Konoha: Starting with Sage Mode

[You changed the fate of Pipa Juzo, gaining 1 enhancement point]

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[You changed Kushimaru Kurihara's fate, gaining 1 enhancement point]

Chapter 165: Adding Points, the Ultimate Limit of Ability?

"It's a pity there are only four enhancement points. It would be great if the person who used Hiramekarei had a name in the original story."

Kirito looked at the four messages that appeared on the system screen and thought with a slight regret.

He directly killed five members of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist this time, but only gained four enhancement points. The reason for this is probably that the Mist Ninja who first appeared in the original story using Hiramekarei was a typical background character who only appeared once in Might Guy's flashback and didn't have much screen time.

However, four enhancement points are not bad, enough for him to add more points to Sage Mode, level 4 Chakra Nature Transformation, or other powerful skills.

Regardless of which skill points are allocated, his strength will see a significant improvement.

Of these, Kirito's favorite skill is naturally Sage Mode.

The level 2 Sage Mode has already benefited him greatly. More than a year has passed since he reached level 2 in Sage Mode. During this time, his control over Sage Chakra has greatly improved, and the stability of the Sage Chakra he creates has also greatly increased.

Because of this, a sage chakra has been circulating within him throughout his body, subtly improving his physical abilities.

Over the past year, his physical abilities have improved remarkably, as evidenced by the fact that even without mastering the Eight Gates technique, his strength and speed can still easily keep up with Nawaki, who has opened two gates.

This means that his normal speed is comparable to that of Rope Tree when opening the second gate.

This improvement in physical attributes is still accumulating at a steady pace. If he were to upgrade Sage Mode again, the rate of improvement in these physical attributes might be even faster, and his control over natural energy and Sage Chakra would be further enhanced.

Perhaps the quality of the Sage Chakra he creates will be improved again.

Just as high-quality chakra can form incredible chakra crystals, Sage Mode chakra also varies in quality.

Higher quality Sage Chakra will inevitably lead to a greater increase in a ninja's strength.

"I possess the physique of a Sage, and the power of Sage Techniques is definitely the best support for me to cross the threshold of Kage level. My Blood Dragon Eye and Byakugan also need to be nourished and strengthened with more powerful Sage Chakra."

Kirito thought to himself, considering all the benefits of Sage Mode.

Both the Bloodline Limit Eyes, the Byakugan and the Bloodline Eyes, experience a significant boost in ability after being nourished by Sage Chakra for an extended period.

For example, Blood Dragon Eyes, now combined with his level 4 Yin Release, can simultaneously trap five elite Jonin in a genjutsu.

In the battle just now, he was able to kill five members of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist so easily, thanks in no small part to the genjutsu abilities of the Blood Dragon Eye.

"Kirito, are there any other enemies around?"

Sakumo Hatake's words interrupted Kirito's train of thought, immediately bringing him back to his senses.

He closed the Blood Dragon Eye, sensed it with his soul, and shook his head, saying, "No more."

"Then you should seal up these guys' bodies first, and then we'll leave here immediately."

Sakumo Hatake immediately spoke, pointing to the five ninja swords and six corpses of Kirigakure beside him.

Putting aside the five ninja swords with different uses, the six corpses of the Mist Ninja are extremely valuable, and Konoha may be able to obtain a lot of information about the Mist Ninja from them.

Therefore, as soon as the battle ended, Hatake Sakumo immediately collected the five ninja swords and six corpses.

Kirito had no objection. He immediately took out a summoning scroll from his person and used it, along with the Summoning Technique: Absorption Technique, to seal the five ninja swords and the six corpses of the Mist Ninja inside.

After the battlefield was cleared, the White Fang Squad quickly crossed the river and successfully entered the Land of Rain.

Subsequently, under Kirito's guidance, the White Fang Squad used Transformation Technique to disguise themselves and secretly infiltrated a flower-filled town near the border between the Land of Rain and the Land of Fire.

……

Deep underground in Amegakure Village, in the leader's office at the Abebe base of Amegakure's intelligence department.

The White Zetsu clone of Kirito, disguised as Hattori Masashige, is here. To be precise, this is just a shadow clone of the White Zetsu, who is currently receiving intelligence from the border from a Rain Ninja of the Abyss Clan.

