A huge tree over ten meters tall stood in the middle of the forest. Not far from here lay the famous ninja village of Konoha.
Scattered wooden huts dotted the surrounding outskirts.
Konoha was powerful, but that didn't mean every Konoha resident could live inside the village.
Especially someone like Gong Yi, a war orphan with no one to rely on and no money. Naturally, he couldn't live in the safest place: the village itself.
Besides, as someone who had crossed into this world, he didn't trust anyone until he had enough strength to protect himself.
Especially that crowd in Konoha!
The extreme Uchiha Clan, the hypocritical Third Hokage, the sinister and cunning Danzo, the arrogant Hyuga Clan...
With Gong Yi's current strength, he couldn't stand against any of them.
Gong Yi opened his eyes and let out a long breath.
Feeling the energy within his body, a look of delight flashed in his eyes.
"So this is Chakra?"
It was faint, but a weak stream of energy was indeed flowing through his body.
Having watched the entire Naruto anime, Gong Yi knew that Chakra was formed by combining physical and spiritual energy.
His current body was only four years old, but Gong Yi himself had once possessed the mental strength of an adult in his twenties.
The benefit of that immense mental strength was precise control over Chakra.
After entering the Ninja Academy not long ago, Gong Yi had successfully obtained the Chakra Training Manual.
After studying it carefully, he had finally managed to cultivate his own Chakra today!
"This should count as fast. The other kids my age don't have mental strength like mine, and they don't work as hard either. I train my Chakra every day without fail."
Muttering to himself, Gong Yi began making long-term plans for his career as a ninja.
He was just a war orphan taken in by Konoha. He had no bloodline, no clan backing, and certainly no connections.
To survive in the cruel Shinobi World, he had to follow the most reliable path, one that left no room for error.
He knew very well what it meant to be a war orphan. Konoha might have raised him, but that didn't make the village a good place.
Among the thousands of ninja on every battlefield, not all were Jonin, Chunin, or clan ninjas with powerful bloodlines.
The vast majority were lower-ranked ninjas, and many of them were nothing more than cannon fodder!
Kabuto, a Naruto character Gong Yi knew well, was a typical example.
A war orphan, trained to become a spy, then a double agent, and eventually forced to turn against the head of the orphanage he respected most.
In the end, Kabuto was driven down a dead-end path and joined forces with the Masked Man to orchestrate the Fourth Shinobi World War, which shook the Shinobi World!
Gong Yi didn't want to become a spy or cannon fodder. He had to rise to a position of power and decide his own fate!
Should he focus on Ninjutsu? Genjutsu? Or perhaps Taijutsu?
As for forbidden techniques, Gong Yi didn't give them much thought. He had no way to access them.
Senjutsu was too difficult, and not something he could consider at this stage.
Just as Gong Yi was preparing to calmly plan his path as a ninja, a voice suddenly rang out in his mind.
Ding!
"Host has successfully cultivated Chakra. Ninja Scholar System activated!"
"Beginning host assessment."
"Age: 4
Ninja Rank: Has not yet attained Genin
Physique: 5 points
Mental Strength: 30 points
Chakra's Basic Attributes: Wind, Lightning, Water, Fire, Earth; Strongest Attribute—Earth
Weapons: None
Scholar Points: 0 (Scholar Points can be exchanged for Scholar Skills or used to raise Scholar Rank.)
Scholar Rank: 0
Scholar Skills: 0
Current Research Topics: 0
Mission System preparing to launch
Newbie Gift Pack preparing to be issued"
Gong Yi gaped, his face full of surprise.
Had his cheat finally arrived?
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