Naruto: If I ask you to be Naruto, you will become a yellow-haired person?

The village back then could be described as thriving.

However, after the Fourth Hokage sacrificed himself for the village during the Nine-Tailed Fox's attack, and I reluctantly returned to the Hokage position in my old age, Konoha began its decline.

It's not that I'm unwilling to reveal Naruto's identity as Minato's son, but Konoha's strength has waned in recent years.

The Land of Fire is located in a strategic area, and all the hidden villages see Konoha as the strongest ninja village and their arch-enemy.

Therefore, I have to focus my energy on military affairs.

Previously, Cloud Village forced a Hyuga clansman to death. My failure to protect the village's ninja led to widespread discontent, and as Hokage, my prestige plummeted.

The spread of rumors about the Nine-Tailed Fox is a perfect way to divert public attention...

Within the village, the Uchiha clan and the common villagers also have constant friction and disputes, becoming estranged from the village's high-level officials, and the internal hawks are even ready to make trouble and plot wrongdoing.

Fortunately, I have the two good children, Shisui and Itachi, to help me appease and coordinate the Uchiha clan.

Thinking of this, Hiruzen Sarutobi couldn't help but mutter to himself,

"Even Teacher Tobirama can misjudge people. Not all Uchiha are born evil little devils!"

If the truth were to be announced at this time, faced with the rumors that the Fourth Hokage's son is actually the Nine-Tailed Fox, as Hokage, I would be undeniably responsible for so many years of neglect.

Beset by internal and external troubles, my prestige will inevitably suffer another heavy blow.

I'm afraid I would become the first Hokage to resign due to dereliction of duty...

After I step down, who in Konoha today can bear the burden of the Hokage position?

Danzo is insidious, ruthless, and has no Will of Fire!

As for my three disciples, Orochimaru is not worth mentioning.

One left the village due to hemophobia, and the other unexpectedly became a ninja controlled by a summoned beast.

"I don't know if Jiraiya cares more about the village or Mount Myoboku."

Hiruzen Sarutobi sighed heavily, drawing several circles of thick white smoke from his long pipe, his heart full of loneliness and helplessness.

Currently, he is the only one in Konoha who can patch things up, barely maintain the situation, and shield Konoha from wind and rain.

If someone... if Jiraiya or Tsunade were willing to come back and take over as Hokage, he would definitely be willing to pave the way for the next Hokage and take on all previous responsibilities!

Rebuilding Konoha's glory is his duty as the Third Hokage!

The appearance of Ino in the crystal ball finally brought a touch of relief to Hiruzen Sarutobi's originally solemn and aged face,

"This is... Yamanaka, Inoichi's child, right? Truly a righteous partner."

But in an instant, the indifferent and disgusted expressions of the villagers and ninjas and Naruto's lonely little figure appeared in his mind.

Hiruzen Sarutobi's heart tightened again, his brows furrowed together, and he sighed heavily, "I am truly ashamed of Minato," filled with guilt and helplessness.

This little bit of friendship is far from enough to soothe and heal little Naruto's heart, which has suffered so much scorn and indifference.

Wait, Byakugan...

The Hyuga clan's caged bird seal...

Hyuga Hiashi, as the head of the main family, happens to have two daughters...

Smoking his pipe, the Third Hokage pondered for a long time, suddenly awakened with a smile, his eyes bursting with sharp light.

He ordered to the empty Hokage office.

"Summon the Hyuga clan leader."

...

The continuous heavy snow made the entire Konoha covered in silver.

In a remote suburb of Konoha, Naruto still insisted on running and exercising despite the bad weather.

Chakra is synthesized from physical and spiritual energy. As long as physical strength is greatly improved, the corresponding chakra amount will increase.

Of course, physical exercise is a stupid method.

But helplessly, as an orphan, coupled with the control and blockade of Konoha's high-level officials, he has very little access to ninja-related resources.

Even less than Sakura Haruno, who is a commoner.

If he defects from the ninja village, he will inevitably face Danzo, the leader of Root, the darkness of the ninja world.

Danzo is a mad dog with a great reputation in the ninja world, especially his Susanoo piercing with kunai, which really opened everyone's eyes.

If he fails to defect due to insufficient strength and falls into his hands...

It is estimated that this old man will force him to offer his loyalty, and he will have to spit out his bright red tongue and plant the Curse of the Tongue.

Then there will be a one-stop service of secret room imprisonment - brainwashing - and corruption.

Thinking of this, Naruto's heart sank and he slowly exhaled, turning into ice mist in the cold air, and the look in his eyes to strengthen his strength became more firm.

Open the system.

[God-level Choice System: Contacting the protagonist of the original work has a certain chance to trigger system options and get rewards]

[Name: Naruto Uzumaki]

[Chakra Amount: 486XX (locked, unusable), Usable Chakra Amount: 3012 (about three cards of power)]

[Skills: Nine-Tailed Chakra Control (Beginner: 1/10)]

The chakra amount can't be fully used because of the Eight Trigrams Sealing and the Nine-Tailed Fox's interference?

Moreover, even extracting chakra is extremely difficult. I must talk to the tsundere big baby in my stomach as soon as possible...

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Currently, I can only use three cards of chakra? That's too little...

What is a card of power? Carving a dog's head on the earth wall, chatting while opening the Lightning Blade, this is a card.

Of course, a standard card of power refers to the chakra amount of an elite jonin in a large country's ninja village, which is already not low.

It seems that I must enter the ninja school. These two sessions have the golden generation of the Konoha Twelve, so it will be easier to get system rewards.

Naruto walked quickly through the sparsely populated street, and around the corner of the street was a vacant forest.

In the clearing mixed in the middle of the forest, two people, one large and one small, were fighting in close quarters.

The small black-haired and fair-skinned boy was about the same age as himself, with standard taijutsu, quick and powerful movements.

The shuriken rotated rapidly in his hand, flashing cold light, cutting through the space, and whistling repeatedly.

Naruto's eyes narrowed, Sasuke Uchiha and Itachi?!

He already has the level of a high-grade ninja school student before entering the ninja school? As expected of Sasuke, who opened a Sharingan after the extermination of his clan.

Naruto looked at the two people's battle for a while. Itachi Uchiha, with black hair and red eyes, was obviously holding back.

At first glance, it seems to be a back-and-forth battle.

But every move of Sasuke seems to be just a little bit away from injuring Itachi Uchiha, every time it's just a little bit away.

In the end, when Sasuke was panting and exhausted, Itachi stretched out two fingers and gently tapped Sasuke's forehead, while also noticing something and raised his head, looking towards Naruto's side.

Naruto was shocked, can he still multitask and find himself even from this far away?

As expected of a genius who participated in the Third Ninja World War at the age of four, graduated from the ninja school at the age of seven, and was praised by the ninja hero Hiruzen Sarutobi for being able to view problems from the perspective of a Hokage!

At the same time, the system options popped up.

[Option 1: "Where does it hurt, is your throat dry?" Go forward to greet Sasuke and Itachi Uchiha, and introduce each other's names. Reward: Skill proficiency improvement (can improve any skill by one level)]

[Option 2: "What the hell, Uchiha weasel, don't let the blood splatter on me, let's go." Quickly flee the scene. Reward: Random A-level ninjutsu]

Option 1? I'm not Mr. Lu, and Sasuke isn't a police dog.

What's more, this is Uchiha Weasel, a young genius who is unprecedented in the Uchiha clan, a ninja clan that has been around for hundreds of years.

As for why unprecedented, because if a genius like Itachi Uchiha had appeared before...

Naruto decisively chose to bypass them. Itachi Uchiha is not someone he can befriend.