Super S-Rank Mission

The information Mion provided to Touma was quite significant.

According to the ancient records of the Kurama Clan, the Land of Demons first discovered the demon Moryo approximately 1,200 years ago, following the passing of the last Emperor of the Land of Ancestors.

At that time, a terrifying war broke out as numerous states vied for the authority of the Emperor of the Land of Ancestors, directly leading to the disappearance of millions of lives.

However, because the Sage of Six Paths had not yet established the Pure Land at that time and could not guide departed souls to the afterlife, the negative emotions that erupted before the deaths of these countless lives gradually converged under the induction of natural energy, forming the demon known as Moryo.

To combat the demon Moryo, many onmyoji sacrificed themselves one after another, eventually simplifying and developing a talisman known as the "Evil Sealing Method." After the introduction of Ninshu chakra, the "Evil Sealing Method" gradually evolved into the current "Evil Sealing Seal"!

Yes, to deal with the mental control of the demon Moryo, one must either possess extraordinary mental willpower and resistance to genjutsu, or be prepared with the "Evil Sealing Seal" on one's body. When the alien energy of the demon Moryo invades, the seal automatically activates to absorb and suppress this foreign energy!

Fortunately, because the "Evil Sealing Seal" appeared in the original work, Touma had specifically dug it out from the scrolls left behind by Orochimaru to study it.

Do not be fooled by it being only a B-rank sealing jutsu; even without omitting the drawing of runes, it requires at least twenty hand seals to activate, and if one omits the drawing of runes, it requires at least thirty-two hand seals to initiate.

However, to suppress alien energy, one must use their own chakra to cast the "Evil Sealing Seal." Shinku Yuhi and Shibi were fine, but Haruno Kizashi, that kid, truly had not a shred of talent for sealing jutsu.

In fact, when he first noticed his talent for ninja tools, Touma had even wanted to arrange a Space-Time Warehouse tactic for Haruno Kizashi similar to the one Tenten used!

Unfortunately, even with a prepared Space-Time Warehouse, he would often make mistakes when trying to unlock it in battle, rendering it completely devoid of any practical combat value.

Now, throwing a more complex "Evil Sealing Seal" at him was, to some extent, testing Touma's teaching ability.

Not only did Touma fail, but even Shinku Yuhi, who was originally full of confidence, had to retreat. Therefore, after discussion, it was decided that when battle broke out, Haruno Kizashi, who could not set up the "Evil Sealing Seal" himself, would have to retreat to the perimeter and try to avoid engaging with the Sugiyama Clan's guard or the ninjas from the Land of Demons to prevent being invaded by the power of the demon Moryo.

Of course, it would also be effective if the "Evil Sealing Seal" could be crafted into a talisman for Haruno Kizashi to use by injecting his chakra, but aside from Haruno Kizashi, the three of them—a genjutsu-type ninja, a ninjutsu-type ninja, and a secret-technique-type ninja—none knew how to craft talismans.

This made Haruno Kizashi quite miserable; he had finally landed a mission where he could fight, and now he was only allowed to watch from the sidelines—wasn't that killing him!

The trade negotiations between the two countries quickly reached their final day, and the puppet cultists brought by "Ota Yokokawa"—or rather, Yomotsu—could no longer restrain themselves.

Not only did Team Shinku, who were publicly responsible for the security mission, discover this issue, but the Twelve Guardian Ninja arranged by the Yuan Clan and the ninjas from Kairan Village also discovered the tracks of their secret activities.

Team Shinku moved out in advance, pinning down all the Yomi Sect members who attempted to leave the hotel where they were staying, then sealed their chakra points and sent them to a dungeon provided by the Heavenly Fire Cult for temporary detention.

As for those cultists who had mingled with other travelers to enter the capital, the ninjas from Kairan Village on the perimeter were responsible for them.

Fortunately, water resources near the capital were abundant enough that the Water Release ninjas from Kairan Village could exert almost their full strength, making it easy for them to handle these uneven Yomi Sect members.

