Chapter 101 The roots will rot in the soil and will not see the warm sunshine (8,000 words, four in one chapter)
Looking at her little cabbage's blinking ruby-like eyes, Yuhi Zhenhong smiled.
"Because that is a difficult person to get along with, and he will put you in danger."
Danzo's composition is actually not a secret among the top brass in Konoha.
Although the elite jounin has not entered the decision-making level, he is still among the top leaders in Konoha.
At the very least, he had the right to vote for Hokage.
Although it doesn't have much effect.
Ninjas are the foundation of a ninja village, chunin are the backbone of the village, jounin is the high-end power, and elite jounin is the high-end of the high-end.
Listening to his words, Yuhi Hong was still a little confused, but she still obediently kept these words in her heart.
Yuuki Yuichi scratched his head when he heard what he said about Danzo. He always felt that his uncle did not look like a serious Konoha ninja.
In his impression, Konoha ninjas are all people who shout about youth and insist on the will of fire with passion.
And Yuhi Zhenhong perfectly avoided the Konoha ninja in his mind.
Seeing his appearance, Yuhi Zhenhong smiled again, "Why, do you think that uncle, I don't look like the ninjas you saw?"
Hearing this, Yuki Yu nodded. Not only did it look different, but there was no Will of Fire at all.
Looking at Yuki Yuichi who nodded, Yuhi Mahong sighed, and then touched his head.
Yuuki Yuu ducked away unconsciously, but Yuhi Mahong didn't pay attention, but explained: "In front of other people, your uncle and I are jounin with the will of fire!"
"It's just that in front of you two, I don't need to pretend."
Saying that, Yuhi Zhenhong pointed at herself and then at the village, "Except for me, uncle."
"Many other jounin are like this."
"Otherwise, why do you think we would become jounin or even elite jounin?"
"Huh?" Yuuki Yuichi was stunned when he heard this, and then looked at him strangely.
Yuhi Zhenhong did not pause and continued: "Most of those who truly possess the will of fire died on the battlefield."
Yuhi Zhenhong said, looking at the two of them seriously.
"Although there are some people who survived who truly possess the will of fire, their number is too small compared to the many ninjas."
"And of those who have the Will of Fire, many grow up away from the Will of Fire."
"So there are even fewer people with the will of fire."
"But why would Hokage-sama allow someone without the will of fire to become a Jonin?" Yuhi Hong said, blinking her big eyes.
Hearing this, Yuhi Zhenhong chuckled twice, "Because people who don't pretend well can't become jounin."
Yuki Yuichi now understands that this is survivor bias.
It's not that they didn't have the will of fire to become jounin, it's that those who didn't pretend to be good didn't become jounin.
Yuki Yuichi believed that Hiruzen Sarutobi definitely knew about the existence of these people, but they were also performing tasks for Konoha and did not betray Konoha, so they turned a blind eye.
The world is not only black and white, this world is a delicate gray.
How could he not be pretending?
No wonder Danzo, that old man, looks at who in Konoha doesn't have the will of fire every day, and wants to brainwash all of them down to their roots.
Thinking about it, Yuuki Yuhi gave a thumbs up to Yuhi Zhenhong.
“Uncle Zhenhong’s realm is so high!”
"Hahaha!" Yuhi Zhenhong laughed, then put her hands on her hips, "Don't tell anyone about this."
"You two can go on missions or fight on the battlefield, but you can't really believe in this."
"The people who die the most in Konoha are those who believe in the Will of Fire."
"So, you two should practice hard, and it's best to master illusions."
Yuhi Hong nodded beside her, "I will practice well!"
"From now on, I will protect dad and Yuichi!" Yuhi Hong said charmingly.
Yuhi Mahong still wanted to speak, but soon became serious.
And two boys and a girl came out from inside the forest of death.
In the girl's arms was a black cat meowing.
"Really!"
"This dead cat has run away seven or eight times this month!"
"Wouldn't the person who issued the mission lock it up?"
"Jiro, don't say that!" the girl retorted, "I treat Xiaomi as a child."
"You can't let people lock up your children, right?"
"Yuzu is right, Jiro, you are so rash!" Another boy said, "If the employer knows what you said, we will be in trouble."
The three of them said and walked out.
