Konoha: Starting with Sage Mode

But Nawaki is different. He is the grandson of Hashirama Senju, and the man who will lead the Senju clan to continue their glory in Konoha.

Nawaki's naive mind is clearly insufficient to make him the leader of the Senju clan.

If there hadn't been a point of comparison before, Mito could have continued to pamper Nawaki with the excuse that he was just a child and didn't understand. But now, the Uchiha clan has produced a Chizuru Uchiha who awakened the two-tomoe Sharingan at the age of six. Compared to her, the two are worlds apart.

It really proves the saying: "It's not that you don't know the goods, it's that you don't compare them."

Moreover, Nawaki had a formidable role model by his side, who constantly reminded Mito just how vast the gap was between his grandson and a genius.

Mito knew in her heart that Nawaki's ninja talent was already very good. The fact that he had more chakra than an ordinary Jonin at the age of six was the best proof. In this respect alone, his talent already surpassed that of 90% of ninjas. As long as he worked hard, becoming a powerful ninja in the future would not be too much of a problem.

However, compared to Hashirama, Tobirama, and Tsunade, Nawaki seems too ordinary.

Judging from Nawaki's current training progress, his talent is simply that he has an enormous amount of chakra by nature. He has no talent in ninjutsu training, his chakra control is so-so, and as for sealing techniques, he has absolutely no talent in them.

In short, setting aside his identity, Nawaki is a relatively mediocre Senju with unremarkable talent.

Therefore, Mito is filled with worry about Nawaki's future, especially after Nawaki said today that he wanted to graduate early and go to the battlefield, this worry is intensifying.

Kirito was right when he told Nawaki. Nawaki's status was what it was; once he graduated, he would inevitably represent Senju on the battlefield and become a banner to inspire Konoha's morale.

At that time, Rope Tree will become a thorn in the side of the enemy.

Those who fear the power of the Senju clan will never give him a chance to continue growing.

If Rope Tree doesn't have enough strength, then it will only face certain death.

Because on the battlefield, you can't rely on others; if you want to survive, you can only rely on yourself.

"Momoka, go and make preparations. It's time to help the rope tree grow faster."

Seeing that Momoka remained silent, Mito thought for a moment and finally made up her mind.

"Isn't this too fast?"

Upon hearing this, Tao Hua said with some reluctance.

As someone who also dotes on Nawaki, she really didn't want this adorable little angel to witness the dirty side of the world so soon.

"We can't delay any longer. Nawaki and Tsunade were different back then. The village won't give him much time to grow. And you know my situation. While I'm still here and can withstand the pressure, let's do it as soon as possible. I don't want to see that idiot down there so soon."

Mito shook his head and forced a smile.

Birth, aging, sickness, and death are things that human beings cannot avoid.

As a top-tier expert, she could clearly sense that her time was running out, and the fact that she was finding it increasingly difficult to suppress the Nine-Tails within her was the best indication of this.

She can still maintain her youth, but she's just putting on a brave face to prevent those with ulterior motives from noticing her weakness.

In a few more years, she may not even have the ability to maintain her youth.

She had originally wanted to continue watching her grandson grow up happily and enjoy the joys of family life in the last days of her life.

But Rope Tree is just too much of a worry.

Nawaki's announcement of graduating early and Kirito's words shattered her illusions.

When Momoka saw a strand of silver in Mito's meticulously combed hair, a hint of sadness flashed in her eyes, and she said respectfully, "Ha."

"Also, starting tomorrow, Kirito will enjoy the same resource allocation as Nawaki. Make sure everyone else is ready."

Before Momoka left, Mito continued.

Tao Hua responded again: "Ha."

After saying that, she used her teleportation technique to disappear from the room.

After Momoka left, Mito got up and went outside. Looking at a large tree in the courtyard, a look of reminiscence flashed in her eyes.

She planted this tree with her husband, Hashirama, after they came to Konoha.

If you count the time, thirty years have passed.

Thirty years have passed, and the sapling has grown into a big tree.

It is now late autumn, and most of the leaves on the trees have turned yellow and withered. A gust of wind will carry away many of the yellow leaves.

"Hashirama, you big idiot! You said you'd protect the village, but you ran off like that so soon after, leaving me behind..."

Mito murmured, watching the leaves fall in the wind.

At the same time, Nawaki, who was walking along the main street of the Senju clan with a heavy heart, stopped and looked up at the gloomy sky above, where white snowflakes were falling from the sky.

Winter is coming.

Chapter 26: Two Years

Winter passed and spring came. In the blink of an eye, two years had passed, and it was now Konoha Year 32.

At the Ninja Academy, students' courses are mainly divided into two categories: practical classes and theoretical classes.

The practical training includes three parts: mastery of ninja tools, practice of the Three Body Techniques, and taijutsu training.

The theoretical courses include ninja world geography, ninja world history, basic poisons, basic sealing techniques, basic ninjutsu analysis, and so on.

A group of children under the age of twelve, who are at an active age, are naturally interested in practical classes that can clearly improve their strength, but not in theoretical classes that sound like gibberish.

In addition, the minimum requirement for graduating from the Ninja Academy is simply to master the Three Body Techniques, which leads to most students being severely unbalanced in their studies.

The emphasis on practical application over theory is a very common phenomenon in ninja academies.

