Konoha: Starting with Sage Mode

"Thank you, Kirito. It's very important to Konoha."

Tsunade was grateful to Kirito for generously giving away the White Zetsu.

She believed that Kirito, with his keen eye, could certainly see the value of the White Zetsu and its significant value to the Senju clan, but he still gave it away. It has to be said that the Senju clan owes Kirito a huge favor this time, as does Konoha.

"It's not that important, really. It's just Wood Release, which I have myself."

Kirito said nonchalantly.

As soon as he finished speaking, he stretched out a finger, and a sapling immediately grew on his finger.

Wood Release!

When Tsunade saw the saplings sprouting from Kirito's fingers, she couldn't help but exclaim in surprise, her mouth agape in disbelief.

She never expected that the Wood Release technique, which the Senju clan had been tirelessly trying to recreate, would be born in Kirito's hands.

Moreover, she clearly sensed that Kirito's body did not contain her grandfather's cells or chakra. This meant that Kirito had used this Wood Release technique on his own, and it was Kirito's Wood Release.

"Kirito, tell me quickly, how did you master Wood Release?"

Tsunade was surprised and quickly grabbed Kirito's finger, saying excitedly.

Kirito is not a member of the Senju clan and did not receive a Hashirama cell transplant, yet he successfully obtained the Wood Release bloodline limit. This undoubtedly shows that non-Senju ninjas can also obtain the Wood Release bloodline limit through their own abilities.

This is a major discovery!

Despite the obviously private question of how he mastered the power of Wood Release, Kirito generously explained it to Tsunade, detailing the process by which his Wood Release was born.

"So, it's a fusion of Earth Release, Water Release, and Yang Release. I see. Wood Release isn't a bloodline limit, but rather a bloodline elimination technique. No wonder so many clansmen who developed Water Release and Earth Release to extremely high levels couldn't successfully create Wood Release, only Grandpa did it."

After hearing how Kirito obtained the power of Wood Release, Tsunade was filled with emotion.

As a member of the Senju clan and a blood relative of Hashirama Senju, Tsunade naturally had a deep understanding of Hashirama's cells and Wood Release. Therefore, she had long suspected that Wood Release was not simply a fusion of Water Release and Earth Release into a bloodline limit.

She just hadn't been able to find evidence until now. Kirito is a living example, which undoubtedly proves that her speculation was correct.

"My sister's Water Release, Earth Release, and Yang Release abilities are also quite good, probably all at level 4. With her abilities, she might even be able to develop Wood Release on her own."

Kirito said with a smile.

Upon hearing this, Tsunade immediately rolled her eyes at Kirito.

She already knew from Kirito how he categorized the levels of ninjutsu. Level 4 ninjutsu undoubtedly indicates that the ninja has conducted very in-depth research and development on this type of ninjutsu, but developing a bloodline limit for this level of ninjutsu is obviously extremely difficult, almost something that can only be done by luck.

As for the idea of ​​integrating and developing the Bloodstained Elimination technique, don't even think about it. At least one of the techniques needs to reach the Mysterious Realm and be upgraded to the level 5 technique that Kirito mentioned before there is even a slight possibility of doing so.

Her Water Release, Earth Release, and Yang Release are decent, but not as good as Kirito said.

Because she switched to being a medical ninja midway through her career, her Water Release and Earth Release skills are probably only at level 3, but her Yang Release level is definitely at level 4. Perhaps after she completes that powerful forbidden medical technique she envisions, she will have the opportunity to see the scenery of level 5 Yang Release.

But as things stand, it's impossible for her to develop Wood Release on her own right now.

"It seems necessary to go back and work hard to improve my Water Release and Earth Release techniques."

Tsunade thought to herself.

After seeing a clear path to developing Wood Release, she became somewhat disgusted with the dangerous shortcut of obtaining Wood Release power using Hashirama's cells.

Time waits for no one. Kirito and Tsunade are both very busy and don't have much time to chat. Kirito quickly shared some information about Uchiha Madara with Tsunade, including the fact that Uchiha Madara summoned Senju Hashirama using the Impure World Reincarnation technique.

There's also the matter of the Rinnegan.

When Kirito brought up the matter of Hashirama Senju, Tsunade immediately said indignantly, "That damned guy, since he dared to desecrate the corpses of Grandpa and Second Grandpa, he deserves to die."

