Naruto: From Spy to Hokage

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This system... is it for real?

Any normal person hearing this opening would likely have this life-changing question floating in their head. As for Sawara Kiri, the person directly involved, he frantically tapped at the system panel like someone desperately grasping at straws.

Fortunately, the system panel that appeared before his eyes looked surprisingly normal.

[Personal Information]

[Name: Sawara Kiri / Ren **** ]

[Age: 15]

[Talents: Photographic Memory (B), Bloodline Limit (A)]

[Abilities: Water Release (A), Lightning Release (A+), Fire Release (B), Taijutsu (B+), Genjutsu (A), Fūinjutsu (D+), Bukijutsu (C+)]

[Overall Rating: B+]

[Heart Knot Points: 0]

[System Evaluation: At your age with only this level of strength, how do you sleep at night?! If you can't turn the entire Shinobi World into your playground, the burly Raikage's family will come take turns turning you into a meat paste instead. Do you understand the severity of the situation?!]

If you ignored the somewhat excessive evaluation, the panel's contents were quite concise.

The talents and abilities were easy to understand. If the overall rating referred to combat ability, then this 'B+' rating probably equated to the level of new generation Jōnin like young Kakashi Hatake or Neji Hyuga from the future, or some particularly outstanding Special Jōnin. Sawara Kiri had a fairly clear understanding of his ability range.

In that case, 'B' would be equivalent to Special Jōnin level, while 'A' would be normal Jōnin level combat ability?

The only thing worth noting was the [Heart Knot Points].

Sawara Kiri thought for a moment and tried to mentally interact with this attribute.

No response.

Obviously, he would have to figure out how to obtain these points on his own.

After closing the personal information, a new option appeared on the previously blank panel.

[Wish Pool]

[Available Draws: 1]

The contents that could be drawn from this [Wish Pool] were divided into [Talents] and [Abilities]. Before drawing, one could choose to specify a direction among [Attack], [Survival], [Perception] and [Special] allowing you to obtain abilities from any past ACG, Movies or TV shows.

And this system doesn't even explain what these four categories are. They probably should be:

[Attack] - Abilities purely for offensive purposes, enhancing my combat strength and destructive potential.

[Survival] - Likely anything necessary for me to survive in the moment of drawing. Looks powerful, but needs further test.

[Perception] - Perception-based skills, like sensory abilities or the Uzumaki Clan's Kagura Mind's Eye, to heighten awareness.

[Special] - Unique abilities like Bloodline Limits, something like the Rinnegan, or even powerful items like the Holy Lance Rhongomyniad or Muramasa.

The abilities obtained through draws could be further enhanced using Heart Knot Points.

A very game like setting.

However, apart from the initial free draw given as a newcomer gift, additional draws would require consuming [Heart Knot Points]."

Although Sawara Kiri didn't yet know exactly what [Heart Knot Points] were, he could roughly guess some information from the name, perhaps it involved resolving the inner needs of people around him, or helping with their troubles?

Kiri made this speculation. However, based on his simple first impression of this system, he felt... things might not be that straightforward.

"Well, let's do one draw first."

With this complex feeling of 'life and death are up to fate, wealth and honor are in heaven's hands', Sawara Kiri clicked the draw option.

The first directional choice wasn't hard to decide. For fragile people like them who would die whether stabbed by a kunai or burned by a fire jutsu, nothing was more important than survival.

[Direction: Survival]

[Cost: 1]

[System Description: Let's fucking go!]

Under the system's crude language and Sawara Kiri's nervous expectant gaze, the blank screen flashed.

Skipping even the most basic poor special effects, a line of standard MS Mincho font text appeared on the blank screen.

[Ability Obtained]

[Limitless - First Stage - Six Eyes (S)]

[Information localization complete]

[Six Eyes: Possesses 360-degree ultra-long-distance vision, ability to sense chakra, see through hand seals, directly track/predict chakra trajectories, and assist the holder in precise chakra manipulation.]

[Upgradeable with Heart Knot Points.]

"Oh! Not bad."

"But why only part of it?"

Sawara Kiri had just seen his drawn ability and couldn't help but exclaim, but unfortunately his smile only made it halfway before stopping.

The [Limitless] from 'Jujutsu Kaisen' is a technique which brings the concept of 'Infinity' into reality, allowing the user to manipulate and distort space at will.

It was the signature technique of Gojo Satoru in the original work, perfectly meeting the survival requirements.

Even in the Naruto world, few Shinobi Jutsu could break through it. The only two with any threatening potential were the space-time Ninjutsu 'Flying Thunder God Technique' and the Mangekyo Sharingan's 'Kamui'.

However, if he only got part of it...

He was still somewhat unsatisfied.

Having already transmigrated, who wouldn't hope for an even bigger cheat ability?

Sawara Kiri sighed quietly.

Just as he was thinking this, all the text on the panel fully appeared.

Almost at the same instant.

"Buzz."

Sawara Kiri's entire brain was filled with suddenly increased information.

In that moment, his thoughts froze.

