: Status bar above my head – I'm not afraid of anyone!

Chapter 1: Status Bar Above My Head – I'm Fearless! (New Book, Please Support!)

Konoha, 36 years old, root base.

The Root ninja wearing a cat mask bowed respectfully and reported to Danzo: "Lord Danzo, while dealing with the corpses, we discovered that some people were not dead."

Danzo narrowed his eyes upon hearing this: "Not dead?"

"The bodies are usually inspected by the Anbu first before being handed over to us for processing, right?"

"Who is the one who didn't die?"

The ninja with the cat-like face said, "Starry Night Show!"

Danzo immediately stood up upon hearing this: "Lead the way!"

Hoshino Hideaki was a Root ninja he had personally trained, and one of the first Root ninjas trained by the organization itself.

For this Wood Release experiment, Root sent a lot of people, including Hoshino Hideaki.

They thought the entire army had been wiped out, but they actually survived, and the ANBU ninjas didn't even notice.

"if……"

Danzo's heart instantly burned with excitement: "Should we discuss this with Hiruzen...?"

Hesitantly, Danzo soon saw Hoshino Shigehime come back to life.

"There isn't a single scratch on his body?"

Danzo looked at the unconscious young man.

The ninja with the cat-faced root said, "Initially, he was like the other test subjects who died, but after we discovered that he still had signs of life, we cut off the branches growing inside his body, and his wounds immediately healed, and his vital signs became stronger and stronger."

"Self-healing..."

Danzo's eyes gleamed with barely concealed delight, and he immediately said in a deep voice, "This matter is classified as S-level secret. Without my permission, it must not be disclosed to anyone."

The ninja with the cat-like face raised his head slightly: "Lord Danzo, what about the Hokage...?"

Danzo's gaze turned cold, and a murderous aura surged forth: "I said, it's anyone!"

The ninja with the cat-like face stiffened: "Yes, Lord Danzo!"

"very good!"

Danzo glanced at the unconscious Hoshino Shizuka again, then turned and left: "Protect him well, and report to me immediately after he wakes up!"

The ninja with the cat-like face bowed deeply, "Yes, Lord Danzo!"

After Danzo and the cat-faced Root Ninja left one after another and the door closed, Hoshino Hide, who was lying on the bed, opened his eyes.

"It's bad enough that I transmigrated into the Naruto world, but I've become a Root ninja. I have neither a promising future nor a good financial future."

Hoshino's expression was not good.

Danzo is not only not a promising boss, but also not a good boss.

Being his henchman means you'll be down at any moment, and you'll be down sooner or later.

It's still not too late for him to react now, after all, he's the only survivor of the Wood Release experiment so far, and Hiruzen Sarutobi probably won't let him go.

but……

Hoshino lowered his eyes, silently refining his chakra, attempting to perform a Wood Release nature transformation, but he failed.

"It seems I didn't directly obtain the Wood Release Kekkei Genkai, but my stamina has been greatly improved, and my chakra level is at least ten times what it was before."

"But without Wood Release, my value is greatly reduced."

Xingxia Xiu opened her eyes and frowned slightly.

It is currently Konoha Year 36, and the Second Shinobi World War has not yet broken out. The relationship between Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo, these two best friends and sworn enemies, is definitely not like it will be decades later.

Danzo's ambitions are not that great yet. The Root Sect has not been established for long, and he has not even obtained the seal to sever the root of tongue-related troubles.

"This is probably the period when Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo are cooperating most closely to seize power in Konoha."

"Switching sides is not the best option... it's not even a middle-ground strategy."

Hoshino Hideyuki pondered to himself, "Furthermore, if I were to defect and join Hiruzen Sarutobi's ranks, would I have a chance to become Hokage?"

"I probably can't beat the Sannin. I can't beat the Sannin. I don't have the Wood Release cheat, I just have more chakra. I definitely can't beat Minato Namikaze, who has the space-time cheat."

A ninja who doesn't aspire to become Hokage isn't a good ninja.

Now that I've come to this world as a ninja, I must do my job well.

But since the possibility of becoming Hokage is extremely small, then...

"Staying at the root doesn't seem like an unacceptable option."

Hoshino Shigehiro secretly analyzed: "The current situation is different from that time in Yamato. Danzo is now completely Hiruzen Sarutobi's right-hand man. The two of them are working together to control Konoha after Tobirama Senju's death and suppress the powerful Uchiha clan and the Hyuga clan."

"At present, and for a long time to come, Danzo will be the second most powerful person in Konoha."

"Moreover, after the Root gradually became Danzo's private army, it had a lot of power, practically like the Eastern Depot and the Western Depot."

Xingxia smiled.

If I can't become Hokage, being the leader of Root doesn't seem so bad!

But no matter what, in this life, Xingxia Xiu refuses to be a servant.

He wants to be superior to everyone, and he has no one above him!

First, start by becoming the leader of the Root.

After figuring things out, Xingxiaxiu felt that the road ahead had suddenly become clear.

Just then, everything went black before his eyes, his perspective suddenly changed, and he saw a status bar above his head.

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Current status: Immortal

Refresh countdown: 04:32:32

Looking at the status bar, Hoshino suddenly realized: "So this is why I was able to survive the Wood Release experiment."

"The countdown has been refreshed, which means there are less than 5 hours left before the immortality state will disappear."

Xingxia Xiu immediately had an idea.

Continue transplanting intercolumnar cells.

Perhaps I can obtain Wood Release; even if I don't, my chakra reserves or recovery ability will be greatly enhanced.

"However, I've now gained a portion of Hashirama's cells' power thanks to my immortality. Even if I lose my immortality, there shouldn't be any problems with transplanting Hashirama's cells in the future, right?"

Thinking of Xingxia Xiu, she got out of bed and pushed open the door.

"You're awake?"

The ninja with the cat-like face was startled, then said, "Stay in the room, I'll report to Lord Danzo immediately!"

Snapped!

Xingxia Xiu slapped the ninja at the base of the cat's face, leaving the latter completely stunned, and his mask was almost knocked off.

"Do you intend to summon Lord Danzo to see me?"

Xingxia Xiu reprimanded the ninja with the cat-like face: "I should be the one paying my respects to Lord Danzo, you idiot! Lead the way right now!"

Beneath the mask, the ninja with the cat-like face looked utterly astonished.

That bastard actually hit him!

are you crazy?

A surge of rage welled up within him, and the ninja's killing intent erupted from the base of his cat-like face.

Xingxia Xiu curled her lip: "What? You dare to kill me?"

The ninja's killing intent vanished without a trace the moment the cat-faced ninja appeared.

This guy in front of me is different from before.

Let alone killing him, even losing a single hair would likely result in punishment from Lord Danzo.

"That bastard is too arrogant!"

The ninja with the cat-like face endured it and then silently led the way.

Xingxia Xiu, however, didn't move his foot: "Hey!"

"Since you've realized your mistake, you should apologize and thank me!"

The cat-faced ninja stopped in his tracks, the urge to take out a kunai and stab this bastard to death surging up again.

Taking a deep breath and holding it, the ninja with the cat-like face turned and bowed to Hoshino Shu: "I'm very sorry!"

"Thank you for pointing it out!"

Hoshino nodded in satisfaction, stepped forward, and patted the ninja with the cat-like face on the shoulder with a smile: "That's more like it, Nakamura-kun!"

"Only by admitting and correcting our mistakes can we make progress, contribute better to the Root, and become a powerful force in Danzo's hands."

Nakamura: Shouldn't you be calling me by my code name?

But he dared not say it out loud, for fear of being beaten.

(End of this chapter)