"Lady Tsunade, we've found out what happened. There really was a rampaging wild boar in the Forest of Death. This morning, it charged out through the protective fence in the northwest corner, wrecked the fields of a village near Konoha, and damaged the village chief's house."
"Later, the village chief came to Konoha and posted a request to eliminate the wild boar. After investigating, the Mission Squad classified it as a C-rank mission. At 9:30 this morning, it was taken by Uchiha Yoichi of the Uchiha Clan."
"Uchiha Yoichi has completed the mission. The client took away the wild boar's carcass and just came to Konoha to submit the mission completion report."
"This is the information Anbu gathered on Uchiha Yoichi, Lady Tsunade."
Anbu reported every detail of what Lady Tsunade wanted to investigate. However, while he was describing the wild boar's rampage, he paid no attention at all to the fury on Tsunade's face as she bit her hand.
What wild boar rampage? That was me trying to escape!
"Yo, Tsunade. It's rare to see you not drinking this early in the morning. So you're researching wild boars now?"
The irritatingly smug voice immediately gave the fury in Tsunade's heart somewhere to vent.
Tsunade reached out and grabbed him, flinging the nearly two-meter-tall Jiraiya straight into the wall. With a loud bang, the wall cracked into countless fissures around the human-shaped impression he left behind.
"Jiraiya, other than you, is there any Ninjutsu that can turn someone else into an animal? And where were you last night?"
"T-Tsunade, what's wrong? I was just joking with you!"
When Jiraiya saw Tsunade clench her fist with a series of crisp cracks, he immediately remembered the time he had come close to death. He hurriedly waved his hands and answered her questions.
"I was at Minato's place last night. He created a Ninjutsu that's pretty amazing, and Minato plans to teach it to me."
"As for the Frog Transformation Technique you mentioned, I should be the only one who knows it. It's a technique from Mount Myōboku. No one else knows it."
After hearing this, Tsunade knew Jiraiya wouldn't dare lie to her. She clicked her tongue in unwilling frustration.
She had been toyed with like this and had nearly died. There was no way Tsunade could simply pretend that nothing had happened.
But this sounded completely beyond the norms of the ninja world. Tsunade might not dare claim to be among Konoha's top three, but she was still one of the village's strongest. Who could silently stuff her consciousness into a wild boar's body?
Even the Forbidden Jutsu, Spirit Transformation Technique, probably couldn't do that.
"Tsunade, what's wrong?"
"It's none of your business!"
Tsunade snorted coldly before turning and leaving. She planned to ask the Third Hokage.
A Ninjutsu capable of putting someone's consciousness into an animal's body—perhaps her teacher, the Professor of Ninjutsu, would know something about it. There was also another matter that had been bothering Tsunade.
That Uchiha brat!
Although she couldn't blame that Uchiha brat for beating her while completing the mission, she still couldn't let go of her anger. She also vaguely remembered hearing something about superpowers at the time, along with the Lightning Release Chakra Mode.
Anbu had just handed her Uchiha Yoichi's information, so Tsunade planned to ask the Third Hokage about that as well.
After completing the C-rank mission, Uchiha Yoichi hurried toward Qingchuan Town in the south of the Land of Fire.
The journey was somewhat long. At his normal travel speed, it would take Uchiha Yoichi about half a day.
Quite a few ninjas couldn't stand the boredom and endless killing, and not a small number chose to leave their villages or become rogue ninjas. However, aside from killing, these ninjas had no other skills.
After leaving their villages, they could only rely on force to seize wealth and achieve the life of indulgence they desired.
This B-rank Mission was a request posted by a Merchant Guild in Qingchuan Town. A violent gang supported by a ninja had robbed its property and threatened its business.
Its samurai were useless, so it had no choice but to post a mission with Konoha Ninja Village.
Not long after leaving Konoha, Uchiha Yoichi removed his headband and changed his clothes.
The Konoha Headband was both a deterrent and a danger. At his age, if he revealed that he was a Konoha ninja and a member of the Uchiha Clan, he might attract even greater danger.
After arriving in Aoki Town, Uchiha Yoichi found the employer and learned about the mission. He used the Transformation Technique to take on a fierce appearance, immediately dispelling the employer's concerns about facing him alone. The employer then told him everything he knew.
After listening, Uchiha Yoichi left him with, "Wait for news," and then departed.
Afterward, he gathered some information himself. He even found an opportunity to use an Illusion Technique to control two of that ninja's subordinates and question them.
Although Uchiha Yoichi hadn't specialized in Illusion Technique, after awakening the Sharingan, every member of the clan was given two Sharingan Genjutsu: one offensive technique and one defensive technique, Mirror Heaven and Earth Turn.
His Illusion Technique was only mediocre, but it was more than enough against ordinary people. Thus, he obtained sufficient information. His opponent was Akutagawa Jiro, a rogue ninja from Kusagakure.
Uchiha Yoichi never underestimated the Ninja World. Those who grew careless here were already dead.
After confirming that Akutagawa Jiro's strength was average, Uchiha Yoichi sneaked over and searched for an opening. First, he used Shurikenjutsu to seal off every route of retreat, then launched a Great Fireball, burning Akutagawa Jiro and the two subordinates he had recruited to death.
"That's more like it. That wild boar was special. It wasn't that my Shurikenjutsu was garbage."
Uchiha Yoichi spoke with satisfaction. His Shurikenjutsu just now could truly be called an inescapable net.
Eliminating a rogue ninja from Kusagakure had been no trouble. After leaving his village and indulging himself for so long, Akutagawa Jiro probably didn't even know how much strength he had left. The mission's suspected B-rank classification was likely because the rogue Grass Ninja had used some intimidating technique.
Uchiha Yoichi searched Akutagawa Jiro's base and found a chest containing money. Aside from several hundred thousand ryō, it also held a well-preserved Ninjutsu Scroll.
"As expected, it's the Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique. I heard long ago that Grass Ninja were good at imitating the techniques of other villages. Isn't this just an inferior version of the Uchiha Clan's Great Fireball?"
This technique had no real value for training. When it came to Fire Release Ninjutsu, no clan or even village in the Ninja World could compare to the Uchiha Clan.
So Uchiha Yoichi spat out a ball of flame and destroyed the Ninjutsu Scroll on the spot. Bringing it back to turn in wouldn't earn him any reward anyway.
After eliminating Akutagawa Jiro and cleaning everything up, Uchiha Yoichi returned to find the employer and informed him that the mission was complete. However, he also told the employer to wait another half a month before going to Konoha to submit the mission completion report.
That way, Uchiha Yoichi could spend another half a month outside. It would be enough time to take a good look around.
He had been in the Ninja World for over a year. During the first six months, he had desperately practiced Ninjutsu, afraid that he would die the moment he was sent to the battlefield. During the next six months, he familiarized himself with life as a ninja. Unfortunately, his career prospects had been rather poor, and he was still saddled with the accusation of deliberately using his teammates.
Konoha Village was nothing like Hashirama Senju had claimed. What did he mean by saying the village was one big family? It had only been established for a few decades, yet it had already begun to decay.
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