Ye Yu smiled, "By the way, Jiraiya-sama should know the location of Ryūchi Cave, right?"

Jiraiya was stunned for a moment; he didn't know why Ye Yu was asking.

"You want to sign a summoning contract with Ryūchi Cave? It's not as good as Mount Myōboku."

"Besides, your Three-Tails is already powerful enough. Even the summoned beasts of the Three Great Sage Lands aren't as strong as the Three-Tails."

Ye Yu explained, "I want to find a summoned beast for Sasuke; he's been asking me to find one."

"With his current Chakra reserves, he should be able to summon the snakes from Ryūchi Cave."

After Jiraiya understood Ye Yu's true intentions, he said, "You want to create a new Three Ninja combination?"

Ye Yu smiled, "Why not?"

Jiraiya rubbed his chin, deep in thought.

He reviewed the information on Sasuke, Naruto, and Sakura in his mind.

The more he thought about it, the more sense it made. He smiled and said, "Not bad, not bad. Those three kids really are like us back then."

"Naruto is like me, Sasuke is like Orochimaru, and Sakura's personality is similar to Tsunade's back then."

"It really is a perfect fit."

Jiraiya thought Ye Yu's idea was excellent.

However, he quickly said, "But Ryūchi Cave is not to be trifled with. You've faced Manda, so you should know its cruel nature."

"With Sasuke's current strength, he probably won't be able to subdue it."

"And Ryūchi Cave is much more dangerous than Mount Myōboku."

"Snakes are cold-blooded animals; they don't have emotions."

Ye Yu tapped the railing, his gaze slightly narrowed, and said, "That's even better. I was worried that being too violent wouldn't be appropriate."

"Since they respect strength, it's easy to handle. If they don't submit, just beat them until they do."

Jiraiya looked at Ye Yu with a horrified expression, "You're not thinking of fighting your way into Ryūchi Cave, are you?"

Jiraiya thought Ye Yu shouldn't be that crazy.

Ye Yu smiled and shook his head, "Of course not. I'm not that crazy yet."

"However, I will first ask them to test Sasuke. I believe that even if Sasuke can't summon Manda, summoning other large snakes from Ryūchi Cave shouldn't be a problem."

"I will ensure he is not in mortal danger."

After listening, Jiraiya thought for a moment and said, "There's no problem with that, but if you do that, Ryūchi Cave might recognize you instead of Sasuke."

"Take your time. Sasuke has great potential in the future. For now, let him subdue some less powerful large snakes. Once he's strong enough, subduing Manda shouldn't be an issue."

Jiraiya nodded, "That's true, but I think you'd be better off having Sasuke sign a summoning contract with Mount Myōboku. At least Mount Myōboku isn't as scary as Ryūchi Cave, and gaining the summoned beast's recognition is easier."

"Sasuke didn't agree. I discussed it with him before. He doesn't want to use the same summoned beast as Naruto; he thinks frogs aren't suitable for him," Ye Yu explained.

Jiraiya thought about it and agreed.

"Given Sasuke's personality, he really wouldn't get along with the big toads."

"Alright, after Sasuke returns, take him to Anko Mitarashi. She used to be Orochimaru's disciple."

"And she also has a summoning contract with Ryūchi Cave. You can find Ryūchi Cave by reverse summoning through her."

Ye Yu nodded, "Anko? She's a troublesome person."

Ye Yu recalled the first time he met Anko; her way of interacting, just like Orochimaru's, made Ye Yu so embarrassed that he didn't want to see her for several days.

However, Anko's personality was quite cheerful, but she had also learned Orochimaru's style of disregarding gender differences.

And honestly, her actions, if not for the fact that she was a beauty, would have been a bit disgusting.

After chatting with Jiraiya on the top floor for a long time, work ended.

Ye Yu spent every day like this.

Being Tsunade's Hokage Guard didn't involve much work.

Even Shiranui Genma and the others were usually idle.

Ye Yu even suspected that the reason those three hadn't improved their strength was because they were Hokage Guards.

They rarely trained or went on missions to gain experience.

Of course, Ye Yu didn't train much either, but he had the AFK system.

The effect of his diligent training wasn't much stronger than just lying around.

However, Ye Yu still persisted in training, but instead of reviewing his original Ninjutsu, he studied Ninjutsu knowledge and created new Ninjutsu.

He also went through all the Konoha Ninjutsu in the database.

The Ninjutsu Ye Yu currently mastered was definitely no less than the Third Hokage's, and perhaps even more, because Ye Yu had derived too many Ninjutsu from the original ones.

He was even researching Kekkei Genkais.

Kekkei Genkais were actually created by Ninja, and unlike ordinary Ninjutsu, once a Kekkei Genkai was created, it could be passed down to descendants through the bloodline.

For example, the Fifth Mizukage, Mei Terumī, developed two Kekkei Genkais herself: Lava Release and Boil Release.

If they could do it, Ye Yu naturally could too, and it would even be simpler.

As long as Ye Yu wanted, he could even develop Wood Style.

It's just that Wood Style was too sensitive; even if Ye Yu developed it, he wouldn't use it.

After more than a month, the Kakashi Squad finally returned to the village.

After over a month of mastery, Sasuke could now enter Sage Mode instantly, but only for one minute.

He would exit after one minute.

The advantage was that he could maintain Sage Mode stably, and there were no side effects.

Within that one minute, Sasuke's strength could temporarily reach the Kage-level.

With his Three-Tomoe Sharingan, if Uchiha Itachi were to encounter Sasuke again, as long as he didn't use Izanami, it would definitely not be so easy to defeat Sasuke.

Naruto also began to adapt to the Nine-Tails Chakra; at least he could now maintain consciousness in the Two-Tails mode.

In the Two-Tails state, he already possessed Kage-level destructive power.

When the four entered the Hokage Office, they saw Ye Yu and Jiraiya leaning by the window, chatting.

Tsunade was diligently handling official business with a resentful expression.

The reason for this was that Tsunade wanted Ye Yu to help her with these official duties.

But Ye Yu refused, even when she used her Hokage status, it was useless.

While Tsunade was handling official business, Ye Yu and Jiraiya were chatting quite happily.

Tsunade even regretted why she had agreed to be Hokage in the first place; wouldn't it have been better for Jiraiya to be Hokage?

When Naruto and the others saw Ye Yu, Naruto laughed and teased, "Ye Yu, you're quite leisurely."

Sasuke smiled when he saw Ye Yu and said, "Ye Yu, I've already mastered Sage Mode."

He wasn't at all worried about this secret being known by others.

Or rather, Sasuke could trust everyone in this office.

Sakura looked at Sasuke with adoration.

Of course, this was purely out of admiration for the person she liked.

After all, Ye Yu was stronger, but Sakura didn't admire him as much.

Kakashi looked at Ye Yu with a relieved expression.

He had finally nurtured an excellent talent for Konoha.

With Ye Yu around, he wasn't worried about Konoha being threatened.

Kakashi always felt that taking Ye Yu as his disciple was the most correct decision he had ever made in his life.