After getting up, he could see that it was already turning dark outside. The clock on the wall showed that it was 6:30 pm. He noticed that he was incredibly hungry. He thought, 'I haven't eaten anything all day, no wonder I'm so hungry. I need to grab something to eat. Also, I need to act like a normal kid and hope no one notices any changes in my behavior.'

Kenzo walked to the door and heard a couple of noises coming from the other side. On opening the door, he saw those 2 kids playing with each other. He recalled that their names were Sakai Eichi and Aoki Daisuke. Both were good friends with Kenzo and also shared the room with him. Eichi had lost his parents in the Kurama assault too, whereas Daisuke had lost his during the 3rd great ninja war.

Looking at Kenzo, their faces showed concern, and quickly ran to him. Daisuke asked, "Kenzo, what happened, we heard you scream and then you fainted. Are you fine now?"

Nodding my head, I confirmed, "Yeah, I'm ok now. Sorry about worrying you. I experienced a terrible headache."

Eichi said, "Oh, that's a relief. We were worried about you."

Right at that moment, a growling sound was heard, and all 3 kids looked towards Kenzo's stomach. Kenzo looked embarrassed and said while rubbing the back of his head, "Guess I'm very hungry", and Eichi remarked, "Figures, you've been asleep all day and you've had nothing to eat".

Then Daisuke put his arm around Kenzo and said, "Well, let's go to the kitchen and see if there's anything left for you."

All three kids started to make their way towards the kitchen. On the way, quite a few kids gave Kenzo a curious glance. A couple of them also asked how he is doing now. Kenzo analyzed, 'I guess they all heard about me screaming and falling unconscious.'

He recalled from his memories that there are over 250 orphans living in this orphanage. Kenzo wondered 'I wonder if Naruto is in this orphanage too.'

On reaching the kitchen, they saw the caretaker. Her name was Saya and she was a middle-aged woman who was very friendly. Upon seeing Kenzo she quickly approached him and inquired about his health. Upon hearing that he was alright, she felt relieved.

She informed Kenzo, "We were very worried about you. We called a doctor to check on you. But he didn't understand what was wrong with you. I'm glad you are fine, but you still have to get checked up once again."

Kenzo nodded and replied, "Thank you, but right now I am very hungry. Is there anything I could eat?"

She nodded, and replied, "Yes, the dinner has been prepared. Though there's still some time for dinner to be arranged for everyone, I'll arrange some food for you."

Then Saya prepared a plate for Kenzo, while Daisuke and Eichi went away to play.

Kenzo started to eat thinking, "The food is okay. It's not very tasty, but it's alright considering that it is from an orphanage. It seems that we are given 3 meals here - breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Also, lots of fruits are available to eat. Sadly, meat isn't provided can be expected because the village is still probably healing from the Kyubi attack. Still, the nutrition provided here should be alright. So, I could probably get some training done without having to worry about food. Anyways, I should fill myself up for the time being."

After finishing the food, Kenzo retired back to his room.

Falling back into his bed, he started thinking, 'Well, what a day. It's rather tough to act as a kid, luckily no one noticed any difference in me between me and old me. It's good that there aren't any ninjas in the orphanage.'

"I guess I need to think about what to do now. Now that I'm in the Narutoverse, I don't wanna be some no-name cannon fodder that could be killed by a stray beast bomb. My knowledge about future events will definitely help me but I'm still a civilian. So how exactly should I proceed forward?"

Kenzo started to think about all the possibilities for him and what he should do to grow stronger.

Upon analyzing for half an hour, he finally came to the conclusion, 'Alright, though I know the future events, without having enough power, all that knowledge is worthless. Not to mention, there's no guarantee that things will progress exactly as they did in the manga. It had too many plot holes anyways.

And providing someone else with this information is a strict no. They'll just throw me to the T&I department or in the worse case, Danzo! That would also change all future events depriving me of my advantage. So I suppose planning for future events can be left to the future and will depend on how much power I have then. Right now the main focus should be on improving my power. So how to go about it…

Well, for now, normal jutsus are out of the question. Normal civilians don't get access to jutsus, so jutsus could only be taken from the academy. And I can only attempt to join the ninja academy next year. Even though I know about many jutsus and what they can do, I don't remember any of the hand signs for them.

The only jutsu whose hand signs I remember is the Shadow Clone technique. Sadly it's a Jounin-level technique and dangerous enough to be classified as forbidden. Not to mention, knowing those hand signs itself won't be enough. I guess the hand signs made the chakra move in a particular manner or display some properties which allow those jutsus to be completed.

Until I gain that knowledge, attempting hand signs would be rather pointless. That said, I could try jutsus and training that don't require hand signs. Rasengan, training the elements and chakra control can be trained. Since I have unlocked my chakra, chakra control exercises would be a crucial thing to do. The only issue is that I don't want anyone else to watch me doing them. I guess I can try to do Leaf concentration over the next year.

Tree climbing could attract a lot of attention. And with a village full of ninjas, it's impossible to ensure full privacy. Luckily, the first and second stages of Rasengan training can be done in privacy, and so can the first stage of elemental training.

Apart from that, I should try to improve my body. Hell, having a strong body will already put me at the top of my age anyway. While my physical condition isn't bad, they're not very good either. So I should start with light exercises to build up my stamina and power. Hopefully, this headache will be gone by tomorrow.'

Concluding his thoughts, Kenzo finally went to sleep.