The A-B Combination!

Within the dense forest north of Konohagakure, Namikaze Minato and his party of six were heading north.

After leaving the village, Namikaze Minato informed Hyuga Bin and the other four of the mission's specifics: to investigate the movements of Kumogakure.

With the war against Sunagakure concluded, Konohagakure still faced enemies on three fronts: Iwagakure to the northwest, Kumogakure to the northeast, and Kirigakure to the east.

Compared to Iwagakure, with whom battles had reached a fever pitch, and Kirigakure, which had dispatched many elite ninja to fight across the sea, Kumogakure was currently engaged in a major war with Iwagakure. Their actions along Konoha's border were relatively ambiguous, suggesting the possibility of reconciliation with Konoha.

Therefore, this mission was to infiltrate Kumogakure's frontline encampment to understand their intentions.

If Kumogakure wished for a truce with Konoha, Konoha could then concentrate its efforts against Iwagakure. If Kumogakure had no intention of peace talks, they would have to find a way to cause them some trouble.

Clearly, the difficulty of this mission far exceeded most S-rank missions of the same level.

The Land of Lightning was located northeast of the Land of Fire, with a small country called the Land of Soup sandwiched between them.

Kumogakure's frontline forces were currently stationed within the Land of Soup.

This meant the mission required them to go abroad.

After two days of arduous travel, Hyuga Bin and his six companions finally entered the Land of Soup.

As the Land of Tang was in the north, the weather was considerably colder than in the southern Land of Fire.

Upon entering the Land of Soup, Hyuga Bin, with his Byakugan, became the team's observer throughout their journey.

After continuing like this for a full day, as the team had thoroughly penetrated the Land of Soup, Hyuga Bin finally detected the trace of an enemy ninja: "Minato-senpai, there's a chakra fluctuation ahead, and it's quite strong, but it's too far for me to determine their identity."

"Let's get within another kilometer to observe," Namikaze Minato immediately ordered, and the four continued to advance another kilometer.

Stopping, Hyuga Bin reactivated his Byakugan.

Compared to the uncertain chakra fluctuations before, after closing the distance, Hyuga Bin had a basic understanding of the opponent's identity.

"There are four of them. Two of the ninja's chakra levels are Jonin-level, while the other two's chakra far exceeds that of a Jonin. One of them has an exceptionally strong chakra fluctuation; they should be a Jinchuriki from Kumogakure."

"A Jinchuriki? Is it the Two-Tails Jinchuriki or the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki?"

The Shikamaru-Ino-Cho trio was startled upon hearing Hyuga Bin's words.

After all, a Jinchuriki was a strategic weapon for a ninja village and was generally not dispatched to the front lines lightly.

Now, Kumogakure had even sent a Jinchuriki to the front lines. Even if they weren't intending to go to war with Konohagakure, there was a strong purpose behind it.

"Minato, what should we do? Should we retreat?" Since Namikaze Minato was the captain, the other five entrusted the decision-making power to him.

"The opponent likely has a sensory ninja and is approaching our position." Before Namikaze Minato could make a decision, Hyuga Bin detected that the four individuals' chakra fluctuations were drawing closer.

"In that case, prepare for battle and let's find out their objective," Namikaze Minato instructed Hyuga Bin and the other five. "The two ninja whose chakra far exceeds that of a Jonin should be the Fourth Raikage, A, and B. I'll handle them. You all just need to be vigilant against the others."

Before the opponents appeared, Namikaze Minato took out over a dozen "Ninja Love Swords" from his ninja tool bag and scattered them around.

In less than a minute, A, Killer B, and two Kumogakure Jonin appeared before Hyuga Bin and his six companions.

Facing Namikaze Minato, A immediately entered Lightning Release Chakra Mode and charged at Namikaze Minato with his "divine speed."

At this sight, Hyuga Bin knew this was a scene from the original story.

According to the subsequent plot development, Namikaze Minato would throw a Flying Thunder God Kunai, use the Flying Thunder God Technique to teleport to the location of another kunai, and then, while A's attack missed, use the Flying Thunder God Technique to return, stab A with a kunai, and then Killer B would use his Tailed Beast Transformation to block the attack, resulting in his tail being cut off by Namikaze Minato, who would then leave a Flying Thunder God seal on the tail...

Finally, after some Talk no Jutsu between both sides, they would part ways.

As Namikaze Minato followed the plot and threw the Flying Thunder God Kunai, Hyuga Bin also received an option mission from the system.

[Option A: Watch "Namikaze Minato vs. A and B" again. Completion Reward: Wind Style - Great Breakthrough (B-rank reward).]

[Option B: Take the initiative to challenge Killer B one-on-one and defeat him. Completion Reward: Lightning Release Chakra Mode (S-rank reward).]

[Option C: Use your weak rap skills to diss Killer B. Completion Reward: Random Attribute Points +0.1.]

After reading the option mission, Hyuga Bin instinctively felt he should step forward and alleviate some of Namikaze Minato's pressure.

Hyuga Bin immediately approached the battlefield and, looking at Killer B, whose tail had already been severed during his contemplation, initiated his Diss mode.

"Yo yo, isn't this Little B from Kumogakure."

"Idiot, scoundrel!"

"It's not about fancy rhymes. It's about that lame joke!"

"Today's mood is great, I can write a wonderful poem~ THANK U—I'll play with you then!"

Four lines of Diss, with three of them being adaptations of Killer B's own lines.

Hyuga Bin felt inexplicably embarrassed as he rapped them.

[Option Mission Complete, Chakra +0.1.]

"You idiot, you scoundrel!" Facing Hyuga Bin, who had "played his hand" first, Killer B first uttered his catchphrase, then spoke to A, who was calculating his next move against Namikaze Minato, "Brother, he's dissing me, I can't stand it, I want to battle him!"

If it weren't for the plan to defeat Namikaze Minato, A would have felt like punching Killer B right then.

He knew Namikaze Minato's Flying Thunder God Technique could only teleport to the location of a kunai, so he just needed to remember the locations of all the kunai and counterattack the moment Namikaze Minato teleported.

"Ignore that Hyuga Clan brat, I'll deal with the Yellow Flash first," he said to Killer B before charging at Namikaze Minato again.

"Whoosh!"

The instant his attack was about to land, Namikaze Minato vanished from his original position once more.

However, this time Namikaze Minato didn't appear at the location of A's Flying Thunder God kunai, but behind Killer B, with a sharp, specially made kunai pointed at the back of Killer B's head.

Killer B also had a sword placed against Namikaze Minato's abdomen.

"The Eight-Tails's tail actually has a teleportation jutsu formula on it!"

A Cloud Ninja Jonin on the sidelines, who didn't deserve to have a name, saw this scene and instantly felt cold sweat drench his back.

"Minato-senpai is awesome!"

Before Killer B could start his rap, Hyuga Bin preemptively praised Namikaze Minato to suppress Killer B's momentum.

His role today was simply to be an audience member shouting "666," and Namikaze Minato had just shown him another impressive move.

This "awesome" comment made Namikaze Minato, who had originally planned to engage in some proper mutual praise with the A and B combination, unable to help but laugh!