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Chapter 34: Chapter 34

For a few moments, absolute silence reigned in the room before Hiruzen broke that silence with his stern voice.

"You ran from the battlefield Chunnin Kazuo." 

"I was given a mission to..." Kazuo started before he saw Hiruzen lift his hand up to stop him from talking further.

"You were not given a mission. Minato here can attest to that." Hiruzen said as he nodded to a corner of the room.

Turning his head, Kazuo saw the yellow flash of the leaf looking at him in what looked like disappointment.

'This...' Kazuo felt shock go through his mind.

Minato had actually responded to the kunai being thrown and had arrived in time for the battlefield.

That meant that the whole journey had been pointless.

In fact, he had lost everything he had built up so far simply because of this bullshit.

Kazuo felt furious, furious at himself for his own error.

*Sigh*

"What happens now, lord Hokage?" Kazuo asked as he turned to look at Hiruzen.

The previous look of grief and subservience was completely gone from his face.

"You will face jail time, you will first get interrogated and tortured before you either get executed or work for the rest of your life in the mines or somewhere similar," Hiruzen answered, his words stern as he looked at Kazuo.

"I see, well I don't agree with that," Kazuo said as a small smile appeared on his face.

Hiruzen looked at the young shinobi with a surprised face, this wasn't what he was expecting in terms of a reaction.

Not at all.

"You think that you can escape from here? In front of me, the Hokage and Mintao Namikaze?" Hiruzen questioned, his tone appearing genuinely curious about Kazuo's next move.

Kazuo stared at him for a while before nodding his head with a light smile.

"Of course I can you old mother fucker." Kazuo said with a light laugh.

His words caused the expression on Hiruzens and Mintao's faces to crumble slightly.

At this moment, in the silence, a slight sound was heard.

*zzztttt*

It was the sound of explosion tags about to go off.

The Hokages and Mintao's expressions quickly changed once more as Minato teleported to Kazuo and proceeded to teleport him away.

Kazuo's last moments were him looking at a random field before he exploded.

'Fucking hax' Kazuo thought.

*Booom*

The scenery quickly changed once more as Kazuo found himself back at the border of the land of Hot Waters and the land of fire once more.

'I am royally fucked.' Kazuo thought to himself as he sat down on a large stone in the middle of the forest.

'Think, think you dumbass, how do I fix this.' Kazuo thought to himself however at the moment no plans went through his mind.

*Sigh*

'I can try returning to the camp once more and fabricate some lie that I was put under a Genjutsu and kidnapped.' Kazuo thought before nodding his head.

There wasn't much he could do besides give it a try, there was nothing to lose and everything to gain at this point in time.

'If only I could return farther back in time.' Kazuo thought to himself before shaking his head.

'Let's just do this.' 

Turning around Kazuo used the bodyflicker to run at incredibly high speeds through the dense forest.

If before he had cared to not use a lot of chakra then now he didn't at all.

His most important task was to arrive as quickly as he could back to the camp.

The faster he did come back the more chances there were of his lie actually working.

It had taken him almost the entire night to arrive where he had been however with him using his entire chakra reserves like a reckless man, Kazuo managed to shorten that time significantly.

Arriving at the location where the battle had taken place, Kazuo saw that completely destroyed forest.

It didn't resemble what it had once been even slightly.

Signs of jutsu use were all around him however most importantly, there was no leaf camp here.

'They must have continued on toward the border.' Kazuo thought before taking out his last soldier pill and popping it inside his mouth.

'When these wear off, im going to go on my damned death bed.' Kazuo thought however he didn't care at the moment.

Using Shunshin again, he disappeared from his previous spot.

It took four hours however he could finally hear the sound of shinobi using the body flicker jutsu.

Arriving close to them, He quickly saw the group stop.

It was the leaf ninja.

As they observed him, shock went through their minds.

Kazuo looked completely ruined, his body covered in blood and dust with countless scratches and slices covering his body.

'I had to fucking do this to myself so I don't seem suspicious.' Kazuo thought to himself as he Shunshined into the middle of the group.

No one stopped him as he arrived next to Shikaru.

"Im back commander," Kazuo said as he bowed lightly to the man.

"Where have you been? I heard that you deserted us at the start of the battle." Shikaru said as he looked at Kazuo, his facial expression was furrowed as he looked at the twelve-year-old ninja.

"I don't dare desert the leaf, I was dragged away using a Genjutsu and had to fight my way back, it was a team of young Gennin from the cloud," Kazuo answered, his breath rough as he kept his head down.

"I live and breathe for the leaf sir, I would give my life for it gladly. I could have run away however despite these injuries I wanted to come back and help inside the battle as soon as I could, it seems that I was too late however." Kazuo announced loudly as lifted his head and turned to look around him.

"Im sorry my fellow comrades!" Kazuo practically screamed his apology out as he looked at the shinobi all around him.

For a moment silence engulfed the forest before almost the entire shinobi camp started giving words of encouragement to Kazuo, telling him that it was all right and that he had already done enough for them.

Kazuo's words of patriotism had lit a fuse in them, and his obviously damaged condition gave them something to feel sorry about, his image as a kid only intensifying this fact.

Meanwhile, Kazuos lips curled upwards slightly.

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Chapter 35: Chapter 35

"We'll be having a talk after we get to our destination, now get back in line." Shikaru said before he ordered the shinobi forces under him to restart their march toward the border.

