Naruto: Starting as Tsunade's Desk Mate

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Troy was the commander of this operation by the Cloud Ninja. For some reason, this mission gave him a sense of unease. As his team got closer and closer to Uzushio Village, the danger seemed to be getting closer and closer. Gradually, he felt like he had a thorn in his side.

Troy suddenly stopped and raised his hand. The ninjas obeyed immediately and stopped. His deputy immediately came over.

"Lord Troy."

Troy took a deep breath and looked at his second-in-command, saying:

“I have a very bad feeling about this. Have the sensory ninja investigate again.”

The deputy nodded solemnly: "Yes, Lord Troy."

This Trojan lord is a rare Magnet Release ninja and is highly respected by the Cloud Ninja.

Soon, the sensory ninja's findings came back.

"Lord Troy, it seems we're a step too late. It appears that all the Uzumaki clan members have perished in Uzushio Village. I sense that a dozen elite Kirigakure ninja are clearing the ruins, seemingly collecting the Uzumaki clan's sealing techniques. The leader is one of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist."

Troy frowned slightly. A dozen or so Mist Ninja, plus the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, it seemed like today was going to be a tough battle.

"Everyone, prepare for battle in advance. The Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist are not easy to deal with."

The Cloud Ninja group quickened their pace, but halfway through their journey, they were suddenly attacked.

The fog in the forest suddenly thickened after the rain, and the thick white fog spread out, directly enveloping the Cloud Ninja group. Then, the sounds of clashing weapons and screams could be heard.

An Yan and his men launched an attack directly. Of course, they couldn't let them run to Wochao Village. If they went there and found no signs of fighting in the village, wouldn't that give them away?

Amidst the billowing white mist, numerous ninjas clashed. The Mist Ninjas, being impure beings, were immune to harm and concealed by the thick fog. The Cloud Ninjas, caught off guard, suffered a major loss, with four or five of them being killed on the spot.

"Wind Release - Once the typhoon passes!"

Some ninjas who knew Wind Release tried to blow away the thick fog, but to no avail. The Land of Whirlpools is near the sea and has abundant water resources. Using Water Release would be much more effective. The thick fog rolled on and on, and could not be blown away at all.

Instead, An Yan targeted the ninja who knew Wind Release and directly ordered three ninjas to go and take him down.

While parrying Suigetsu Hozuki's Samehada sword, Troy retreated and said, "Are the Mist Ninja going to break the peace treaty and reignite the war?"

An Yan, controlling the Watermelon Pufferfish Demon, replied: "Why not?"

Troy's Magnet Release technique is not advanced enough; he can only magnetize iron objects with chakra. When faced with a biological weapon like Samehada, he is somewhat hampered and unable to win. Moreover, each attack from Samehada will devour a large amount of his chakra.

After only a few rounds of fighting, Troy knew he was no match for Kisame Hozuki, so he shouted, "All squads, break out and retreat! Abandon the mission! Execute immediately!"

An Yan controlled the reanimated ninjas, deliberately leaving seven or eight alive to escape, while killing the rest to interrogate them about their ninjutsu later.

Troy led seven or eight of his men in a hasty retreat, fleeing a great distance before they encountered a disguised Iwa ninja force from the Konoha Anbu.

An Yan, who had transformed into Higashi no Shijin, a Jonin of the Iwagakure, had his eyes light up when he saw Troy and the others in their disheveled state.

"Isn't this Troy, the Magnet Release ninja from Kumogakure? Looks like you've met your match."

Troy inwardly groaned, but outwardly remained calm and composed, saying:

"What does the Hidden Stone Village mean by this? Does the Land of Earth want to start a war with the Land of Lightning?"

An Yan led his men to surround Yunyin, but instead of starting a battle, he said, "We both know why we are here after the Mist Ninja's sneak attack on the Land of Whirlpools. Since you arrived before us, you must have already received some of the items. If you hand them over, I can spare your lives."

An Yan demanded the sealing technique of the Vortex Clan, which Troy naturally did not possess. However, An Yan was merely looking for a seemingly reasonable excuse; having a legitimate reason would make everything appear perfectly justifiable.

