Konoha: Sage Body

The Konoha Ninja Village, afternoon, at the edge of the northwest corner where the orphanage was located.

The current orphanage in Konoha Ninja Village was an old wooden house with a courtyard made of bricks.

The director of the orphanage was an old mother with a kind look on her face, who was currently sitting on the veranda in front of the house, mending a somewhat whitewashed dress with a needle and thread, and from time to time, she would stop and look at the little children in the courtyard, who were playing ninja games.

Whenever she saw the innocent smiles on the little children's faces, she couldn't help but smile happily and be healed inside.

However, when she saw a small child next to her who was carefully looking at a book, her eyebrows that had been raised slightly furrowed again.

It wasn't so much that she was worried that the little boy was out of place, but rather that she was worried that the boy would lose his eyesight prematurely from studying too much.

The boy's name was Kirito Tosaka, an ordinary orphan whose parents were ordinary people in the Land of Fire, who had come to live in the Hidden Village of Konoha with his parents and ended up running into bandits along the way, and had he not been lucky enough to encounter Konoha ninjas behind him, he might have been killed just like his parents.

He has been living in the orphanage for one year now, his character is not very happy, but he is not someone that does not fit in, he is a bit dumb, usually quiet, loves to be dazzled, all in all, he is still a very kind and good kid.

Recently, when Kirito had a serious illness that almost took his life, he changed, as if his mind had been enlightened, no longer mute, the whole person became luminous, but also became extremely aware of the circumstances, and frequently helped her to do some of the things that he could do.

Such a transformation makes her feel satisfied.

Recently, because he wanted to read books, he even took the initiative to ask her, the only educated person in the entire orphanage, to teach him to read, and his learning speed was very fast, he learned thousands of words in less than a week, and now he can read books on his own.

The old matron didn't find anything strange about the apparent changes in Kirito Tosaka, as the children in the orphanage were generally mature at an early age.

After witnessing his parents being killed by bandits, almost being killed himself, and later almost dying of illness, Kirito's life was undoubtedly quite hard, and it wasn't surprising that his character matured quickly.

During the Sengoku Period, she, who was lucky enough to have survived the Sengoku Period, had seen far too many children like Kirito Tosaka.

As a normal traveler, Kirito hungrily read about the current world in books and didn't notice the old dean with his compassionate look beside him.

After a month, he realized that he had traveled to the world of Naruto, that it was the 30th year of Konoha and that his new identity was that of a helpless orphan.

It's a terrible new identity, and Kirito Tosaka realizes that he won't be able to go to ninja school with that identity alone.

By questioning the old matron, he learns that it costs money to go to ninja school, it's not free, and unless his parents were martyrs and contributed to the village, a villager who wants to go to ninja school has to pay tuition.

In addition, there is a very important condition, which is to have ninja qualifications.

This important condition, Kirito already has, this is after he absorbed the memories of the original host, he learned that the Shinobi who saved him found out that the original host has ninja qualification. He decided to bring him back to Konoha.

Originally, this Shinobi wanted to adopt Kirito, but unfortunately, he had already died on the battlefield half a year ago, and the inheritance naturally belonged to the relatives of the other party.

Therefore, the only thing Kirito Tosaka lacked at the moment was tuition.

He had asked the old matron about this and had received an answer of one hundred thousand dollars per year.

Since the orphanage's monthly expenses were only 10,000 ryo, Kirito Tosaka knew that it was unrealistic to rely on the orphanage to subsidize his enrollment, and that he would have to rely on himself.

But how was he going to earn 100,000 ryo as a child of only 6 years old?

"Dean, look, look, we caught a lot of fish."

Suddenly, a happy voice came from the direction of the courtyard gate.

The old dean immediately questioned the voice and looked around, a blonde girl with fair skin and outstanding appearance appeared in her eyes, the girl was happily carrying a dozen or so fish tied up on grass ropes, beside her were two younger boys, also carrying a dozen or so fish in their hands.