The intelligence contained information about the White Fang Squad's infiltration into the Land of Rain, including the annihilation of the border troops led by Onizo.

"Have you found out who killed Guizang and the others?"

Kirito asked.

The people of Amegakure are not idiots. It is obvious that the deaths of Onizo and the others were deliberately framed by someone. The people of Amegakure also know that the White Fang Squad was crossing the river and that they had a conflict with Kirigakure during the crossing.

After more than a year of development, the Fuchibe forces, led by Hattori Masanari (played by Kirito), have made considerable progress, and their influence has penetrated into all aspects of the Land of Rain.

Due to limited funds and personnel, Kirito chose to provide professional training for the members of the Fuchibubu in order to develop the Fuchibubu in a short period of time.

Therefore, Kirito further divided the Abyss Department into the Intelligence Department, the Torture Department, the Combat Department, and the Logistics Department.

Among them, the Abebe, as the intelligence department of Amegakure, naturally has the most internal intelligence personnel, with over a thousand people having graduated after professional training, not including the even larger number of peripheral members.

It is precisely because of the existence of these people in the intelligence department that Fuchibe's eyes and ears are able to penetrate deep into various parts of the Land of Rain and even some neighboring countries.

The border regions are where the intelligence forces of the Abe department are concentrated.

Today, every border unit of Amegakure has elite members secretly sent by the Abebu intelligence department. Each of them has mastered the Rain Tiger Free Technique, a reconnaissance ninjutsu that can exert a great reconnaissance ability in the Land of Rain.

Therefore, by combining the time of death of Onizo and others with the time when the White Fang Squad crossed the river, the intelligence personnel of the Awakening Department knew that the deaths of Onizo and others were unrelated to the White Fang Squad.

"I'm very sorry, Lord Masashige. The bodies at the scene have all been disposed of by the enemy. The survivor was under the influence of genjutsu from the beginning and didn't see the killer's face clearly at all. However, according to our people's investigation, there should be two killers, and both of them are ninjas who are proficient in Yin Release ninjutsu."

The ninja from Fuchibe answered respectfully.

"So who do you think deliberately framed Konoha's White Fang for the deaths of Onizo and the others? If I'm not mistaken, the Konoha ninja team that crossed the border should be the ninja team led by Konoha's White Fang. The murderer clearly wanted to use our Amegakure to eliminate this ninja team."

Upon hearing this, Kirito tapped the table with his finger and asked.

"Your subordinate is dull-witted and would appreciate your guidance, sir."

The ninja from the Abyss bowed his head respectfully.

"Just say it. You're the head of the intelligence department now. If I have to handle everything, what use are you?"

Upon hearing this, Kirito's face immediately hardened, and he said coldly.

After becoming the leader of the Abyss Clan, he had many benefits. He could freely mobilize the power of Amegakure to secretly collect various resources for him. For example, the chakra metal used to forge the two sacred beast puppets was collected by him with the help of Amegakure.

In the Land of Rain, Amegakure represents the entire country; the title of Daimyo is essentially just a figurehead, especially now.

In many small countries of the ninja world, it is very common for the village chief to be the same as the daimyo.

Therefore, as the intelligence minister of Amegakure, whose position was second only to Hanzo, he wielded immense power and was fully capable of mobilizing the entire national machinery of the Land of Rain to work for him.

However, there are also many downsides, namely that he has to handle many things, mostly trivial matters.

Because of this, he finally understood the Third Hokage's feelings when he worked in the Hokage's office: there were never enough things to deal with.

Even if someone is highly capable, they would eventually be exhausted if they tried to handle all the intelligence of a country or other countries with their own strength.

Kirito is not a power-hungry person; he prefers the pursuit of strength and naturally does not intend to do everything himself. Unfortunately, he currently has no capable people around him.

So far, he has found a female secretary who can help him handle all sorts of daily chores.

Her name is Zili, she is a Chunin, and she is skilled at using the Summoning Jutsu to summon various things or ninja beasts to fight. She looks a lot like the Loli Path Ziyanghua from the Six Paths of Pain.

The ninja in front of him was someone he had personally promoted. His abilities were average, neither particularly good nor bad. His only redeeming quality was that he was very obedient and listened to him in everything. He lacked his own opinions.

"I truly do not know."

"I speak," the ninja from Fuchibe said tremblingly, lowering his head even further.

He knew his own abilities all too well. Although he had been working hard to improve himself after being promoted to head of the intelligence department by Kirito, he simply couldn't deduce who was framing Konoha's White Fang based on the few clues he had now.

To be honest, the information about this Konoha White Fang in the Awakening Clan is pitifully scarce. They only know that he is skilled in using the Body Flicker Technique and swordsmanship. No information about his family, enemies, missions he has carried out, etc. has been collected.

"Sigh~, I won't make things difficult for you. Pass down the order: if you find any suspicious persons who resemble Konoha's White Fang or ninjas skilled in Yin Release, report them immediately. Remember, you absolutely cannot take action. Just follow them from a distance."

Upon seeing this, Kirito sighed.

"Ha~"

The Abe ninja felt as if he had been granted a pardon and quickly used his Body Flicker Technique to leave.

After the ninja from Fuchibe left, Kirito took out a blank scroll from the drawer, wrote some words on it, closed it again, and then handed it, along with the intelligence scroll that had just been delivered to him on the table, to his female secretary, Shiri, saying, "Shiri, go and give these to Lord Hanzo."

"Yes, Master Masaharu."

Zili immediately took the two scrolls with both hands and quickly left the office.

After Zili left, a cold glint flashed in Kirito's eyes, but he quickly concealed it and resumed his almost endless work of stamping documents.

A short while later, in the office of the leader of Amegakure, Hanzo received the two scrolls that Kirito had given him from Shiri, and he quickly opened them one by one to read them.

"Konoha's White Fang, huh? That's a tough character. But I remember him as a lone wolf. This time he's become a Jonin instructor, leading three kids along. It seems these three kids are quite powerful and have impressive backgrounds."

Hanzo was surprised after reading the contents of the two scrolls.

As a pillar of Amegakure, he naturally fought against Sakumo Hatake, known as Konoha's strongest assassin, during the conflict between Konoha and Amegakure, and they fought each other multiple times.

His impression of Sakumo Hatake was that of a death god.

Once someone has his eye on them, it basically means their death is imminent.

He had almost been killed by Sakumo Hatake back then, and now, recalling that life-threatening stab, a certain spot on his buttocks began to ache again. He couldn't help but feel a bit wary, and a gloomy expression appeared on his face.

Soon, the gloom on his face disappeared, replaced by a smile.

Because he figured it out: judging from the current war situation between Konoha and Sunagakure, the ninja squad led by Konoha's White Fang was probably not after him, the leader of Amegakure, but just wanted to use the Land of Rain as a route to enter the Land of Wind and cause trouble for Sunagakure.

Currently, the war between Konoha and Sunagakure is mainly concentrated in the Land of Rivers, but Konoha's White Fang is using the Land of Rain as a route to enter the Land of Wind, which is an attempt to sneak around behind enemy lines and attack Sunagakure.

However, the ninja squad led by Konoha's White Fang was in considerable trouble. They had only been in the Land of Rain for a short time when they were framed by the enemy and were attacked by a powerful foe while crossing the river.

Although the White Fang Squad has now successfully entered the Land of Rain, based on his experience, he knows that the White Fang Squad will inevitably face various attacks in the future.

"The attackers were probably not targeting Konoha's White Fang, but rather those kids in his team. Unfortunately, Hattori Masanari's intelligence network is still too weak to gather important information about other ninja villages."

Hanzo's mind raced, and he realized that there was a very important piece of information hidden in this intelligence report.

Konoha's White Fang was originally an assassin, a professional assassin with exceptional strength. Unless the higher-ups of other ninja villages were completely out of their minds, they would never send someone to assassinate him.

However, the ninja squad led by Konoha's White Fang has now been assassinated, indicating that the assassin's target was not Konoha's White Fang, but rather the other members of the squad.

Once Hanzo understood this, he couldn't help but feel curious about it.

Then, he looked again at the scroll on which Kirito had written the contents.

The scroll contained little information, but it essentially said that Konoha's White Fang was most likely not coming for Amegakure, and that people should not be used as pawns and unwittingly drawn into a war between major powers.