However, after saying that, she became worried.

Because she knew very well her grandfather's strength. Even if the Impure World Reincarnation technique could not perfectly reproduce her grandfather's strength, it would still be extremely troublesome. Ordinary Kage-level powerhouses might not even have the ability to fight him.

Therefore, she could imagine how much pressure Kirito was under when facing Madara Uchiha, just from hearing Kirito's description.

At the same time, she also realized why Kirito was afraid of Madara Uchiha.

So, with a hint of guilt, she said to Kirito:

"I'm sorry to have troubled you, but don't do that again. Konoha belongs to everyone, and it's only right that we all share the responsibility of protecting it. Kirito, remember this: Konoha ninjas are not afraid of sacrifice. As long as we can eliminate Uchiha Madara, who poses a serious threat to Konoha, I think the other Konoha ninjas will be willing to give their all. So don't worry about Uchiha Madara's threat because of us. Go all out and do your best."

His voice revealed an unwavering resolve.

"Yes, sister."

Kirito nodded.

However, he sighed inwardly, "But without you, what meaning does Konoha hold for me?"

Tsunade, with her keen intuition, immediately saw through Kirito's insincerity, but she didn't continue to persuade him. She understood her younger brother, though not completely, but she knew he was a sentimental person and would never truly listen to her without considering their lives.

She promptly changed the subject: "You got this Rinnegan from Nagato, right?"

She didn't know the secret about Nagato having the Rinnegan at first, but during the process of treating Nagato, she learned the truth from a Rain Ninja named Yahiko, who asked her to have Kirito return Nagato's Rinnegan.

When she first heard the news, she thought Yahiko was joking with her.

After all, the Rinnegan is the legendary eye of the Sage of Six Paths, a legendary object.

She also didn't believe her brother would do something like stealing someone else's eyes.

But later, when Jiraiya explained to her that he believed Nagato was the Child of Prophecy, she realized that what Yahiko said was true, that Nagato did indeed possess the Rinnegan, and that Kirito was indeed the one who took Nagato's Rinnegan.

"That's right. The Konoha ninja who attacked Nagato was actually Madara Uchiha in disguise. I didn't really want to do this, but the Rinnegan absolutely cannot fall into Madara Uchiha's hands, so I had no choice but to resort to this last resort."

Kirito smiled wryly.

"When did you discover the Rinnegan on Nagato? And when did you learn that Madara Uchiha was not dead?"

When Tsunade saw Kirito admit it, she raised a new question.

Clearly, this younger brother is hiding many secrets.

"I discovered the Rinnegan by chance after meeting Jiraiya in the Land of Rain and discovering that these creatures were following him. These creatures were Madara Uchiha's spies, secretly monitoring Nagato. As for Madara Uchiha, he was discovered after the seal on my teacher accidentally went out of control."

The teacher was the most outstanding sealing ninja in the world. Even though she was very weak, the seal she set up at the end was definitely not something that Kurama could break free of. Someone must have secretly tried to destroy the seal. When I learned that Kurama was once Madara Uchiha's summoning beast, I realized that this person was probably not dead.

Later, I used the Spirit Transformation Technique to read the memories of these creatures called White Zetsu, and learned that the people behind them were members of the Uchiha clan. This further proved my conjecture to be correct. It wasn't until I found the place where the Second Hokage hid Madara Uchiha's body that I finally confirmed that he was not dead.

Kirito had thought about the Confession Bureau for a long time. After thinking for a while, he slowly gave an explanation that was mixed with many truths.

Kirito's explanation was a mix of truths, and his words were clear and logical, which greatly increased his credibility. Even Tsunade couldn't help but nod in approval. However, she was not so easily fooled. She was certain that her good brother was still hiding many things.

However, she did not intend to ask any further questions, because her brother's contributions to Konoha were enough to prove that he had always stood firmly on Konoha's side.

Chapter 302: The Second Major Upheaval in the Shinobi World

After Kirito confessed the truth to Tsunade, he stopped revealing information. With Sakumo Hatake's treatment and the Third Hokage's awakening urgently needed, Tsunade didn't press for details and quickly left with the two of them.

Before long, news of the Third Hokage's successful rescue spread rapidly throughout the Konoha camp.

