Konoha: Starting with Sage Mode

But suddenly her vision blurred, her eyes returned to normal, and then her body went limp, and she collapsed to the ground, unconscious.

"I... I didn't do anything."

When Kirito saw the black-haired girl suddenly collapse to the ground, he quickly defended himself to the middle-aged man.

The middle-aged man merely gave her a deep look before quickly going to Uchiha Chizuru's side, picking her up, and leaving in a hurry.

"What's going on?"

Kirito scratched his head, not understanding why Uchiha Chizuru had collapsed.

Hopefully, this isn't a staged accident.

"It must be due to excessive chakra consumption."

At that moment, Shikaku's voice came from behind Kirito.

Meanwhile, in the Hokage's office, the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, looked at the crystal ball in front of him and said softly, "The chakra consumption is too high."

Taking advantage of a rare free moment at work, he used his telescope to check on the village and relax a bit. Unexpectedly, he witnessed an interesting battle.

"At only six years old, he can already freely activate and use the Sharingan, and can also use Fire Release ninjutsu. The Uchiha clan has produced another extraordinary genius. What a terrifying clan."

The third generation took a drag of his cigarette, his expression very serious.

He had a general understanding of Chizuru Uchiha's situation. Her parents were heroes in the village. Chizuru had already sacrificed herself for the village when she was five years old, and then she awakened the Sharingan and became a key member of the Uchiha clan.

He opened his eyes before the age of six, which speaks volumes about his talent.

I never expected that he would have grown so much in just one year.

Judging from his skills, the Third Hokage believed he already possessed the strength of a Genin, enough to graduate from the Ninja Academy.

However, as far as he knew, the Uchiha clan still chose to send her to the Ninja Academy.

"Still not giving up?"

The three generations sighed.

He understood to some extent why the Uchiha clan sent Chizuru Uchiha to the Ninja Academy: one reason was to provide her with a stable environment and time to grow, and the other was to allow her to demonstrate the strength of the Uchiha clan and highlight its presence at the academy.

Since the death of the Second Hokage, the village has been increasingly suppressing the Uchiha clan and excluding them from the upper echelons, resulting in the Uchiha clan's increasingly low profile within the village.

The Third Hokage was certainly aware of these matters. Although he was unwilling, believing that the Uchiha clan was also a member of the village and should be treated fairly, other ninja clans and civilian ninjas in the village had a lot of opinions about the Uchiha clan.

In order to maintain balance, he had to make some choices against his will.

"Bang~"

The door to the room was violently opened.

The Third Hokage immediately looked toward the door and saw a familiar figure. It was a middle-aged man exuding a cold and gloomy aura, none other than his friend and advisor, Elder Shimura Danzo.

He waved to the apologetic gatekeeper, signaling the two to leave, and then said to Danzo, "Danzo, is there something you need?"

Danzo cut to the chase, saying, "Hiruzen, Root needs to be replenished."

"Danzo, as you know, our battles with Amegakure and Sunagakure are in full swing, and we are already short of personnel on the battlefield. The village's defenses are also very weak, and we cannot spare any personnel to replenish your ranks at the moment."

The Third Hokage rejected Danzo's request without hesitation.

Danzo's Root force had grown quite powerful and was beginning to pose a threat to the Anbu. He would not allow Root to continue to grow stronger, and even though Root had made significant contributions on the battlefield, his decision would not change easily.

Danzo was well aware of the village's manpower situation; he knew that the claim of Hiruzen was just an excuse.

Therefore, he would absolutely not back down on the issue of personnel replenishment, and immediately said coldly, "Hmph, Gen's contributions to the village are obvious to all. Now that Gen has suffered losses for the village, we must replenish him as soon as possible. Otherwise, I cannot guarantee that the intelligence work on the front line can be completed smoothly."

Upon hearing this, the third generation fell silent.

The current advantage that Konoha has gained on the main battlefield is largely due to the intelligence obtained by Danzo's Root. If the intelligence is inadequate, the situation on the battlefield may be reversed.

At that time, Konoha will pay a huge price.

Even though he knew Danzo was threatening him, the Third Hokage had to consider the matter carefully.

However, he was also well aware of how powerful Root was now, and in order to prevent Danzo from getting out of control and threatening him, he continued to insist on his opinion: "I'll say it again, the village doesn't have enough people to replenish your ranks for the time being."

Then he added, "If you're capable, you can go and see the various ninja clans in the village."

Besides those who graduated from the Ninja Academy, a large portion of the ninjas in the village are actually not under the Hokage's jurisdiction; these are the clan ninjas trained within the various ninja clans.

He sent Danzo to recruit people from various ninja clans, intending to use Danzo to test the attitudes of the various ninja clans.

"Hmph, those guys who only care about their families and not their villages are not worth having any hope for."

Danzo immediately saw through the Third Hokage's intentions and said with a stern face.

"Then there's nothing I can do."

The third generation started driving people away.

Danzo saw that the Third Hokage was determined not to give him any personnel this time, and his eyes grew colder as he stared at the Third Hokage.

But the third generation pretended not to see it and didn't care, calmly smoking and casually glancing at some documents they hadn't had time to read yet.

"Then hand over those brats from the orphanage to me."

After a while, Danzo had no choice but to settle for second best.

