A-rank Secret Scroll

Yichen's heart, which had just calmed down, suddenly started pounding again. Although the mission log from the village seemed quite long, it was all within Yichen's expectations. Putting aside everything else, just the fact that Yichen had killed so many Jonin was enough to justify such a large number of mission logs.

But that's not important. What's important is what comes next: A-rank, A-rank, A-rank! It's A-rank Ninjutsu! What A-rank Ninjutsu have I been eyeing?

The Earth Style: Earth Mountain Technique used by Kitsuchi to kill Yuki Kagami. The Earth Style: Earth Flow Fortress used by Yamato Light-Weight Rock Technique that allows flight. The Added-Weight Rock Technique that subdued the Second Tsuchikage's Reanimated Body in one move. The Great Raging Waves used by Kisame Hoshigaki...

There are too many to count.

Before Yichen could continue his daydreaming, the surprise wasn't over yet.

Ōnoki continued, "You can choose one of the following rewards for your promotion Jonin: one A-rank Ninjutsu exchange privilege, 80,000 Contribution Points, three B-rank Ninjutsu exchange privileges, a custom-made Chakra weapon, the option to take on a vacant captain-level position, one S-rank Sealing Jutsu privilege, and access to an A-rank Ninjutsu treasure book. You can choose one of these options."

Seemingly anticipating Yichen, Ōnoki added, "No need to make a decision immediately. Go back and think about it. Once you've made a decision, go to the Contribution Office to collect the corresponding reward."

Yichen nodded in agreement and left the Tsuchikage's Office Building at Ōnoki's signal.

I'm Jonin now, a 14-year-old Jonin. In the Ninja World, that's considered genius, but not outstanding. Ikura became Jonin at 12, which is top-tier genius in the Ninja World, and someone that all countries are paying close attention to.

Kakashi, an 11-year-old Jonin, was someone who could boost the morale of the entire nation's ninjas.

Don't assume that promotions are easy during wartime; it's not at all. During wartime, you have less free time and less time to train. Although there are more opportunities for real combat and you can gain experience against enemies, it's not necessarily a good thing for young people.

Therefore, in Yichen's opinion, Kakashi became Jonin at the age of 11 simply because he was awesome.

However, Yichen, with the mindset of an adult, began to plan his time after the initial excitement.

From this moment on, Yichen was essentially relieved of his post as Supply Station Commander. Before the new appointment was issued, Yichen was completely idle. This was also a long vacation prepared for Yichen by the village.

After the long holiday, Yichen will have to go to the Land of Rain. Although the higher-ups haven't said anything yet, Yichen can guess it.

Therefore, Yichen now needs to make some preparations for his trip to the Land of Rain.

After clarifying his direction, Yichen still needed to take stock of his resources.

Upon arriving at the Contribution Office, Yichen first calculated the number of Contribution Points he currently possessed.

There are 4 S-rank mission, each with Contribution Points of 12,000 points, and 10 A-rank mission, each with Contribution Points of 3,000 points. The total is 78,000 points.

In addition, the ninjas who died at Yichen's hands in the past two years, as well as the ninjas killed by Yichen and other Anbu Squad or outposts, can all bring Yichen Contribution Points.

The calculation method is as follows: killing a Chunin earns 100 contribution points, while killing a Jonin grants the equivalent of an A-rank mission, roughly equivalent to 1200 points.

Yichen himself killed about 60 Chunin and more than 30 Jonin. His subordinates also Chunin. The total is about 48,000 points.

In addition, each Jonin killed by Yichen in cooperation with the Anbu and outposts adds about 200 Contribution Points to Yichen, and there are more than 20 Jonin in total. The Elite Jonin is allocated about 1,000 contribution points to Yichen. The total is about 6,000 points.

In addition, the various captured supplies also increased Yichen's contribution points by approximately 10,000.

However, Yichen not only had income, but also expenses. Because he had reaped great rewards in the past two years, Yichen was very generous when distributing task rewards to his subordinates, giving them far more than the task quotas given by the village.

This expense will deduct approximately 30,000 points from Yichen. This amount is already quite large, demonstrating that Yichen is a very generous superior. Furthermore, there is another important expense: rewards for items and Ninjutsu given to subordinates. These do not require Yichen's contribution; Yichen only needs to use a portion of the captured items.

For example, Yichen's classmate and subordinate, Taniya, performed exceptionally well when cooperating with Yichen to kill a Jonin. Originally, Yichen was supposed to pay at least 3,000 Contribution Points to record two B-rank Mission for him, but in the end, Taniya chose the Chakra Metal, which is equivalent to exchanging 3,000 Contribution Points for the Chakra Metal.

There are many similar cases, Yichen saved a lot of Contribution Points through this method.

Taking all of these factors into account, Yichen now has approximately 112,000 Contribution Points in his account.

This amount was enormous to Yichen in the past, but reality is cruel. Originally, Yichen had planned to use the reward for advancing to Jonin to exchange for A-rank Ninjutsu, but now he has given up.

Yichen discovered that after working hard for more than two years, the contribution points he had accumulated were not even enough to exchange for a single A-rank Ninjutsu.

You heard right, he can't afford to exchange for even one. A-rank Ninjutsu is worth over 100,000. Yichen is even short of the cheapest ones.

