Fuyuki threw down five hundred thousand, and before three hours had passed, other Genin eagerly snatched up the missions. Grinning from ear to ear, they went off to clean stinking ditches and pick fruit, while Fuyuki took his teacher and teammates back to the Hot Spring Hotel for a meal.
Not all ninja were the same. Others took missions to make money; Fuyuki took them so he could leave the village openly. If he really wanted to make money, the Hot Spring Resort and Sasuke alone could make him rich!
For Fuyuki, any mission was just an excuse. Tomorrow, he was heading to the Land of Waves to bring Haku over to his side. He'd coveted Haku's Ice Release Kekkei Genkai for ages. Unfortunately, there were no Elemental Dawn contract holders in the Land of Waves, or he wouldn't have needed to make the trip himself.
Between the ages of eight and twelve, Fuyuki had gradually summoned seven High-level Spirits. The Elemental Dawn Summoning Grounds had also made a name for themselves in the Ninja World. Every ninja knew why the Hyuga Clan had raised its reward to three hundred million: they wanted their lost Summoning Scroll back.
Each of the seven different High-level Spirits excelled at high-level techniques of its own element. They had everything covered, from combat and assassination to healing. They could be considered an elite ninja team, one that might even assassinate the Kage of one of the Five Great Nations.
Recently, rumors had spread among ninja that summoning multiple High-level Spirits at once allowed one to use a Kekkei Genkai clan's secret techniques—or even a Kekkei Tōta. The stories grew more and more fantastical. Some even claimed to have seen a combined spirit use Boil Release!
Even if someone found the Summoning Scroll of the