A-Rank Escort Mission in the Land of Waves

Looking at the Crystal Ball on his desk, the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen revealed a faint, quiet smile. He spoke toward the empty room, "Go and investigate this kid."

As soon as Sarutobi Hiruzen's voice fell, a black shadow darted out from the empty room, exiting through the window with extreme speed.

The subsequent plot unfolded according to the original script, with Naruto using the Multi-Shadow Clone technique he learned from the Scroll of Seals to defeat Mizuki.

After returning home, Kamizuki went to his bedroom. Following a quick wash, he sat cross-legged on his tatami mat and directed his consciousness into his sea of consciousness to examine the forbidden techniques from the Scroll of Seals that remained in his mind.

Upon entering his sea of consciousness, Kamizuki discovered that the Scroll of Seals indeed contained a great number of powerful forbidden techniques.

The first technique, and also the simplest, was the Multi-Shadow Clone technique, the move Naruto loved to use most.

The second was a ninjutsu created by the Third Hokage, the Shuriken Shadow Clone technique, which used a shuriken as the base to create multiple shadow clones to confuse the enemy.

The third was the Verbal Violence technique, which used some unknown method to inflict physical attacks on a target.

The fourth was the Dead Soul technique, which allowed the user to control corpses for a certain period of time.

The fifth was the Dead Demon Consuming Seal (a sealing technique)—using one's own soul as a contract, the user offers their soul to the Death God as food. Afterward, the Death God pulls out and consumes the souls of both the caster and the target; it is a sealing technique that results in mutual destruction.

The sixth was Soul Transfer: a forbidden technique that allows the user to transfer their soul into another person's body, usable only once every three years.

The seventh was the Summoning technique: a technique that allows one to sign a contract with a certain summoned beast and call it forth at any time and place.

The eighth was the Flying Thunder God technique: a high-level body flicker technique developed by the Second Hokage Senju Tobirama. It utilizes a formula to achieve instantaneous movement. The caster leaves a Flying Thunder God formula wherever they touch; when an enemy touches or approaches that spot, it means the enemy will be sealed or killed by the remaining formula.

There were many other forbidden techniques, but Kamizuki only selected the ones useful to him for study.

After a month of study and constant practice, Kamizuki had initially mastered the few forbidden techniques he had chosen.

The day after Kamizuki initially mastered the ninjutsu learned from the Scroll of Seals, his Genma Team received an A-rank mission.

The details of this A-rank mission were as follows:

The Feudal Lord of the Land of Waves needed to travel to the Land of Tea to discuss some issues between the two nations. Due to the long distance, the Feudal Lord of the Land of Waves was very worried about his safety during the journey to the Land of Tea.

Prompted by one of his ministers, in order to ensure his safety while traveling back and forth between the Land of Waves and the Land of Tea, the Feudal Lord of the Land of Waves ultimately entrusted the protection work during this journey entirely to the Hidden Leaf Village of the Land of Fire.

The diplomat from the Land of Waves issued the A-rank mission to the reception staff at the Hokage Building in the Hidden Leaf Village.

Thus, in the end, this A-rank mission issued by the Land of Waves was successfully secured by Genma's team.

After receiving the mission, Genma Shiranui instructed Kamizuki, Taichi, and Mangetsu to go back early to prepare, and to gather at the gate of Konoha at seven o'clock the next morning before immediately heading to the Land of Waves.

After Genma finished his instructions, the four of them dispersed and went home to make their preparations.

Upon returning home, Kamizuki first went to Hiashi's study to briefly inform him that his team had accepted an A-rank mission and would be heading to the Land of Waves the next day.

Hiashi didn't say much, only telling Kamizuki to be careful on the road, repeating the same advice once more before letting Kamizuki go to prepare properly.

Taking about two hours, Kamizuki finally finished preparing the items he might need for this mission, including quite a few things he prepared just in case for combat.

Although Kamizuki now possessed the strength of a mid-level Kage, completing an A-rank mission that shouldn't be too difficult required no real preparation.

However, Kamizuki felt that keeping his abilities as hidden as possible was still the best plan.

Therefore, he had to prepare more items that would be used in combat to assist him without exposing his true strength.

In fact, Kamizuki usually carried at least some tools used for combat on his person for self-defense.

After finishing his preparations, Kamizuki came to the front courtyard and watched Hinata and Hanabi sparring.

Hanabi was already seven years old and currently attending the Ninja Academy; her talent was indeed very strong.

Even though she was only a second-year student at the Ninja Academy, her strength was not far behind Hinata, who had just become a genin.

Over the years, through the careful guidance—no, wait, careful cultivation—of her brother Kamizuki, Hanabi had lost the tsundere attitude she had in the original work and had become a true "good girl."

Having just finished sparring with Hinata, Hanabi saw Kamizuki watching her from the side with a gentle smile.

She happily hopped into Kamizuki's arms, tilted her head with a cute smile, and asked Kamizuki:

"Second Brother, how do you think I'm doing with my Gentle Fist?"

Looking at the little girl he had personally cultivated, Kamizuki looked at her with great doting, gently patted Hanabi's head, and said to her:

"I didn't expect our little girl to improve so fast! Very good."

Hearing Kamizuki's praise, Hanabi became even happier.

After hearing Kamizuki praise Hanabi, Hinata felt that she lacked talent and was too stupid; she estimated that in a few years, even her cute little sister would surpass her.

Hinata felt increasingly useless. Seeing Hinata looking like she was about to cry, Kamizuki guessed what she was thinking.

So, holding Hanabi, he walked over to Hinata's side and comforted her.

Hinata was such a kind-hearted girl; with a few words of comfort from Kamizuki, her originally weak self-confidence was reignited and returned to a fully restored state.

Finally, the next day, after waking up early in the morning, Kamizuki carried a large scroll and left the house, heading toward the gate of Konoha.