Yuki Yuichi looked at the three of them and shouted, "Brother Jiro, brother Ichimura and sister Yuzu, how about noon."
The three of them are Yuhi Zhenhong's students, and Yuki Yuichi often sees the three of them.
I will occasionally come to my home as a guest.
So, they are still very familiar.
Seeing that it was Yuuki Yuichi, the girl called Yuzu said, "Yuichi-chan, are you here to see Kurenai?"
As he spoke, he showed an aunty smile.
They knew everything about the relationship between Yuki Yuichi and Yuhi Kurenai.
Yuhi Hong's face turned slightly red when she heard her words, but she did not lower her head.
Yuki Yuichi was also a little helpless. Every time she saw them, she would ask this question.
"I just came here to see Uncle Zhenhong!"
Hearing this, Xihi Zhenhong chuckled in her heart. Just now she said she was looking for Hong.
However, he did not reveal it. Instead, he looked at his three students and said, "Yicun, go and hand over the task. We will wait for you here."
"Okay!" Yamamura nodded, then took the black cat from Yuzu's hand and left.
He has the most calm personality, and Yuhi Zhenhong feels relieved to have him hand over the task.
Looking at his leaving figure, Takuno Jiro complained a little: "I'm obviously very reliable!"
"Why do you always let that guy from Yimura take over the task?"
Hearing his words, Yuhi Zhenhong didn't answer. Yuzu said helplessly: "This is to make the village work more. Isn't it good for you to wait here?"
Hearing this, Takuno Jiro showed a happy expression, "Sure enough, I am the genius above that guy!"
Although this was not the first time he saw them, every time he saw them, Yuki Yuichi would sigh, Konoha's ninja team is really carved out of the same mold.
The standard three-person team consists of a top student, a girl, and a top student.
At the same time, the girl has a gentle personality, and of the two boys, one is bold and the other is calm or a genius.
Code! So typical!
Yuki Yuichi thought to himself, suddenly realizing that the team he would join in the future would be like this, right?
Looked at Yuhi Hong, then looked down at herself. Well, she is a gentle girl, a calm, handsome, handsome and powerful genius.
All he needs is a reckless and reckless guy like Uchiha Obito.
Yuuki Yuichi never thought that he might be the rash guy.
How could a genius and calm person like him cope with that reckless guy?
He was thinking, while Yuhi Zhenhong looked at his two disciples and said, "It has been so long since you graduated."
"This year's Chunin Exams are about to begin."
"Do you want to participate?"
Yuhi Hong said and looked at the two of them.
Yuzu fell silent after hearing this and began to think, while Takuno Jiro became excited, "I will definitely participate!"
"This is a small step on my way to becoming Hokage!"
Looking at what he said, Yuuki Yuichi glanced at Yuhi Mako.
Well, you told us not to believe in the Will of Fire, but it turns out that your disciple is the successor of the Will of Fire, and he still went to the Hokage.
Sensing his gaze, Yuhi Zhenhong was speechless.
He was just leading the Jonin team. Although these three people were his disciples, strictly speaking, they were just his subordinates.
He will take them on missions and teach them some knowledge and awareness that ninjas need to have, but he will not guide their thoughts.
He was only responsible for the safety of the three of them.
Yuuki Yuichi didn't know what Yuhi Mahong was thinking, but it was an unspoken rule among the jounin leaders in Konoha.
Only the disciples you recognize are your disciples, otherwise they are just your subordinates.
For example, Jiraiya and Namikaze Minato, as well as Namikaze Minato and Hatake Kakashi.
At this time, Yuzi said: "Teacher, what are the general tests in the Chuunin exams?"
Compared to Takuno Jiro, her thoughts are more delicate.
Hearing this, Yuhi Zhenhong continued to speak: "Actually, it's nothing."
"The written test will be followed by the actual combat, and then you just need to accept a task."
The chuunin examination in the original work is not the norm, it is a scale that can only be achieved by the joint chunin examination.
Those who are promoted to Chunin in that exam will basically become Jonin.
The normal chuunin assessment is actually just completing a written test, and then actually fighting, accepting a B-level mission and completing it without the intervention of the leading jounin.
Usually, after they become chuunin here, they will go out independently and become a new ninja team.
This is also the origin of Konoha's team.
The favored ninja school students will be led by a jounin. When they become chuunin, the leading jounin will lead the genin again.
