Going Out to Roam

After leaving the Intelligence Department, Yichen went straight to Ōnoki and expressed his desire to go out and have some fun.

To Yichen's surprise, Ōnoki refused without even a second thought, not even listening to why Yichen wanted to go out.

"Wait until you've fully reached Kage Level before leaving the village." Ōnoki dismissed Yichen with a simple sentence.

Previously, Yichen was only Elite Jonin, Ōnoki naturally wouldn't confine Yichen to the village. That wouldn't help Yichen's growth; to become Kage Level, Yichen needed sufficient experience.

Indeed, Yichen matured during the war.

However, once Yichen became a quasi-Film Queen, his role in the village changed completely.

In Ōnoki's opinion, going out to have fun at this time is too risky; it would be better to stay in the village for a few years.

A few years later, when Yichen becomes Kage-level experts, if he wants to go out and have fun, while it may not be without danger, his safety will be far greater than it is now.

For the village, Yichen will inevitably become Kage Level being in the future, and his role in the village will be even greater then.

Therefore, no matter what Yichen wants to do now, in Ōnoki's view, it cannot offset the risks Yichen faces if he goes out now.

Seeing that Ōnoki didn't even want to hear the reasons, Yichen had no choice but to go to Ikura to discuss countermeasures.

Upon hearing that Yichen Ikura to leave the village, Yicang was overjoyed. "Haha, now it's finally your turn. I was confined to the village when the war first broke out."

"Every time I heard what you were doing out there, I was very envious. I thought to myself, if the pace of the war had been any faster, I probably wouldn't even have had the chance to fight."

"Thinking about it carefully, it seems that I only left the village once, when I was exchanging the Third Kazekage Puppet with the Sunagakure."

"Even now, the Lord Tsuchikage requires me to master S-rank Ninjutsu before I can leave the village."

Yichen:...

After thinking for a moment, Yichen said unwillingly, "But Minato Namikaze of Konoha has been active outside all along."

Ikura shook his head and said, "Konoha is full of talented people; how can we Iwa ninja compare? Besides, Minato Namikaze probably didn't inform the Konoha leadership of his situation back then."

Yichen was a little discouraged and said, "By the way, how's your second S-rank Ninjutsu coming along?"

Ikura gave a wry smile and said, "S-rank Ninjutsu isn't so easy to learn."

As she spoke, Ikura looked at Yichen with envy. "Your Ninjutsu talent is amazing. You mastered two S-rank Ninjutsu so quickly."

Yichen has indeed mastered the first S-rank Ninjutsu, Banshō Ten'in, but he has only just begun to understand the second S-rank Ninjutsu, Mind's Eye.

The Mind's Eye's Eye Ninjutsu is similar to a passive skill. Theoretically, once fully mastered, Yichen can passively detect all Chakra fluctuations in the surrounding area.

The range is not large; Yichen tested it, and it's about 200 meters in radius. It's far inferior to the Sensory Ninjutsu he learned before.

However, Yichen can only sense clearly when his vision is off. He is far from being able to use his abilities in actual combat.

Yichen now understands the reason.

The ability to see into Mind's Eye seemed to grant Yichen a sixth sense. As an ordinary person, Yichen was accustomed to using his eyes and ears as his primary senses to receive information from the outside world.

Now, a sixth sense, no less efficient than the eyes, has suddenly appeared, Yichen is unable to adapt to this change for a while.

Sometimes, even when one deliberately using Mind's Eye, it can interfere with what the eyes see.

In the course of battle, such Mind's Eye will not only fail to help you, but will also hinder you.

So Yichen shook his head and said, "My Mind's Eye is far from being applicable in actual combat."

"Then you're even less likely to leave the village; Lord Tsuchikage won't agree," Ikura concluded.

Yichen was somewhat discouraged, but after thinking for a moment, he said, "Didn't you go out when you went to negotiate with the Sunagakure last time? Does that mean I'll have a chance too?"

Ikura smiled and looked at Yichen without saying a word.

Ikura Yichen was initially confused, but he quickly understood. It was because the village lacked manpower and couldn't find enough capable ninjas.

But even if a similar situation were to occur now, Ōnoki wouldn't send out Yichen, because he has a better option: Ikura.

Ikura already possesses at least Kage-level Combatant. Although her strength is still at the bottom among Kage Level, she is still more reliable than Yichen.

Yichen sighed, left Ikura's place, and returned to his office.

Yichen was unwilling to stay in the village like this.

"How can I get Ōnoki to send me out?" Yichen began to ponder.

"That's right, I have an advantage." Yichen suddenly thought of something and jumped up excitedly.

When Yichen was at the East Front Camp, he was often sent by Kitsuchi to carry out some missions.

The tasks that Kitsuchi assigned to Yichen all had one thing in common: they required speed, and Yichen possessed speed far exceeding that of ordinary people.

Yichen can fly, and when it flies, it can travel in a straight line, which will shorten the distance compared to traveling on the ground.

In addition, with no enemies in the air, Yichen can travel at full speed without having to spend time on reconnaissance or other tasks.

In wartime, Yichen's ability to fly would be a significant advantage.

"Luckily, Ōnoki didn't ask me anything just now, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to guide his thinking. But how can I phrase it in a way that makes the others feel a sense of urgency, so that they have no choice but to send me out?"

