"Hiruzen, hand Hanekawa over to me!"Danzo Shimura's face was grim as he got straight to the point. "He's too dangerous! He could be a spy from the Hidden Cloud Village!"
"He's not."Hiruzen Sarutobi tapped his pipe lightly and replied calmly.
"Don't forget what happened with Kushina being kidnapped by the Cloud Village before!"Danzo snorted coldly, his warning sharp. "Hanekawa is an orphan adopted by Nonou Yakushi. He should join Root from the start."
"Are you trying to tell me how to do my job?"Hiruzen's eyes narrowed slightly. "Remember, the orphanage is Konoha's, not Root's."
Danzo's face reddened with anger. He opened his mouth: "Hiruzen, you—"
"Are you saying I'll regret this?"Hiruzen cut him off. "I won't regret it."
Danzo faltered, words failing him, his mind in disarray.Damn Hiruzen… is this part of your plan too?Should I be congratulating you? You've learned to answer first, all my lines!
He wanted to say, I'm the Hokage, but he couldn't.
Bang!Danzo stormed out, furious. He took a few steps, then turned back. "Hiruzen, you'll regret this!"
After saying it, his mood lightened somewhat.
"…."Hiruzen watched the empty doorway and shook his head. Being the Hokage's aide was simple—you just needed to talk back. Being the Hokage himself, however, required far more thought.
"Harui, have someone replace the door. Charge it to Danzo's account."Hiruzen lowered his gaze to the folder on the table containing Hanekawa's information.
Hanekawa, male, six years old, a war orphan adopted by Yakushi Nonou. During a ninja assessment by the Yamanaka clan, he displayed terrifying spiritual power.
Investigation revealed it wasn't due to a pre-implanted spy technique, but simply a matter of innate spiritual energy. Despite no prior training, his spiritual power exceeded that of his peers by several times.
"Nonou is Danzo's subordinate. He can't live at the orphanage."Hiruzen murmured thoughtfully.
Yin techniques represent spiritual power, such as the Yamanaka and Nara clans' secret arts, or the Sharingan. Secret clan techniques are never taught to outsiders—unless you're a civilian ninja.
"Akai Yuuhi."Hiruzen's mind shifted.
Akai Yuuhi, a civilian jōnin skilled in genjutsu, also instructs chūnin and genin—perfect for Hanekawa's guidance.
Hanekawa awoke abruptly, his whole body aching. It felt like he'd been hit by a truck—or worse, trampled by dozens of young women.
He stared at the unfamiliar ceiling and instinctively scanned the room, confusion written across his face.
Where am I? Is this even my room?Where are my Rin Tohsaka, Celestine, Tsunade, and Tifa figurines?
As he drifted in and out of consciousness, something forcefully surged into his mind, triggering a flood of memories.
He had transmigrated—or rather, awakened memories of a previous life.
Good news: he was in Konoha.Hanekawa had read Naruto, and in the chaotic ninja world, Konoha was comparatively safe. A little caution, waiting for a powered-up Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha to save the world—maybe he could survive until the finale.
Bad news: he was a spy from the Hidden Cloud Village.Born in the Cloud Village for his sharp wits, he was selected as a spy to gather intelligence in Konoha.
Soon, he faced his first trial: a ninja assessment.In Konoha, the Yamanaka clan's secret arts could make corpses speak—let alone the living. During the exam, he fainted.
Hanekawa's sweat poured as he thought of it. Had he been exposed?What's the fate of an undercover agent? Even Infernal Affairs recorded it.
At that moment, lines of text appeared in his vision.
[System loading…][You have activated the Ninja Attribute System.][Meet specific conditions to unlock attributes; some special attributes can be synthesized into higher-level ones.][Attributes are ranked E, D, C, B, A, S; grouped into Ninjutsu, Tools, and Talent.]
"Huh?"Hanekawa's eyes widened. His cheat system had activated?
As a genin without lineage, secret arts, or clan abilities, survival in the ninja world was nearly impossible. Now, finally, there was hope. A smile tugged at his lips.
He studied the system and found it simple—a single attribute panel showing the traits he'd acquired.
[A-rank Talent Attribute: Infiltrator][Trigger: Beginner Gift Pack][Effect: When others probe, your memories are falsified.][Note: Cannot be synthesized.]
Perfect. A classic beginner's gift pack. Hanekawa exhaled, relieved. No more worrying about Yamanaka techniques.
[C-rank Talent Attribute: Innate Full Soul][Trigger: Two-life soul fusion][Effect: Yin technique talent enhanced by 100%][Note: Cannot be synthesized.]
Why wasn't this Blue Silver… no, Wood Release? Hanekawa fell silent. Yin techniques were tricky. He had no Sharingan, wasn't Yamanaka or Nara—should he study genjutsu? But genjutsu users were on a different level.
Akai Yuuhi had trained her entire life in genjutsu—not nearly as versatile as an Uchiha opening their eyes.
Best to eat first. Hunger struck hard, and regret followed.
"Damn it! My holy sword!"Hanekawa remembered staying up late in his previous life playing dueling games—blink, and a whole lifetime had passed. He didn't know what his past self had been like; if missing, his phone might have been hacked. The thought alone made him blush.
The door opened.Hanekawa instinctively looked up at the girl entering.
Calling her a girl wasn't quite right—she was a perfectly carved little lady, with striking ruby-red eyes that caught his attention immediately.
Who is she? Where am I?This definitely wasn't the orphanage—he remembered all the children there.
But this was good news. The orphanage director, Yakushi Nonou, answered to Danzo. If he was watched by Root, he'd be in deep trouble.
"You're awake?"Akai Yuuhi smiled brightly. "I'm Akai Yuuhi."
"Hanekawa."Hanekawa relaxed at the sight of her smile.
Akai Yuuhi, as he recalled, had married Asuma Sarutobi in the original story and eventually became a widow.
"Can we go?"She paused. "I'll take you to my father; he'll explain everything."
"Sure."Hanekawa climbed out of bed, calculating silently. Akai Yuuhi's father was Akai Masaki. Not exactly Danzo's subordinate.
As a genjutsu jōnin, most orders he followed would come from Hiruzen Sarutobi, not Minato Namikaze—Akai Yuuhi was too young for the Fourth Hokage's era.
Though controversial, Hiruzen had devoted his life to Konoha, far more benevolent than Danzo—at least he wouldn't seal curses on private areas.
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