Chapter 79
H . R . P Chapter 79: One Year
The Hidden Stone suffered a huge loss after a big battle against the Sand . The Sand themselves had just lost to Konoha . Even though they won their battle against the Stone, they could not bear to fight any more .
This caused the troops in the battlefield of the Wind Country: Konoha’s, the Sand’s and the Stone’s troops to be mutually restrained . In the earth country, Konoha, the Stone and the Hidden Cloud were in a similar state . In the water country, it was the same for Konoha, the Hidden Cloud and the Hidden Mist .
The five major countries were restrained and the 3rd world war entered a stage of attrition after nearly half a year of all out battles .
That way, time flew, and a year passed quietly .
During that year, while there were no major moves made on the different battlefields, various small-scale encounters and ambushes continued .
On the desert field outside Konoha’s Camp in the Wind Country, Sakumo and Ryo continued training daily .
It was year 44, and Ryo was almost 12 years old . He was about the same age as Naruto throughout most of the 1st anime .
During that year, Ryo had undergone great changes in more than one way .
The first way was in height . During that year, Ryo seemed to be springing up . Now he’s about 1 . 6 meters tall . (TL note: That’s around 5ft 3 in)
Then there was the amount of Chakra he had . Ryo’s initial Chakra stores were much higher than those of a regular Ninja because of his Ice Release . Although he was by no means close to Naruto in that respect, his levels still reached those of of quasi-kage .
With that, his overall strength significantly increased .
In a recent encounter, Ryo had to face Chiyo . Apart from Ice Colossus, Ryo used all he had against the 55 year old veteran .
Chiyo was getting older and her strength was somewhat declining . However, she had spent decades on the battlefield and had more experience than most Kages .
She was definitely Kage tier, but Ryo still managed to hold his own against her and the fight ended in a tie . He was already that strong .
Looking at the boy in front of him, Sakumo couldn’t help but sigh while witnessing his rapid growth .
At the mere age of 12, Ryo was capable of taking on a weaker Kage . Even the renowned “God of Ninjas” Hashirama Senju only reached Kage tier at the age of 13 .
After finishing his training with Sakumo, Ryo returned to the medical team . After a whole year of hard work, most of the Medical Ninjas operating under him were able to put modern medical knowledge to use .
They actually managed to form a greatly deepened understanding of the human anatomy and physiology, and also acquired much better surgical skills .
“Hey Ming, how are you today?” Back at the medical team, Ryo went to visit his old team member Ming Hyuga .
During his battle with Chiyo a few days ago, Ryo had his hand full fighting her . All the other medical Ninjas only had Ming and two other Chunins to protect them .
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Fortunately, this encounter was accidental, and Chiyo only had an elite Jonin by her side .
Ming was strong, and his Byakugan helped . But he was no opponent for the elite Jonin .
That way, while he and the two Chunins covered for them, the Medical Ninjas were able to escape . But it was at a price: the two Chunins sacrificed their lives, and Ming was heavily injured .
After checking on him, Ryo left and went to his sister Ryoko Yamanaka . She didn’t have as much spiritual power as him, but she had much better control .
Six month ago, they started studying the secret techniques of their clan together and strengthening their mental control . Off course, with that learning process, Ryo had to endure the inevitable Romance .
After all, over the past year, Ryoko’s relationship with Rokk Nara continued to heat up . Rokk, who used to be the usual lazy Nara, became a whole other person in her presence, being really humorous and even surprising from time to time .
The two had great feelings to each other . Being trained together ever since childhood, that built up a great emotional foundation for their relationship . Adding to that his change in character, Ryoko was heels over head for him .
Today, when visiting his sister, Ryo found that Rokk was not there .
“Ne-san, where’s Rokk?” Asked Ryo .
“I asked him to leave . I just received a letter from Inoichi Nii-san . The Ino-ShikCho clans are not separated . It involved the two of us, but he doesn’t want to go!” Said Ryoko .
“You weren’t complaining yesterday when he was holding you . ” Whispered Ryo .
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“Little bastard, what did you say?” Ryoko was a genius Yamanaka after all, and her perception abilities were top notch . She could hear him whisper .
“Nothing nothing Ne San you heard me wrong!” Ryo felt her blood-thirst .
Ryoko let go of the matter and passed a scroll to Ryo .
Ryo took the scroll, and it was sealed, only to be opened with spiritual power . That was something that both of them have learned in the clan . It was a clan specific sealing method . The contents of the scroll are read instantly with strong spiritual power .
“Inoichi Nii san is actually getting married?” Ryo asked .
“Why so surprised? He should’ve got married years ago . As head of our clan, 22 years old is actually a late age for marriage . ” Ryoko answered him furiously .
“Don’t get mad Ne-san . You’re right, he’s been in the wrong all this time!” Ryo immediately sold his cousin .
“Yeah! If it wasn’t for my father and Aunt Chinse forcing him, we wouldn’t know if he’d ever get married . ”
“Cough, Ne-san, who is the bride? Do you know?” Ino’s mother wasn’t specified in the Manga, but getting to know her should be bad .
“I don’t know . But the people delivering the scroll said that the bride was no Ninja . ”
“Not a Ninja? Well it doesn’t matter . I’ll go find Sakumo san . The date on the letter is October 15 . It’s one month away, we should prepare to leave for Konoha .
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“Alright, you’re higher ranked, and you can get more time to talk with Sakumo san . ” Ryoko said, nodding .
After leaving, Ryo went straight to Sakumo’s tent .
Entering, he found an Anbu reporting something in Sakumo’s tent .
“Ryo, great timing! He was going to look for you . ” Said Sakumo as he saw Ryo coming .
“Look for me?” Ryo was surprised . The last time an Anbu came for him here, he delivered him scrolls for 2 S-Class Jutsus .
“Ryo san, the Sandaime Hokage Sama has promoted you to the Rank of Tokubetsu Jonin, and has sent me specifically to inform you of that . ”
The strong and heroic in this world are always respected . Ryo had plenty of strength, and his record on this battlefield spoke for itself . He was already considered a great hero of Konoha .
“Oh that’s it? Thank you!” Said Ryo .
“Ryo san, you are welcome . Now that I’ve delivered the news, I’m off!” The Anbu then disappeared in the blink of an eye .
“Ryo, what do you want?” Sakumo knew that Ryo came here specifically to look for him . and had surely something he wanted .
“Sakumo San, I have to take a leave to return to Konoha!”
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