Umino Squad

Although Tejudo's background was similar to his own, both being immigrants affiliated with ninja clans.

The Tejiku family were retainers of the Senju clan. Their ancestors were tool repairers for Senju ninja. After moving to Konoha, they opened a tool shop.

As for the Umino clan, retainers of the Sarutobi clan, they could only sell fish.

Ninjas were high-income earners, and the profits from related tools were naturally very considerable. At that time, the Senju clan was the foremost powerful family in Konoha. Unlike the Sarutobi clan, who treated their retainers with disdain, not even providing a settlement fee, the Senju clan acted with great generosity.

The Tejiku family prospered along with the Senju clan, not only becoming prosperous but also amassing a large fortune.

Unfortunately, as the Senju clan gradually declined and their backer weakened, the hidden dangers in the Tejiku family's business were exposed.

Thus, a large number of Tejiku family disciples abandoned their affluent, young master-like lives and chose to become ninjas.

Others became ninjas to earn money with their lives.

The Tejiku family members became ninjas to spend money to buy their lives.

Take his capable subordinate Tejudo, for example. He wore three Sealing Scrolls around his waist, filled with various tools. Although they weren't Chakra Metal Tools, their sheer quantity made up for it.

His Ninja Tool Bag on the other side of his waist was stuffed with several dozen Explosive Tags.

While others saved frugly to acquire one or two Explosive Tags, Tejudo bought them by the dozen.

It truly highlighted what it meant to be extravagant.

In mid-to-low-tier conventional ninja battles, there weren't many flashy ninjutsu. Usually, they would first throw a volley of kunai and shuriken at each other, then engage in close-quarters combat. The main focus was on who had better equipment, better condition, and better taijutsu fundamentals.

Then, during the battle, they would grasp the rhythm and gather intelligence. At a critical moment, they would use a ninjutsu to dodge a fatal attack or end the fight.

Of course, if they couldn't win and had no mission, a Tactical Retreat was also a standard operation, emphasizing flexibility.

If they had a mission and couldn't retreat, then there was no choice. They would first take some Soldier Pills and Blood-Stopping Pills, then Gamble Life for Life, trading injury for injury, and gambling life for life, seeing who would last until the end, highlighting the brutality.

They all said that the battlefield was a good place for training and could quickly improve one's Strength. How could such brutal battles not temper people? Those who couldn't adapt were basically Physically Eliminated.

On the battlefield, genin were consumables, like leeks, harvested one crop after another. Even the early graduates from the Ninja Academy had gone through several batches, showing how high the death rate was for low-level ninjas.

The average lifespan of a ninja was less than ten years, which was no joke.

Tejudo, as his Old Subordinate, could survive until now, partly due to his captain's care, but more so because he was capable himself. His passable Money Release Secret Technique had considerable Lethality against other low-level ninjas.

If he were to unleash the Sealing Scrolls around his waist and perform his strongest Money Release Secret Technique: Tool Manipulation · Heavenly Blade Chaos, even an Elite Level chūnin could be turned into a Hornet's Nest if caught off guard.

Perhaps his ancestors had truly passed down some Bloodline Memory, coupled with the Blessing of Money Release, Tejudo's Talent in controlling tools was exceptionally good.

It naturally brought to mind Tenten, one of the Twelve Strong in later generations, and Tejyuya from Shippuden, who also had talent in controlling tools and mastered a decent Money Release.

Thinking of Tenten was easy, but Tejyuya was a bit of a tangent. He could only remember him because they shared the same surname, Tejiku, and had a similar physique and weight.

The key point is that Tejyuya (he) in Shippuden had temporary teammates: Konoha Jonin Shirakumo Hayama (he), Eternal Genin Maruboshi Kosuke (he), and Child of Destiny Uzumaki Naruto (he). Once remembered, it's hard not to have it fresh in memory.

Shirakumo Hayama's Vacuum Sword, Maruboshi Kosuke's Second Hokage inherited ninjutsu, and Tejyuya's ninja tool manipulation and Heavenly Net traps were all extremely cool.