And they will become a chuunin team and complete the mission by themselves. When they become jounin, they will each form their own small team.
In addition, most of the students who graduated from the ninja school are chuunin leaders.
This is a normal ninja squad.
For these people, chuunin is the end of their lives.
There will also be many people who cannot become Chuunin.
If they were to show off in the village like Matt Dai, they might also be called Genin for ten thousand years by the unruly people of Konoha.
Hearing Yuhi's words, Yuzu nodded, "We will consider it carefully."
"Yeah." Yuhi Zhenhong didn't react at all. He didn't want to drive these three people away, but just said it as usual. As long as he thought the students had the strength of Chuunin and could carry out tasks independently, he would say it. .
In fact, it is saying that you can consider becoming chuunin.
Takuno Ichimura was talking to Yuzu about taking the chunin exam, while Yuhihi Mahong was sitting aside and teaching Yuhihihong the art of spiritual transformation.
Yuuki Yuichi did not stay here any longer, and left after saying a word to Yuhi Mahko.
He came here just to see Yuhi Kurenai.
Not going to the training ground behind Hokage Rock this afternoon does not mean that he is not practicing.
The afternoon belongs to the art of Flying Thunder God!
You can practice the art of Flying Thunder God anywhere, so he chose home.
He is still in the first stage of training, sensing the mark of the Flying Thunder God.
After returning home, he no longer thought about the Will of Fire or Hatake Sakumo.
These things are still a little far away from him. He has done everything he needs to do, and it has nothing to do with him after that.
Lying on the sofa, he began to close his eyes and feel.
When he first started practicing, it took him a while to get into the state to even sense the Mark of the Flying Thunder God, but now he can sense it as soon as he closes his eyes and wants to sense it.
This can be considered a great progress.
Thinking about it, he began to pull in the Mark of Flying Thunder God in the dark perception space.
The Mark of the Flying Thunder God was engraved on the head of his bed. He could still only vaguely sense it, but as he pulled the Mark of the Flying Thunder God, the presence of this mark became stronger and stronger.
Soon, the mark of the Flying Thunder God overlapped with his real location in perception.
"Five seconds."
Yuuki Yu slowly spit out two words.
He pulled the flying thunder god's mark faster and faster.
I believe you will be able to feel it soon with your eyes open.
Thinking, he quickly formed seals with his hands, and three shadow clones appeared beside him.
"Brothers, today is another day to be a slave, come on!"
"Oh yeah! Today is also a day for black slaves!"
"Praise my true name in reincarnation, and you will be honored as a black slave!"
The three shadow clones acted strangely as soon as they appeared. Yuuki Yuu was speechless when he heard what the three of them said.
"Stop being such a bastard and practice quickly!"
"I'm going to practice in bed."
"You give in, I'll also practice on the sofa."
One shadow clone ran upstairs, another shadow clone squeezed Yuki Yuichi, and the remaining shadow clone thought for a moment and said, "I'm going to the toilet to squat and practice."
Yuuki Yuichi: "???"
He could understand both lying on the bed and sensing the Mark of the Flying Thunder God, and huddled on the sofa.
As for your own shadow clone, you can definitely do whatever you feel comfortable with.
But why the hell are you going to the toilet and squatting to practice?
Seeing Yuki Yuichi’s appearance, Yuki No. 3 said, “Have you forgotten?”
"We used to like to squat in the toilet, think about life, and watch videos and read novels."
Yuki No. 3 said confidently.
"Get out!" Yuuki Yuyi cursed when he heard this.
He doesn't admit that he likes squatting on the toilet!
"The bathroom is a good place, I'll go there too!"
Yuuki No. 2 also wanted to get up, but when Yuuki Yu heard this, he directly held him down.
Damn the shadow clone!
Isn’t it good to cultivate honestly?
Yuki Yu thought about it and looked at Yuki No. 2 fiercely, "Give me a good training!"
"oh."
Yuki No. 2 was a little unhappy, but he still obeyed and started practicing.
Seeing him starting to practice, Yuki Yuichi nodded with satisfaction, "Work hard and fight hard!"
"Next time, I'll change your name to Yuki Yuuji and make you the boss of the shadow clones."
"Hey." Yuki No. 2 didn't want to eat the cake at all. Looking at Yuuki No. 2 who was sensing with his eyes closed, Yuuki Yuichi sighed.
