A new month began with opening the Superpower Roulette.
After deciding that he wanted to leave the village, Uchiha Yoichi spent another two days familiarizing himself with Lightning Release Chakra Mode. Only then did he prepare to check whether the Superpower Roulette could refresh and grant him a powerful ability before he left the village.
[Sneeze Transformation]: After you sneeze, a random person within ten kilometers will possess an animal and turn into that animal. After transforming, the person will definitely hear your thoughts. After you sneeze again, the other person's transformation will end.
What kind of bizarre ability was this? What did it have to do with him?
Uchiha Yoichi thought it over carefully and confirmed that it was practically a useless prank ability unrelated to him. He then closed the Superpower Roulette and stopped paying attention to it.
He had drawn far too many useless abilities over the past year. Uchiha Yoichi had started out hoping that the Superpower Roulette would let him defy fate and reach the level of the Six Paths, but now he merely treated it as a routine check-in.
The ability he had drawn today was clearly meant for pranks—and random pranks at that. Uchiha Yoichi could not control it, and if he remembered correctly, he had already sneezed after getting up that morning.
After breakfast, Uchiha Yoichi packed his ninja tools and, fully armed, headed toward the Hokage Building.
His family still had quite a bit of savings. He accepted missions because he wanted to leave the village. He was not a native-born Uchiha or a native of Konoha, so he did not feel particularly attached to this place.
Besides, although Konoha looked large, more than sixty percent of it consisted of civilian residences and Ninja Clan compounds. There were very few places to visit, and staying here for too long would suffocate him.
After arriving at the Hokage Building, Uchiha Yoichi headed straight for the Mission Squad.
The Third Hokage usually handled mission assignments as well. A-rank and S-rank missions were personally issued to Ninjas by the Third Hokage, but when the Hokage was busy, he would not come to the Mission Squad.
"I want to accept a mission. Preferably a C-rank mission that leaves the village—something like a solo mission to exterminate Mountain Bandits."
After saying that, Uchiha Yoichi paused before continuing in a heavier tone, "It has to be C-rank. Not a fake C-rank that's actually A-rank or a disguised S-rank. Don't slip enemy Jonin into the mission again!"
The Mission Squad Ninja also recognized the Ninja standing before him. This was the Uchiha Yoichi who had broken up three Mission Squads within half a year and was known as a "cold-blooded teammate," someone who prioritized completing missions and cared nothing for whether his teammates lived or died.
"Understood."
Although the Mission Squad employee was unhappy, the mishap on the previous mission really could be blamed on them. Besides, the other party was an Uchiha whose gaze was none too friendly, so the employee did not argue.
"There aren't many C-rank missions. Only four village-exit missions remain. One is escorting a merchant caravan and requires a squad. Two others are long-term protection missions, which also require a Ninja Squad. The last one was just submitted by the client. It's from a resident near the village. Apparently, a wild beast trampled their fields and even smashed through their houses."
The Mission Squad employee explained. Aside from combat, there were very few missions that required only one person.
Especially escort and protection missions. In the employer's eyes, the more Ninjas there were, the better. They could not tell which Ninja was stronger.
"Only this last mission, clearing out the wild beast, is available for you. The rest are D-rank missions, which have no restrictions for Chunin. There are also some B-rank missions, but you can only accept assassination-type missions."
Uchiha Yoichi was slightly surprised. "I can accept B-rank missions?"
Although a Chunin could accept B-rank missions, that referred to a Chunin Squad. Cooperation among team members reduced the failure rate. Solo missions had too high a failure rate, and if too many failures were recorded, it would damage Konoha's reputation.
"Others can't, but you can, Yoichi-san."
Hearing the Mission Squad employee's words, Uchiha Yoichi immediately realized that the clan had spoken with the higher-ups.
"Take a look and see if there are any suitable B-rank missions."
He accepted a C-rank mission to clear out a wild beast and a B-rank mission to purge an underworld organization backed by Ninjas. The former had been reported to the village that very day. When Uchiha Yoichi arrived at the Hokage Building, he had probably just missed the client.
According to the investigation report, a wild boar had apparently escaped from the Forest of Death, trampled a field, and then smashed into the home of a village chief near Konoha.