Upon hearing this, the Third Hokage put down the several ninja academy application forms he was holding and turned his attention back to Danzo, beginning to weigh the pros and cons in his mind.

The orphans in the orphanage were truly helpless and alone, like weeds in the village, ignored by everyone. When the Third Hokage first heard that Danzo wanted the orphans from the orphanage, he didn't care much, but then Kirito's image flashed through his mind.

As luck would have it, Kirito Tohsaka was among the few college application forms he had just seen, and through this he learned that Kirito was an orphan from an orphanage.

Kirito's recent battle with Uchiha Chizuru left a deep impression on him. He had originally planned to have someone investigate which family Kirito belonged to, so that he could nurture him properly and cultivate another outstanding ninja for the village.

Little did anyone expect that Kirito was actually an orphan from an orphanage.

But precisely because of this, the Third Hokage had even higher expectations for Kirito, because he was very clear about how outstanding the ninja talent displayed by an orphan with no one to rely on was when he was able to fight against Chizuru Uchiha and gain the upper hand. He saw a huge potential in Kirito.

Now look what's happened! Danzo actually wants to take advantage of the orphans in the orphanage. Doesn't that mean Kirito is going to fall into Danzo's hands?

"Wait a minute, why is this guy suddenly interested in those orphans at the orphanage? They're all kids with no fighting ability. Even if they joined Root, they wouldn't be of any use. Could his real purpose be..."

The third generation suddenly thought of an important question and began to fill in the blanks in their minds.

He quickly came to the conclusion that Kirito absolutely could not be allowed to fall into Danzo's hands, otherwise, Kirito might become Danzo's right-hand man in the future.

With this thought in mind, the third generation no longer hesitated and resolutely refused, saying, "The orphans living in the orphanage are very important sprouts of the village. Let them continue to grow happily under our protection. This is what the first and second generation leaders wanted to see."

When Danzo saw that his request had been rejected again, he became furious and shouted, "You will regret this, Hiruzen!"

"I am the Hokage."

The third generation immediately stood up and said with a stern face.

Chapter 7: The Changes of the Wise One

Kirito was a bit confused. After saying goodbye to his new friends who had been beaten up by Chizuru Uchiha, he decided to go to the village library. However, as soon as he arrived at the library, he suddenly received a notification from an external cheat.

[You have successfully changed the fate of Pharmacist Nonou, gaining 1 enhancement point.]

Kirito was quite puzzled by the sudden notification and reward from the cheat program.

How did he suddenly manage to change the fate of Yakushi Nonou?

Danzo hasn't even come knocking on our door yet.

Could it be that Danzo and the Third Hokage have taken pity on them?

It's impossible to even think about it.

Also, is this how the enhancement points at the bottom of the attribute panel are obtained?

It's actually necessary to change the fate of the characters in the story. Is this encouraging him to disrupt the original plot? If so, then Rope Tree can't just stand by and watch him die. At the very least, he should reverse his fate of stepping on the explosive tag trap and dying.

Although I inexplicably gained 1 enhancement point, well...

So fragrant.

Kirito began to think about how to make the most of this one enhancement point. He scanned the many options on the attribute panel and found that all of them could be upgraded, and only one enhancement point was needed to complete the upgrade.

Finally, his gaze fell on Xian 2.

He'd disliked the "Wisdom 2" attribute value for a long time.

To put it simply, his intelligence was on par with Nawaki and the unborn Obito, which deeply hurt him.

He already knew that the aptitude for wisdom was linked to IQ and knowledge reserves.

He is 6 years old now, has read many books and memorized a lot of knowledge, but his wisdom attribute is still 2, which undoubtedly means that the wisdom attribute is currently related to his personal IQ.

Of course, the initial "wise 2" attribute is actually the value of the vast majority of people in the world, and it is absolutely, absolutely, absolutely within the range of normal people.

The fact that he's not stupid is the best proof of that.

However, the statistic of "Wisdom 2" still displeased Kirito.

"If I add points to my Wisdom attribute now, it should increase my IQ, right? No, knowledge can't be added out of thin air, it should definitely increase my IQ. Hmm, it's time to become a real genius."

Kirito thought happily.

If the average person's IQ is only 2, and he improves to 3, wouldn't he be a genius who surpasses the average person?

In fact, if we were to say which of the various attributes in this attribute panel is most useful to him right now, it would still be the "Wisdom" attribute.

After all, IQ is something that is often innate and cannot be improved through later efforts.

Furthermore, IQ is closely related to learning ability.

If his IQ improves, his learning ability will definitely improve as well.

Perhaps the benefits don't stop there.

In his previous life, he wasn't a genius; he was just an ordinary person who got into a top-tier medical university through hard work. He couldn't possibly understand the world of geniuses, and naturally, he wouldn't know the benefits of a high IQ.

With one upgrade point, Kirito's Wisdom 2 attribute becomes Wisdom 3.

"Hmm, that's all. I don't feel any change."

Kirito wondered.

But the next moment, a sharp pain suddenly shot through his brain, as if it were splitting open. If he hadn't been practicing natural energy cultivation recently and had become accustomed to pain, he probably would have screamed immediately. But because of the brain injury, his body collapsed uncontrollably.

For a moment, Kirito lay on the library table, his whole body trembling slightly.