"May I ask when I can leave?"
"Wait for the Anbu investigation."
"Don't your Anbu question the person involved during an investigation?"
"Wait for the Anbu investigation!"
After saying that, the Anbu wearing the cat mask stopped speaking. No matter how Uchiha Yoichi questioned him afterward, he ignored him.
Seeing this, Uchiha Yoichi had no choice but to give up. For now, he could only wait for the Anbu to release him or for his clan to come to his rescue.
However, given Uchiha Fugaku's somewhat weak-willed nature, he would probably negotiate with the Konoha High Command before waiting for the Anbu's investigation.
Thinking of this, Uchiha Yoichi secretly sighed. The heavy casualties among his teammates had not been his fault. Konoha's intelligence had simply been inadequate. A C-rank mission had involved one Jonin, one Chunin, and two Genin. The fact that he had managed to bring one teammate back was already impressive.
Uchiha Fugaku should have seized on Konoha's inadequate intelligence and stubbornly blamed the Konoha Mission Squad for failing in its duties. They had nearly gotten a Chunin of the Uchiha Clan killed.
When would the Uchiha Clan finally become a little more forceful?
Uchiha Yoichi was a transmigrator who had only arrived in the Ninja World a year ago.
His predecessor had possessed considerable talent as well. He had graduated early, become a Chunin two years later, and even awakened the Sharingan. Although it was only a One Tomoe Sharingan, those who could awaken the Sharingan were already a minority within the Uchiha Clan.
He could be said to have had the makings of a strong fighter.
However, after his predecessor was replaced by a transmigrator, things became awkward. Although Uchiha Yoichi had inherited his memories, his combat experience had basically just played through his mind like a movie.
After arriving in the Ninja World, Uchiha Yoichi had decisively requested six months of leave from Konoha through his clan. He would not accept any missions during that time. First, he needed to become familiar with his own strength.
He knew how to refine Chakra, how to form hand seals and release Ninjutsu, and he could even use the Sharingan.
He simply needed to turn those abilities into his actual strength, so Uchiha Yoichi spent six months training within the clan.
He had made considerable progress during those six months. By mastering the Ninjutsu and Chakra control from his memories, he had fully inherited his predecessor's strength.
He had also suffered greatly because of his "Golden Finger"!
Speaking of Uchiha Yoichi's Golden Finger, it was the Superpower Roulette. The most striking thing about this Golden Finger was its "endless variety"!
Every month, it randomly refreshed one superpower. Some superpowers were so powerful that they defied reason, while others were so useless that even a dog would not want them.
For example, during this mission, he had been an ordinary Chunin accompanied by three Genin. The reason they had survived and eliminated an enemy force consisting of a Jonin, a Chunin, two Genin, and a group of Mountain Bandits was entirely thanks to that day's superpower.
[Empty Hand Catches White Blade]: When you swing your blade, your primary target will unconditionally kneel on one knee and clamp the blade between both hands. When the enemy lets go depends on when you draw your blade, but drawing it will exhaust all your physical strength.
Uchiha Yoichi had relied on this move to cooperate with a Genin and kill that Jonin.
In fact, there had been another time when the Mission Squad Uchiha Yoichi belonged to had been wiped out. At the time, they had been carrying out a border patrol mission when they happened to encounter two elite squads from the Cloud Ninja crossing the border.
If his superpower had not happened to be suitable for the situation, then six months after arriving in the Ninja World, Uchiha Yoichi would already have reported to Yomi.
[Turn Enemy into Friend] could instantly raise the Affection Points of anyone hostile toward you to 99, but you had to flatter and fawn over them for three hours. Otherwise, their Affection Points would drop to -99.
Without that skill, Uchiha Yoichi would have died alongside his teammates as well.
Fortunately, after activating this superpower, Uchiha Yoichi successfully became close friends with the two elite Cloud Ninja squads. After spending several hours with them, he not only found out their mission intelligence,
but also put his arm around their shoulders and led the Cloud Ninja squad, which was still carrying out its mission, to a nearby town. After having a few drinks, he even asked one of the Squad Captains about the cultivation method for Lightning Release Chakra Mode.
On another mission, no one died, but the four members of the squad had all taken a tumble together. Aside from Uchiha Yoichi, the other three had all broken an arm or a leg. Once those three squad members had recovered, the squad inexplicably disbanded.
He had broken up three Mission Squads within six months, so when Uchiha Yoichi returned to the village this time, the Anbu brought him in for questioning.
But although they called it an investigation, Uchiha Yoichi felt that the Anbu were simply restricting his personal freedom.
He had already been locked up for four or five hours. Aside from two rice balls and a cup of water given to him midway through, Uchiha Yoichi had not eaten anything else. He had just returned from a "slaughter," after all.
He had expended a considerable amount of Chakra and needed at least one proper meal to recover.
After an unknown amount of time, Uchiha Yoichi even fell asleep in the holding room. In a daze, he heard the Anbu knock on the door.
"Uchiha Yoichi, you can come out now."
After the Anbu in the cat mask finished speaking, he directly opened the door to the holding room.
"Your efficiency is truly impressive. I thought I'd have to live here for a month, but I'm out after only a few hundred minutes."
Uchiha Yoichi could not help but mock him, but the Anbu in the cat mask did not respond.
Soon after leaving the holding room, Uchiha Yoichi saw Uchiha Kanbayashi outside. He was a Squad Captain of the Security Force and also a fairly famous Jonin of the Uchiha Clan.
"Yoichi, let's go home."
"Thank you for coming to get me, Senior Jianlin."
Uchiha Yoichi spoke, then glanced at the sky. It was already pitch-black. He had been held for at least six or seven hours.
"Senior Jianlin, what's the outcome of this mission? When the Anbu released me just now, they didn't tell me how it had been handled."
After hearing this, Uchiha Kanbayashi did not answer immediately. He led Uchiha Yoichi some distance away. Only after they had moved away from the Ninja Administration Building did he speak.
"There's no result yet. The High Command hasn't reached a unified opinion either. However, someone suggested having the Interrogation Squad search your mind. The Clan Head refused."
"This mission was very strange. A Jonin and a Chunin appeared during a C-rank mission. The Mission Squad refuses to admit that there was an unexpected problem with the mission intelligence, and they've been bringing up your past. Fortunately, you brought back that Jonin's head. After an investigation, they confirmed that this had merely been a coincidence."
"That Stone Ninja infiltration squad was probably trying to investigate the movements of the capital's Daimyo's Mansion. They just happened to be thwarted by you. This is also why the Clan Head opposed searching your mind."
"So I'm a hero after all? Then what is the Konoha High Command doing?"
Even with Uchiha Yoichi's good temper, he had nearly cursed out the entire family tree of the four-man leadership group. He continued, "I risked my life to bring intelligence back to Konoha, and the result is that they want to search my mind? Senior Jianlin, don't you think that's unreasonable? I'm the hero who killed a Stone Ninja Jonin."
Besides, it was perfectly normal for a Mission Squad to encounter unexpected problems. Kakashi had taken Naruto on their first C-rank mission, and it had escalated into an A-rank or even S-rank mission. If Haku had not been so kind-hearted, Kakashi's squad would have had at least two fewer orphans.
"It is indeed very unreasonable. The clan members in the Security Force were all furious when they heard the news. However, the Clan Head only took office recently, so you need to understand him."
Uchiha Kanbayashi sighed. The Clan Head wanted to use his own methods to further develop the Uchiha Clan. As clan members, all they could do was support him.
"But Yoichi, how did you kill that Jonin from Iwagakure?"
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