That's what shadow clones are like.
They are very powerful at critical moments, but at ordinary times, they get into trouble.
The most obvious example is that Prince Ming's shadow clone competed with him for the toilet. I don't know how the shadow clone went to the toilet.
Although the shadow clone is a physical clone. But when he cloned himself, even his intestines were separated?
Yuki Yuichi couldn’t understand, but he was shocked.
At least, his shadow clone never went to the toilet.
No, Yuuki-3 went to the toilet.
According to his understanding of himself, Yuki No. 3 would definitely take off his pants and squat down to practice.
Thinking of this, Yuki Yuichi didn't dare to continue thinking.
What a sin to have such a shadow clone!
Thinking about it, he also started to practice.
The three shadow clones, plus himself, will practice the flying thunder god technique whenever they have time.
The progress can be described as extremely fast.
A normal person wouldn't be able to do this in a month.
With the assistance of the three shadow clones, his cultivation results were three times that of others. Adding the original body, it was four times.
In addition, his own talent is not bad, and the effect of training can be said to be doubled.
If he specialized in the art of Flying Thunder God, he felt that he might be able to complete the first stage of training.
Thinking about it, his mind began to perceive. The mark of the Flying Thunder God was very weak in his perception, but with the pulling, the mark overlapped with his own.
At this moment, he felt that as long as he thought, he could teleport directly into the room.
But whenever the thought came up, he felt a silent panic.
There is no reason for panic, as if as long as you dare to teleport, I dare to send you to the west.
Yuuki Yuichi knew that this was his sixth sense at work.
But this also proves that I still have to go a long way to truly learn the art of Flying Thunder God.
The first stage is to engrave the mark and perception of the Flying Thunder God.
The second stage is my current stage, pulling the mark, pulling it closer in an instant, and overlapping with myself.
The third stage is to use your own chakra to combine yourself with the mark.
The fourth stage is transposition. After combining chakra and mark, you can try to transpose.
He is still in the second stage, but he is not unable to practice in the third stage.
The crisis of death just now was the feeling he had after injecting chakra into it.
As the practice began, the room returned to silence.
The chirping of insects and birds came from outside, and the afternoon sunlight shone through the window on the sofa inside. Two motionless corpses lay peacefully on something.
This is the first scene that Yuhi and Kurenai saw when they returned home.
Yuki Yuichi and his shadow clone slept soundly, with their hands folded on their lower abdomens, looking very peaceful.
The sunset is really red: "."
Taking a deep breath and suppressing a certain thought in her heart, Yuhi Zhenhong glanced at Yuhi Hong next to her, then raised her voice and said: "Get up!"
In fact, the moment the door opened, Yuki Yuichi noticed that they were back, but he did not get up, but continued to practice.
It wasn't until Yuhi Zhenhong called him that he opened his eyes.
"Uncle Zhenhong, are you back?"
"Yuichi, your shadow clone." Seeing Yuki No. 2 motionless, Yuhi Kurenai pointed at him.
"It's okay, he's practicing." Yuuki Yuichi shook his head, and then punched him in the stomach. Yuuki No. 2 suddenly opened his eyes and looked at him in disbelief, as if he couldn't believe that he was doing this to him. With such a heavy hand, he stretched out his hand tremblingly.
However, without any extra movement, he turned into a white smoke and disappeared.
After receiving the memory of Yuuki-2, Yuuki breathed a long sigh of relief.
Yuhi Zhenhong's heart skipped a beat when she saw that he treated his shadow clone so roughly, and that he had no expression on his face when the shadow clone dissipated.
Isn't this a bit exaggerated?
When the shadow clone dissipates, shouldn't a large amount of memories be transferred back and then make oneself feel uncomfortable?
If it were a chuunin or a jounin like this, he wouldn't be surprised.
But Yuuki Yuichi is still a ninja student who has not graduated!
Seeing Yuhi's red look, Yuuki Yuichi scratched his head. Although he didn't know what he was thinking, it definitely had nothing to do with him.
Otherwise, he would have spoken long ago.
Thinking about it, he formed a seal with his hands, and the shadow clones in the toilet and the room upstairs suddenly disappeared into a line of white smoke.