It was only an hour or so left before they arrived at their destination.

That hour passed by in a blink and soon the leaf forces arrived at a clearing where they quickly started setting up camp.

Putting up his tent, Kazuo thought about his next actions.

'I'll be under much higher scrutiny than before, there is no way that Shikaru completely believes me, there is even the chance of him asking a Yamanaka to look through my memories, at that point the only way out that I'll have is to go completely rogue.' Kazuo thought as he finished setting his tent up.

At that moment, a shinobi came to stand next to Kazuo.

"Kazuo, the commander is looking for you, he's in his tent." The man said before patting Kazuo's back.

"Im glad that you're alive, for a moment we thought we lost you, kid." The man said afterward with a relieved smile on his face.

Kazuo nodded his head and responded with his own smile.

"Before all those cloud bastards give their last breath I am not dying."

Walking off by leaving those words, Kazuo saw the man's expression erupt into a large smile.

Walking through the camp, Kazuo observed everything and quickly came up with an idea about the overall losses.

'Around thirty percent are gone, that means Minato came quickly however he still took a little time, I'd guess around two minutes.' Kazuo thought before arriving in front of the large commander's tent.

The guard as always let him inside without any questions, at this point, it was well known that Kazuo was Shikaru's apprentice of sorts.

"Im here commander," Kazuo said as he headed inside.

Shikaru was inside the tent, sitting on a chair behind that same old wooden desk that he seemed to carry around everywhere he went.

'Sealing scrolls really are useful.' Kazuo thought as he stood in front of the man.

"You said that you were taken by enemy forces is that correct?" Shikaru asked Kazuo directly, it seemed they would not be doing the beating around the bush tactic this time.

"That's right sir," Kazuo answered immediately.

"Do you have any proof of the encounter?" Shikaru asked as he put his hands forward on the desk and held his chin.

"I do not, I wasn't really trying to gather evidence, my main priority was survival," Kazuo answered, his tone was even and his facial expressions didn't show anything.

"I see, well it's good that you survived and also that you managed to get treatment from the medical staff on time," Shikaru replied, his gaze still didn't leave Kazuo's face.

Kazuo had been given medical attention almost as soon as he had joined the group, with the help of medical jutsu, the slices, and scratches that he had inflicted on himself were healed almost instantly.

"Im very thankful to our medical team, though they did say that I needed at least two days of rest after the effect of the soldier pills wears off," Kazuo told Shikaru who raised one of his eyebrows.

"Two days? The aftereffects only last a few hours, how many did you use?" Shikaru asked his tone showed a hint of his confusion.

"I used three sir."

His words caused Shikaru's eyes to widen as he looked at Kazuo.

"Three? What the hell are you doing here then? I was sure to tell Takuma to only call you here if you were in good condition." Shikaru said, his voice clearly alarmed as he stood up from his chair.

"It's all right sir, you can call me anytime if it's for the leaf," Kazuo answered as he thought a devoted ninja of the leaf would.

His words caused Shikaru's brows to furrow further before he uttered his next words.

"You are really interesting Kazuo, you're becoming more and more of a mystery by the day. I just hope that my suspicions were unfounded, I'll let you go this time however the next time something similar happens, I'll need better proof than you just showing up sliced up like a salad." Shikaru said before releasing a sigh.

"I'll trust you because of that overdose of soldier pills which is hard to fake. If it wasn't for that then I would be sending you to a yamanaka right at this second." Shikaru said, for the first time clearly showing his pure suspicion of Kazuo.

"Thank you for your trust, I'll make sure not to betray it. I rather not have my mind raped by a yamanaka." Kazuo answered, his face finally scrunching up lightly at the mention of the clan.

With a soft chuckle from Shikaru later, Kazuo was dismissed and told not to show up in front of Shikaru for at least three days and to rest fully as they had some harrowing battles ahead of them.

Back in his tent, Kazuo laid down on the makeshift bed that he had made on the ground and opened his status menu.

The quest for survival had been completed the moment Shikaru had said that he would trust Kazuo this time.

[ Ding! ]

[ Quest has been completed ]

[ User has gained 2 Minor Grade Upgrade Points ]

Looking at his stats, Kazuo started thinking once more about what his next investment should be.

[ Stats ]

[ Name: Kazuo ]

[ Age: 12 ]

[ Race: Human ]

[ Strength: D- ]

[ Endurance: D ]

[ Agility: D ]

[ Intelligence: B- ]

[ Charisma: C ]

[ Chakra: C- ]

[ Upgrade Points: 3 ]

'I could bring my chakra up to Jonin levels instantly or I could raise my other stats.' Kazuo thought, his mind whirring into action as he tried to think of every use for each stat and which would bring the most benefit both in the moment and down the line.

'Charisma is most definitely the most useful long term, it would make gaining trust from shinobi much easier however the problem is that I do not have enough time to raise my physical stats with normal training, and at my current strength ill most definitely die on the battlefield.' 

*Slap*

Slapping his own face, Kazuo gritted his teeth.

'Fuck it, I can reverse time damn it, let's go with it.' Kazuo thought before investing every single point into Charisma.

'This way I'll have an easier time managing Shikaru's suspicion as well as have an easier time gathering meat shields around me.' Kazuo thought.

[ Charisma: B ]

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