Chapter 71: Isn't Sage Mode Good?
The Chunin Exams basically concluded at this point.
Uchiha Itachi retracted the Amaterasu black flames, looked up at Yamato not far away, and spread his hands, "Surrender, Senior..."
"..."
Yamato looked at the scorched marks on the ground in disbelief, questioning his life. This Wood Style was probably a bit fake!
It was one thing to not be able to beat Kakashi Hatake, but to be unable to defeat even a si...
Chapter 70: Wood Style and Mangekyo Sharingan
The Chunin Exam combat assessment was still ongoing, but the pace was getting faster and faster, until the ninja squad sent by Danzo Shimura finally met Uchiha Itachi.
It was still the unremarkable Uchiha style taijutsu. Itachi's palm never left his opponent's fingers, pinning them down and not allowing him to release any ninjutsu, not even the Substitution Jutsu that could be formed with a single seal…
O...
Chapter 69: If the Chunin Exams Continue Like This, There's No Point in Holding Them…
A giant crow hovered in the air, carrying a little girl spectator, occasionally letting out a few calls, providing an unpleasant musical background for the battle on the field.
The head proctor on the stage stared with a pair of dead-fish eyes, looking up at the sky from time to time. Regarding this matter of proctoring the exam... even through his mask, one could see his ...
Chapter 68: Let Me Reiterate
Itachi's Chunin Exams, even though Fugaku and Mikoto knew the outcome, they couldn't possibly miss it. They had never missed a single moment of Itachi growing up.
Fugaku, ever the calm and steady one, asked, "How were the results? Even with Kakashi Hatake proctoring, you should be able to pass, right?"
Does the Konoha Military Police Captain also think Kakashi Hatake is unreliable as a head proctor? Indeed, not very reliabl...
Chapter 67: Kakashi Hatake, the Mind-Game Master
The Hidden Mist invasion incident was declared over. Although Konoha didn't capture Kisame Hoshigaki, they did kill the Hidden Mist ANBU Captain. This battle record was, by all accounts, presentable.
The two who had contributed the most were, however, both Uchiha. Even though Danzo Shimura knew they were the moderate faction promoted by Hiruzen Sarutobi, he couldn't help but grimace.
Uchiha Shisui, at th...
Chapter 66: I Was Joking, Don't Pester Us
In reality, Kitahara had no intention of inducing Kisame Hoshigaki's surrender. Its main purpose was to cause trouble for Uchiha Obito.
Kisame Hoshigaki's own honest and straightforward character made him relatively easy to trust. Kitahara just treated him as a nail placed casually, to be used for getting under someone's skin.
The thought of a future Uchiha Obito attempting to recruit Kisame, only to be backsta...
Chapter 65: Inducing Surrender
Might Guy heard another ninja join the battlefield and subconsciously turned his head to search for the figure of a Konoha ninja, "Is it... support from the village?"
He had opened the sixth of the Eight Inner Gates, the Gate of Joy, to persistently chase Fuguki Suikazan. His body and mind had long reached their limits. It was only after scanning around and around that he saw the Konoha headband on the short Uchiha Itachi's head...
Chapter 64: Fiery Youth
Ibiki Morino's arrangement was very reasonable: one overt and one covert guard detail along the route. However, his reputation in the Torture and Interrogation Unit was too well-known; almost no one who fell into his hands failed to talk.
Kisame Hoshigaki was not yet aware of Ibiki Morino's promotion. He only knew that Ibiki was an elite of Konoha's Torture and Interrogation Unit, and that was enough to make him take a desperate risk.<...
Chapter 63: The Slap in the Face Always Comes Too Fast
Kitahara definitely wouldn't stay put. After all, the overwhelming smell of blood was too pungent; this behavior was truly a disgrace to the crow species.
Uchiha Shisui was taking his little brother to hand over the captives. A dozen or so Mist Cipher Division members were handed over to Ibiki Morino, with one Kisame Hoshigaki thrown in as a bonus.
Because the support troops were completely wiped o...
Chapter 62: The Advancing Fuguki Suikazan
When Uchiha Itachi returned, he saw the crow glaring at Kisame Hoshigaki. The shark-faced young man's head was bowed, covered in sweat... His state wasn't quite right.
