Chương 110: Yang Cheng, the Student Surpasses His Master!

While marveling at Yang Cheng's remarkable talent, Orochimaru carefully examined the information about Yang Cheng in his hand.

"This Nanju Yosei is actually interested in the forbidden techniques and research I left in Konoha, and even often stays overnight at Anko's house because of it?"

With his resume deliberately concealed, Yang Cheng's background information was quite unremarkable.

The village's ninjas had previously treated Yang Cheng as a two-dimensional ninja, so Kabuto Yakushi naturally couldn't gather much information about Yang Cheng in a short period of time.

However, according to the intelligence he collected, Yang Cheng frequently visited Hong Dou's house and liked to browse through various forbidden technique scrolls and research books. This aroused Orochimaru's great interest. For someone who didn't like doing research, the scrolls he left behind were undoubtedly boring and even rebellious.

The fact that Yang Cheng was able to watch it and even find it interesting shows that the child shares the same ideas and talents as him.

Talented, insightful, intelligent, and sharing the same hobbies and interests as me—this is practically my former self!

Orochimaru already had a great appreciation for the talented and capable Yang Cheng, and this appreciation only increased after he learned that Yang Cheng was Anko's student.

At this moment, upon learning that Yang Cheng not only possessed remarkable strength and talent but also enjoyed conducting research, Orochimaru's eyes lit up.

"Leaving such a disciple to that brat Hongdou would only bury that child's talent."

"When the Konoha Crush plan breaks out, take advantage of the chaos and find a way to abduct that child."

Upon hearing Orochimaru's order, the Sound Four behind him immediately knelt on one knee to pledge their loyalty, saying, "Lord Orochimaru, leave that Nankyu Yoshinari you mentioned to us. We will definitely deliver him to you."

Looking at the four people, including Kidomaru, in front of him, Orochimaru remained somewhat noncommittal.

The Sound Four possess the power of the Cursed Seal. If they activate the second stage of the Cursed Seal, they can barely be considered Chunin level.

If the four of them team up, they can put up a fight even against a weaker Jonin.

However, Orochimaru, who had a brief encounter with Yang Cheng, knew very well that the Sound Four had absolutely no chance of winning against Yang Cheng.

Let alone kidnapping him, it's questionable whether you can even last a few rounds against him.

"If the four of you plus Kimimaro were together, there might be a little hope, but with just the four of you, you're no match for him."

Dou, I'm leaving this matter to you. I'll arrange another helper for you later.

Once we begin, your task is simply to take Nan Jiuyangcheng away with all your might.

Hearing Orochimaru's words, the Sound Four were clearly somewhat unconvinced.

Leaving aside Kimimaro, that monster, Kidomaru and his companions clearly didn't take Nankyu Yoshinori, whom Orochimaru mentioned, too seriously.

The four of them possess the power of cursed seals and can control them perfectly. In a four-on-one situation, even a special Jonin from Miya could fight them. For Orochimaru to say that they are no match for them is to underestimate them.

Of course, although they were somewhat resentful, the Sound Four dared not show it at the moment.

There is a one-week break before the start of the third round of the Chunin Exams.

Sasuke and Kakashi begin training with Chidori, while Naruto, left behind, encounters a man outside the bathhouse whose lechery is ingrained in his genes, thanks to the protagonist's plot armor.

Furthermore, under Jiraiya's tutelage, Naruto mastered the Summoning Jutsu and the method of extracting Tailed Beast Chakra in just one week.

This also proves that, in terms of being a qualified teacher, Kakashi is no match for Jiraiya.

Unlike the other genin who advanced to the second round of the Chunin Exams, Yang Cheng hasn't been training with Anko in the past few days.

Or perhaps Hongdou was angry with Yangcheng, which is why she hadn't communicated with her disciples at all these past few days.

After demonstrating the power of the Freedom Law to the mountain couple that day, Haiyi asked Yangcheng to persuade Hongdou.

However, Yang Cheng knew very well that with Hongdou's personality, she would never listen to reason with him.

Knowing he couldn't persuade Anko, Yang Cheng took matters into his own hands and went to the Third Hokage alone, offering to take on the so-called secret mission.

The Third Hokage was naturally very pleased with Yang Cheng's sense of responsibility. He not only praised Yang Cheng extensively, but also reiterated the Will of Fire to Yang Cheng to solidify his political awareness before finally letting him leave.

Listening to the Third Hokage's endless discourse on the Will of Water and Fire, Yang Cheng was almost falling asleep, but on the surface he still had to pretend to be a "loyal ally," which made Yang Cheng very tired.

Seeing Yang Cheng, who was now full of energy and acting like a young, indignant man after his encouragement, the Third Hokage showed a satisfied expression and made many promises to Yang Cheng.

Hongdou was naturally furious when she found out about it afterwards!

He first went to the Hokage's office, hoping that the Third Hokage would rescind his decision.

Unfortunately, the Third Hokage stated that it was because Yoshinata wanted to improve, and as the Kage of Konoha, he could not interfere with the boy's determination.

Suppressing her anger at punching the old man in front of her, Anko found Yang Cheng and asked him to go with her to find the Third Hokage to retrieve the mission.

But Hongdou never expected that her usually obedient and sensible disciple would dare to defy her to her face this time!

Extremely angry and impulsive, Anko chose to take action directly, and was prepared to break her beloved student's limbs and bring him to the Hokage's office so that the Third Hokage would rescind that damned secret mission.

However, the final result was that even though Hongdou used all her skills and even the power of the cursed seal, she was no match for Yang Cheng and was even pinned down by her beloved disciple.

"Teacher Anko, please believe me. I am not the same as Orochimaru I used to be. No matter what happens, I will stand by your side."

Orochimaru has what I need, so I have to go there, and it's also to fulfill Anko-sensei's long-cherished wish.

After a fierce battle between master and disciple, Anko left in anger. She knew that Yoshinori was not like Orochimaru.

However, she was very angry at her own incompetence. As a teacher, she should be the one protecting her students.

But now her students are doing even more for her.

Hongdou really wanted to say some tough words and even beat Yang Cheng into submission, but she was dismayed to find that her disciple had unknowingly grown to a level that surpassed her own.

The three generations of elders followed the master-disciple battle between Yang Cheng and Hong Dou almost the entire time.

On one hand, he was worried that Yang Cheng and Hong Dou, master and apprentice, would become enemies. On the other hand, he was also covering for the two of them to prevent their battle from being spied on by those with ulterior motives.

When the Third Hokage, who was hiding in the shadows, saw Anko defeated in battle, he was completely dumbfounded.

He had already overestimated Yang Cheng as much as possible, but he never expected that his prediction of Yang Cheng's strength was still too conservative!

No, this is no longer a matter of being conservative; he has seriously underestimated it!

Even when the Third Hokage saw that Yang Cheng, at only thirteen years old, possessed the strength of a Jonin, he somewhat regretted his earlier decision to send Yang Cheng as an undercover agent.