Konoha: Starting with Sage Mode

"Let him go."

"Damn Rain Ninja."

The three Konoha Chunin shouted angrily when they saw their comrade being captured by Kirito.

But ultimately, they considered the lives of their comrades and did not continue the attack.

Kirito was speechless when he heard what the three of them said. Who was really despicable and shameless? The five of you attacked him without any sense of martial ethics, and now one of you has been killed and the other captured. You still have the nerve to call him despicable and shameless, making him seem like the villain.

"Are you Konoha ninjas so arrogant and rude? I never intended to fight you. You attacked first, and now that I've captured your comrade, you still have the nerve to call me despicable?"

Kirito retorted sarcastically.

"Shut up, let him go now, or you'll regret it."

"That's right, you despicable Amegakure ninjas deceived the Hokage with despicable methods, but we will never accept such a cowardly surrender. If you have the guts, kill us. Our comrades will avenge us in the future, and they will definitely raze your Amegakure to the ground."

"If you have the guts, then go ahead and do it. I doubt you, a mere Rain Ninja, would dare to do it. Otherwise, you wouldn't have surrendered in such a despicable way."

Kirito's taunt instantly enraged the three radical, martial arts-oriented ninjas, who reacted as if Kirito had killed their entire family.

He often heard older ninjas in Konoha say that hatred and anger can make people irrational.

In retrospect, that statement was absolutely correct.

The hatred that had accumulated over the years on the battlefield had blinded these radical, militant Konoha ninjas in front of him. They were now completely overwhelmed by hatred and anger, and given his current status, the possibility of calming them down was almost zero.

He is now beginning to understand why the Uchiha clan's ninjas are so feared.

Ordinary ninjas become so irrational when their relatives and friends die and their bonds are severed; how much more so the Uchiha clan, whose emotions are exceptionally rich? If their will is not strong enough, they will inevitably be dragged into darkness by hatred and sink into the depths of depravity.

On the battlefield, those Uchiha clan ninjas who have awakened or evolved their Sharingan will definitely be more radical than these radical martial arts ninjas in front of him.

No wonder the Third Hokage and other high-ranking officials of Konoha were reluctant to send members of the Uchiha clan to the battlefield, even when the Uchiha clan volunteered for the mission.

The reasons for this are likely twofold: first, they fear the growing power of these ninjas and their increasing prestige within the ninja community; second, they worry that Konoha will see the emergence of a large number of extremely radical, militant ninjas.

Furthermore, they are afraid of the power of the Mangekyou Sharingan.

Faced with such a group of irrational ninjas, Kirito was at a loss for what to do.

He wasn't very good at talking, and he wasn't a true Amegakure ninja, so he couldn't really get serious with these Konoha ninjas.

As for running away, he never considered it. How could he run away at the slightest trouble?

He was also planning to establish a strong, lone Rain Ninja persona in the Land of Rain.

To be honest, even though he is currently controlling White Zetsu clones in battle using his soul clones, killing these five Konoha Chunin who do not possess any special ninjutsu would still be a very easy task, even without using his most proficient sealing techniques.

In fact, the White Zetsu clones might be even more powerful than the original body.

The reason is simple: the White Zetsu clone has much more chakra than the original body, already possessing the chakra level of a Jonin. Through daily training, its chakra reserves continue to increase, and its chakra recovery speed is extremely fast.

In that instant, the chakra he had just used to perform ninjutsu had been restored.

Kirito's research on White Zetsu revealed that this was related to the presence of Divine Tree cells in White Zetsu.

White Zeus are strictly speaking plant organisms. They can meet their daily energy needs through photosynthesis and do not need to eat, drink, or defecate.

This is simply a creature that would make capitalists ecstatic.

In addition, it can absorb natural energy from the natural world and convert it into chakra.

Thanks to the presence of Hashirama cells within their bodies, the White Zetsu clones easily mastered the three chakra natures: Water Release, Earth Release, and Yang Release, and could use just as many ninjutsu as the original body.

As for the nature of Wood Release chakra, Kirito has already mastered it. Wood Release chakra is a mixture of Water Release, Earth Release, and Yang Release, not simply a mixture of Water Release and Earth Release.

Of course, the key is still the versatile intercolumnar cells.

It allows the chakra of the three natures—Water Release, Earth Release, and Yang Release—to easily fuse together, thus giving birth to Wood Release chakra.

Unfortunately, due to not having obtained any Wood Release ninjutsu, he currently does not know any Wood Release ninjutsu and can only use Wood Release chakra to simply grow some plants.

"So you're saying you're not planning to save your companion?"

Kirito said coldly.

After much deliberation, he decided to continue testing these guys to see if they had even lost their most basic rationality.

After saying that, he took out a kunai and pointed it at the throat of the immobile swordsman chunin inside the water sphere.

"stop!"

"What exactly do you want?"

Two of the Konoha Chunin immediately stopped shouting and their attitude softened when they saw their comrade was about to be killed. However, the last one, a one-eyed Chunin, had a crazed expression on his face and threw a kunai with an explosive tag attached at Kirito without hesitation, shouting, "Die, you damned Rain Ninja!"

"Ibaraki, you're crazy."

"do not want!"

The other two Konoha Chunin were shocked by the actions of the one-eyed ninja and cried out in alarm.

"An incorrigible guy."

Kirito cursed under his breath.

He decisively used his amazing chakra control to mobilize the chakra within his body and once again released Water Release: Water Barrier without hand seals.

A wall of water instantly appeared in front of him, blocking the incoming kunai and explosive tags.