Kisame Hoshigaki gritted his teeth, "Four Limbs Heavy Seal…"
The chakra in his body had entered a state of stagnant circulation. He couldn't cast any powerful ninjutsu that consumed too much chakra; basically, besides taijutsu, he had no other ...
Chapter 61: The Crow That Only Used One Move
Uchiha Shisui's nervousness really wasn't contagious. The little ninja he wanted to entrust the future to blankly raised his head, watching the crow fly higher and higher from the branches.
It wasn't flying fast, but with every bit of altitude it gained, its body became larger and larger... This stemmed from an overabundance of sage art chakra, causing an increase in the beast's body size.
Kitahara wasn't qu...
Chapter 60: The Crow Is Surprisingly Considerate Today!
Kisame Hoshigaki's words dealt a huge shock to Uchiha Itachi and Shisui. Killing all of one's peers, isn't this kind of graduation exam a bit too... cruel?
But behind this incident, the Hidden Mist Village's graduation assessment method of mutual slaughter came to an end. The Fourth Mizukage, under the pressure that the event might be repeated, would be forced to change the Ninja Academy's graduation exa...
Chapter 59: The Bloody Mist Has No Comrades
In the deep night forest, a large bonfire was lit, dispelling the darkness and cold. The captives, of varying ages, sat together in a circle.
Their expressions were a bit awkward. Having lived for so many years, they ended up being captured by two child ninjas from Konoha…
Kisame Hoshigaki was expressionless. He had really learned something today; Konoha was truly rich and overbearing... to actually send tw...
Chapter 58: Shisui, the Finisher
When Uchiha Itachi and Shisui noticed this squad of Mist ninjas, they perceived the strangeness of their team composition; they looked like a group of Mist ninjas with very special identities.
Shisui immediately judged their value. Moreover, the guard ninja at the tail of the team was not well-known, and the others didn't look like proper ninjas... The two decided to take down this Hidden Mist squad first.
Uchiha Shisui...
Chapter 57: The Ninja Who Always Forms Hand Seals Seriously
The Land of Water is isolated overseas. Its closed geographical environment also makes the people living there reject the outside world, and the Land of Water has thus gradually become isolated by other countries. Especially since the Fourth Mizukage took office, he dispatched a large number of ninjas to expel outsiders, and fewer and fewer merchants have been going to the Land of Water.
The Land of ...
Chapter 56: The Teaming Up of Two Uchiha
Jiraiya was a bit panicked. He had always maintained a good image in front of his disciple... This diary written by Orochimaru greatly damaged his reputation.
What Orochimaru's notebook recorded, although they were all trivial matters from the Sannin's youth... most of it was Jiraiya's past dark history.
"This..."
Itachi felt that if he said he hadn't seen it, it would truly insult his teacher's intellige...
Chapter 55: The Exposed Notebook
Jiraiya was just making a routine notification to his disciple. As a ninja possessing Sage Mode, he was clear that Itachi's strength could easily handle and pass... This stemmed from confidence in his abilities.
However, ten years later, Jiraiya would despairingly discover something: even some ninjas who had activated Sage Mode might remain at the Genin level, and there might even be a rule prohibiting the use of Sage Mode in ...
Chapter 54: Not Just Anyone Can Be Konoha's Scapegoat King
Plans change faster than they are made.
Especially since this era hadn't yet reached the ninja world history timeline Kitahara was familiar with. So, sometimes, predicting the future was still more reliably done by the old folks at Mount Myoboku…
Last night, the crow had incited the little boy to strive for the dream of becoming Hokage, and it itself was ambitiously wanting to achieve somethi...
Chapter 53: Need Some Attendant Crows
ANBU is the watershed between elite ninjas and ordinary squads. Every ANBU member is one of Konoha's finest. Whether on the battlefield or behind enemy lines, ANBU can be called the pillar of a ninja village.
The threshold for Konoha's ANBU is very high. How high?
Might Guy couldn't get in even by pulling strings and using connections... His fiery enthusiasm was truly unsuitable for ANBU.
It could also be co...
Chapter 52: The Promise Between Father and Son
Teach your son in public, teach your wife in private. Then how should one teach a daughter?
Uncle Teuchi pulled his daughter to the back. Separated by the door curtain, he began to earnestly persuade her, yet his voice couldn't escape the ears of Uchiha Itachi and Kitahara... It was unknown whether this counted as in public or in private.
