A-B Combination!

In the dense forest north of Konoha, Namikaze Minato's group of six traveled north.

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

Although the war with Sunagakure had ended, Konoha was still besieged on three sides by Iwagakure to the northwest, Kumogakure to the northeast, and Kirigakure directly east.

Compared with Iwagakure, where the fighting had already reached a fever pitch, and Kirigakure, which had dispatched large numbers of elite ninja across the sea, Kumogakure was currently engaged in a major war with Iwagakure. Its intentions along Konoha's border remained comparatively ambiguous, leaving open the possibility of reconciliation with Konoha.

Therefore, this mission required them to infiltrate Kumogakure's frontline encampment and determine Kumogakure's intentions.

If Kumogakure intended to cease hostilities with Konoha, Konoha could focus its forces against Iwagakure. If Kumogakure had no interest in negotiations, they would have to find a way to cause Kumogakure some trouble.

Clearly, this mission was far more difficult than most S-rank missions of the same level.

The Land of Lightning lay northeast of the Land of Fire, with a small country called the Land of Hot Water situated between them.

Kumogakure's frontline forces were stationed within the Land of Hot Water.

That meant this mission would take them beyond their country's borders.

After two days of arduous travel, Hyuga Bin and the other five finally entered the Land of Hot Water.

Since the Land of Hot Water was located in the north, its weather was considerably colder than that of the southern Land of Fire.

After entering the Land of Hot Water, Hyuga Bin, who possessed the Byakugan, became the team's scout along the way.

This continued for an entire day. By the time the team had fully penetrated the Land of Hot Water, Hyuga Bin finally discovered traces of enemy ninja. "Senior Minato, there are Chakra fluctuations ahead, and they're quite strong. But they're too far away for me to identify who they are."

"Move one kilometer closer and observe again." Namikaze Minato immediately gave the order, and the group continued forward for another kilometer.

After stopping, Hyuga Bin activated his Byakugan once more.

Unlike the uncertain Chakra fluctuations from before, after closing the distance, Hyuga Bin had a basic grasp of their identities.

"There are four of them. Two have Chakra at jonin level, while the other two far surpass jonin. One of them has exceptionally intense Chakra fluctuations and should be Kumogakure's Jinchuriki."

"A Jinchuriki? The Two-Tails Jinchuriki or the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki?"

The Ino-Shika-Cho trio were shocked upon hearing Hyuga Bin's words.

After all, a Jinchuriki was a village's strategic weapon and ordinarily would not be sent to the front lines so easily.

Now that Kumogakure had even deployed a Jinchuriki to the front, even if it was not preparing to wage war against Konoha, it clearly had a very strong purpose.

"Minato, what should we do? Retreat?" Since Namikaze Minato was the captain, the other five left the decision to him.

"They seem to have a sensory ninja and are approaching us." Before Namikaze Minato could make a decision, Hyuga Bin noticed that the four Chakra signatures were gradually drawing closer.

"In that case, prepare for battle. We'll also find out what they're after." Namikaze Minato gave Hyuga Bin and the others their assignments. "The two ninja whose Chakra far surpasses jonin level should be Fourth Hokage A and B. I'll handle them. You only need to stay alert for the others."

Before the enemy appeared, Namikaze Minato took more than a dozen "Swords of Shinobi Love" from his ninja tool pouch and scattered them in every direction.

Less than a minute later, A, Killer B, and two Kumogakure jonin appeared before Hyuga Bin's group of six.

Facing Namikaze Minato, A immediately entered Lightning Release Chakra Mode and charged at him with his "Godlike Speed."

The moment Hyuga Bin saw this, he knew this was a scene from the original story.

According to how the plot unfolded next, Namikaze Minato would throw a Flying Thunder God Kunai, use the Flying Thunder God Technique to teleport to another kunai, then use the Flying Thunder God Technique again to return the moment A's attack missed and stab A with a kunai. Killer B would then use Tailed Beast Transformation to block the strike for A, resulting in his tail being cut off by Namikaze Minato, who would leave a Flying Thunder God formula on it...

In the end, after exchanging a round of verbal sparring, both sides would part ways.

Just as Namikaze Minato followed the plot and threw out a Flying Thunder God Kunai, Hyuga Bin received an option mission from the system.

[Option A: Watch "Namikaze Minato vs. A-B" one more time. Completion reward: Wind Release—Great Breakthrough (B-rank reward).]

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

[Option C: Use rap, which you are bad at, to diss Killer B. Completion reward: random Attribute Points +0.1.]

After reading the options, Hyuga Bin instinctively felt that he should step forward and share some of Namikaze Minato's burden.

Hyuga Bin immediately moved closer to the battlefield and directly entered Diss Mode against Killer B, who had already lost a tail while he was thinking.

"Yo, yo, isn't this little B from Kumogakure?"

"Fool, you idiot!"

"That's not some gorgeous rhyme. That's just a lame joke!"

"I'm in a great mood today, I can write some amazing rhymes~ THANK U—then I'll play with you!"

Of the four diss lines in a row, three had been adapted from Killer B's own lines.

Hyuga Bin felt an inexplicable sense of shame as he rapped them.

[Option mission complete. Chakra +0.1.]

"You fool, you idiot!" Faced with Hyuga Bin making the first move, Killer B first blurted out his catchphrase, then spoke to A, who was beside him and calculating how to continue attacking Namikaze Minato. "Big bro, he dissed me. I can't take this. I wanna battle him!"

If they had not already made a plan to defeat Namikaze Minato, A would have wanted to punch Killer B right then.

He knew that Namikaze Minato's Flying Thunder God Technique could only teleport him to locations with kunai, so all he had to do was memorize every kunai's position and counterattack the instant Namikaze Minato teleported.

"Ignore that Hyuga Clan brat. I'll deal with the Yellow Flash first." After saying that to Killer B, he charged at Namikaze Minato once again.

Whoosh!

Just as his attack was about to hit, Namikaze Minato vanished from where he stood again.

However, this time, Namikaze Minato did not appear at the location of one of A's Flying Thunder God Kunai. Instead, he appeared behind Killer B, a sharp special kunai aimed directly at the back of Killer B's head.

At the same time, Killer B had a blade held against Namikaze Minato's abdomen.

"There's actually a Body Flicker formula on the Eight-Tails' tail!"

The unnamed Kumogakure jonin watching from the side broke out in a cold sweat at the sight.

"Senior Minato is freaking awesome!"

Without waiting for Killer B to start rapping, Hyuga Bin praised Namikaze Minato first, suppressing Killer B's momentum.

Today, he was merely a spectator responsible for shouting praise. Namikaze Minato had shown him another impressive move.

That "freaking awesome" made Namikaze Minato, who had originally planned to exchange some serious mutual compliments with the A-B combination, burst out laughing!