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"Kakashi, put these items into the storage scroll. We'll settle the accounts once we leave here!"
After killing Kuma, Yoichi and Kakashi arrived at the Iwata family's treasury. Due to Kuma taking most of the guards with him when he left, the Iwata family's mansion was unusually empty.
They couldn't be stopped by anyone, even though they used quite a bit of chakra.
Kakashi's eyes were somewhat dazzled by the piles of money before him. He had only earned a few thousand ryo from completing D-rank missions before, but now there were tens of millions right in front of him.
'It's all because the captain told me to do it. I didn't really want to do this.'
Kakashi comforted himself in his mind as he quickly took out the storage scroll and sealed the money, jewels, and other items from the treasury into it, not leaving anything behind.
After finishing packing, Kakashi carefully placed the storage scroll into his ninja pouch and then turned to see Yoichi's disdainful gaze. He immediately said seriously, "We can't leave any clues."
"Let's leave here first and head to Sancho Town."
After saying that, Yoichi and Kakashi leaped onto the roof and headed straight for the outskirts of the town. As for Sancho Town, it was a small town on the border between the Land of Grass and the Land of Earth.
Fifty miles south of Sancho Town lay an important transportation route connecting the Land of Earth and the Land of Grass, the Kannabi Bridge.
When the remaining guards of the Iwata family returned, all they found was the empty mansion that had been looted.
Seeing the devastated mansion, the leader of the guards couldn't help but panic and rush out while shouting, "Go, report to the daimyo! This is all the work of the Cloud Shinobi!"
On the other side, Cloud Village shinobi who were chasing after Yoichi had also arrived in the Land of Grass.
However, upon arrival, they lost the specific information about Yoichi and needed to send someone to gather information.
"Have you found out where that Uchiha is?"
"Ai-sama, Osai-sama, we have received information indicating that he is on a mission in the Land of Grass. We have dispatched people to find out his exact location."
Ai responded after hearing this, "The Land of Grass? That's not too bad. After killing him, leave directly. It would be troublesome if he were in Konoha!"
Osai felt guilty and a bit eager to make a contribution, so he spoke up to Ai, "Ai-san, how about I go clear out a few outposts on the Konoha border?"
"Absolutely not, Osai-sama."
A female Cloud shinobi spoke up, "We don't have appropriate justification. If we do that, Konoha will retaliate in the same way, and the friction between the two countries might escalate into a war!"
If they were chasing after someone who was practicing the Lightning Style Chakra Mode, then Cloud Village would certainly be justified. However, if they were to clear out Konoha border outposts for that reason, Konoha would see it as an act of provocation for war.
At that time, the two major shinobi villages would definitely go to war, and Iwa Village would be delighted.
Ai said, "Osai, first kill that Uchiha who obtained the secret technique from you."
"I understand, Ai-san."
The team of seven Cloud shinobi consisted of one member responsible for village communication, two for intelligence transmission, and four strong fighters.
After a while, the Cloud shinobi who gathered information returned, but his expression was grim. Upon entering, he said, "Ai-sama, it's bad. The capital of the Land of Grass is spreading rumors that we, the Cloud shinobi, killed the minister of the Iwata family in the Land of Grass, plundered the Iwata family's property, and killed the relatives of the minister of the Kawa Clan in the Land of Earth."
"Damn it, why wasn't I informed of this mission!"
Ai was stunned by this and immediately angrily exclaimed. Then he looked at his companion, who shook her head, indicating that she also didn't know.
If there really was such an assassination mission, it must be an A-rank or S-rank mission, and it almost made the entire Land of Grass aware of it. Within the Cloud Village, it could be determined that the mission had failed.
"Ai-sama, it's probably other shinobi villages framing us. After all, before we came to the Land of Grass, Lord Raikage didn't warn us."
"It must be someone else framing us. This bastard! Don't let me catch you!"
Suddenly, the companion guessed, "Ai-sama, could it be that Uchiha who learned the Lightning Style Chakra Mode? That's Lord Raikage's signature technique. If someone uses it, it's easy to mistake it for our doing."
Upon hearing this, most of the other Cloud shinobi realized, and then they all showed expressions of anger.
Stealing their secret technique and then smearing the Cloud Village's name by assassinating nobles, what a bastard!
"Quickly gather information about that guy. After finding him, I want to gouge out his eyes!"
"Yes, Ai-sama!"