Inspired by this, his guidance for Tejudo was directed towards Tejyuya's style, and indeed, Tejudo showed considerable talent in setting traps, truly a little genius level.

It's just that Tejudo always complains that setting traps is too wife-consuming.

Tejudo has a quirk: he cherishes his blades extremely, even giving each one a pet name, cherishing them like girlfriends.

It is precisely because he has so many blade girlfriends that a cute, kind, good girl like Xiao Xiao has never been able to enter Tejudo's heart.

Xiao Xiao, who could easily win over even the Inuzuka Young Master, repeatedly failed before Tejudo, suffering defeat.

In Tejudo's words, how could Xiao Xiao be as cute as his girlfriends? She wasn't even as cute as his paper figure Explosive Tags little wife, let alone his Fuma Shuriken big wife?

Even his Cooking Pot wife, Xiao Bi, who had been unfaithful multiple times, was cuter than Xiao Xiao.

However, the thought of his Cooking Pot wife's infidelity made Tejudo sadden, constantly lamenting that his relationship with his wife Xiao Bi was no longer pure.

If it weren't for the captain's tyranny and the overwhelming temptation of delicacies, Tejudo would never have let his wife Xiao Bi stew, and every time everyone enjoyed the food in the pot, it felt like sharing his wife Xiao Bi, causing him immense pain.

His wife Xiao Bi's infidelity wasn't active infidelity; it was because he failed to protect her when she was shared out. Because of this, the thought made him even more uncomfortable, yet it also gave him a strange thrill, a little excitement.

Therefore, every time after cooking, Tejudo would proactively take charge of the team's washing duties, holding his wife Xiao Bi, washing and washing.

Each careful wash felt like it could wash away his wife Xiao Bi's infidelity and his own guilt.

Only when his wife Xiao Bi was shiny as new would he feel relieved, once again believing that his wife Xiao Bi had forgiven him and was still willing to protect him.

In this way, Tejudo would carry his wife Xiao Bi on his back, full of confidence again, believing that any attack from behind would be blocked by his wife Xiao Bi, who was clinging to his back.

And indeed, Tejudo's survival ability had greatly increased.

His wife Xiao Bi had already blocked fatal ambushes from behind for him multiple times, which was clear proof that his wife Xiao Bi was still unwavering in her loyalty to him.

"Do, let us girls do this housework?"

After the meal, Xiao Xiao again took the initiative to ask to be responsible for the clean-up work after the meal. When she said the word [house], the incredibly strong-hearted Xiao Xiao actually felt shy.

How could Tejudo let anyone else touch his wife Xiao Bi again, not even a girl? So he busied himself even more diligently, giving Xiao Xiao no chance to interfere.

The simp Inuzuka Ryo (he) saw that Tejudo was so unappreciative, daring to reject his goddess yet again. While feeling a little fortunate, he couldn't help but be angered, immediately glaring at Tejudo, as if wanting to kill Tejudo with his fierce gaze.

Looking at the chaotic male-female relationships, which were not much better than Kakashi's Team 7, Umino Sasuke (he) felt an impulse to kick Inuzuka Ryo's butt and make him seize Tejudo's first kiss.

However, before he could act, a flying shadow slid down from the high altitude in the distance.

The flying shadow landed directly on his shoulder, it was his summoning beast, the Water Bat.

The Water Bats chirped softly, transmitting a series of Ultrasonic Notes.

"Something's up?"

Umino Sasuke's Heart Tightened.

Changed from the Past's Relaxed and Carefree demeanor, he Gathered Qi and Focused, his eyes showing a Chilling Killing Intent.

He Got Up and Leaped, distributing Chakra to the Sole of his Foot, and rapidly ascended a Giant Tree to the Treetop, pulling out a Handmade Monocular Telescope.

As soon as he looked into the Distance, he saw a Sound of Firelight coming from less than three kilometers Upstream, outside the Aoba Squad's defense perimeter.

Estimating the Battle in the Distant Place, Explosive Tags were already being Used.