Magic Meat Sheep

A third person had suddenly been added to their Mission Squad—and an outsider from another village at that. Strictly speaking, it was a serious violation of the Ninja handbook.

Kakashi was just about to say something when Uchiha Yoichi cut him off. "Kakashi, you need to learn to be flexible. The moment Mina agreed, she was already a member of my Uchiha Clan.

"Besides, Mina is a Sensor Ninja. You need to understand how much help a Sensor Ninja can be on a mission. Learn from this, Kakashi."

As Uchiha Yoichi said this, Uzumaki Mina lowered her head, her heart trembling wildly.

In the Ninja World, calling someone one of your own family basically meant that she had married into the family and taken its surname. For example, Uzumaki Mina would become Uchiha Mina.

However, Uchiha Yoichi had no such intention. He was thinking of taking Uzumaki Mina in as something like a retainer, then asking the Second Elder to train her. In the future, there would definitely be a place for Uzumaki Mina in his squad.

One reason Uzumaki Mina had accepted Uchiha Yoichi's invitation was that she had not been treated particularly well in Kusagakure.

After her ability was exposed, the Grass Ninja had treated her entirely as a walking blood bank. Fortunately, Uzumaki Mina had not revealed that she knew Sealing Jutsu. Otherwise, Kusagakure would certainly have stripped her of every bit of value she possessed.

"Mina, how large is your sensing range?"

"Only three or four kilometers at most. I awakened this ability just two months ago, so I'm still not very proficient with it."

Uzumaki Mina said this softly, somewhat embarrassed. She did not know much about the world of the Ninja, but when she had told Grass Ninja Akutagawa about it, Akutagawa had once looked at her with disdain and said things like, "It's completely useless."

As a result, Uzumaki Mina had assumed that she had not developed her sensing ability very well.

"Th-three or four kilometers?"

Kakashi's face beneath his mask was filled with shock. That kind of sensing range was already extremely powerful. He remembered his father saying that the Hyuga's Byakugan could generally only observe over a range of one or two kilometers.

And Uzumaki Mina had only just awakened this ability. Judging by what she had said, it seemed that it would become even stronger in the future.

Even Kakashi felt envious upon hearing about such an ability. The bloodline ability of the Uzumaki Clan was not combat-oriented, but it was terrifyingly powerful all the same.

Thinking of this, Kakashi felt that Uchiha Yoichi had probably heard about the Uzumaki Clan's abilities within his clan. That was why, after meeting Uzumaki Mina, he had immediately thought of taking her away.

Although this technically violated Konoha's regulations, it would at least increase the mission's success rate by double.

"The mission ahead is here: an Stone Ninja Sentry Post. According to the treaty revised after the Second Shinobi World War, each ninja village is only allowed to build Sentry Posts within its own country. However, this time, the Stone Ninja built theirs in the Land of Grass."

Uchiha Yoichi introduced the mission they were about to undertake, mainly explaining it for Uzumaki Mina's benefit.

As for violating the regulations?

All that mattered was that he could complete the mission. No regulations could restrain him. If Uchiha Yoichi had not needed combat experience, he would not have bothered coming out to accept a mission for such a small reward.

Still, the mission had another benefit for him: lawful plunder. Any money obtained outside the mission's official rewards could simply be handed over to Konoha.

"To put it simply, this mission is to make the Stone Ninja remember the treaty again by wiping out their Sentry Post in the Land of Grass. Normally, a Sentry Post only has a Chunin squad, and it's unlikely that there'll be a Jonin. But to be safe..."

At this point, Uchiha Yoichi turned toward Uzumaki Mina, who was listening attentively, and asked her, "Mina, can you sense the amount of Chakra the targets have?"

"I should be able to, but I'll need to get a little closer. At the limit of my range, the sensations become very vague."

"Good. When the time comes, use me as a reference and sense the number of enemy Ninja and the amount of Chakra they possess."

Uchiha Yoichi also assigned Uzumaki Mina a task. A large amount of Chakra did not necessarily mean someone was strong, but someone with little Chakra was ninety-nine percent likely to be weak.

They could barely use a few Ninjutsu, let alone conduct any probing exchanges before a life-or-death battle.

"Rest for the night. We'll set out tomorrow. I'm going out for a while, so don't worry about me."

After saying this, Uchiha Yoichi prepared to leave. Kakashi had initially wanted to ask about Uchiha Yoichi's purpose and follow him as well.

However, after receiving a look from him, Kakashi abandoned the idea of speaking.

After leaving the place where they had spent the night, Uchiha Yoichi ran south for roughly six or seven kilometers. There had been a mountain hollow along the road when they passed by during the day, and he stopped only after reaching it.

"This should be far enough. Hopefully, my first summon won't be that unlucky..."

Uchiha Yoichi intended to try out the Random Summon ability. Now that the ability had been refreshed, he would have felt unwilling if he did not use it at least once.

"Call from Another World, appear!"

Uchiha Yoichi shouted loudly. This was something the Superpower Roulette forcibly required. It always managed to come up with some new trick.

After he finished speaking, a massive summoning array appeared in front of Uchiha Yoichi. Then, with a booming bang, purple light and thick smoke erupted from the array.

The moment the summoning array appeared, Uchiha Yoichi instantly retreated. Then he suddenly noticed that the Superpower Roulette panel still had a prompt about the summoned creature, so he opened it to take a look.

[Goat that grows in the Elemental Forest]: It once tried to use its sturdy horns to ram over the various races that hunted it, only to discover that its horns could not protect it at all. In the end, it could survive only by relying on instinct and seeking shelter under the protection of the elemental spirits.

(Its meat is exceptionally delicious. Thanks to living in a forest rich in magical elements, eating its meat can rapidly restore stamina.)

[Note: The summoned creature has been recorded. It can be summoned repeatedly, or summoned again.]

"T-this description... Did I summon a skewer of mutton?"

Uchiha Yoichi's mouth twitched. After the smoke dispersed, he saw the goat he had summoned. Its appearance was indeed beautiful, the finest of its kind, and its wool was as white as snowflakes. However, judging from the description, it seemed to have no combat ability at all.

Zzzt!

Lightning surged around Uchiha Yoichi's body, and he instantly appeared beside the goat, pinning it down with one hand.

The goat had been suddenly attacked and kicked wildly with all four hooves as it tried to escape, but its strength was completely inadequate before Uchiha Yoichi.

After struggling for a long while, it still could not break free from a single hand. Uchiha Yoichi was now certain that this goat from the Elemental Forest truly had no combat ability whatsoever.

"My first summon was a meat sheep. Should I call that lucky?"

He had not summoned a powerful Exotic Beast, which was acceptable. If he had really summoned one, it would have caused trouble for him. After all, the odds of summoning one that happened to suit his current strength were also very low.

Uchiha Yoichi exerted a little force with his hand and crushed the goat to death. Then he stored it in the Storage Scroll, planning to find an opportunity to taste the exceptionally delicious meat.

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