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Yoichi and Kakashi arrived at Sancho Town and found a place to stay in an inn.
Once in the small town, they had changed out of their ninja attire, and with the use of transformation jutsu, no one could guess that the three of them were ninjas.
After entering the room, Yoichi released the transformation and dispelled the genjutsu on the red-haired female grass shinobi.
After breaking free from the genjutsu, the red-haired female grass shinobi immediately stepped back, but soon she leaned against the wall.
"Don't be nervous. I'll ask you a few questions. If you answer incorrectly, you'll become a medal of honor for my subordinate here."
Yoichi pointed at Kakashi, who gave him a deadpan look upon hearing his words.
The red-haired female grass shinobi looked at Yoichi and Kakashi with some fear in her eyes, then nodded silently.
So Yoichi went straight to the point and asked, "Are you from the Uzumaki clan? In the squad of grass shinobi just now, you should be the sensor ninja, and the teeth marks on your arm should be able to quickly heal wounds. So you were treated as a healing packet by the grass shinobi."
Yoichi's words made the red-haired female ninja tremble all over. Kakashi, who was standing aside, also looked more serious after hearing this.
No wonder the captain insisted on bringing back this female ninja. Uzumaki clan, sensor ninja, and the ability to heal wounds quickly with just a bite. Kakashi realized the value of this female ninja after hearing all this. This wasn't something that a B-rank mission could compare to.
"I am from the Uzumaki clan."
"Your name?"
"Mina."
"Do you have any relatives among the grass shinobi?"
"No."
"Then you can't go back to the grass shinobi. Come back with me to Konoha!"
Just as Yoichi finished speaking, he sensed a hint of resistance in Mina's eyes. He thought of a possibility and continued, "To be precise, come back with me to the Uchiha. There are quite a few people within the Uchiha who don't have good relations with Konoha. I am one of them. If you come back with me to the Uchiha, you don't have to worry about what Konoha will do to you!"
Upon hearing Yoichi's words, Kakashi immediately rubbed his temples.
He knew that Yoichi's relationship with the village was not great, but to say it so blatantly, it was very suspicious of treason. Moreover, he also mentioned that many people within the Uchiha were like this, which made it difficult for Kakashi as a Konoha ninja to simply let it pass.
Mina, on the other hand, was considering. If she said she wanted to leave, it wouldn't be very realistic. The other party knew she was from the Uzumaki clan and had so many abilities. If she tried to leave, she might be stabbed directly.
But Mina didn't like Konoha either. Otherwise, she could have gone directly to Konoha after fleeing from Uzushiogakure, why bother crossing the Land of Fire to come to the Land of Grass?
However, Yoichi's words about his not-so-good relationship with Konoha convinced her. After thinking for a few minutes, Mina finally spoke up.
"Okay!"
(End of Chapter)
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The duo's mission squad suddenly had an addition: someone from outside the village. This was technically a serious violation of the ninja handbook.
Kakashi was about to say something when Yoichi cut him off. "Kakashi, you need to learn to adapt. Mina became one of the Uchiha clan the moment she agreed. Moreover, Mina is a sensory ninja. You need to understand how much help a sensory ninja can provide to a mission. Learn, Kakashi, learn."
As Yoichi said this, Mina's heart trembled, and she bowed her head.
In the ninja world, calling someone from another clan as one of your own generally means they have married into the clan, like Uzumaki Mina becoming Uchiha Mina. However, Yoichi didn't have such intentions. He thought of taking Mina as a vassal of sorts and then entrusting the Elder to train her. There would definitely be a place for Mina in his squad in the future.
Mina agreed to Yoichi's invitation partly because she didn't have a good time in the Grass Ninja Village. After her abilities were exposed, the Grass ninjas treated her like a walking blood bag. Luckily, Mina hadn't revealed her sealing technique, or the Grass Village would have stripped her of all her value.
"Mina, how large is your sensory range?"
"At most three to four kilometers. I only awakened this ability two months ago, and I'm still not very proficient," Mina said somewhat embarrassedly. She didn't understand the ninja world well, but when she had told Kikawa of the Grass Village, he had disdainfully told her, "That's really useless."
So, Mina thought her sensory ability wasn't developed well.
"Three, three to four kilometers?"
Kakashi was shocked under his mask. Such a sensory range was already very powerful. He remembered his father mentioning that the Hyuga's Byakugan could generally observe a range of one to two kilometers. Moreover, Mina had just awakened this ability, and it seemed it would become even stronger in the future.
