Konoha: Starting with Sage Mode.

Chapter 3 Pig, Deer, and Butterfly

Life at the Konoha Orphanage was tough, but it was peaceful and quiet, and people rarely bothered us.

The people in the orphanage were like weeds in Konoha Village, ignored by everyone.

Another month has passed since Yakushi Nonou successfully created the fishing trap.

During this month, thanks to the fishing traps, the children in the orphanage had fish to eat every day, and thanks to the addition of meat, the children gradually lost their sallow and emaciated appearance, becoming less pale and more healthy.

Kirito Tohsaka has changed the most; he's grown up plump and fair-skinned with a rosy complexion, completely unlike his previous sallow and thin appearance.

The reason for such a big change is, on the one hand, that there is sufficient nutrition, and on the other hand, that natural energy cultivation has been successful.

After a month, Kirito's strength and speed have both steadily increased to 3 points.

Because he didn't have a specific training partner, he wasn't quite sure how strong he was, but he was already quite capable of handling ordinary wild beasts such as wild boars, wolves, and pythons.

With his skill in throwing stones that could hit any target within ten meters, any ordinary wild animal he saw became his meal.

His current plump and healthy appearance is largely thanks to the ordinary wild animals in the forest.

Around noon that day, Kirito dragged a wild boar out of the forest behind Konoha with one hand and then entered the village.

A six-year-old child dragging a wild boar weighing at least several hundred kilograms with one hand—that scene would be absolutely shocking to ordinary people.

However, in Konoha Village, a place full of superhumans and geniuses, Kirito's amazing feat did not surprise the villagers much. At most, they would glance at Kirito a few more times and be a little surprised that he could hunt wild boars at such a young age.

After Kirito showed off his skills to the old director by hitting a bird in the sky with a stone and easily lifting a stone weighing several hundred pounds, he gained the right to freely enter and leave the orphanage.

The old director was worried that the children in the orphanage would get lost or be unable to protect themselves if they went out, so he did not allow children under the age of eight to leave the orphanage without permission and kept a close watch on them.

But Kirito Tohsaka clearly no longer needs her to worry about him.

The strong should be self-reliant and self-strengthening.

This is especially true for children from poor families.

In short, the orphanage no longer feeds him; he has to eat on his own now.

Kirito didn't keep his strength a secret, because he needed money to attend the ninja academy, and hunting wild animals in the forest was undoubtedly a quick way to do so.

Moreover, in Konoha Village, an organization teeming with ninjas, it's incredibly difficult to conceal one's strength. And since he doesn't even know ninjutsu, it would be even harder for him to fool the village's ANBU ninjas.

Moreover, if an orphan like him, with no one to rely on, doesn't show any value for development, he might not even have the chance to attend the ninja academy.

To enter the Ninja Academy, one must first be a villager. Strictly speaking, Kirito is just an orphan brought back from outside by Konoha ninjas. Although he has ninja talent, he is insignificant in Konoha and is suspected of taking up villagers' teaching resources.

Therefore, it would be more beneficial for him to appropriately showcase his talent.

Konoha is not a place that would easily stifle geniuses. The various ninja clans are quite tolerant of people. After all, can any genius be more talented than the ninja god who founded Konoha?

What is there to fear from a mere commoner who isn't even a ninja?

From the current perspective, Kirito's actions have greatly contributed to his goal of becoming a ninja.

He had earned enough for 100,000 yen in tuition by selling wild game. With the recommendation of the former dean and a simple entrance test, he had successfully qualified to enter the Ninja Academy as a colonel.

If all goes well, he will be able to enter the Ninja Academy in another month.

In theory, he should have already secured his position as a ninja.

Therefore, Kirito now has a new goal: to help the other children in the orphanage become ninjas as well.

A hero needs three helpers. If he wants to develop in Konoha in the future, he will definitely need helpers, and these helpers would be best to be his orphanage companions who share the same identity as him.

These children in the orphanage were all precocious, and they all longed to become ninjas and gain extraordinary power, even though they knew that becoming a ninja was a very dangerous thing.

. . .

Kirito dragged the wild boar to a butcher shop. The shop owner saw Kirito from afar and greeted him warmly, "Hey, little Kirito, you caught another wild boar today. You're really something. If the hunters in the village knew you'd caught wild boars for three days in a row, they'd be green with envy."

Kirito has been frequently coming to his place to sell wild game lately, which has greatly improved his business.

"Just lucky, boss. Please weigh it."

Kirito smiled.

The owner immediately called his staff to help carry the wild boar into the store to be weighed.

Soon, Kirito earned a good sum of money from selling his flesh, a full five thousand yen, which was equivalent to the lowest-ranking D-level mission for a ninja.

After receiving the money, Kirito promptly went to his usual steamed bun shop nearby to buy some steamed buns.

There are freshly baked large meat buns there, big and with lots of filling, and they're also cheap, only 20 yen each, which is perfect for Kirito, a poor but big eater.

Since he started cultivating natural energy, Kirito's appetite has become better and better. One of the reasons he went hunting was that he was not getting enough to eat at the orphanage, which was seriously affecting his ability to become stronger.

Kirito arrived at the meat bun shop and bought ten in one go.

"I want twenty."

After Kirito bought the steamed buns, a familiar voice came from the side. It was a chubby boy about the same age as Kirito, who was looking at Kirito with a provocative gaze.

The chubby boy is a member of the Akimichi clan, and his name is Akimichi Choza.

Kirito noticed Choza's provocative little eyes and said disdainfully, "Twenty? Can you even eat that? You're a defeated opponent."

The day before yesterday, he met Dingza here, who was also buying big meat buns. Perhaps it was the incompatibility between big eaters, but a silent battle of eating began. As a result, Kirito ate ten big meat buns without any pressure, while Dingza vomited after eating the eighth one.

"Stop talking nonsense, I will definitely beat you today."

Choza still has the mentality of a child. He was defeated by Kirito in his area of ​​expertise the day before yesterday, and he is determined to get revenge today no matter what.

He made a huge decision for this match and hasn't eaten any snacks all day.

Having not eaten any snacks, his fighting power was immense, and he was certain he would win today.

"This is so troublesome."

A boy with a pineapple-shaped haircut next to Ding watched his friend get so excited about a food-eating contest and sighed like an old man.

Meanwhile, another blond boy next to Ding watched the eating contest with great interest.

Nara Shikaku, Yamanaka Inoichi, and Akimichi Choza's good buddies.

A new generation of pigs, deer, and butterflies have gathered here.

If you were to ask who was the happiest person in this eating contest, it would undoubtedly be the young lady at the meat bun shop. Not only did she make money, but because Kirito and Choza were having an eating contest, all the passersby nearby were attracted, indirectly causing her shop to fail.

The duel began quickly.

Choza immediately displayed the hearty eating style of the Akimichi clan, opening his mouth wide and taking a big meat bun in one bite, while Kirito ate in small bites, but he was no slower than Choza in finishing the meat buns.

In less than a minute, the two of them devoured ten large meat buns.

Seeing that Choza was still eating, Kirito very readily asked the young lady to get ten more large meat buns, and then continued eating.

"Hey, hey, hey, are you kidding me? Who is that brat? His appetite is no less than that of a child from the Akimichi clan."

"This is the fifteenth already. You have a great appetite, and after eating so many big meat buns, your stomach isn't even bloated. Your digestive ability is amazing."

"Look, look! The Akimichi clan brat looks like he's about to die."

The villagers who had gathered to watch the spectacle chuckled and discussed among themselves, pointing and whispering about the two of them.

Ding Zuo was still too young, and hadn't even started practicing his family's secret techniques yet. After eating his fifteenth large meat bun, he was almost unable to eat anymore. In addition, he ate too fast and almost choked, so he had to drink some water, which caused the starch in his stomach to swell. He now felt like his stomach was about to burst, and he was very uncomfortable.

"Looks like I won again today."

Kirito slowly finished his sixteenth large meat bun and gave Choza a victory sign.

"I, I can still eat, uh oh~"

Seeing this, Ding stubbornly insisted on eating the sixteenth bun.

But as soon as he finished speaking, he vomited.

Kirito and Choza's second epic battle of eating prowess.

Kirito wins.

At the same time, a little girl with white eyes stared intently at the victorious Kirito in the crowd, and whispered with her pink lips, "Kiritoichi."

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