Seeing this, Yichen felt like crying. Poverty truly limited his imagination. Indeed, in the Ninja World, the most promising thing was to have a Kage as a teacher. Getting something for nothing is the essence of success.

With a sigh, Yichen began to plan how to use this contribution.

I definitely want to exchange for A-rank Ninjutsu, but should I also use the rewards for becoming Jonin to exchange for Contribution Points? One of the rewards for becoming Jonin is receiving 80,000 contribution points. With that contribution, I can consider many A-rank Ninjutsu.

However, before Yichen could make up his mind, the staff member gave him some good news. "Jonin Yichen Yichen, you have made another contribution here." While speaking, they handed him a document, "This was sent by the Advisor Group; the reason for the contribution is a method for cultivating Chakra attributes."

Yichen was somewhat bewildered, unable to recall what this was. After carefully examining the explanation, he remembered that this was the theory of Nature Transformation that he had developed after receiving inspiration from Nagato.

"My goodness, based on this theory, the Advisor Group actually counted themselves as having 50,000 Contribution Points?"

"So many contributions? Could there be a mistake?" Yichen asked nervously.

The staff member replied, "While we don't know the Advisor Group's considerations, they can't be wrong."

Yichen didn't know was that the theory he submitted was highly practical and indeed a good method for cultivating the second elemental attribute. And given the size of Iwagakure, the number of ninjas currently cultivating the second and third elements was countless.

Furthermore, since it's relatively easy for Iwa ninja to train in Earth Release, the number is even greater.

Yichen's report saved many ninjas time, and these ninjas were all Jonin or Jonin, the backbone of the village's fighting force. It can be said that Yichen's report significantly improved the village's strength. Therefore, the village's reward was very generous.

Seeing this reward, Yichen felt like he had spent the last two years on the dog.

This is a good thing, though. With these 50,000 Contribution Points, Yichen's total Contribution Points will exceed 160,000. He can now consider exchanging for quite a few A-rank Ninjutsu.

After carefully reading through the list of A-rank Ninjutsu, Yichen finally chose the Light-Weight Rock Technique.

Putting aside other reasons, Yichen decided to prioritize this Ninjutsu simply because it allows flight. Flying Ninjutsu would increase his chances of escaping danger. Moreover, as a ranged attacker, if he could stealthily attack from a position where the enemy couldn't get close, he would be practically invincible.

Most importantly, the situation in the upcoming Land of Rain is too complicated. Even if I learn A-rank attack Ninjutsu, it won't change the situation; instead, it will only get me into trouble.

Just imagine, Danzo brought a large number of elites from Root, and when he used an A-rank attack Ninjutsu, the opponent easily neutralized it, and then unleashed a barrage of Ninjutsu on him. Yichen shook his head, not daring to think too much about it.

We need to be a bit sneaky in this Land of Rain incident; being able to fly is a good way to do it.

In addition to exchanging for A-rank Ninjutsu, Yi Chen also claimed the reward for being promoted to Jonin after some thought. Yichen chose to read the A-rank Ninjutsu treasure trove.

This thing sounds a bit mysterious, but it's actually similar to choosing Ninjutsu. The only Ninjutsu is that this thing is generally used to help with understanding and enlightenment, and it doesn't directly teach ninjas how to perform Ninjutsu.

For example, regarding knowledge of Space-Time Ninjutsu, the village has an A-rank secret manual that records the village's complete understanding of Space-Time Ninjutsu. However, Iwagakure is weak in this area, so although this secret manual on Space-Time Ninjutsu is A-rank, Yichen feels it's not very useful.

The secret treasure that Yichen chose was about fusing two types of Chakra to form Kekkei Genkai.

If you put that A-rank Space-Time Ninjutsu treasure trove into Konoha, it's nothing, because Konoha already has complete S-rank Space-Time Ninjutsu; they wouldn't even look at this.

If Yichen's chosen A-rank Chakra fusion treasure were placed in Konoha, it would be at least S-rank. Hiruzen Sarutobi would probably spend a lot of time training with it.

Why?

This is because it's a specialty of Iwagakure). Iwagakure has a dedicated Explosive Unit, and every ninja there knows how to use Explosion Release. However, not all of these ninjas are from Bloodline Limit families; many have trained themselves to achieve this.

The Iwagakure has a complete training method for fusing Chakra.

Above the secret treasure in Yichen's hands, there is another S-rank secret treasure. That's right, it records the Chakra Fusion attributes: Dust Release.

Simply put, this A-rank Secret Scroll does indeed have a chance to help ninjas learn Chakra nature fusion.

Yichen opened the secret treasure and read it carefully more than a dozen times. Only after confirming that he fully understood it did he put the secret treasure back into the box that Sealing Jutsu.

Then a ninja from the Barrier Team came and cast a Sealing Jutsu on Yichen's brain. This is a normal phenomenon; the brains of all ninjas who have come into contact with A-rank or Jonin are Sealing Jutsu by the village. This is to prevent Ninjutsu from leaking out. Although various mind-reading techniques can obtain a lot of information from the corpse of a ninja after death, with this Sealing Jutsu, it is impossible to obtain a complete A-rank Ninjutsu.