Even Kakashi felt envious upon hearing this. The Uzumaki clans' bloodline abilities, although not combat-oriented, were terrifyingly strong.
Thinking this, Kakashi felt Yoichi might have heard about the abilities of the Uzumaki clan and thus wanted to take Mina away immediately upon seeing her.
Although this was technically against the Leaf Village's rules, it at least doubled the success rate of the mission.
"Our next mission is here, a Rock Ninja outpost. According to the treaty revised after the Second Ninja World War, each ninja village can only build outposts within their own country, but this time the Rock Ninjas have built an outpost in the Land of Grass," Yoichi briefed on the mission, mainly for Mina to hear.
As for breaking the rules? As long as he could complete the mission, that was all that mattered; he wouldn't let any rules restrict him. If not for Yoichi needing the experience from combat, he wouldn't bother going out to take missions for such rewards.
However, the mission had another benefit for him: legal plundering. All the loot obtained during the mission, besides the mission rewards, could be handed over to the Leaf but only if you want.
"To put it simply, this mission is to remind the Rock Ninjas of the treaty and to uproot the outpost in the Land of Grass. Generally, an outpost only has a Chunin squad, it's unlikely there will be a Jonin, but to be on the safe side," Yoichi said, turning his head to look at Mina, who was listening intently, and spoke, "Mina, can you sense how much chakra the target has?"
"I should be able to, but I need to get closer. If it's at the limit of my range, the sensing becomes very vague."
"Alright, when the time comes, use me as a reference to sense the number of ninjas and their chakra levels."
Yoichi also assigned Mina a task. A large amount of chakra doesn't necessarily mean strength, but a small amount of chakra means the ninja is likely weak. They wouldn't be able to use many jutsus, let alone engage in any pre-combat probing.
"Rest for the night, we'll depart tomorrow. I'm going out for a bit, don't worry about me," Yoichi said before preparing to head out. Kakashi initially wanted to ask Yoichi about his purpose and to follow him. However, he reconsidered after receiving a look.
Leaving the resting place, Yoichi ran about six or seven kilometers southward. There was a mountain hollow they had passed during the day, and he stopped there.
"About far enough, I hope my first summoning won't be a disappointment," Yoichi intended to test his ability to summon randomly, refreshing the skill as he had never used it before. He would feel somewhat discontent if it went unused.
"Come forth from the otherworld, Summon!" Uchiha Yoichi shouted loudly, as required by the Superpower Roulette, which always managed to introduce some novelty.
After saying these words, a large summoning array appeared in front of Yoichi, followed by a booming sound and a burst of purple light and smoke from the summoning array.
After the summoning array appeared, Yoichi quickly moved backward. However, he suddenly noticed there was still a summoning notification on the panel of the Superpower Roulette, so he opened it to check.
[Mountain Goats from the Forest of Elements]: Once wanted off by various races intending to hunt them using their sturdy horns but found out their horns offered no protection. They could only rely on their instincts to survive under the protection of elemental spirits. (The meat is extremely delicious, thanks to living in the forest rich in magical elements. Eating their meat can quickly restore vitality.) (Note: Summon recorded, can be summoned repeatedly or re-summoned.)
"Th-this introduction... I summoned a lamb skewer?" Yoichi twitched his mouth. After the smoke dispersed, he saw the mountain goat he had just summoned. Its appearance was indeed exquisite, belonging to the finest among goats. Moreover, its wool was as white as snowflakes. However, it seemed to have no combat capability as mentioned in the introduction.
Sizzle!
A surge of lightning surged around Yoichi, and he appeared next to the goat instantly, pressing it down with one hand.
The goat, suddenly attacked, panicked, its four hooves flailing in an attempt to escape. However, its strength was no match for Yoichi's. Struggling for a while, it still couldn't break free from his grip. Yoichi was now certain that this mountain goat from the Forest of Elements had absolutely no combat power.
"My first summoning is a lamb. Should I consider myself lucky?" Since he didn't summon a powerful exotic beast, it was still acceptable. If he had, it would have been troublesome for him, as finding one that suited him immediately was unlikely.
Yoichi exerted a bit more force with his hand, directly killing the goat, then stored it in a storage scroll, ready to taste the extremely delicious meat of the mountain goat when the opportunity arose.
(End of Chapter)
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