Seeing his movements, Yuhi Zhenhong said: "How is your Flying Thunder God Technique?"
He hasn't asked Yuki Yuichi about the progress of his Flying Thunder God Jutsu yet.
When Yuki Yu heard this, he said, "It's okay, right?"
“It feels like phase two is almost complete.”
"The speed of pulling the Flying Thunder God Mark is getting faster and faster."
"The next step is to keep your eyes open, and then try to pull the mark in various places and combine it with the chakra."
Yuuki Yuichi's voice was not loud, but it was particularly loud in Yuhi Mahong's ears, and his eyes almost popped out of his head.
"Phase 2?!"
He has never asked about Yuuki Yuichi's training progress. After all, he doesn't know how to fly the thunder god, so asking is in vain.
But I didn't expect that when I asked it on a whim today, it gave me such a big shock.
Seeing his look, Yuki Yuichi knew that he had misunderstood, and immediately explained: "Actually, the second stage is the first stage."
"The first stage of the Flying Thunder God Jutsu is to test whether you have the talent to learn this ninjutsu."
As he spoke, he left a strange little head pattern on the sofa, "Look, this is the first stage, bearing the mark of the Flying Thunder God and being able to sense it."
"I learned this stage directly when I asked my brother-in-law for advice."
"After all, at this stage, all you need is hands."
Yuuki Yuichi said, stretched out a hand and rotated it left and right, turning the palm of the hand and the back of the hand, "It's as easy as flipping the palm of your hand."
The sunset is really red: "."
I complimented you a few times, but it turned out you were really pretending.
"Yuichi is so awesome!" Yuhi Mahong was about to say something to hit him, but Yuhi Hong stood next to her with stars in her eyes, "That's awesome!"
The sunset is really red: "."
I have never been so speechless in my life.
After hearing Yuhi Kurenai's words, Yuuki Yuichi stood on the sofa with his hands on his hips and laughed loudly, "I'm Yuuki! Yuichi!!"
"The New World has no more ships to carry me!"
"My future will be supreme!"
Seeing his appearance, Yuhi Zhenhong sighed deeply, then silently walked into the kitchen and started cooking.
At this time, a news quietly began to spread in Konoha. Konoha White Fang Hatake Sakumo's mission failed because he gave up the mission directly for his teammates.
It's not like a spy sent the information out.
And all this news came from the mouths of those ninja masters.
There was even a ninja master who cursed Hatake Sakumo while drinking, saying that he had caused great losses to the Fire Country.
And there are many ninja-sama who say this.
And this also caused many unrelated civilians to follow the trend and abuse Hatake Sakumo.
There were a lot of people in Konoha, but that didn't mean that news was transmitted slowly.
Under the conscious guidance of the root, the news quickly spread in Konoha.
But it was almost dusk, and there were not many people discussing it on the street, but they took the news home.
Hiruzen Sarutobi stood in front of the window of the Hokage's office, watching the setting sun and stretching his muscles.
Things went somewhat smoothly today.
Originally, they were worried about how to deal with Hatake Sakumo, but unexpectedly, after a few words from Yuki Yuichi, the people actually blamed everything on the spy.
It made it easier for him to handle the matter.
While stretching his muscles, Sarutobi Hiruzen asked.
"What is Danzo doing?"
As he spoke these words, a figure suddenly appeared behind him. He knelt on the ground on one knee and said, "Danzo-sama did not go out at the root today."
"Where are the people at the root?" Hiruzen Sarutobi asked next.
The ANBU naturally knew what he meant, and immediately said, "The root is the same as usual, there is no action."
Hearing this, Sarutobi Hiruzen nodded, "It seems Danzo is a little more honest."
As he spoke, he wondered in his mind whether he should add a little more budget to the roots.
Thinking about it, he said: "Tell Xiaochun and Men Yan to increase the activity funds by half to the roots."
"Yes!" the ANBU responded, then disappeared.
After the ANBU disappeared, Sarutobi Hiruzen took a deep breath and picked up his pipe, "It's time to go home after get off work."
As he said this, he thought of his youngest son and couldn't help but feel a little headache.
He is really lucky to have such a rebellious son.
Thinking about it, he went home.
In a certain underground base, Danzo nodded with satisfaction after listening to the report from his subordinates.
He deliberately chose this time period, and then activated the hidden elements at the root, just to catch him off guard.
