Learning the Situation

The harsh sunlight from outside shone into the tree hollow, causing Danzo's eyelids to flutter.

With a start, he abruptly woke up from his unconsciousness and leaped to his feet.

He hadn't expected that the amplification from activating the skills this time would put such a burden on his body.

[Main Attribute Panel]

Name: Shimura Danzo

Age: Twenty-one years old.

Strength: B

Body: B

Speed: A+

Spirit: A+

Skills:

Strength Amplification (Activated) Critical Hit (Passive Skill) Damage Amplification (Not Activated)

Body Amplification (Activated) Endurance Amplification (Passive Skill) Brass Body (Not Activated)

Speed Amplification (Activated) Sprint (Active Skill) Potential Unleash (Not Activated)

Spirit Amplification (Activated) Mental Resistance (Passive Skill) Mental Projection (Not Activated)

Skill Points: 83

Looking at the four newly activated skills on the skill panel, Danzo clenched his fist, causing it to crack.

The changes in his body were extremely obvious; he could clearly feel that whether it was strength or other aspects, they were much stronger than before.

The activation of the four skills allowed his Strength and Body to advance from the original C-rank to B-rank, surpassing the B- rank, and possessing a more powerful level.

While Speed and Spirit had also improved, the extent of the improvement was not enough to enter a new rank.

In his current state, coupled with these skills, Danzo finally had the power to protect himself.

In the upcoming battles, he could fight alongside others, and when he made a name for himself, he would gain even more skill points.

The passive skill Critical Hit allowed Danzo to have a 20% chance to deal critical hit damage with each close-quarters attack while the skill was active.

Endurance Amplification enhanced his shortcomings in terms of physical fitness, giving him even greater physical fitness than the original body had in its youth.

With the passive skill Mental Resistance, Danzo could be immune to most mental attacks, such as genjutsu, or the Yamanaka Clan's Mind Body Switch Technique.

The only active skill among the four, Sprint, allowed Danzo to increase his speed by 20% for one hour, with a cooldown time of one day.

The four skills made up for most of his shortcomings.

Currently, he still had eighty-three skill points, just over ten points short of activating the next stage of skills.

As Danzo had expected, the skill points required for each stage of his skill activation would increase tenfold.

He wondered if the population of this world was sufficient to push all these skills to their ultimate level.

Danzo looked outside with some concern. The population of the Shinobi World was already small, and wars occurred frequently, wiping out large numbers of people with each conflict. It seemed he had to control the population appropriately, lest everyone be killed off, and his role as a good person would come to an end.

After stretching his muscles a bit, Danzo came outside and asked Might Guy, who was guarding the tree cave, "How long has it been?"

"Danzo-sama!"

Might Guy exclaimed in surprise, having waited somewhat impatiently for the past few days.

However, he glanced at Danzo with a puzzled look, feeling that the person before him seemed to have changed somehow, but he still respectfully replied, "It has been three days since you entered the tree cave."

"Three days?"

Danzo frowned, not expecting that activating the skill would take so long. However, he soon noticed the Anbu Ninja still waiting quietly outside, and his heart settled down slightly.

Since Kakashi was still here, the situation on the front lines should be fine.

Kakashi's silver hair was too eye-catching, and coupled with him squatting there reading a book, it was difficult for Danzo not to recognize him.

"Let the Anbu outside come in," Danzo said to the Root Ninja who were away from this side.

A Root Ninja flashed to Kakashi's side, said a few words, and then led Kakashi to Danzo.

As Kakashi with his silver hair approached, Might Guy eagerly asked, "Are you Kakashi?"

As the self-proclaimed lifelong rival, Might Guy's observation of Kakashi was meticulous. Merely wearing a mask did not prevent him from recognizing his buddy.

Kakashi scratched his head somewhat awkwardly, it seemed that his muscular friend, although brainwashed by Danzo, was still as foolish as before.

This was still a mission, yet he had exposed his identity like that.

"How is the situation now?" Danzo interjected, glancing at the embarrassed Kakashi and the already convinced Might Guy.

"Regarding Danzo-sama's departure from the team, I have already reported it to the Hokage, and the Hokage advisors have led many people to the front lines to take over your position." Kakashi said with a tense body, ready to Shunshin away at the slightest sign of trouble.

Having worked under Danzo, Kakashi knew very well what kind of person Danzo was.

Since he had disrupted his plans, Danzo would definitely not let it go easily.

Danzo nodded, not surprised that Kakashi had snitched on him. After learning that he had been unconscious for three days, he had already prepared himself.

There were only two Hokage advisors, Koharu was a medical ninja, so the one leading the team from Konoha should be Mitokado Homura.

After figuring this out, Danzo asked again, "What is the current situation with the Cloud Village?"

"The people of Cloud Village are retreating steadily and have already retreated to Si Ming Mountain and are surrounded." Kakashi reported what he knew, but his expression was somewhat surprised, not expecting Danzo to so easily gloss over his snitching.

Danzo's brow relaxed, which was in line with his expectations, but he then asked, "Then what is the relationship between their three teams?"

This was a point he was more worried about before activating the skill.

Apart from Ryoma, the other two leaders were both intelligent and had their own ideas.

When facing different enemies, they could fight separately, but now that the people of Cloud Village were forced to retreat, they only had one goal.

He had left, so who held the decision-making power?

Danzo's heart was filled with a bad premonition.

Just as Danzo was worried, in a dense forest not far from Si Ming Mountain.

"Hizashi, the Cloud Village ninjas ahead seem a bit off," Fugaku said, frowning as he looked at the Cloud Village ninjas who had been keeping a certain distance behind them.

"It's fine, as long as we don't clash with the main force on the other side, the Cloud Village teams in this area are not worth mentioning." Hizashi Hyuga said confidently. Leading such a large team for the first time, and winning repeatedly, he felt that he was no longer the Hizashi Hyuga of three days ago.

In the past three days, the nearby Cloud Village ninjas had either been killed or retreated to Si Ming Mountain, all of which were war merits.

The Cloud Village team retreating towards Si Ming Mountain in front of them was also found by Hizashi Hyuga with great difficulty.

Looking at the high-spirited Hizashi Hyuga, Fugaku was filled with disdain. He stepped back and said to the ninjas he led, "Everyone, stand by."

"Since Brother Hizashi is so confident, then I'll give you this war merit."

Obviously, he, Fugaku, did not intend to follow in Hizashi Hyuga's footsteps. He had already reminded him of what he should, and although the relationship between the two clans was not very good, they were still from the same village, so he had done his best.