flying Thunder God now, he can immediately put Flying Thunder God into actual combat.

There are still several months left, which is more than enough time to obtain some powerful ninjutsu through the lottery.

Just as the three were engaged in intense sparring training, a figure landed in the distance.

Kitahara Kaede looked over and saw a person dressed in ANBU uniform and wearing a mask.

Because of his previous experience of being hunted down by Danzo's Root squad, he did not let his guard down even when he saw people dressed in such a distinctly ANBU style.

Even Hyuga Keiko and Ayumi Genryu became wary. They had also participated in the ambush of the Root Squad that night, and if Kitahara Kaede were to be dealt with, none of them would escape.

"By order of the Hokage, the Kitahara squad is to proceed to the Hokage Tower immediately to await further orders." After relaying the order, the Anbu ninja confirmed that Kitahara Kaede and his two companions had heard it and then left.

"It seems to be the real Dark Division, not that Root Squad," Xiang Tianyuanlong said.

"Let's go then. It seems the Hokage has something to discuss with us," Kitahara Kaede said with a shrug.

"We actually got to be summoned by the Hokage?" Xiang Tianyuanlong was a little incredulous. Apart from occasionally running into the Third Hokage at the Hokage Building when accepting missions, their Chunin squad was never qualified to see the Third Hokage.

After tidying up briefly, the three of them headed straight for the Hokage Building.

Guided by an ANBU member, the three entered the Hokage's office.

As soon as Kitahara Kaede entered the office, he sensed that at least four secret agents were on standby in the shadows, ready to launch an attack at any moment.

Although they were well concealed, they could not escape Kitahara Kaede's perception. Although he had not learned any sensory ninjutsu, his physical strength was strong enough to allow him to sense many things naturally.

"Lord Hokage," the three said in unison.

At this moment, Hiruzen Sarutobi put down his pipe, a kind smile appearing on his face, and said, "You three, Kitahara Kaede, Aite Gentaka, and Hyuga Keiko, were previously members of Akai Akimoto's team, right?"

"Yes, Lord Hokage," Kitahara Kaede replied.

Akai Akimoto has now joined the Anbu, but it's unknown where he's currently carrying out his mission.

The office was filled with smoke. Hiruzen Sarutobi felt a little embarrassed, so he opened the window to let in some fresh air and said, "Sorry for the fuss, I'm a heavy smoker, I can't quit."

None of the three spoke, and then Hiruzen Sarutobi said, "Here's the thing, I called you here to have you complete a B-rank mission. Here's the mission scroll and instructions, take a look."

Hiruzen Sarutobi handed a scroll from his desk to Kaede Kitahara, who was the team captain.

Kitahara Kaede opened it and was taken aback; this mission was actually related to the mission in the Land of Waves.

Despite his influence, Kakashi's team still encountered their destined mission to the Land of Waves. They just accepted the mission today and will set off for the Land of Waves early tomorrow morning.

Their team had only one mission: to secretly escort Kakashi's team to complete their mission.