Hey~ Hey? Hey!

For a Transmigrator, being familiar with the plot was the greatest advantage.

And if one could remember some of the details in the plot, it was even easier to obtain things that ordinary people could not gain even after decades of hard work!

Yamanaka Kei had been transmigrated into the Naruto World for a full nineteen years.

Although, at the very beginning of his transmigration, he had recorded the plot he could recall at the time using drawings and phonetic symbols.

Even now, he would occasionally take it out and look through it.

But even back then, the amount of content he could remember had been extremely limited.

Most of it consisted of general plot directions, making it difficult to recall the many details of any specific event.

For example, he knew that—

Shimura Danzo had once discovered the threat posed by the Akatsuki and caused Yahiko's death, which directly led to Nagato's descent into darkness.

But as for exactly how he had set Yahiko up, or whether anyone else had been involved, Kei had watched the anime so long ago that he had forgotten every last detail.

"Looks like I'll be busy from now on."

A smile that he could barely conceal tugged at Yamanaka Kei's lips.

The Blue Entry he had obtained this time, "Ninja World Know-It-All," had a rather silly name.

But to him, its importance was even greater than that of the previous Purple Word Entry.

As long as he used it properly, the benefits it could bring would be absolutely immeasurable.

"Teacher Kei~ The client is here~"

Yuhi Kurenai stood before the trap pit, rising onto her tiptoes and waving as she called out from a distance.

The girl's clear voice pulled Yamanaka Kei back from his beautiful fantasies.

He leaped down from the rooftop.

Yamanaka Kei arrived at the massive trap pit and had the client sign the mission form to confirm everything.

Only then did he call over the Three Little Ones, who had already retrieved the Kunai, wire, Shuriken, and other ninja tools they had used, and set off on the return journey.

Four figures swiftly traversed the dense forest, heading straight for Konoha along the shortest route.

While they were traveling,

Yamanaka Kei also explained to the three of them the mistakes they had made during the mission and the shortcomings they had exposed.

First was the greatest mistake they had made during this mission.

After meeting the client, the three of them had not even carefully asked for any relevant information.

They had merely hurriedly let the client lead them to the mission target.

Next, when they first saw the mission target, they had failed to observe it carefully, resulting in an incorrect estimate of its defensive power.

There were quite a few shallow cuts on the wild boar's body that had only broken the skin.

Judging from the marks, they should have been injuries inflicted by the villagers with woodcutting knives and bows and arrows.

Adult villagers spent all year doing farm work, so the force behind a full-power swing of a woodcutting knife or a fired arrow was not weak.

From that, they could have roughly determined the target's defensive power and formulated a more suitable battle plan.

That way, the situation where the three of them stabbed the wild boar with Kunai for ages without killing it, only enraging it and nearly getting themselves injured, would not have happened.

Finally, ninjas had more ways to complete a mission than simply launching a frontal assault.

Shiranui Genma's ninja pouch contained more than a dozen powerful hallucinogenic smoke bombs, while the small medical kit at the back of Yuhi Kurenai's waist also contained potent anesthetics.

There were even deadly poisonous plants and insects on the barren mountains outside Nakayoshi Village.

They were not ordinary villagers who had survived for generations by relying on their ancestors' experience despite not even knowing how to read.

They could catch two poisonous insects and pick two poisonous plants.

Then they could simply mix them according to the formulas taught in the Ninja School textbooks.

As long as they used them properly, let alone a wild boar—even an elephant could be knocked flat.

Yuhi Kurenai, Might Guy, and Shiranui Genma were all left flushed with embarrassment by Yamanaka Kei's words.

The excitement they had felt after completing the mission smoothly had completely vanished.

Seeing the dejected expressions on the Three Little Ones' faces, Yamanaka Kei knew that when teaching children, he could not only criticize them without offering praise.

He changed his tone and began talking about the strengths they had just displayed.

"What deserves recognition is that your teamwork was excellent, and you always trusted your teammates. Even though this was your first time working together on a mission, you made full use of each person's strengths."

"Your ability to adapt was also pretty good. After realizing that the original plan would not work, you knew to make use of the dried-up reservoir to quickly create a deep-pit trap."

"Finally, you knew to protect the client's property during the mission and avoid unnecessary losses as much as possible. That also deserves praise."

"Overall, I was... well, fairly satisfied with your performance."

Yamanaka Kei smiled as he gave his final assessment.

"Yay!"

The three of them high-fived in celebration, secretly deciding that they would perform even better on their next mission.

After making a commotion for a while,

Thoughtful Yuhi Kurenai brought the conversation back to this mission.

"Teacher Kei, if the one carrying out the mission had been you during your time as a genin, what would you have done?"

"Of course... killed it instantly with a single Ninjutsu."

"What do you mean~? Genma's Fire Release just now only produced the smell of roasted pig hair! How could a genin's Ninjutsu possibly kill such a huge wild boar in one hit~"

"I'm from the Yamanaka Clan. Controlling the wild boar to jump into a river and drown, or controlling it to charge into a mountain and kill itself, wouldn't be difficult."

"That kind of Ninjutsu is way too sneaky~!"

"Hahaha~"

The four of them laughed and joked all the way until night fell and the sky grew pitch-black, only barely making it back to Konoha.

After settling dinner at the recently opened Ichiraku Ramen shop and setting a meeting time for the next day, the four of them went their separate ways and returned to their respective homes.

When he reached the territory of the Yamanaka Clan,

Yamanaka Kei saw the lights shining from his own home from far away, and a question mark slowly appeared above his head.

He formed a seal with one hand, and the Yamanaka Clan's sensory Ninjutsu spread out.

Sensing the massive Chakra in the house, vast as the blazing sun, as well as the terrifying aura that could barely be concealed beneath that Chakra,

he instantly determined the identity of the person inside.

With that unique Chakra—

who else could it be but the Nine-Tailed Jinchuriki, Kushina Uzumaki, known as the Red Hot-Blooded Habanero?

Crash~ Click~

A series of collisions rang out from inside the house.

Kushina Uzumaki, who noticed that her sensory Ninjutsu was being observed, opened the door like a gust of wind and leaped onto the wall without even putting on her shoes.

Her eyes instantly locked onto Yamanaka Kei standing at the end of the street.

"Kei~ I finally~ finally got to wait for you, you know!"

Her words were filled with excitement and resentment, just like the female lead in a melodramatic romance drama finally meeting the male lead after enduring countless hardships.

Yamanaka Kei shuddered violently.

He almost could not stop himself from turning around and running away!

Oh, for heaven's sake!

The Little Pepper was actually speaking in this tone!

Rustling sounds came from the houses on both sides of the street.

Clearly, the clan members who were bored out of their minds late at night had heard the commotion and were sneaking around, preparing to watch the spectacle from the shadows.

Yamanaka Kei covered his face with one hand and quickly used the Body Flicker Technique.

He dragged Kushina straight into the house.

The moment he shut the door, he activated the Five Direction Anti-Sensing Barrier inside the room.

He was certain that if he had moved even a little more slowly, the clan would be spreading stories the next day about the unspeakable affairs between him and the Uzumaki orphan.

"Eh~ Eh? Eh!"

Kushina stumbled as she was dragged into the room.

Watching Yamanaka Kei activate the barrier with remarkably fluid movements,

her tone completed a transformation from confusion to doubt, then from doubt to astonishment, in the span of three words.

She instinctively raised both hands to protect her chest, putting on a timid, frightened expression.

Yet her eyes faintly held a trace of excitement and anticipation.

"For fuck's sake..."

Seeing that movement, Yamanaka Kei felt a mouthful of old blood lodge in his throat, unable to rise or descend.