The Ordinary Life of a Clear-Ryu Ninja Chapter 761

Touji was stunned for a long while. He didn’t really know how to handle the situation, but Ning Liu was too understanding and didn’t excessively pursue the various things that had happened to her. Touji then stopped overthinking and smiled with relief: “From now on, you will go by the alias ‘Shen’ and serve as the principal of the NATO Ninja School.”

Ning Liu nodded, “Okay, I agree to that. But should I call you Master or Touji?”

“It’s up to you…”

“Always giving people tasks, what a blockhead. Ning Liu, come, I’ll take you out for a walk.” Anko pulled Ning Liu and walked out.

Touji and Kabuto exchanged glances. Touji secretly breathed a sigh of relief, while Kabuto smiled and said, “I’ll go clean up the lab.”

“Then I’ll go inform Orochimaru as well.” Touji said and immediately set off.

Soon after, Touji returned to his office. Gen’yumaru, who had received the notification, found Touji and made a request: “My lord, I want to know, since you have the ability to remove the Earth Curse Mark, is it also possible for you to implant the Earth Curse Mark in me…? This way, I can quickly improve my strength and better complete my missions.”

“Your new assignment doesn’t actually require combat ability. What I value is your temperament and management skills.” Touji frowned, “Furthermore, the survival rate of the Earth Curse Mark is too low; even for Jonin, less than one in ten may survive after having it implanted.”

“I’m willing to try!” Gen’yumaru gritted his teeth and said, “Without strength, one simply cannot command respect! My lord, with your immense strength, you might not fully understand that most of the people who need to be managed are accustomed to speaking with strength.”

“No,” Touji interrupted him, “But I can try to improve the Earth Curse Mark to increase its survival rate. I hope you can be more patient.”

Disappointment flashed in Gen’yumaru’s eyes, but it quickly turned to determination: “I will follow my lord’s arrangements.”

That night, under the desk lamp in his office, Touji looked at the curse mark research materials in front of him, his pen scratching on the paper, though he was actually just doodling. He recalled all his “memories” about natural energy and suddenly had a new idea: perhaps he could…

On the windowsill, Byakuya was curled up in a ball, letting out soft purrs.

Touji put down his pen and rubbed his brow, “It seems I’ll have to cultivate Sage Mode myself before I can further improve the curse mark.”

Three mornings later, Anko, Kabuto, and Orochimaru were fully prepared at the entrance of the Sound Hidden Village.

Among them, Orochimaru had changed into a white haori, and as per Touji’s request, no longer wore a shimenawa around his waist, appearing less conspicuous.

“Orochimaru, I must reiterate the command: you are forbidden from contacting anyone from the outside world at any time. Apart from us, you must avoid everyone. The former Root laboratory twenty kilometers northwest of Konoha will be your hiding place for the next period of time. You must reside there undetected. Understood?” Touji had to do this to prevent Orochimaru from exploiting loopholes in the [Kotoamatsukami] command, “The re-activation of that laboratory will only be known to a few of us.”

“I will follow your instructions, Touji-kun.” Orochimaru’s tone was cold, his voice hoarse.

After the three figures disappeared into the morning mist, Touji received a secret letter from Itachi via his summoning crow. The letter mentioned two pieces of news: first, Konoha had withdrawn half of its troops from the northeastern battlefield.

“Giving Cloud Hidden such a big step down, huh…” A faint smile played on Touji’s lips, “But this also means they’re not in a hurry to truly conclude things. It seems our acting Hokage is becoming patient.”

He knew this was Konoha actively paving the way for subsequent negotiations, as a prolonged war of attrition was beneficial to neither side.

The second piece of news was a battle report between Stone Hidden and Rain Hidden—