Mission

Ninjutsu Exchange.

"I have records of three A-rank Mission. What level of Ninjutsu can I exchange for them?" Taiichi really didn't know the rules for exchanging Ninjutsu.

Chunin hearing this, the Chunin was even more alarmed. Had his earlier rudeness offended this young genius? Thinking this, he said without hesitation, "Two A-rank Mission records can be exchanged for one B-rank Ninjutsu, or one A-rank Mission record can be exchanged for two C-rank Ninjutsu."

"Are these the only two levels of Ninjutsu? What are the requirements if I want to exchange for an A-rank Ninjutsu?"

"Sorry, we only offer B-rank and C-rank Ninjutsu exchanges here. Exchanges for higher-rank Ninjutsu require the Hokage-sama's approval," the Chunin replied.

Generally speaking, as long as you practice B-rank and C-rank Ninjutsu step by step, at worst you won't be able to master them, but it won't harm the practitioner.

However, Ninjutsu of rank A and above, regardless of their power, are either extremely difficult to master or could potentially harm the user. Moreover, Ninjutsu of this rank are considered the foundation of a ninja village and are not something that ordinary ninjas can easily acquire.

"Then please replace them all with C-rank Ninjutsu. Also, please show me the Ninjutsu of all five elements."

"You want all five attributes?" the Chunin asked in surprise. It's no wonder he was surprised; normally, only Jonin would consider studying a second attribute to compensate for the problem of their own attribute being countered. This Taichi Matsushita, who looked quite young, actually wanted all five.

"Of course, is there a rule against exchanging them like this?" Taiichi asked, feigning ignorance.

"No, not at all." The Chunin didn't hesitate any longer, taking five scrolls from his desk drawer and handing them to Taiichi: "This contains a catalog of C-rank Ninjutsu of the five elements available in the village. Choose one yourself, and I'll go get the original for you."

Taiichi didn't stand on ceremony and took the scroll to carefully read through it.

As Taiichi looked around, he noticed that although there were many Ninjutsu here, many of them had similar functions. But that made sense, since Ninjutsu are basically developed around a few functions such as offense and defense, so the effects of the same function would naturally be similar.

Taiichi quickly made his choice: Water Style: Water Wave, Earth Style: Earth Dive, Subterranean Voyage: Earth Style: Earth Splitter Palm, Earth Style Lightning Style: Lightning Ball, Lightning Style: Lightning Clone, and Wind Style: Vacuum Sphere.

Besides Water Style Wind Style, the newly added Earth Style and Lightning Style can make up for the lack of Taiichi's last two attribute transformations, and also fill some gaps in his Ninjutsu.

Once Taiichi has mastered all these Ninjutsu, he can become an all-elemental ninja.

Chunin the Ninjutsu he had chosen, and the Chunin Taiichi strange look, as if wondering whose child was so willful, wasting precious mission records to exchange for so many different C-rank Ninjutsu.

But then I thought, maybe this is the world of geniuses, and ordinary people like us probably really don't understand.

After a short while, Taiichi saw the Chunin re-enter the room, this time holding the 6 items Taiichi had chosen.

A Ninjutsu scroll.

After he handed the scroll and Ninja ID back to Taiichi, he stared at Taiichi expectantly, his eyes practically saying, "Hurry up and leave!"

Taiichi felt uneasy under his gaze and left the exchange counter without saying goodbye.

As Taiyi stepped out of the Mission Hall, the setting Sun Barrier had already disappeared into the west. Taiichi hurried home with light steps. His training tasks during his rest days were going to be quite demanding.

Just as Taiichi had expected, the next few days were filled with new learning goals, greatly enriching his Taiichi life. He was either busy studying and exercising or on his way to study and exercise.

Today I'll exchange tips on One-Handed Seal with Minato, and tomorrow I'll teach Rin Nohara, who came to ask for my guidance.

Of course, hard work always pays off, and after these few days of continuous effort, the harvest is plentiful.

[Congratulations, you have completed the S-rank skill Water Style: Wild Water Dance Lv1 (20/100)]

[Congratulations! You have completed the S-rank Water Style: Great Water Prison Technique (Modified) skill, fusing the C-rank Water Prison Technique and the A-rank Great Water Prison Technique into the S-rank Great Water Prison Technique Lv3 (142/400)]

Congratulations! You have learned the skills C-rank Water Style: Water Wave Lv2 (25/200) and C-rank Wind Style: Vacuum Sphere Lv2.

(32/200)]

Besides the skills they had already mastered, the newly learned Earth Style and Lightning Style, although not yet fully mastered, had also formed into skills, albeit at Lv0 and unmastered levels.

After all, these two attributes are not Taiichi's innate attributes; they need to be learned later.

But now that the skill has been developed, mastering it is just a matter of time.

Until--

Early in the morning, a grayish little bird fluttered into Taiichi's perception range.

This bird is quite bold; seeing that Taiichi was still training, it landed on Taiichi's shoulder without any hesitation.

While exercising, Taiichi sensed the silly bird's audacious move and reached out to grab it.

Caught off guard, the silly bird crashed straight into Taiichi's palm.

"Jiji, let me go, Jiji." A hoarse, quacking voice came from the clumsy bird's beak.

--

Taiichi disdainfully moved his hand away, but said aloud, "Quiet! Why are you falling down like that?"

"Are you really not afraid of being killed by me?" he said, increasing the pressure slightly.

"Goo~" The clumsy bird immediately shut its mouth, not daring to move an inch.

"Tell me, what is your purpose in coming here?" Taiichi asked, opening his palm as he watched the clumsy bird stop screaming and struggling.

"Jiji, my name is Jiji. I'm Masasuke Yamaguchi's Summoning Animal. I've come to deliver a message to you, Jiji!" Jiji shook its whole body, smoothed out the feathers that Taiichi had ruffled, and then spoke again.

Taiichi stared at Jiji with a strange expression. Captain Yamaguchi, with his serious face, had actually signed a contract for such a Summoning Animal.

Jiji felt uncomfortable under Taiichi's gaze and couldn't help but shake its feathers before continuing, "Masasuke said there's a temporary mission. Prepare supplies and meet at the village entrance in two hours."

After saying that, it made a move to fly away, but before it could even get going, Taiichi grabbed it again. "Why are you in such a hurry to leave? Don't you have any other specific information?"

"Jiji, it's gone! Jiji still needs to inform Yohei Uchiha and Saori Furukawa, let Jiji go!" Jiji shouted angrily, her voice turning unpleasant again.

Hearing that the bird was going to inform Yohei and Saori, Taiichi released it again, watching it circle overhead once before quickly flying away. He mused, "Looks like it really is a last-minute mission! There's no news at all."

Taiichi shook his head, stopped thinking about it, and quickly headed home.

An hour and a half later, at the Konoha Gate, Taiichi arrived to find Yohei and Saori already waiting there.

After exchanging pleasantries, the three expressed curiosity about the mission's details, but none of them knew anything about it.

This situation is rare. Normally, we understand the mission before preparing supplies, so this is clearly an unusual case.

After waiting for a long time, Captain Yamaguchi finally arrived just in time.

"I won't waste any more time. This mission is to carry a batch of Resupply to the Border Outpost. Due to special circumstances, the Resupply there have been delayed by two days, so we're in a tight spot. Let's set off immediately; we can discuss the rest on the way."

"Yes!"