Taking advantage of the large amount of water vapor blurring their vision, Kirito left a water clone in place to maintain the Water Prison Technique, while the White Zetsu clone used the Mayfly Technique to lurk underneath, preparing to kill the one-eyed middle ninja who had completely lost his mind.

This guy is undoubtedly completely controlled by hatred. He doesn't care about the safety of his companions at all in order to kill him. Even if he goes back alive, he will inevitably become Danzo's lackey.

Rather than letting him go back to face the punishment of killing his comrades and become a shameful coward, it would be better to let him die as a hero of Konoha on this battlefield in the Land of Rain.

"Damn it, how is this guy so powerful? He actually released a ninjutsu without hand seals again."

The one-eyed ninja was filled with resentment and fear when he saw his sneak attack blocked.

He carefully looked around, wary of Kirito ambushing him.

Suddenly, a pair of hands reached out from the ground, grabbed his feet, and before he could react, he was shoved into the ground, with only his head sticking out.

At that moment, Kirito quickly emerged from the ground beside him, holding a kunai that gleamed coldly in his hand.

Earth Release: Heart-Slaying Decapitation Technique!

"hateful!!"

Seeing the kunai about to stab him, the one-eyed ninja could only let out a voice of impotent rage.

Just as Kirito was about to kill the one-eyed ninja with a kunai, he suddenly realized something and decisively jumped up and retreated.

The next moment, a kunai pierced through the air with a sharp whooshing sound, passing right where Kirito had been standing.

Finally, the kunai landed on the ground not far away, and the ground instantly collapsed, creating a large crater, causing the surrounding earth to tremble violently.

"What terrifying power."

Kirito looked at the large crater that had just appeared and said with lingering fear.

Then, his gaze quickly shifted to a beautiful female ninja running towards them at high speed. She had beautiful long blonde hair tied in two ponytails, wore a Konoha Jonin vest, and had a pair of bright brown eyes.

The newcomer was none other than Tsunade, one of the legendary Sannin of Konoha and the princess of Konoha.

Chapter 81: First Battle with Tsunade (Part 1)

"I never expected to run into her here."

Kirito sighed inwardly as he looked at the beautiful blonde female ninja, who remained in a wary posture.

Tsunade, Mito-sensei's beloved granddaughter, Nawaki's older sister, a beautiful young woman who is currently only in her early twenties.

In Kirito's eyes, Tsunade's identity is primarily one of the two mentioned above.

Therefore, he had no desire to be enemies with Tsunade. After all, if they really fought, it would be too embarrassing if his disguise was accidentally exposed.

A powerful ninja has very sharp intuition. If he accidentally uses some of his usual methods when fighting Tsunade, and she remembers them, she might actually notice something about it later.

In the ninja world, information about powerful ninjas is highly valued. If even a little bit of information is revealed, it is very likely to be thoroughly studied and used to find clues.

Therefore, Kirito never used his most proficient sealing techniques and spirit transformation techniques, but instead used some very common water-style ninjutsu.

Water Barrier, Water Clone Technique, and Water Dragon Bullet are all techniques that any Jonin of Amegakure with some skill can use; there's nothing particularly remarkable about them.

In Amegakure, the most numerous are water-style ninjas like him.

There's no way around it; in the Land of Rain, a country where it rains all year round, the strength of a Water Release ninja would have to increase by at least 20% or 30% out of thin air.

However, it is very rare to find a Rain Ninja who can release ninjutsu without hand seals like him.

Of course, the identity Kirito is currently playing is one he has carefully chosen and can withstand scrutiny.

The Rain Ninja he portrayed was indeed a Jonin of the Rain Village, but because he consistently opposed Hanzo's plan to make the Land of Rain the sixth great nation, he was disliked by Hanzo. Later, he fled during a major battle with Konoha and became a rogue ninja, eventually becoming a bandit in the Land of Fire.

Later, he came to the Land of Waves to make a living, and took on a bounty mission on the black market to kill Gojo Shin, who was another disguise of the White Zetsu clone. He eventually died at Kirito's hands, and everything he had became a tool for Kirito to infiltrate the Land of Rain.

Hattori Masanari, also known as the Runaway Masanari by the people of Amegakure, is the identity of the Amegakure ninja that the White Zetsu clone is currently playing—a Jonin of Amegakure who is proficient in Water Release.

"Lady Tsunade."

"It's Lady Tsunade! We're saved!"

"Damn Rain Ninja, your end is near. If you know what's good for you, release our comrades now."

……

Tsunade's appearance instantly gave the three Konoha Chunin the courage to win, and they challenged Kirito again.

"Tsunade, one of the Legendary Sannin, the one named by Hanzo."

Kirito said coldly, showing no fear of Tsunade whatsoever.

Tsunade quickly entered the battlefield. Before coming, she had already learned about the situation from the Hyuga clan ninjas. Her first action was not to fight Kirito, but to create a shadow clone to treat the seriously injured Chunin with the pineapple head.

Only then did she take a closer look at Kirito.

She quickly recognized Kirito's current identity as a Rain Ninja and said sarcastically, "I remember you are Hattori Masanari, right? You used to run away from the battlefield. Why are you back? Aren't you afraid that Hanzo will hunt you down, you traitor?"

“I never approved of this war in the first place. Now that the war is over, I naturally want to come back and contribute my share. As for whether that arrogant fool Hanzo will send people to hunt me down, that doesn’t matter. I was prepared for that.”

Kirito's reply was neither humble nor arrogant.

"Is that so? Then why are you destroying this hard-won peace? Harming my Konoha ninjas, is this the contribution you want to make to the Land of Rain?"