The news that the Third Hokage had been captured by Madara Uchiha had already been leaked, so the morale of the Konoha ninja in the Konoha camp was quite low. They had lost all the joy of defeating Kumogakure. In the end, the Hokage was still the spiritual pillar of countless Konoha ninja.

The capture of the Third Hokage by Madara Uchiha in Konoha was a devastating blow to the Konoha ninja.

This is a slap in the face to Konoha, a slap in their face that has swollen them up. What's even more infuriating is that most of them don't even have the courage to fight Madara Uchiha.

A person's name is like the shadow of a tree.

Even though Madara Uchiha is remembered as a loser who lost to the First Hokage, his strength is still deeply ingrained in people's minds. The fact that even a powerful tailed beast like the Nine-Tails was his pet is enough to prove how powerful he was.

Now, they have even captured the powerful Third Hokage from Konoha, further demonstrating their terrifying strength.

This is definitely a terrorist with the power to destroy Konoha.

They once had the First Hokage, so naturally they weren't afraid of this terrorist. But the First Hokage, the Second Hokage, and Mito Uzumaki had all passed away, and they couldn't imagine who else in Konoha could stand against him.

Therefore, most of the Konoha ninjas felt as if the sky had fallen, and their hearts were filled with despair and anxiety.

They only rallied again after Tsunade revealed that Kirito had successfully rescued Madara Uchiha.

"That's great! We Konoha are so lucky to have a genius like Kirito-sama. With him around, Konoha still has hope."

"Yes, Kirito-sama has never disappointed us. It seems that his strength far exceeds our imagination. Even Madara Uchiha couldn't do anything to him."

"Hmph, that bastard Uchiha Madara, we in Konoha will teach him a lesson sooner or later. He actually faked his death to escape back then, what a coward."

……

In the Konoha camp, many Konoha ninjas were overjoyed and wept tears of joy, spreading the news that Kirito had successfully rescued the Third Hokage.

"Hmph, what's so great about him? He's just a petty thief."

Inside a military tent belonging to Amegakure, Yahiko heard the constant sounds coming from the Konoha ninja outside and said coldly.

Yahiko felt nothing but disgust for Kirito. Even though he knew that Kirito deserved a lot of credit for Amegakure's ability to defeat Iwagakure and Kumogakure with the help of Konoha, he still harbored resentment towards Kirito.

Kirito stole Nagato's Rinnegan.

In his mind, Nagato, who possessed the Rinnegan, was the chosen one destined to change the world, but now that power to change the world had been taken away by this despicable Konoha ninja, how could he not harbor resentment?

He'll remember it for the rest of his life.

"Shh~, keep your voice down, Yahiko."

When Konan heard Yahiko talking badly about Kirito behind his back, she quickly reminded him, her pretty face filled with tension.

Although she also harbored resentment towards Kirito for taking Nagato's Rinnegan, she was even more aware that Amegakure could not afford to offend this powerful Konoha ninja. Moreover, the Konoha ninjas outside were all spreading rumors that he was a powerful ninja who could rival Uchiha Madara, so Amegakure was even less likely to offend him.

Even she had heard of Madara Uchiha's name. He was a terrifying being who could rival the God of Shinobi and was a terrorist who could easily wipe out Amegakure.

Seeing this, Yahiko pursed his lips but did not continue to speak ill of Kirito.

He was well aware of Amegakure's current situation, but he hated the feeling of being inferior and subservient in front of others. Since they were allies, Amegakure and Konoha should be equal in status.

Unfortunately, faced with sheer power, Amegakure had no choice but to bow down to Konoha.

"Xiao Nan, one day, I will make Amegakure strong enough that no one will dare to underestimate us."

Yahiko clenched his fists and said with a determined look.

"Yes, I believe you."

Konan said with a smile, looking tenderly at Yahiko.

In fact, she didn't really care whether Amegakure was strong or not. She just wanted to live happily with Yahiko and Nagato every day, and that was enough for her. But if the two of them wanted to become stronger and make Amegakure stronger, she would also try her best to become stronger to assist them.

Seeing that Konan had a lot of confidence in him, Yahiko felt even more motivated. However, becoming stronger was never an easy thing. At only 13 years old, he already deeply understood the gap between himself and those genius ninjas with special bloodlines and talents.

As a commoner ninja without any special bloodline, his ability to become a Jonin at the age of 13 is enough to prove that he is also a genius. However, there are differences between geniuses, and these differences can be so vast that they can be despairing.