It seems to work very well.
Everything is waiting for the storm tomorrow.
"Hiruzen! I will prove that I am more suitable to be Hokage than you!"
Danzo said, remembering the ANBU's order to come here in the morning to calm him down, and he suddenly became angry.
The Roots are a branch of the ANBU and essentially belong to the ANBU, but unlike the ANBU, the Roots are led by Danzo.
As Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi could dispose of his roots at will, but in order to prevent this, he planted a lot of secrets among the civilians of Konoha and among the civilian ninjas.
The dark child is working today.
Thinking of this, Danzo sighed, "Anzi has failed."
He knew that if a storm broke out tomorrow, his old friend would be very angry, and at the same time he would remove his secrets and take even tighter precautions against himself.
But it doesn't matter!
As long as Hatake Sakumo's chance of becoming Hokage is eliminated, everything will be worth it!
No one would want a person who failed the mission to become Hokage!
No one!
Danzo's eyes were a little red at this time.
Before the birth of ninjas, the world was dominated by samurai. Later, ninjas appeared and samurai declined.
However, the various spirits of the samurai were still passed down, and they even influenced the ninjas.
Among them, the task is a difficult choice.
In the hearts of many people, the mission is greater than anything else, even the lives of themselves and their companions.
The same is true for Konoha.
He just seized on this to attack Hatake Sakumo.
If he were Hokage, Hatake Sakumo would be a good sword for him, but unfortunately, he is not Hokage. Instead, Hatake Sakumo may threaten himself to compete for the position of Hokage.
There are many people in Konoha who know about Danzo's existence, but anyone with a sound mind knows that there is no way this guy can become Hokage.
It is impossible for a person to become Hokage by hiding in the dark and doing things that cannot penetrate the light.
This was almost a consensus, but Danzo didn't realize it.
Still eager to compete for the position of Hokage.
The roots are in the earth, the dark underground, providing nutrients for the big trees, but if they are born underground, they will eventually rot in the ground.
The roots cannot break away from the soil underground. Once the roots touch the light, the scorching sunlight will burn them.
This is the will of the root!
Danzo couldn't help but want to laugh out loud when he thought that he had no rival for Hokage.
Next, all he needs to do is guide Orochimaru, the next generation of powerful Hokage contenders, to his side.
When the time comes, he will take the throne of the Fourth Hokage!
“Hahahahaha!!!”
Danzo laughed loudly, but there was no reaction from the root members below.
They are trained to the core, have lost their emotions, and are unquestionable task performers.
The next day.
Yuki Yuichi and Yuhi Kurenai are walking on the way to the ninja school.
They, a small group, had agreed today to indulge in a day of indulgence and go to ninja school.
When passing by a shop selling eye drops, they happened to meet two Uchiha who were buying eye drops discussing the matter of Hatake Sakumo giving up the mission for his teammates.
"Have you heard? Things have turned around for Hatake Sakumo."
"I found out yesterday."
"What a pity. I think Hatake Sakumo is quite pleasing to the eye, but he would give up on the mission."
"If such a person is a teammate, I would quite like him, but who makes me not his teammate? So I choose to condemn him."
"Hahaha, actually such people are very good, but don't tell anyone, otherwise the civilians will hate us Uchiha even more."
"Never mind them, they are just a group of civilians. In the past, they would have knelt down when they saw us, but now they are over our heads!"
"Who says it isn't?"
After listening to the words of the two Uchiha, Yuuki Yuichi and Yuhi Kurenai looked at each other with some doubts in their eyes.
Especially Yuuki Yuichi, he obviously reversed the situation yesterday, but he changed back again today?
This made him doubt what he said yesterday morning.
Walking on the way to the ninja school, everyone around was discussing Hatake Sakumo's abandonment of the mission.
This made Yuki Yuichi and Yuhi Kurenai speed up their pace a lot.
When we walked to school, there were not many people in the classroom.
Sitting in her seat, Yuhi Hong spoke softly.
"Yuichi, why are you targeting Uncle Sakumo today?"
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The summary promised that there will be updates this month. I’ll post it all at once on the 10th. Two to three thousand words more every day doesn’t seem very comfortable. I’ll update it all at once. There are 40,000 to 50,000 words, and the usual 8,000 words are updated unchanged.
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