That's for sure. In Kirito's opinion, the theoretical courses do not include ninja world geography and ninja world history, and the rest of the courses are not friendly to most ordinary students who have no foundation at all.

For example, there are a lot of terms in basic toxicology. If students want to learn how to make some basic poisons and antidotes through the book, they must first understand them, otherwise the process will fail. Many of these terms are not even understood by the teachers in class, let alone by the students.

Teachers don't explain things over and over in class; how much students understand depends entirely on their memory and the effort they put in behind the scenes.

As for basic sealing techniques, needless to say, these two things are no different from high school math for students at the Ninja Academy. Only true geniuses can keep up with the teacher's pace.

The teachers at the school didn't feel anything was wrong with this, because they had never had any expectations for the students in the first place regarding their theoretical knowledge.

They knew all too well how difficult the textbooks for the theory courses were.

These things are not for children of this age to learn. The reason for adding these subjects is simply to give students a general understanding of poisons, sealing techniques, and various escape techniques, so that they won't be completely clueless when they encounter them in the future and be unable to bring back useful information.

Of course, it would be even better if a genius could be unexpectedly discovered through this.

……

In the basic poisons class at the Ninja Academy, eight-year-old Kirito listened intently as a teacher with pineapple-shaped hair explained how to make a healing pill not found in the textbook, and diligently took notes.

Chizuru and Nawaki, who were on his left and right sides, were no longer by his side.

Because they were not interested in the course, the two of them decided to skip class and practice ninjutsu outdoors.

Many people share the same thoughts as Chizuru and Nawaki.

As a result, the classroom that should have had fifty students was now only half full, and most of them were not paying attention, either daydreaming or sleeping.

The teacher turned a blind eye to this. As long as no one disrupted his class, he let them do as they pleased and then imparted his knowledge to the students who chose to listen attentively with the utmost enthusiasm.

Time always seems to fly by when you pay attention in class.

Just as Kirito was engrossed in listening, the bell rang, and the teacher promptly stopped lecturing and announced the end of get out of class.

The students in the class immediately ran out of the classroom with great joy and went outside to play.

Taking advantage of the fact that the teacher hadn't left during class, Kirito quickly went to the other person's side, placed a small medicine bottle in front of him, and looked at him expectantly, saying, "Teacher Zhu Yun, these are the hemostatic pills I made yesterday. Could you check how good the quality is?"

Nara Suzaku's father, Nara Shikaku's cousin, a Konoha Chunin, and currently a teacher at the Ninja Academy teaching basic poisons. He is a medical ninja who is proficient in pharmacology and pharmaceuticals.

"A hemostatic pill? You actually made one, kid."

Nara Zhuyun was surprised to hear this, then took the medicine bottle, poured out a small pill, and examined it carefully.

As the name suggests, a hemostatic pill is a pill that can quickly stop bleeding from a wound and also has a certain function of accelerating hematopoiesis.

This type of pill does not exist in basic toxicology.

Kirito was able to create it entirely because Nara Shuun secretly gave him special instruction.

In the past two years, he has demonstrated outstanding learning ability in theoretical classes and has become one of the top students in the class, gaining the favor of the teachers.

In his previous life, he was a medical student, so he was very interested in medical ninjutsu. After learning that Nara Shuyun was a medical ninja, he decided to pester him under the pretext of asking him for knowledge from books, and often brought small gifts to ask for his advice.

Through these interactions, he successfully became acquainted with Nara Zhuyun.

Although he has not yet been able to successfully learn medical ninjutsu from the other party, he has unexpectedly learned a lot of knowledge about pharmacology and pharmaceutical manufacturing. Combined with his self-taught medical knowledge, his medical skills have been steadily improving.

Judging from its color and smell, Nara Akane thought that the hemostatic pill made by Kirito was quite good. However, the efficacy of the pill could not be judged by its appearance. He took out a small knife, scraped some powder off the pill, and then put it in his mouth to taste it carefully.

"While it's not perfect, it's acceptable."

Nara Akane quickly made a judgment and gave Kirito an approving smile.

"Really, Teacher Zhu Yun?"

Kirito was overjoyed to receive the teacher's approval.

"Hmm~, but you must keep working hard and not be complacent."

Nara Zhuyun nodded.

"Yes, Professor Zhu Yun, I will definitely continue to improve my pharmacological knowledge and pharmaceutical technology."

Kirito immediately answered seriously.

This is true; pharmacological knowledge and pharmaceutical technology are indeed very useful, for example, they can play a significant role in making money.

In times of war, the importance of medicine is self-evident.

Thanks to the restaurant run by Pharmacist Nonou, the orphanage is currently doing alright financially, but this amount is far from enough to support the training of several or even more ninjas in the future.

Moreover, Kirito wants to conduct scientific research, master core technologies like Orochimaru, and thus accelerate his own growth in strength.

And to do all this, money is essential.

"Kirito, have you ever considered joining the medical program?"

Upon seeing this, Nara Zhuyun thought for a moment and then asked.

How could he not know that Kirito wanted to learn medical ninjutsu from him?

However, considering that Kirito is now Mito-sama's disciple, currently learning sealing techniques from Mito-sama and has already shown remarkable talent, and has even joined the sealing team, he refrained from teaching Kirito medical ninjutsu.

After all, a person's energy is limited.