The two groups immediately started fighting, and An Yan began to demonstrate various earth-escape ninjutsu.

Earth Release: Earth Rising Spear

Earth Release: Earth Splitting Palm

Earth Escape - Earth Stone Dragon

Troy managed to escape with the help of his men, but he turned back and glared at An Yan and the others, vowing to take revenge.

"Iwa ninja, huh? You just wait."

Seeing Troy escape, An Yan stopped holding back and with a wave of his hand, Hatake Sakumo cleanly and efficiently killed the last two who were putting up a stubborn resistance.

"This should really arouse the hatred of Iwagakure to the maximum, right?"

An Yan stroked the stubble on his chin, pondering to himself.

Sakumo Hatake walked over, looking at An Yan with some confusion, and asked, "Logically speaking, the Iwa ninja and Sunagakure ninja should have sent people over here regarding the matter in the Land of Whirlpools, so why haven't they come yet?"

Chapter 57 The Uzumaki Clan Enters Konoha

People from the Sand Village and the Rock Village have indeed arrived.

However, due to their geographical location, their country was quite far away, so they traveled slowly and were intercepted by Konoha ninjas on the way.

The second batch of Jonin dispatched by Hiruzen Sarutobi successfully stopped the Sand Ninja and Iwa Ninja at the border of the Land of Fire, preventing them from passing through.

The two sides were locked in a standoff at the border of the Land of Fire. Although the atmosphere was very tense, no actual conflict occurred.

Each village has fewer than a hundred Jonin-level fighters in total, and the village keeps them on for S-rank missions, so they are generally not easily lost.

It is only because An Yan was absolutely certain that he would go all out against the Mist Ninja and Cloud Ninja. Normally, when Jonin from both sides meet, they would just test each other and then retreat once they found that their strengths were roughly equal.

An'an, Hatake Sakumo, and other members of the Anbu successfully returned to Konoha, bringing back a large number of Uzumaki clan members.

Hokage's office.

The Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi, the Second Hokage Tobirama Senju, and the First Hokage's widow Mito Uzumaki were all present, along with the heads of all the Konoha clans. After An Yan recounted the mission's details following the Third Hokage's orders, everyone's expressions varied.

Although everyone in the ANBU squad is an elite, what's with the fact that the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist and their subordinates, who directly wiped out the Kirigakure ninja, consisted of thirty-four elite Jonin? Is the ANBU really that powerful?

The crowd had some doubts, but with the seven sealed ninja swords there, plus a bunch of scrolls sealing the corpses, An Yan was clearly not lying.

Then, what's with the Anbu impersonating Iwa ninja and wiping out seventeen elite Cloud ninja? If the Anbu really had that kind of strength, Konoha could consider unifying the ninja world.

The entire Uzumaki clan was brought back to Konoha by An Yan. What kind of method was this? Many clan leaders were astonished and suspicious. Had An Yan developed some strange ninjutsu? Could it transfer a large number of people? Or was it something else?

However, the most pressing issue is how to best settle the Uzumaki clan now that they have been brought back. Each of the Konoha ninja clans has its own territory and businesses, and no matter which part of the village is allocated to the Uzumaki clan, it will cause some losses to the other ninja clans.

Konoha has been established for over thirty years, and all the good locations have already been taken, whether it's the living environment or the commercial resources. For example, the Ino-Shika-Cho trio are in the catering, medicinal herb, and flower industries, so it's obviously inappropriate for other families to get involved.

Even Tobirama Senju wouldn't say something like asking the major ninja clans to bleed out a little and move up in rank.

Hiruzen Sarutobi has always been portrayed as a good person and would never act as such a villain.

Before they knew it, everyone's eyes were on Shimura Danzo.

Danzo Shimura enjoyed this feeling of being the one everyone wanted to hear, and spoke up in accordance with everyone's wishes:

"The Uzumaki clan is actually quite easy to manage. There's plenty of open space on the outskirts of Konoha Village, so we can settle them there. Besides, if any external enemies invade..."

