Konoha: Starting with Sage Mode

Therefore, most ninjas generally do not have savings, and after each mission, they usually have very little money left after repairing or buying ninja tools and training resources. Even if they have any left over, they use it for immediate enjoyment.

"Chizuru is right. Hatake-sensei is not young anymore, and he may have to support his family in the future. Let's not let Hatake-sensei treat us to meals as much as possible in the future."

Kirito echoed.

"Oh, okay then, I'll treat you from now on."

Rope Tree said generously.

Although he only receives 10 yuan in pocket money each month, he actually owns several mines and earns a considerable amount of money every month.

Because he hadn't become a ninja yet, he had been saving this money all these years.

Now that he's become a ninja, he can finally use the money.

"Who needs you to hire them? I have my own money."

Chizuru replied coldly.

"Alright, alright, we can split the cost of meals from now on. Is there anything else you need to prepare? We'll be leaving the village in an hour, and given Teacher's abilities, he'll probably be assigned a very difficult mission. So, it'll probably be a long time before we come back from Konoha this time."

Seeing that Nawaki and Chizuru were about to argue again, Kirito quickly stepped in to smooth things over, speaking earnestly.

Nawaki and Chizuru fell silent, their expressions gradually becoming serious.

"I suddenly remembered something, so I have to go now."

Rope Tree was the first to take his leave.

During the process, he used the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique, causing a large number of shadow clones to disperse, their destinations unknown.

After thinking about it, Chizuru decided to go home and take a look.

Kirito then returned to Yakushi Gourmet House.

When the proprietress, Yakushi Nonou, saw him return, she immediately smiled and teased, "Ninja-sama, why are you back again? Were you not full?"

"After I leave, I'll leave the house in your care for the time being."

Kirito smiled slightly.

"Don't worry, I'll take good care of the house and wait for you to come back."

Yakushi Nonou's expression turned serious as she answered.

Kirito nodded to Yakushi Nonou, exchanged a brief glance with her, and then turned and left without hesitation.

He has already taken care of things at home, and now he can set off with peace of mind.

On the other side, in the Hokage Building, in the Hokage's office.

"This mission is now in your hands. I'm sorry to give you such a difficult task right off the bat, but your team is the only ninja squad in the village currently capable of handling it."

The Third Hokage handed a mission scroll to Sakumo Hatake and sighed.

"Third Hokage, please rest assured. Kirito, Chizuru, and Nawaki may be young, but they are all excellent ninjas. With their assistance, the White Fang Team will definitely be able to complete the mission you have entrusted to us."

Sakumo Hatake took the mission scroll, read its contents, and his expression quickly turned serious.

"Then I'll leave it to you."

The three generations solemnly proclaimed this.

"Ha~"

Sakumo Hatake said respectfully.

As soon as he finished speaking, he vanished from the spot.

"White Fang Squad, I hope you can bring a new wave to this stalemate."

After Sakumo Hatake left, the Third Hokage stood up, went to the window, looked at the lush trees outside, and said with a deep gaze.

……

One hour later, at the gate of Konoha Village, the members of the White Fang Squad assembled on time.

By this time, both Nawaki and Chizuru had changed drastically.

Nawaki changed into a set of red armor similar to that of a samurai, and a long ninja sword was added to his back. In addition to the Konoha headband on his forehead, he also had a white cloth strip embroidered with the Senju clan crest wrapped around his arm.

Kirito recognized Nawaki's outfit very well; it was the standard attire of the Senju clan ninjas during the Sengoku period.

Nawaki's outfit is clearly imitating his grandfather, Hashirama Senju.

"This kid's ability to attract hatred has been further enhanced after changing his clothes."

Kirito looked at Nawaki's current state and sighed inwardly.

Chizuru, on the other hand, hadn't changed her clothes, but she was wearing a white mask with a three-tomoe pattern on it, and a huge fan with a lot of black flame patterns on it in her left hand.

"What's with Chizuru's outfit? Do the Uchiha people like this?"

Kirito turned his head and looked at Chizuru's equally familiar outfit, and said somewhat speechlessly.

"Alright, everyone's here. Let's go. We can discuss the mission as we go."

Once everyone was assembled, Hatake Sakumo immediately announced the departure.

Kirito and the other two naturally had no objections and quickly followed Hatake Sakumo.

The four began leaping rapidly from tree branches in the forest, heading west towards the border between the Land of Fire and the Land of Wind.

On the way, Sakumo Hatake began to briefly explain the contents of the mission to Kirito and the other two.

The mission was essentially singular: to cut off the enemy's supply lines as much as possible. In other words, they had to penetrate deep behind enemy lines and sabotage the enemy's supply lines without any support.

Clearly, this is a task that deserves an A rating.

This is still the lowest rating. If any dangerous situation arises, this mission could easily become an S-rank mission.

"I didn't expect such a difficult task to come right from the start. This is really exciting."

Upon learning the details of the mission, Rope Tree was not annoyed but rather delighted, and excitedly exclaimed.

In his eyes, if he wanted to become Hokage, he had to constantly complete various difficult tasks, make contributions to Konoha, and then gain the recognition of the people of Konoha.

Therefore, he was eager to take on challenging tasks as soon as possible.

To be honest, he had heard every day about Orochimaru's team, including Minato Namikaze, achieving remarkable feats on the battlefield. Minato, his rival, had always shown outstanding performances during missions, and he had long wanted to compete with him. Now, he finally had the chance.

"Nawaki, remember, if you encounter an enemy, you must not act impulsively. You must always remain calm and follow the commands of me and Kirito."

Seeing Nawaki's flustered state, Hatake Sakumo quickly reminded him.

Nawaki was so excited that he barely listened to what Sakumo Hatake was saying. In fact, due to his excitement, he couldn't help but speed up and quickly overtook Sakumo Hatake to become the one at the front of the group.

"That idiot, it's really hard for him to change his impulsiveness."

Kirito sighed inwardly as he watched Nawaki's actions.

Suddenly, he narrowed his eyes and quietly activated his telepathic communication technique, saying to the rest of the White Fang Squad, "There's a group of twenty-one people rapidly approaching us from the two o'clock direction."

Sakumo Hatake, Nawaki, and Chizuru were startled by Kirito's reminder.

"I didn't expect to encounter the enemy so soon this time."

Sakumo Hatake sneered.

At the same time, he also became secretly on high alert.

Unsurprisingly, the fact that Hatake Sakumo had become the Jonin mentor to Kirito, Nawaki, and Chizuru had already been spread by many spies hidden in Konoha.

Even so, his reputation as the White Fang of Konoha could not deter the enemies who wanted to take the lives of Kirito, Nawaki, and Chizuru.

How long has it been since the White Fang Squad left Konoha?

In less than half an hour, they encountered the enemy.

It seems his title of "White Fang of Konoha" isn't prestigious enough.

"Teacher Hatake, please give your instructions."

Kirito continued.

"kill!"

Sakumo Hatake coldly uttered a single word.

No sooner had he finished speaking than he changed the direction of the troops' advance, taking the initiative to head towards the direction from which the enemy was attacking.

Soon, the White Fang Squad met the enemy, a group of unidentified ninjas, all masked and without headbands from any ninja village. Judging from their chakra levels, there were five Jonin and the rest Chunin.

"Kill them all!"

The enemy's elite Jonin, upon seeing the White Fang Squad, immediately shouted.

As he spoke, he began to form hand seals.

But before he could finish forming the hand seals, a dazzling blade of light flashed before his eyes, and then his vision began to flicker strangely before he was plunged into permanent darkness.

Right from the start, Konoha's White Fang revealed his sharp fangs and took down the enemy leader.

The other mysterious ninjas were shocked to see Hatake Sakumo kill their strongest member in a single encounter. However, since they had ambushed the White Fang team near Konoha, they were clearly desperate men. In this life-or-death situation, many of them were driven by a bloodthirsty instinct and charged towards Nawaki.

Various long-range ninjutsu, a large number of kunai, shuriken, senbon, and explosive tags were all fired at Kirito.

Clearly, their goal was to kill Rope Tree.

"Damn it, I thought I was afraid of you guys."

Upon seeing this, Rope Tree shouted angrily.

The next moment, he decisively activated the Eight Gates Technique, instantly opening the second gate, the Gate of Rest, then raised his right leg and began to spin his body at high speed.

A white tornado suddenly appeared and took the form of a divine dragon.

Konoha Taijutsu Secret Technique: Konoha Dragon God!

As soon as Konoha Dragon God appeared, all the attacks of the mysterious ninjas against Nawaki were blocked by the high-frequency wind wall formed by the tornado. Then, under Nawaki's control, the dragon-shaped tornado rushed into the crowd, engulfing a large number of mysterious ninjas.

Moments later, the Leaf Village Dragon God technique, stained with blood, ended, and all the Chunin except for the remaining four Jonin were wiped out.

"Damn it, this kid has become so powerful. We absolutely cannot let him continue to live."

One of the blond-haired Jonin, seeing Nawaki unleash his power and wipe out all the Chunin in one move, said menacingly.

He immediately covered the ninja sword on his back with thick wind release chakra, then used chakra dash to instantly approach Nawaki, taking advantage of the moment when Nawaki was somewhat exhausted after finishing the Leaf Dragon God and launching a sneak attack.