Ryutaro thought so, and his strength was much greater as well.
Fortunately, they all knew this was a life-or-death moment and would not tolerate even the slightest mistake. He felt he could swiftly deal with any mission or enemy before him, then return to live a life for two with his wife.
However, when he reached his destination and saw the scene at the Root base camp, the vision in his heart vaguely collapsed.
"What is going on? These ninja... are they the demons our mission target is supposed to kill—the elite Root ninja?"
Ryutaro was stunned. At the same time, from the search room, he fixed his gaze on the young man standing atop the headquarters building. There was a little blood on him, and his expression was icy.
"It seems he really did kill those people... But... fortunately, Kakashi-senpai is beside him. In that case, the mission is not as difficult as imagined."
Ryutaro calmed down slightly. Then he saw their captain begin negotiating with Mirai. In the end, just as he had expected, the famous Konoha invalid, Might Guy, wanted to become Mirai's opponent. He had also been ordered by the captain. All they needed to do was launch a sneak attack on Mirai.
This order put Ryutaro even more at ease.
A sneak attack or something—safest of all!
Just as Ryutaro had thought, the battle that followed was very calm, but their mission made no progress.
Only then did Ryutaro finally understand why even elite Root ninja, and even Huo Ying's assistant, had died at this man's hands, because... he was too strong!
Attack, defense, reaction, speed—any one of these four could crush him. Even their dark division captain would probably be no match for this young man named Mirai.
"Huh? Mirai... that name sounds familiar...