Yichen began to recall the information he had seen at the Intelligence Department and then analyzed it based on the original plot.

A moment later, Yichen found a way to persuade Ōnoki to let him go.

Then Yichen got up and went to the Intelligence Department again.

Half an hour later, Ōnoki, who was working in the Tsuchikage's Office, saw Yichen return. He frowned and said, "Don't waste your breath. Just stay in the village and wait until you reach Kage Level."

Yichen chuckled, then changed his expression and said seriously, "Lord Tsuchikage, I suspect that the Mist ninja are about to make a move against the Hyuga Clan."

Ōnoki looked up at Yichen and said, "The Mist ninja Tenten are targeting the Hyuga and Uchiha every day."

"This time it's different. I suspect the Mist ninja's target this time is the Hyuga Main Family, and they're probably after the Byakugan," Yichen said confidently.

As expected, Ōnoki finally put down the official document in his hand, glanced at Yichen, and, thinking that Yichen probably wouldn't joke about such information, said, "Go and call the others here!"

"Yes." After saying that, Yichen happily went to find Ikura and the others.

Before long, the four advisors gathered in the Tsuchikage's Office. Yichen passed the intelligence he had just obtained from the Intelligence Department to them for a look.

The intelligence was the same as what Yichen had seen before, but he had picked out the relevant parts.

Following Yichen's guidance, the others were misled by Yichen and began to believe that Yichen's speculation about the Mist ninja's actions against the Hyuga Main Family was somewhat plausible.

However, Saka said, "Yichen, your information only shows that the Mist ninja's actions are somewhat abnormal, but it doesn't prove that they intend to attack the Hyuga Main Family."

Yichen felt a little guilty. As expected of the advisor who had been in charge of the Intelligence Department for many years, Ban immediately noticed the problem.

However, Yichen had the advantage of the original storyline, so he was very confident in his judgment.

So he said, "Senior Saka, I think there's a high probability that the Mist ninja will do this. If I were the Mist ninja commander, I would also take action if I had the opportunity to obtain the Byakugan."

Saka still didn't believe it. "The Hyuga Main Family is definitely located in the core area of the camp. If the Mist ninja want to obtain the Byakugan, they have to launch a strong attack on the Konoha Camp. I don't think the Mist ninja would take such a big risk for the Byakugan."

"Besides, after taking such a big risk, we might not even get the Byakugan," Ikura agreed.

"Ahem, I think the Mist ninja must have obtained some information about the Hyuga Main Family, most likely that the Hyuga Main Family will leave the camp. The Mist ninja must be targeting the Hyuga based on this information," Yichen said confidently.

Saka shook his head and said, "That's pure speculation, completely unfounded."

Yichen knew that this explanation might not be enough to persuade Ōnoki and the others, so he took out another piece of information and spread it out in front of everyone.

Yichen pointed to one of the spots and said, "Lord Tsuchikage, look, the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist ninja have been making unusual movements for the past five days."

"Look here," Yichen pointed to another spot, "Six days ago, a Jonin from the Hyuga Branch Family was ambushed and killed by Kushimaru Kuriarare, one of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist Jonin Swordsmen of the Mist."

At this point, Yichen paused for a moment, then said, "The intelligence officer who delivered this information was a Chunin from the Konoha Hyuga Clan's camp in Konoha."

"He participated in the search for the missing Hyuga Branch Family Jonin. Although they eventually found the body, at least half a day had passed since the incident."

Ikura was somewhat taken aback and said, "You mean, Kushimaru Kuriarare obtained information about the Hyuga Main Family's whereabouts from this Hyuga Branch Family Jonin in the past half day?"

To be honest, Ikura almost believed it. If Yichen hadn't just complained to him about it earlier, he would have been convinced by the logic Yichen had presented.

If Ikura is in this state, then the others are even worse off. Saka frowned, somewhat doubting the information Yichen had provided.

Normally, this kind of information wouldn't prove anything; in a war between two countries, it's perfectly normal for a few Jonin die.

But now that Yichen has singled out these pieces of information and put them together, and made a seemingly reasonable guess, he is also a little unsure.

So they looked to Ōnoki and let Ōnoki make the decision.

To be honest, Ōnoki didn't believe Yichen's guess at first; he always felt that it was false information fabricated by Yichen in order to leave the village.

Ōnoki guessed correctly; these pieces of information were pieced together by Yichen to persuade his superiors.

Although it's not fake, it's clearly misleading.

The Hyuga Clan did indeed lose a branch family Jonin, but this wasn't the first time they had lost Jonin.

Yichen was simply bringing up this issue now, when the time was right and he needed it.

If these pieces of information were placed among all the intelligence, and combined with the other fallen Hyuga Branch Family Jonin, Ōnoki and the others would think that Yichen was being unreasonable.

But they didn't realize that they subconsciously felt Yichen wouldn't lie to them.

Especially with such crucial intelligence, Yichen wouldn't be so lacking in discretion.

After hesitating for a while, Ōnoki decided to believe Yichen's guess.

After scrutinizing Yichen with a suspicious look, Ōnoki said helplessly, "I'll trust you this once. The Mist ninja have been preparing for so many days; if they're going to take action, it'll probably be in the next few days. Just go and make the trip."

Ōnoki didn't tell Yichen what to do, trusting that Yichen could handle it. He was only worried that Yichen might be too reckless and get himself into trouble.