Ch 1 Awakening

"Argh! My head hurts like hell."

A young boy about 4 to 5 years old with a head full of ash-grey hair and onyx eyes clutches his forehead while waking up from his bed . After some time, the pain subsided and he began to take note of his immediate surroundings.

"Where am I? Who is this kid?"

He looked into the mirror and found a little boy staring back at him.

Yes, this child was him or at least what he appeared to be.

There can only be one answer to his current situation.

He had been transmigrated into another world!!!

That pain he felt before must have been due to his soul fusing with his new body.

He was a great fan of novels and manga thus it was of no surprise to him.

There was just one little thing that he didn't get?

"Wasn't I just sleeping in my bed? Can you get transmigrated like this these days!!! Isn't it supposed to be a painful death by truck-kun?"

<Ding> Host has been transmigrated into kabuto. Host had always been a fan of naruto hence he got transmigrated when a stray lightning bolt killed him during his sleep.

Great, so it appears that he has already completed the isekai procedure!!!

"Couldn't I have been transmigrated in a kekkei gekkai clan. "

Kabuto wouldn't be his first choice but he'll have to make do with it. After all when life gives you lemons you make lemonade.

Anyway, what time period is it?

Judging by his age the third ninja world war must be going on.

He should be in the orphanage at konoha currently.

"Thank God he hasn't joined root or that Danzo would have sent him to a spy across the ninja world".

Even then his death would be plotted by Danzo just cause he was knew too much.

But this time he will find another way out for the orphanage while staying away from root

"So do I get any golden finger?"

<Ding> "Host has proficiency catching system! The host can catch people's proficiency when they use their skills."

When host reaches the limit of a skill the proficiency will be converted to poins with which he can buy support skills from store. Further details will be available when you level up.

"Do I have a panel or status bar, system. "

A blue panel suddenly appeared in his mind.

Name: Kabuto

Level: 1

Age : 5

Bloodline: None

Identity: Orphan

Skills: literacy (advanced){3500/10000}, cooking (novice){5/100}

chakra refining (novice){0/100}

intel gathering (intermediate) {520/1000}

System store

temp orb Magnet"2 meter"(3 hours)"10 pp"

2 permanent orb Magnet "10 meters" "10000 pp"

More items will be available in the future

Proficiency points: 0

Quest (locked)

Note: novice < intermediate < advanced < perfect

"Hahaha!! I think I get the hang of this system. I'll explore the system tomorrow."

"Well it looks its pretty late. I should sleep for the night."

He already has Nono's glasses and can read clocks. He soon fell into a deep sleep.

Meanwhile

At the orphanage staff meeting

An old woman was addressing the rest of the staff in a stern manner.

"Everyone the monthly support from Konoha has been finished"

"What? How? Shouldn't it last for another 5 days. Besides, it is still 10 days before the months."

"It would have if we didn't have an extra mouth to feed."

"No, he will stay. I will use some other means to secure funds. Don't bring up this matter again."

Nono quelled all complaints against Kabuto and then everyone dispersed for the day.

At the Hokage office

The third Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen was smoking his pipe while he faced a pile of reports from the frontlines in front of him.

"Hmmm! It seems that we are facing a lack of manpower at the battleground. We need to simply have more ninjas. I'm afraid that the ninja academy course must be reduced by a year."

Not that it would be very difficult. The current generation of aspiring ninjas had Kakashi as their role model. He was about the same age as them but had not only been promoted last year as a chunin but also had done many high ranking missions.

"If only this damn kazekage hadn't gone missing at this critical time then this war wouldn't have begun."

All Sunagakure did after that was wage war on Konoha and then surrender after a quick fight. There were already negotiations going on about their alliance and the compensation for the casualties in the war.

Regardless the fuse had been lit for the Third Ninja world war and the other villages had already joined the skirmish and now no one would go down without sufficient benefits.

"I must have the miscellaneous funds given in the village reduced and spent on the supply line.

Danzo is also nagging me about more recruitment for his root."

Looking at the huge pile of paperwork he released a puff of smoke and went back to work.