First Trial

[Stage Mission: Genjutsu Initiation, completed!]

[Random genjutsu skill draw in progress]

[Obtained: Genjutsu: Bringer-of-Darkness Technique]

[Bringer-of-Darkness Technique]: Creates an environment of absolute darkness, depriving those affected of all light and blocking the enemy's vision. Within this environment, only the caster and their teammates can see their surroundings.

Ps: (Like black satin covering the windows of the heart, savor despair!)

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The First's technique.

It looked somewhat interesting, but he did not know whether this battlefield-control genjutsu would still be effective against the Byakugan and Sharingan.

In addition:

[Stage Mission: First Trial]

Mission Description: After being promoted to Genin, you need to gain practical combat experience by accepting missions and accumulate merit to advance toward higher ranks!

Completion Requirement: Complete one mission rated C-rank or above.

C-rank Mission Completion Reward: Low-grade Contract Talisman, Skill Point +1;

B-rank Mission Completion Reward: Intermediate Summoning Talisman, Skill Point +2;

A-rank Mission Completion Reward: Intermediate Contract Talisman, Skill Point +3;

S-rank Mission Completion Reward: Advanced Summoning Talisman, Skill Point +5.

Mission Status: Incomplete

Ps: (C-rank Mission Standards: During escort, suppression, pursuit, reconnaissance, and similar missions, you may encounter obstruction from non-ninja bandits or robbers.

B-rank Mission Standards: During escort, suppression, pursuit, reconnaissance, and similar missions, you may encounter obstruction from ninja below jonin level.

A-rank Mission Standards: During escort, suppression, pursuit, reconnaissance, and similar missions, you may encounter jonin-level ninja or even other ninja groups.

S-rank Mission Standards: Missions related to national wars, ninja wars, tailed beast captures, and similar operations.)

After hurriedly glancing over the updated mission panel, Arata sat up from his bed.

However, instead of mechanically getting himself ready as usual, he silently recalled yesterday's events.

He had an older brother.

His older brother was the clan's strongest genjutsu user, Uchiha Shisui!

This dreamlike reversal left him somewhat dazed. He even wondered whether Shisui had unknowingly cast Kotoamatsukami on him, making him so readily utter those two words.

But...

Was there really any need to use Kotoamatsukami on a kid who had just become a Genin?

Especially for such an absurd genjutsu suggestion.

He laughed.

Still...

Having an older brother was nice.

It felt like when he had first arrived in the Ninja World, helpless and lost, and Izumi had told him, "Everything will get better." Having someone care about him, someone who considered him important, was truly wonderful.

Patting his cheeks, Arata got up to wash.

Konoha's mission hall opened at seven, but clients would not truly begin arriving until around eight or nine. He still had three hours to spare, more than enough time to finish his daily weighted run and ninja tool control training.

The Vision Pill was orange. After swallowing it, his eyesight underwent slight, subtle changes. If not for his Sharingan, he might not even have noticed them. However, after accumulating the effects day after day, those tiny changes had produced the most direct improvement.

For example, as long as he concentrated, he could distinguish the patterns on a butterfly's wings from four or five meters away.

As for the Basic Speed Pill, Arata no longer swallowed them casually. Their effects were now negligible. He mostly stockpiled them as supplementary pills to regulate his physical condition after training.

"Look, Manager Tang, we've known each other for so long. Every time we hire ninja, we prioritize your village. Could you give us a discount again this time?"

"Our shipment is rather large this time, and our funds are a little tight."

"Besides, the Land of Fields—we just passed through there last time. There isn't even a ninja village there. It really isn't that dangerous."

When Arata entered the mission hall, he heard a fawning voice. Looking toward it, he saw a plump merchant rubbing his chubby hands together as he tried to ingratiate himself with the man before him.

Why could Arata tell at a glance that the other man was a merchant?

Because the enormous character for "merchant" was embroidered on his khaki coat.

Of course, it was also possible that it was his family crest or totem.