Before Danzo could finish speaking, Tobirama Senju spoke up.

"The Uzumaki clan has helped Konoha a lot in the past, so we can't distribute them like this. The Senju clan doesn't have many people left anyway, so let the Uzumaki clan live in the Senju clan's territory. Let's decide on this. This is also for the sake of the village."

Tobirama Senju's orders were quite effective, especially when they did not harm his own interests.

Hiruzen Sarutobi nodded: "Let's do as you say, teacher."

Koharu Utatane also offered her opinion: "If the Uzumaki clan wants to fully integrate into the village, they still need the education of the Will of Fire. Next, we should register the Uzumaki clan children of school age and arrange for those who are old enough to go to school to attend."

The Konoha leadership quickly drafted a document to arrange all aspects of the Uzumaki clan's affairs.

An Yan found the meeting extremely boring. If he hadn't become a Wood Release instructor a few years ago, he would never have come to a meeting like this. It can only be said that he is now a member of the Konoha leadership. Although he is just an ordinary Jonin on the surface, he actually represents the Senju clan, and now he may also have to add the interests of the Uzumaki clan.

After everyone finished discussing the matter, the meeting finally adjourned.

Several ANBU ninjas followed An'an, Tobirama Senju, and Mito Uzumaki to the Senju clan's territory.

The Uzumaki clan members haven't been released yet. The ANBU ninjas came to register them. After all, with over a thousand people flooding into the village, they can't just leave without registering. It wouldn't be good if they were arrested by the Konoha Guard as spies.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, An Yan thrust his long staff into the ground, instantly releasing the Vortex Clan members from the spatial domain.

"Finally out, it was so hot inside."

"Mom, I want to drink water."

"Is this the territory of the Senju clan? I've actually come back here again."

The noise from the crowd was deafening, and An Yan felt his scalp tingling. He immediately wanted to make a quick getaway, but Tobirama Senju grabbed his sleeve.

Seeing Tobirama's ambiguous smile, An Yan coughed twice: "Lord Tobirama, what are your orders?"

Tobirama Senju stretched out his hand: "Nice staff, let me study it for a couple of days."

An Yan nodded obediently, reached out and grabbed a crimson stick from the air, which he then respectfully handed to Tobirama Senju.

The host took the unremarkable stick, examined it carefully from head to toe, and suddenly asked, "What did your ancestors use this for?"

An Yan coughed twice and said in a serious tone, "I don't know what my ancestors used this for. This thing was originally a broom, which I used to sweep the floor at home. But one time the broom head broke, and when I was replacing the broom head, I found that this thing was a bit unusual, so I kept it for research."

Tobirama looked An Yan up and down again, and he felt a little scared, wondering what this guy was up to.

Tobirama Senju spoke again: "I heard you want to marry our Tsunade?"

An Yan nodded awkwardly, "Yes, that's true."

Tobirama Senju nodded: "Very well, I agree."

So you disagreed before?

An Yan instinctively wanted to roll her eyes, but she forced herself to hold it back.

Tobirama Senju added, "You're all adults now, you should get married, otherwise..."

Before Tobirama Senju could finish speaking, he glanced at the bustling Uzumaki clan members in the Senju territory, and An Yan immediately understood.

The Senju and Uzumaki clans have a long history of intermarriage, and now that the Uzumaki clan has just joined Konoha, the best way to integrate is still through intermarriage. Wouldn't it be better to become one family and integrate?

Now that Nawaki is still young, and Tsunade has just reached marriageable age, she might be forced into an arranged marriage.

In that case, An Yan's painstaking rescue of the Vortex Clan would have been nothing more than a clownish act.

Chapter 58 Proposal

As it turns out, Tobirama Senju was always forward-thinking.

Before the two had exchanged more than a few words, the patriarch of the Uzumaki clan pushed through the crowd and grabbed Tobirama Senju's hand.

"Tobirama, it's been a long time. How have you been these past years?"

Tobirama Senju's lips twitched, and he silently withdrew his hand.

The clan chief coughed lightly, awkwardly stroked his beard, and chuckled: