Konoha: Starting with Sage Mode.

Chapter 11 First Encounter with Mito Uzumaki

A month passed quickly, and thanks to the many Konoha warriors who were carrying heavy burdens on the battlefield, the Konoha village continued to enjoy peace.

Kirito filled his days with activities during this peaceful period.

Cultivating natural energy, chakra, chakra control, the Three Body Technique, the Flying Stone Technique, and taijutsu are all daily tasks that he must complete. Considering his physical development, he only spends six hours a day on these things, and he uses the rest of his time to relax and read.

Even so, Kirito's strength has increased significantly compared to a month ago, and he has successfully mastered the Three Bodies Technique.

Furthermore, with the excellent chakra training method, his chakra quantity increased by leaps and bounds. Because of the increase in chakra quantity, he had more time to resist the erosion of external natural energy, which indirectly improved his efficiency in cultivating natural energy and accelerated the improvement of his physical fitness.

His attribute panel now looks like this:

忍1、体0、幻0、贤3、力3、速3、精2、印0

(Ninjutsu: mastery and proficiency in ninjutsu; Taijutsu: mastery and proficiency in taijutsu; Genjutsu: mastery and proficiency in genjutsu; Wisdom: breadth of knowledge and IQ; Strength: muscle strength throughout the body, such as wrist and leg strength; Speed: agility of movement and reaction; Chakra: amount of chakra; Hand seals: mastery and proficiency in hand seals.)

Physique: Immortal Transformation

Chakra Affinity: Lightning, Yin, Yang

查克拉性质：风0、火0、水0、土0、雷0、阴0、阳0

Ninjutsu: Substitution Technique 1, Transformation Technique 1, Clone Technique 1

Enhancement Points: 0

Although the strength and speed on the attribute panel remained unchanged, Kirito's strength and speed had actually been increasing. In addition, the amount of natural energy he could use had increased. When combined with natural energy, he could instantly unleash twice the strength and speed of a month ago. With this, he successfully killed the big tiger and the big bear in the forest with his bare hands.

Not long ago, when he dragged a large tiger and a wild bear into the village, it shocked many people.

Furthermore, he used this power to successfully defeat Uchiha Chizuru again yesterday.

Chizuru Uchiha challenged him to a rematch in a month, and yesterday marked exactly one month.

In just one month, Chizuru had changed a lot, but her progress was clearly not as fast as his, who could absorb natural energy to enhance his physical abilities.

In the early stages, physical strength often determines a ninja's strength. The Uchiha clan members are mostly ninjutsu or genjutsu-type ninjas, so they were at a disadvantage against taijutsu-type ninjas like Kirito in the early stages.

Today is the first day of the Ninja Academy.

Kirito, along with his two underlings, Yamazaki Heizo and Noda Taiga, arrived early at the entrance of the Ninja Academy and then found an inconspicuous spot to stand.

"Yo, good morning, Kirito."

Suddenly, a familiar voice came from nearby.

Kirito looked in the direction of the sound and saw Nawaki running towards him.

During those relaxing times, he spent his days playing ninja games with the Ino-Shika-Cho trio and Nawaki and the others, and causing mischief everywhere. Because of his strength and generosity, he had already become familiar with Nawaki and the others.

"Good morning, Nawaki. Did you come alone?"

Kirito noticed that Nawaki had come alone and asked in confusion.

Most of the new students come with their parents or other family members, but only orphans like him, who have no one to rely on, come alone.

As far as he knew, Rope Tree still had relatives.

This was thanks to Rope Tree's frequent complaints to him about his grandmother forcing him to learn sealing techniques that he couldn't master.

"No, I came with my grandma, but she walks too slowly, so I came ahead of her."

Rope Tree rubbed the bridge of his nose with his finger and said with a grin.

"Walking too slowly?"

Kirito was immediately puzzled.

Although Mito Uzumaki is quite old, she is a master of the Yin Seal ninjutsu. As long as she is not dead or her chakra is exhausted, the power of the Yin Seal will allow her to maintain her youth and keep her physical functions at their peak.

The Yin Seal is a really good thing.

Therefore, he didn't quite understand what Rope Tree meant by that.

Is Mito Uzumaki already an old woman who can barely walk?

Impossible. Women are creatures who love beauty, and they would never give up on staying young and beautiful until the very last moment.

He quickly understood what it meant.

"Mito-sama."

"Mito-sama, it's been a long time."

"Lord Mito, it's so good to see you safe and sound."

Voices filled with respect and admiration came from the direction of the entrance. Surrounded by the crowd, a red-haired beauty with two buns slowly entered the ninja academy. She greeted the people around her warmly and accurately said their names.

Many elderly people were moved to tears when she called their names.

"No wonder they're moving slowly; Mito Uzumaki's popularity and prestige among the villagers of Konoha are simply too high."

Kirito watched in amazement as Mito Uzumaki was treated like a star by everyone.

Then, displaying the superb acting skills honed from years of pretending to be a child, he widened his eyes and said to Nawaki with a look of surprise, "Nawaki, is this young and beautiful older sister really your grandmother? You're not lying to me, are you?"

The next second, Nawaki Chaoyong said, "It's fake. Although she looks young, she's actually an eighty-year-old woman. She just likes to act young."

The moment those words were spoken, a bone-chilling coldness instantly arose.

This sent a chill down the spine of Rope Tree and everyone present, and the scene fell silent instantly.

"Rope Tree, what did you just say?"

Mito suddenly appeared behind Nawaki, looking at him with a smile and saying something.

Nawaki immediately stood at attention, then, as if frozen in place, turned around slowly, giving Mito a smile that was more painful than bitter, and said very guiltily, "Grandma, I didn't say anything just now."

Lying is obviously wrong.

As Nawaki's grandmother, Mito must correct this behavior, and the first step is to punish her.

She then waved her hand, and Rope Tree was sent flying into the air, accompanied by Rope Tree's terrified scream.

Soon, the rope tree fell, but just as it was about to hit the ground, Mito gently waved her hand, and the rope tree went back up.

After repeating this several times.

Rope Tree finally returned safely to the ground. His eyes rolled back, foaming at the mouth, and he mumbled, "I was wrong, Grandma."

"That's great, Nawaki. It's good that you admit your mistakes and correct them. Remember not to talk badly about others behind their backs in the future."

Mito smiled gently, then looked at Kirito and asked, "Am I right?"

"Yes, you're absolutely right."

Kirito immediately stood at attention and nodded repeatedly like a chick pecking at rice.

I absolutely, absolutely, absolutely must not provoke this cunning old woman in front of me.

This was Kirito's only thought at that moment.

Seeing how well-behaved Kirito was, Mito immediately squatted down, looked directly at him, and then reached out to pat Kirito's head, saying gently, "What a good boy. You must be Kirito. I'm Nawaki's grandma. Nawaki often talks about you in front of me, saying that you're a very capable and smart child. Nawaki is so lucky to have a friend like you. You two should continue to get along well in the future."

"Yes, I understand, Lady Mito."

Kirito continued to nod in response, like a chicken pecking at rice.

Mito smiled contentedly, stood up again, and just as she turned to leave, dragging Rope Tree along, she suddenly said to Kirito, "Little Kirito, if you want to learn sealing techniques, you can come find me later. My sealing techniques are pretty good."

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(End of this chapter)