If someone had been standing in front of him then, they would have seen his azure pupils suddenly dilate, as if inadvertently dotted with countless stars, their divine light intimidating.

At that moment, his vision suddenly crossed countless barriers, like the Hyuga clan's Byakugan, presenting a 360-degree three-dimensional view without blind spots. It penetrated through surrounding walls, tiles, curtains, and reached straight to several kilometers away.

Everything he saw was crystal clear.

The oden food cart passing on the distant street, the 50 Ryō coin fallen in the corner of a telephone pole, the training kunai someone had left on the training grounds, birds nesting in the forest, fish jumping out of the river surface, and even the female shinobi who had stuffed three layers under her clothes pretending to be voluptuous...

Even though his brain still retained rationality, these countless scenes appearing in his vision still gave him a sudden illusion of 'omniscience', as if looking down from above like a god.

Everything within sight was clear.

At this moment, Sawara Kiri somewhat understood that seemingly inexplicable arrogance of the Hyuga clan members.

I can see every mole on your wife's body clear as day, yet you dare oppose me?!

They were truly extraordinary people.

However, before his vision could expand further outward.

A violent pain suddenly struck his brain.

Following that, his eyes felt as if they were being stabbed by needles - intense pain and darkness, while his field of vision rapidly contracted back to normal human range.

"Urgh..."

Sawara Kiri immediately fell to his knees, both hands clutching his temples, breathing heavily.

Damn it, he had been careless.

Although his brain was still dizzy and his consciousness not too clear, he quickly realized where the problem lay.

The equipment wasn't matched properly.

His brain couldn't keep up with the 'Six Eyes' information gathering ability.

It was like pairing a Pentium 4 processor (launched in 2000) with a fully operational RTX 4060 Ti.

If it doesn't burn out immediately, you must have poured enough cold water on it.

After a long while, that pain that felt like it would squeeze his brains out gradually dissipated.

But the smile on Sawara Kiri's face couldn't be suppressed.

Regardless, he had finally seen hope of escaping this damn undercover life.

He glanced at his personal panel.

[Overall Rating: A+]

Sure enough, he had risen from a Special Jōnin to the average level among normal Jōnin, perhaps even higher.

Though it seemed like just one step between these levels, it was actually a gap that many people couldn't cross in their entire lifetime.

In any field, the higher you go, the harder it becomes.

Konoha Jōnin was a high ranking village official with the right to vote for the Hokage and temporary authority to command ANBU members.

In weaker villages like the Hidden Sand or Hidden Rain, he might even match up to some of the stronger shinobi who had made names for themselves.

As Sawara Kiri thought about this, his mind became increasingly clear.

He still needed to obtain more [Heart Knot Points].

Just as he was pondering where to start, his ears keenly caught the sound of someone coming up the stairs.

"Oniichan? Did something happen?" Soon, Sawara Yukie's worried voice came from outside the door, "I just heard a 'thud' sound, are you okay?"

"Mm, I'm fine..."

Sawara Kiri was about to brush it off, but suddenly remembered something and supported himself up on his weak legs.

Opening the door, he saw Yukie holding a plate of cut fruit, her cute face wrinkled with a worried expression.

"Sorry for making you worry." Seeing her concerned look, Sawara Kiri smiled apologetically, "I just overdrew my chakra a bit and got slightly weak."

"Oniichan, you should be more careful!" 

Seeing that he was indeed unharmed, Yukie secretly breathed a sigh of relief. She sidled into his room with the fruit plate, but still lectured like a little housekeeper "Actually practicing new jutsu at home, if you blow up your room, we don't have money to fix it, and Oniichan would have to sleep in the same bed as me."

The girl put down the fruit plate, turned around, and made scary faces pretending to be a creepy uncle, giggling mischievously "Then, even if I make a move on Kiri, it would all be Oniichan's fault for deliberately tempting me!"

"Really? We're siblings though."

"That's exactly what makes it better!" 

When making such outrageous statements, Sawara Yukie actually had a completely righteous expression, her little mouth pouting high.

Thunk

And so, her little head got another flick.

"Those third rate erotic novels hidden under your bed should probably be confiscated sooner rather than later," Sawara Kiri said deliberately. "Reading that kind of thing at your age is obviously still too early for you."

"Eh! How... how did you know?" Miss Yukie's face instantly showed an expression of horror.

"Oniichan knows everything." Mr. Sawara was smugly satisfied.

"Wait a minute!"

"I protest! This is domestic violence and violation of my privacy rights!"

Sawara Yukie raised her face indignantly, covering her forehead with both hands "And here I was cutting fruit for you, making delicious... Kiri, what's wrong with your eyes?"

Her voice suddenly paused halfway through.

As soon as she looked up, Yukie noticed something seemed different about her brother's eyes compared to usual, as if they were flickering with light.

But she couldn't quite put her finger on exactly what was different.

At the same time.

Sawara Kiri was also staring at Yukie's little head swaying back and forth, seriously looking at the white indicator that lit up above her head.

[Surface Level Heart Knot]