Arata did not investigate their negotiation. Instead, he headed straight for the mission counter and looked over the mission scrolls laid out on the desk:

D-rank Mission: Help Madam Shijimi, wife of a Daimyo Palace official, catch Tora, who has run away from home. Reward: 1,000 ryo. (Image: A rebellious cat.)

D-rank Mission: Help Old Man Wang in the eastern part of the village clear the weeds from his yard. Reward: 200 ryo.

D-rank Mission: Help Old Madam Lee in the western part of the village mend clothes. Reward: 200 ryo.

Arata frowned and skipped over these baffling missions. His goal this time was simple: one C-rank mission would do. Whether they would even issue him anything higher was another matter.

C-rank Mission: Escort the Fujiwara Merchant Group to the capital of the Land of Wind. Reward: 50,000 ryo.

C-rank Mission: Escort gifts from the Daimyo Palace to the capital of the Land of Earth. Reward: 100,000 ryo.

C-rank Mission: Serve as the city lord's guard at the Daimyo Palace for one month. Reward: 50,000 ryo.

Missions above B-rank were not placed on the public desk, presumably for confidentiality.

"Manager Tang, I just saw it. The Fujiwara Merchant Group's commission is only 50,000 ryo. Please help us out this time."

The plump merchant nearby was still bargaining.

Arata happened to pick up that escort mission and walked toward the registration clerk.

"No. The Land of Wind is our ally, and the danger level is low, which is why the price was set that way. Look, the mission to the Land of Earth costs 100,000 ryo."

"And the route to Kumogakure is even farther. It also passes through the Land of Fields, where rogue ninja appear frequently. Giving you the same price of 100,000 ryo is already very reasonable."

Manager Tang crossed his arms, lightly tapping his elbow with his fingers as he shook his head in refusal.

"How could this be?"

"When Lord Hokage was still here, it was this price."

The plump merchant's expression fell. He truly was short on funds at the moment.

"What? Are you saying I deliberately raised the price?"

Manager Tang, dressed in a standard long robe, immediately raised his voice.

"I wouldn't dare, I wouldn't dare."

"Then I'll go back and discuss it again."

He began to compromise.

"Sorry, you are not qualified to accept this mission yet. Newly promoted Genin need to begin with D-rank missions. Also, C-rank missions must be accepted by a team. Where is your team leader?"

Arata encountered an obstacle as well.

The clean-faced staff member pushed his ninja identification back to him.

"Team leader?"

"He doesn't even have teammates. Where would he get a team leader?"

"One person wants to accept a C-rank mission? Interesting!"

A mocking voice came from behind him. It was Naiki Uchiha.

"Then I suggest you contact an Academy instructor first. Form a team and come back to accept missions afterward. After all, C-rank missions carry a certain degree of risk."

"Or you could take some D-rank missions first to get some practice."

Seeing that Arata did not argue, the staff member added in a gentler tone.

When checking Arata's ninja credentials, he had already found it strange. Becoming a Genin at only eight years old during peacetime was truly rare.

"Escorting the Fujiwara Merchant Group to the Land of Wind, hmm, that sounds rather easy. I'll choose this one for my next mission."

"Arata, they're right. Don't always try to bite off more than you can chew. Start with D-rank missions. I hear the Daimyo's Wife's little Tora has run away again. That's quite a good mission."

Naiki Uchiha casually took the C-rank mission from the desk, while also taking the chance to mock the youth beside him. After all, his team leader was standing behind him this time, a powerful special jonin!

Arata ignored him and simply turned around, as though he intended to give up and leave.

"Tch, I'd like to see who in the entire clan would be willing to team up with someone so despicable."

Naiki, clutching the mission form, stared coldly.

The clan's increasingly favorable opinion of Arata these past few days truly displeased him.

Jealousy burned like fire.

Clearly, his own talent was not bad either!

But the voice that suddenly reached his ears stirred Naiki Uchiha's emotions again.

That guy had not given up after all!

"That uncle."

"Give me the mission. Half price is fine."