Truly worthy of being the owner of Ichiraku Ramen, he had some skill...
Chapter 51: The Quarrel Between Father and Daughter
Uchiha Itachi squatted in a corner, sobbing...
In the throes of great sorrow and joy, he didn't know what he had obtained. Even if he knew, he probably wouldn't care... He had just said he never wanted this kind of power, yet he obtained it right after leaving the house?
Wouldn't that be too much of a slap in the face...
The three-tomoe Sharingan in Itachi's eyes gradually spun wildly like a pi...
Chapter 50: That Person Will Only Be Me
In reality, Kitahara had overestimated its own cub's stubbornness. He hadn't fully mastered Sage Mode at all. After great effort spreading a pair of wings, pitch-black feathers gradually began to cover his entire body.
Uchiha Itachi's expression changed slightly for an instant... He was just a little bit off... Even so, the cub's progress was indeed significant. At the very least, Jiraiya couldn't absorb enough natural ...
Chapter 49: Power That Isn't Needed
If one day you meet a girl whose heart and eyes are completely filled with you, would you... snatch all her Three-Color Dango? Not even sparing the taiyaki in her food bag?
Kitahara stared blankly at their way of interacting...
Having not seen each other for a while, Uchiha Izumi talked non-stop about things at the Ninja Academy. The little boy's mouth didn't stop either, occasionally nodding with narrowed eyes. It w...
Chapter 48: Cub, You're Really... Enough!
Some things, if you try to hide them, you can't. It's better to spit them out early.
Much of Konoha's secret intelligence was kept from the middle and lower-ranking ninjas for the sake of stability. But if it were also kept from Jiraiya, that would practically signify distrust. The Third Hokage didn't intend to conceal the intelligence provided by Danzo.
However, he couldn't possibly directly expose his old fri...
Chapter 47: You Can Absolutely Trust a Crow
No boasting, no dissing, Danzo Shimura is truly formidable.
At the very least, his ability to fabricate stories is formidable.
Not only did he take credit for what Kitahara did, but he also found ways to make the lies plausible, even creating intelligence for a non-existent character, and surprisingly, he actually found someone similar!
By the way, this rogue ninja's name is very distinctive, making Ki...
Chapter 46: The New S-Rank Rogue Ninja
Jiraiya discovered a refreshing new drink he really liked: lemonade. Its sweet and sour taste was just like his mood.
During this period, he once again experienced that feeling of a genius disciple making a teacher feel at a loss... Only the casual chats after dinner each night could help him regain some confidence.
The problem was, what he taught was no different from what a Chunin teacher at the Ninja Academy ta...
Chapter 45: Jiraiya, Have Some Lemon! (Translator's Note: "Have a lemon" is slang for feeling jealous.)
When facing unknown things, one must always maintain reverence and humility towards nature. If one thinks with an inertial mindset, it's very easy to suffer a great loss.
For example, a certain Hokage often suffered the disdainful glares of his wife's family. Unaware of the truth, one might think the husband was incompetent!
Jiraiya made a huge mista...
Chapter 44: Go Ask Someone Called Gamamaru
Don't be too eager to ingest energy, especially high-calorie energy. If you don't exercise much, it's easy to get fat.
Kitahara's body rapidly expanded due to the imbalance of natural energy and Yin-Yang Release, looking round and quite festive...
Soon its height surpassed Jiraiya's. Uchiha Itachi, at a loss, stroked the crow's feathers, and with a slight exertion, actually felt a fleshy sensation...
"K...
Chapter 43: Crow Sage… What the Heck Is That!
Usually, when a family's cub makes a major mistake, the parents mostly gift them a "toxic beating" package. The outcome of the matter might be irreversible, but the parents' moods become much more pleasant.
Perhaps this is also a part of parenting... It's touching.
Fukasaku and Shima looked at Gamabunta lying there, covered in wounds, and could only let it off for now. They had more important matters... s...
Chapter 42: Let Me Tell You a Mythological Story
The crow's super-condensed Tailed Beast Bomb might belong to that category of lonely ultimate moves... all skills completely missed.
That's not entirely accurate either. The originally densely forested hills on the land disappeared, replaced by a huge artificial lake... Kitahara secretly praised itself; this move was truly good, very beneficial to the people.
Back in the day, a certain country was wealth...
