With My Incredible Luck, I'll Draw!

While Aragaki Yasushi was happily mulling over his gacha draws, the group had already entered the camp.

They had barely taken a few steps when a booming voice called from a distance. "Kakashi!"

Aragaki Yasushi looked toward the voice and saw Might Guy, Shiranui Genma, and Ebisu hurrying over.

Might Guy wore a bright, youthful smile as he greeted Kakashi.

Faced with Might Guy's enthusiastic greeting, Kakashi remained as aloof as ever. His expression didn't change, and even the corners of his mouth stayed still. He merely glanced at Might Guy.

But Might Guy didn't mind in the slightest. Still blazing with enthusiasm, he moved up beside Kakashi and launched into a one-sided conversation.

"Kakashi! I never thought I'd run into you here!"

"Are you here to reinforce the Mist Battlefield too?"

"Have you been keeping up with your training lately?"

"Want to have a youthful contest?"

Might Guy prattled on without stopping, while Kakashi didn't respond once. The scene grew rather awkward.

While Kakashi was being pestered by Might Guy, Aragaki Yasushi and the others started exchanging greetings with Shiranui Genma and Ebisu.

After all, they'd been classmates at the Ninja Academy and had worked their way through all kinds of hardships together. They weren't strangers to one another.

Asuma asked curiously, "Genma, you're stationed at the Mist Battlefield too? You've been here quite a while, right?"

With a senbon between his teeth, Shiranui Genma nodded slowly. "Yeah, we've been here for two months."

Asuma grew even more curious. "How are things on the battlefield? Are the Mist Ninja tough to deal with?"

Ebisu lifted his sunglasses and put on a mysterious air, his tone solemn. "Things aren't going well. Kirigakure has committed everything this time. The Seven Ninja Swordsmen are all here, and every one of them is a tough opponent."

"Our village hasn't sent many ninja to this battlefield. For the past two months, we've been stuck on the defensive, harassing enemy supply lines. We've barely had a chance to strike back."

"But fortunately, the village has made peace with Iwagakure, and now you've come to reinforce us. This battle should be over soon."

At that, Aragaki Yasushi's thoughts immediately started racing.

The Seven Ninja Swordsmen were still alive?

They hadn't been kicked into the Lucky Seven by Might Duy yet?

That meant Might Duy was still alive, and Might Guy and the others hadn't run into the Seven Ninja Swordsmen yet.

Aragaki Yasushi glanced at Might Guy, who was still chatting with Kakashi.

It made sense. Even if Might Duy hadn't died, Guy probably wouldn't be this energetic and talkative if he'd fallen into despair like Kakashi. As one of the people who'd lost their father, wouldn't he be depressed for a while?

At the thought, Aragaki Yasushi's eyes lit up.

So Might Duy could still be saved!

He could try to lend a hand.

As it happened, Aragaki Yasushi and Might Duy went way back.

Back before his cheat had awakened, he'd once been incredibly envious of the Eight Inner Gates.

After all, it was a legendary forbidden technique that had nearly kicked its way to the end of the story.

Who wouldn't want that kind of bug-level power?

It was also the best cheat for someone from an ordinary background. Learn it, and you could soar to new heights overnight.

But ideals were lofty, while reality was harsh.

Aragaki Yasushi had thought he could handle hardship, but after training with Might Duy for just two days, he'd been forced to eat his words.

If ordinary ninja training was easy mode, then Might Duy's Eight Inner Gates training was hell mode!

He'd be worn out like a dog every day, his entire body aching so badly he could barely move. He really couldn't take that kind of suffering.

So he'd had to call it quits.

What hurt even more was that Might Duy had once told him with complete sincerity:

"With your talent, Aragaki Yasushi, you could train for your whole life and still probably never open the Sixth Gate."

"But that's all right. With an iron will, you can break through the limits of your talent!"

As he spoke, Might Duy started drawing up a training plan for Aragaki Yasushi.

The moment Aragaki Yasushi heard that, he collapsed on the spot.

Train my whole life and still not open the Sixth Gate?

What's the point of training, then?

The Naruto World had more than one path to success, and the Eight Inner Gates weren't the only one.

I'll find another way!

But before Aragaki Yasushi could plan out another cheat, his own cheat fell from the sky and solved all his problems in an instant.

No need to make things so complicated.

After all, just the Ox Talisman could give him a body comparable to Might Guy's, honed through more than a decade of grueling training.

Rather than train until I'm miserable, I'll draw cards with my incredible luck!

Still, if he could save Might Duy, he would.

They went way back, after all. If he had the means to help, he should.

Besides, fighting the Seven Ninja Swordsmen would surely earn him plenty of points.

As long as a mission was triggered, he could still get points even if he wasn't the MVP.

He'd definitely take advantage of that.

Pushing those thoughts aside, Aragaki Yasushi and the others went to check in and received their assigned quarters.

As soon as they'd finished checking in, Aragaki Yasushi wasted no time. He immediately dragged Asuma and Yuhi Kurenai straight to the mission office.

The goal was to get out there and rack up points as quickly as possible.

After all, points were what he needed for gacha draws. The more he saved up, the better his chances of drawing a powerful ability or item.

At the mission tent, Aragaki Yasushi asked around and learned about the situation.

Half a month ago, the Mist Ninja had launched a large-scale invasion, but the village's ninja had driven them back.

So lately, the battlefield had seen mostly small clashes, and the missions were all basic assignments: patrols, guarding posts, escorting provisions, cutting off supplies, and scouting enemy movements.

But Aragaki Yasushi quickly noticed that the Mist Ninja's supply lines were quite different from the Iwa Ninja's.

The Land of Water was an island nation across the sea, and the Mist Ninja relied entirely on ships to transport supplies. So most missions to disrupt their supply lines involved attacking transport ships.

Ninja could use chakra to practice Water Walking, but ordinary Chunin and Genin couldn't keep walking on water for days at a time.

They still needed boats to rest on.

Besides, the war required an absurd amount of supplies. Sealing scrolls might be useful for transport, but they couldn't store everything in sealing scrolls, could they?

Wouldn't the cost be astronomical?

Kirigakure wasn't that powerful to begin with. There was no way it could afford that.

So every village stored its supplies in depots near the front lines.

That was what the Iwa Ninja had done.

The Mist Ninja were a little different.

They simply stored some of their supplies aboard ships, making them easier to move.

As a result, missions to destroy supplies and missions to cut off transportation were basically the same: attack the Mist Ninja's transport ships.

Aragaki Yasushi pored over the mission list for a while, then pointed. "Let's take a mission to attack a Mist Ninja transport ship."

Yuhi Kurenai nodded lightly. "I'm fine with that."

The two of them turned to look at Asuma, their eyes full of questions.

Asuma scratched his head, sounding cocky. "Why are you looking at me? I've been itching to fight some Mist Ninja and stretch my muscles!"

Seeing that, Aragaki Yasushi promptly took the mission and dragged Asuma and Yuhi Kurenai off to set out.

But when they reached the entrance to the tent, Team Kakashi came in as well. Kakashi was at the front, with Obito and Rin following behind him.