The appearance of the trio immediately attracted the attention of the children in the courtyard, and when they saw the fish in the girl's hands, each of them joyfully ran up and surrounded the trio, looking at the fish with curiosity and eagerness.

At that moment, Kirito Tosaka also looked at the trio, or to be more precise, at the fat-looking fish in the hands of the trio.

He closed the boring book called "Will of Fire" in his hand and followed the group to the trio.

Not surprisingly, there was fish for dinner today.

"Nono, where did you find so many fish, you didn't go to the river to catch them, did you?"

The old dean asked as she quickly stepped in front of the blonde girl, her face not half as joyful as it had been, but showing a worried expression instead.

It was true that there were many fish in the river near the orphanage, but the river was inhabited by many dangerous creatures, such as snakes and fish that were frighteningly large and could eat a person in one bite.

Of course, these large creatures could be easily handled by Shinobi, but if an ordinary person encountered them, it would be death, not to mention a few children who had little fighting ability.

"Grandma Abbess, don't worry, we caught them with traps in the shallow waters of the lower reaches of the river, there is no danger."

Yakushi Nono looked at the old dean with clear eyes and said with a smile.

"With a trap?"

The old dean wondered.

"That's right, Grandma Abbess, Nono is so smart, she used stones and branches to make a trap in a certain shallow area where the water section is narrow, and all those fish voluntarily go into the trap, so from now on we can have something to eat every day."

A certain boy said happily.

The other boy hurriedly nodded his head, then bragged about how they made the trap.

When the old dean heard the two boys' explanations, she was immediately convinced because Nono was a very smart child with a good mind and also very opinionated, and both boys were very straightforward and good children who couldn't possibly lie to her.

"Well done, we'll have fish soup and grilled fish tonight."

The old dean said with relief.

When the children heard that they would have fish soup and grilled fish for dinner, and that they would not have to eat the wild vegetable rice balls that had little flavor, they all cheered happily and wore happy smiles on their faces.

At that moment, Nono secretly looked at Kirito and winked at him.

Kirito's face was just as normal, but he raised two fingers to Nono, who gently nodded.

Time passed and evening descended.

The happy laughter of the children came from the orphanage, they were all talking and laughing at the moment as they ate their usual rare treat, even though this treat was just a grilled fish and a bowl of light fish soup, it still made them eat very happily.

After Kirito ate the grilled fish clean, he picked up his own bowl of fish soup.

Since there were no fishy ingredients in the soup, the steaming fish soup smelled strongly of fish.

In response, Kirito was still willing to drink all the fish soup in the bowl and ate the fish flesh in the soup, showing an expression of dissatisfaction, his eyes unconsciously looking at the blonde girl across from him, her bowl of fish soup.

Nono Yakushi, the first friend he had made in the orphanage after his transition.

Kirito didn't know much about this friend except that she would be absorbed by the Roots in the future, but because of her kind nature she couldn't stand the darkness within the Roots and broke away on her own, then became the director of the orphanage and later took in one of the big villains of the later stages of the story.

She met a tragic end, being assassinated by Roots and dying at the hands of Kabuto.

Her death has a huge impact on Kabuto's life.

As a friend, Kirito hopes that she will have a good end, as he found her to be very reliable, not to mention good looking and very smart.

For example, fishing traps, he just briefly explained the method of fishing traps to her today, and the other party made it without any problems, as well as reading and literacy, he had the soul of an adult, and learned thousands of words in a week, and the other party accomplished it in five days.

Proper civilian genius, as long as to give her a little resources, in the future to become a unique ninja is not a problem.

This kind of reliable friend, Kirito didn't want her to be ruined in the hands of Danzo.

Nono quickly noticed Kirito's eyes and she picked up the fish soup and drank it all in one gulp under Kirito's expectant gaze, then gave him a happy smile and continued to eat her portion of the grilled fish slowly and methodically.

"I'm full."

Kirito said as he stuck his tongue out at Nono.

This friend was not reliable at all.