In the blink of an eye, three years had passed.
When Minato was 10 years old, he chose to graduate early.
Having received training from Jiraiya, he sparred with Yasu several times in the ninja school's combat exercises.
He used his specially trained speed to fight him. However, each time, he was defeated by him.
Even so, Minato's growth rate surprised Yasu.
Each time he fought Minato, his speed would be much faster than the last time.
But he was also growing. Now, he, who only had the full sword forms of the Thunder Breathing technique, was also doing special training to increase his speed.
After graduating early and becoming a Genin, Minato continued to train with Jiraiya. Thus, Yasu hadn't seen him for two years.
Although he had the strength to graduate early, he didn't apply.
Firstly, he didn't think it was necessary to apply early. Unlike Minato, he wouldn't have a famous teacher to guide him after graduating early.
Now was a time of peace. Even if he graduated early, as a Genin, he could only do some D-rank missions in the village.
Although the village didn't openly scold and insult him, they still hated him from the bottom of their hearts.
He also didn't want to do D-rank missions like finding pets or picking up trash, which paid very little and were troublesome.
He'd rather spend that time training.
After Tsunade returned to Konoha that day, she stayed for two days, visited her Grandma Mito Uzumaki, and then left again with Shizune.
Although Kushina saw Tsunade again at Mito's residence, she didn't talk to her at all, because the incident where Yasu helped her made Kushina still feel resentful towards Tsunade.
Jiraiya and Minato left Konoha to train, and Tsunade also left Konoha. Now, only Orochimaru remained in Konoha out of the Three Sannin.
And Yasu had already met Mito Uzumaki.
As the wife of the First Hokage of Konoha, he believed that Mito must be on the Hokage's side.
So, he was somewhat wary of her, but her attitude towards him made him a little puzzled.
Because it felt overly enthusiastic.
Kushina was now also learning the Uzumaki clan's sealing techniques from Mito.
Plus, the fact that he had awakened the Sharingan was not publicized.
Hiruzen had Jiraiya and Tsunade keep this matter a secret.
Because if the Uchiha people knew that he had awakened the Sharingan, then they would definitely come to him.
Perhaps they would let him return to the Uchiha clan, or they would clash with him.
Now that Hiruzen planned to train him, it was naturally impossible for him to let Yasu return to the Uchiha clan, and now was not the time to attack the Uchiha. He would not be able to openly protect him if there was a conflict between the two sides.
So, concealing the Sharingan was the best option. When he grows up, it would be an already done affair, and the Uchiha clan would have no way to change it.
Yasu was also happy with this. He was too lazy to get entangled with those arrogant Uchiha who looked down on him.
And in these three years, Obito Uchiha, Kakashi Hatake, Rin Nohara, Might Guy, and others were born one after another.
Based on the timeline of Kakashi going to the battlefield at the age of five.
There would be at most 2 years of peace left before entering the Cold War period, or even less.
Because Kushina would be kidnapped by three Cloud Ninja.
This was when she became a Genin, but it was unclear exactly when exactly.
But after the kidnapping incident occurred, the ninja world should begin to experience local conflicts.
Kushina was now 12 years old, which meant that in 6 years, she would come of age and replace Mito Uzumaki as the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki and Mito would kick the bucket..
The time left for him was running out.
There were at most 2 years of peace left, and Kushina had 6 years left before becoming the new Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.
But the only way to quickly improve his strength was on the battlefield.
Now he made full use of his time at night to conduct rigorous training, and the results were quite good.
The Uzumaki clan, distant relatives of the Senju clan, each had a large amount of chakra.
As for him, who possessed half of the Senju clan's bloodline, the amount of chakra in his body also increased exponentially.
And he had to obtain enough Witness Points before Kushina became the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, while also improving his strength as much as possible.
Yasu had only obtained 50 Witness Points in these three years, because he witnessed the birth of Might Guy.
At that time, he had strained some muscles due to excessive training, so he wanted to go to the ninja hospital to buy some wound medicine.
At the ninja hospital, he happened to hear someone calling for Might Dai.
Out of curiosity about Might Dai, the famed man who single-handedly killed four members of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, he secretly followed him to take a look.
And it was because of this that he coincidentally witnessed the birth of Might Guy, gaining 50 Witness Points.
However, he couldn't see the birth of other people.
Because they were all members of ninja clans, he couldn't get in touch with them at all.
...
At this time, the sky was dim.
And in the training ground of Konoha, Yasu was still training.
He used 10 Witness Points to exchange for another katana. Without using chakra, he relied purely on his own strength to practice swinging the sword at the wooden stake.
Sweat dripped from his cheeks onto the ground.
Suddenly, a hoarse voice sounded from behind him.
"You really are working hard."
Yasu felt a chill run straight from his spine to the top of his head. Someone was behind him, but he hadn't noticed at all.
He immediately turned around to look, and his pupils shrank.
Pale skin, purple eyeshadow, comma-shaped earrings, snake-like vertical pupils.
Orochimaru, one of the Sannin whom he had never met.
Yasu immediately adjusted his mentality and state, bowed slightly, and said respectfully: "Lord Orochimaru."
Orochimaru crossed his arms and walked to him: "I've been observing you for many days. You're young, yet you've mastered such powerful ninjutsu and taijutsu technique, and you've also awakened the Sharingan. As expected of a descendant of the Uchiha and Senju clans."
Yasu raised his head, looking at Orochimaru without any fear, and asked suspiciously: "Lord Orochimaru has been observing me for many days?"
Orochimaru had a smile on his face, but in Yasu's eyes, this smile always felt like he was sneering at him: "The old man seems to be very fond of you and wants me to take you as a disciple. I don't have any intention of taking disciples, after all, taking disciples would distract me from teaching, but I am now interested in you."
"I feel like we are the same kind of people, disguising ourselves, letting others see the side you want them to see. Don't refute me, the look you unintentionally reveal can't deceive people, but that look, like a snake, always ready to bite, I quite like it."
Yasu felt his scalp tingle a little, he didn't expect Orochimaru to come here wanting to take him as a disciple.