First Mission

Yu could guess some of the repercussions for today's actions. He had been very high-profile, and he had also told Red Cat and Snow Charm to reveal some of their strength.

He hadn't hidden the origin of Red Cat and Snow Charm at all. Anyone with a mind to would be able to connect them to him with just a little investigation.

Hiding one's strength was necessary, for example, keeping trump cards would increase the chances of winning in a battle. However, hiding too much strength was just being a coward and wouldn't bring many benefits.

In the laboratory, Yu was holding a Chakra test paper.

As long as one infused their Chakra into the paper, they could determine its nature.

Generally speaking, a ninja's Chakra had seven natures: Wind, Fire, Earth, Lightning, Water, Yin, and Yang.

Most ninjas had the first five natures, while the latter two, Yin and Yang, were special.

Actually, Yu had tested it many times, but the results always surprised him because his Chakra had no nature.

Normal ninjas always had one Chakra nature. Those with talent could even have two or more. Like Hiruzen Sarutobi, a super genius, who was said to have all seven Chakra natures.

There were generally two types of people with no Chakra nature: the first were those with extremely poor talent, and the second were those with not-so-high talent.

Extremely poor talent and not-so-high talent were two different concepts. Ninjas with extremely poor talent might never break through to the Chunin level in their lives, while ninjas with not-so-high talent, despite lacking Chakra natures, could still cultivate to a very high level.

After all, using various ninjutsu didn't necessarily require having the corresponding Chakra nature. It was just that if you possessed a Chakra nature, using ninjutsu of the corresponding nature would yield twice the result with half the effort, as if you had a buff.

Although Yu didn't care about that small bonus, because as long as he was willing to expend a large amount of Chakra, the ninjutsu would naturally increase in power. It was wasteful, but he couldn't help it if he had too much Chakra!

It was just a waste for fun.

However, having attribute-less Chakra proved that his talent was not high, which made him feel a bit ashamed as a transmigrator.

"This is probably due to the Slime bloodline. Oh well, I already have so many powerful abilities now, I can't ask for too much."

Yu threw the unchanged Chakra test paper aside.

In the past few years, besides doing experiments, he had also been continuously training his ninjutsu abilities. According to the introduction in the Naruto anime, even without innate Chakra natures, one could acquire them through later cultivation. After so much training, he still had no attributes.

Now his experiments had reached a bottleneck. He needed to find a way to obtain higher-level bloodlines to fuse with the Slime, and also find a way to cultivate the Slime to be stronger so it could withstand stronger bloodlines.

The day passed just like that. He had thought someone from Konoha might come looking for him, but it was as peaceful as usual.

The next morning, he arrived at the mission desk in the Hokage Building.

He was the last one to arrive today. Although he arrived at the agreed-upon time, the others had already been there for a long time.

People fear being with those who are more diligent than themselves. He wasn't lazy originally, but compared to others, he seemed quite lacking.

This was exactly how Yu felt now.

Yamashiro Aoba glanced at Yu and quickly shifted his gaze away.

Then, he straightened his expression and said to the three members of Team 99, "Today, we will undertake the most important duty of a ninja – accepting missions."

"According to Konoha's regulations, ninjas who do not hold official village positions receive no salary. Therefore, the primary source of income for ninjas is the reward after completing missions. Ninja missions are divided into five ranks: S, A, B, C, and D..."

Next, Yamashiro Aoba gave the three of them another basic knowledge lesson.

Actually, Yu and the others had already learned this knowledge at the Ninja Academy.

According to Konoha's regulations, Genin like them, who were just starting out, could only accept D-rank missions initially. Only after accumulating a certain number of missions could they accept C-rank missions. B-rank missions were theoretically only for Chunin, and so on.

[D-Rank Mission: Capture the escaped chickens from Konoha Farm No. 3. Reward: 3000 Ryo]

This was the first mission Yamashiro Aoba accepted for them.

Sai and Fujiwara Chima naturally showed disdain for such a mission. Was it not overkill for a ninja to catch a few escaped chickens?

Yu felt the same, of course. He really didn't want to do this kind of mission.

I remember watching the anime and finding it funny when Team 7 did those cat and dog retrieval missions. Now that it's my turn, why does it feel so messed up! Yu thought to himself.

But there was no helping it; these were Konoha's rules. Even with a thousand unwillingnesses, he had to comply.

Konoha's farms were not located within Konoha Village but in the Great Forest of Death outside.

Not all areas of the Great Forest of Death were dangerous; many areas had already been developed for the production of various goods.

The Farm No. 4 they arrived at was one such place.

Yu initially thought this mission was just to catch a few chickens, but he discovered it wasn't a few, but hundreds of chickens that needed to be caught.

"After catching so many chickens, they're only giving us 9000 Ryo. Yamashiro Aoba, as the lead teacher, takes half the reward for dividing the work, leaving us with only a little over 1000 Ryo each." Yu said to Sai and Fujiwara Chima. Based on Konoha's prices, a little over 1000 Ryo was equivalent to over a hundred yuan in his previous world.

This was for hundreds of chickens, and they were scattered throughout the Great Forest of Death. The workload was simply immense.

"Teacher Aoba, can we negotiate? Let's go back and pick another mission." Yu said to Yamashiro Aoba.

However, Yamashiro Aoba shook his head and refused.

"Once a mission is accepted, it cannot be changed. If you abandon a mission, it will result in a mission failure record on your profile, which will be very detrimental to your future promotions."

After receiving the refusal, Yu could only accept reality.

"Don't worry, Yu-kun. My speed is very fast. I'll definitely be able to catch all the chickens in a very short time." Fujiwara Chima suddenly walked over and said to Yu.

Fujiwara Chima, who had been acting very aloof, seemed a bit off today. Her eyes kept drifting towards Yu, and now she had even come to his side to actively show favor.

Yu naturally knew what Fujiwara Chima was thinking.

Little girl, you won't be able to win over your Yu-ge with these little tricks, Yu thought to himself as Fujiwara Chima quickly ran into the Great Forest of Death.

"Sai, let's start too! Let's accumulate the mission volume early. I really don't want to take any more of these troublesome and boring missions." Yu said to Sai, and then he also quickly ran into the Great Forest of Death.

Sai's behavior today was also a bit strange. The most significant change was the disappearance of his signature fake smile.

Sai recalled what Danzo had told him that morning.