The only pity was the Twelve Guardian Ninja; despite having six jonin, they actually failed to stop Yomotsu and the four guards beside him, even allowing them to take Onizuka Kenichi and escape into the territory of the Sugiyama Clan in the northwest corner of the capital.

Touma finally understood why Yuan Jiuxiong distrusted the Twelve Guardian Ninja so much. He would rather recruit available forces than waste effort commanding the Twelve Guardian Ninja to work, simply because these people had long since become useless after living in luxury within the Yuan Clan's territory for so long.

Six elite jonin allowing an elite jonin whose brain had been controlled to run away with four chunin and one ordinary person—and most importantly, running away without a scratch—meant there was no reason one could give to convince the current Daimyo, Yuan Benxiong!

Therefore, in a fit of rage, Yuan Benxiong directly drove these six pieces of trash back to their clan territory to be punished. With no other forces on hand, he had to lower his head and beg his elder brother, Yuan Jiuxiong, and at great cost, exchanged for the support of a group of mercenary ninjas from Shin-Gaku Village.

Yes, Yuan Jiuxiong had long guessed that his cheap younger brother would definitely run into trouble using the Twelve Guardian Ninja, so he had hired a batch of elite ninjas from Shin-Gaku Village early on while hiring the jonin from Kairan Village.

Coupled with Shinku Yuhi, a genjutsu master from Konoha who held the title of "Konoha Crimson" in the ninja world, it was basically impossible for any accidents to occur.

Shinku Yuhi's title was a matter of the last few years. During the war with Yugakure, Shinku Yuhi faced three enemy jonin simultaneously; not only did he not fall behind in the slightest, but he also captured all the enemy jonin.

Because a Yugakure ninja who had fallen under Shinku Yuhi's genjutsu escaped back to his village and suffered a mental breakdown, constantly shouting "Blood, there is blood everywhere," he earned the name "Konoha Crimson."

He was also one of the few Konoha ninjas whom Yugakure explicitly forbade from engaging; the others were the Hatake Couple and Orochimaru, who had displayed their divine might on the battlefields of Yugakure and Kusagakure!

After all, the employer for this mission was the Daimyo's office, and having been temporarily conscripted by the former Daimyo, Shinku Yuhi really couldn't refuse, so he could only negotiate with the Daimyo's office to raise the mission level.

Otherwise, doing A-rank or even S-rank work while only receiving C-rank compensation—even if Shinku Yuhi truly had some loyalty to the Daimyo, he couldn't possibly do something so foolish.

Yuan Jiuxiong, the former Daimyo, was not a stingy man. Since his cheap younger brother would be reimbursing him later anyway, he directly signed an S+-level mission order in front of Shinku Yuhi, raising the reward directly to the maximum of 5 million ryo, leaving Shinku Yuhi with no way to refuse.

One must know that the maximum reward limit for a general S-rank mission was only 1 million ryo, while an S+, or what was known as a super-S-rank mission, could reach a maximum limit of 5 million ryo, which showed just how high the difficulty of the mission was; after all, you get what you pay for.

Of course, this 5 million ryo was not for Shinku Yuhi alone, but to be distributed according to contribution among the six jonin from Shin-Gaku Village and the six jonin from Kairan Village who were hired at the same time!

However, in terms of infiltration and capture efficiency for a genjutsu-type ninja, the ninja-tool-type jonin from Shin-Gaku Village and the ninjutsu-type jonin from Kairan Village simply could not be compared.

Of course, there was one temporary participant in this super-S-rank mission whom Shinku Yuhi insisted on bringing along: his disciple, Touma.

Shinku Yuhi had experienced firsthand that Touma possessed combat power close to that of a jonin. On the evening the field exercise ended, he sought out Touma once more, because he could see that this disciple had held back during the previous field exercise!

However, after seeing the B-rank "Divine Wind Sword" and "Hidden Thunder Sword" developed by Touma, as well as the A-rank "Wind Roar Cannon" and "Thunder Shock," Shinku Yuhi knew that he absolutely could not treat this disciple as an ordinary genin!

He intended to quickly help Touma accumulate experience in high-level missions, allowing this disciple to mature faster and stand on his own!