The village chief had been so frightened that he immediately ran to Konoha, hoping to hire a Ninja to kill the beast.
A beast that had escaped from the Forest of Death might very well possess Chakra. However, even if it did, it would still be an unintelligent beast and not yet a threat on the level of a Ninja.
Uchiha Yoichi accepted the mission purely because it was convenient. Killing a wild beast would earn him fifty thousand ryo, and he would not have to split it with other squad members. When he thought about it that way, not having a squad was pretty nice.
At Konoha's main gate, he encountered the village chief who had submitted the mission. Uchiha Yoichi then walked toward the village with him.
The village under attack was not far from Konoha. They arrived in ten minutes.
As they traveled, Uchiha Yoichi learned the general situation from the village chief.
The attacker had apparently been a wild boar, but its tusks were as large as an elephant's, and its body was as huge as a hill. The village chief had been terrified, but based on his recollection, the beast's body had conservatively been four or five meters long.
That size was not particularly small even in the Forest of Death. However, given the irregular natural environment of the Ninja World, it was still considered normal. The Land of Grass even had bamboo more than ten meters thick.
Tracking a wild beast was also easy. Unlike Ninjas, they could not conceal their movements, and the footprints they left behind were obvious.
After observing for a while, Uchiha Yoichi prepared to set out and search for the beast. "Village chief, wait here for news."
After saying that, Uchiha Yoichi used the Body Flicker Technique and disappeared from the village chief's sight. Lightning Release Chakra Mode required him to stimulate and train his body with Lightning Release Chakra every day, so Body Flicker had become the technique he used most often.
How did I turn into a wild boar?!
After waking from a deep sleep, Tsunade was so shocked that she nearly lost her bearings.
She had still been drinking at home the night before, but after waking that morning, she found herself in a forest on the outskirts!
Her body had also changed. Her vision was completely different from usual, and when she opened her mouth to speak, all that came out was a series of grunts and squeals. She could not even wave her hands.
As a top Medical Ninja, Tsunade's understanding of the human body could be called the best in the Ninja World. She quickly discovered that she was no longer in a human body.
Her body was enormous, her limbs short, and her hide covered in foul-smelling mud. On top of that, she was starving.
"Grunt, grunt, grunt, grunt!!!!"
Damn bastard! Who the hell is playing this kind of joke on me? Once I change back, I'll slaughter you!!
After discovering that she had turned into a beast, Tsunade roared furiously. But by the time the words reached her mouth, they had become a series of wild boar grunts.
She only realized that she had become a wild boar after finally reaching a river. This place also seemed to be the Forest of Death.
Under normal circumstances, Tsunade could leave the Forest of Death in ten minutes. But now, in a wild boar's body, she could barely draw on any Chakra. She could not climb trees or walk on water, and with her stomach growling from hunger, she could only pick a direction and move forward.
After smashing through the Forest of Death's protective fence and spending some more time searching, Tsunade finally found a village beside Konoha.
By then, Tsunade also realized that she had gone in the wrong direction. However, the hunger in her belly was unbearable, so she crashed through the village chief's house and found the rice jar. Eating uncooked grain was already the limit of what Tsunade could tolerate. If she had to eat what wild boars normally ate, she would rather die.
After filling her stomach, Tsunade followed the same route back toward Konoha. Her immediate goal was to change back. In her memory, someone turning another person into an animal seemed like a Ninjutsu Jiraiya had used before.
But he had turned people into toads, not wild boars. Tsunade was not sure. Still, she felt that Jiraiya was not responsible. If he dared play such an outrageous prank on her, Tsunade would make him break twelve more ribs.
Konoha. After I get back, I'll find Jiraiya first. But avoiding the villagers and Ninjas will be troublesome. I can't speak right now, either.
Just as Tsunade was thinking about how to change back, the danger instinct she had honed through countless battles suddenly warned her that something was wrong. She kicked off with both short hind legs and suddenly leaped forward.
The instant Tsunade jumped away, six shuriken flew at her from several directions behind her, striking the ground with a series of sharp whistles.
Uchiha Yoichi, perched in a distant tree, widened his eyes slightly at the sight. Were his shuriken-throwing skills really that bad?
Even a wild boar had managed to dodge them?
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