Naruto: Are you worthy of being called Sage Mode?

The Straw Hats also gathered in advance because Luffy went to sea early.

However, except for Luffy, the strength of the other members is obviously not as good as Luffy's improvement.

Whitebeard has put real effort into training Luffy and Ace, and he is not soft-hearted at all.

What Ace did was too stupid and his strength was too weak, far behind his father.

As Ace's father, when Ace was executed by the World Government, he must have led the entire pirate group to rescue him. Not just Ace, but any member of the pirate group if something like this happened to him. All will do this.

After all, this is Whitebeard's belief. He regards every crew member as his own family. Now he has successfully rescued Ace, and he has returned to his youth. The pirate group also has Konoha as its backer.

Whitebeard is going to be very strict with Ace. It was because he neglected to teach Ace before that he let Ace blindly pursue Whitebeard.

It would be okay if Ace was not the son of the Pirate King, but because of this special identity and his relationship with the Whitebeard Pirates, Ace's impulse almost destroyed the entire Whitebeard Pirates.

If Ace hadn't taken the initiative to find trouble on his own, relying on Whitebeard's protection and Garp's relationship, the World Government would not have done anything to Ace, and the Navy would most likely turn a blind eye to him, just like Same for the Straw Hats.

But after he was caught by Blackbeard, he was sent into the hands of the World Government, and the World Government would not miss this opportunity.

Ace is too stupid and naive to admit that he is the son of the Pirate King, but this is not something he can change just because he doesn't want to admit it.

He almost killed his own father by himself, causing the entire Whitebeard Pirates to lose their future.

Therefore, Whitebeard's training for Ace during this period was very strict. In addition to training on strength, it was also slowly changing Ace's heart. It is normal for young people to act impulsively, but if they do not consider the consequences, they will definitely be No way.

By the way, he also grabbed Luffy and taught him a lesson. No matter how Whitebeard taught him, he would definitely be simpler and more efficient than Rayleigh.

It is precisely because of this that although Luffy came back nearly a year earlier than in the original work, his strength is stronger than it was then.

The first stop of the Straw Hats is naturally Fish-Man Island, and Naruto, Sasuke and the others are also on Fish-Man Island now.

After sailing for a while, the group arrived at the Shampoo Islands, and then from the Shampoo Islands to Fish-Man Island, and then returned to Konoha directly from Fish-Man Island through the time passage.

After practicing on the sea for a period of time, the new generation of ninjas in Konoha have grown up, but this time they are returning to the island of Konoha one after another because Konoha has a mission to issue.

Kakashi's Dark Fruit awakens, and Konoha wants to collect more useful fruits to help the development of Konoha. You must know that many times these Devil Fruits are used in more suitable places, but they are far more powerful than imagined.

Technology is always the primary productive force. For example, although Ace's Burning Fruit is not that powerful, if Ace's Burning Fruit is used to provide power, it will be of many uses.

When used in scientific research and technological development, sometimes the superhuman-type fruit is even more effective than the natural-type fruit, while the most useless ones may be the animal-type fruits.

Therefore, Konoha needs Konoha's ninjas to search for more potential Devil Fruits while sailing the sea.

In addition, the development direction of the wood industry will also undergo certain changes. Currently, Konoha is preparing to completely unify the ninja world and take over the Kingdom of Thunder and the Kingdom of Earth, and the Kingdom of Wind must also completely return to its heart.

Even if the leadership of these countries and human villages can remain unchanged, they only need one voice and country now, and that is the country of Konoha.

After complete unification, in a few decades or even a hundred or two hundred years, the new generation of ninjas and civilians in these countries will slowly forget the five major countries and ninja villages.

Now that Konoha has this strength, if we don't unify the ninja world, when will we wait?

After this, the attitude towards the pirate world also needs to change.

The World Government is willing to admit the existence of Konoha, which is obviously what they are waiting for. In addition, the world is too big and the World Government is beyond its reach. It is also a good thing for Konoha to share the pressure from pirates with them. Good thing.

Now Orochimaru has returned from another Konoha, and seeing the sinking Konoha, he has a feeling that time cannot wait for us.

As the actual leader of the Leaf Kingdom, Orochimaru's perspective on problems has gradually changed.

Of course, Orochimaru's pursuit has not changed, and eternal life is his eternal pursuit!

For the current Orochimaru, through human transformation, he has gained great strength and a long lifespan, but these are not enough. The stronger he is, the more he understands one thing. Wanting immortality is definitely not that simple.

What Orochimaru wants to pursue is not an ordinary long life, but true immortality.

Integrating the power of the ninja world, speeding up development as much as possible, and not letting go of any opportunities is what Konoha should do now.

Konoha has no intention of competing with the World Government for hegemony. As long as Konoha's overall strength improves and its science and technology are enough to crush the World Government, it will directly crush it, just like other countries in the ninja world now. In their hearts, they were still Konoha's competitors, but Konoha had long since ignored them.

After Rayleigh came to Konoha, he already had the answer in his heart, returned to the Champaody Islands, and continued to work happily as a coater.

Times are changing so fast. The emergence of Konoha cannot be said to be a good thing, but at least from now on, Konoha has indeed treated everyone equally. Whether they are fishmen or humans, they all have the same status on the island of Konoha. rights, and no discrimination or human trafficking occurs.

Although Rayleigh always felt that Konoha had bad intentions, for example, although these fish people enjoyed the same rights as humans, they had to work twice as hard in order to integrate into human society.

But at least the appearance of Konoha has given the sea more possibilities.

"This is the Champaody Islands! We can go to Fish-Man Island from here."

The Straw Hats reunited after a long absence. Everyone has changed a lot, but their goals will not change.

The adventure continues, but their future has changed.