The White Fang's Mission

Hokage Building

"Sakumo, this mission is very dangerous. I'm entrusting this task to you."

"Hi"

Hatake Sakumo has silver hair, wears a Konoha vest, has a white armband with a red triangle on his left shoulder, and carries White Fang Short Sword on his back.

It was none other than the fearsome White Fang of Konoha, Hatake Sakumo, who respectfully accepted the mission scroll handed to him by the Hokage with both hands.

The Third Hokage, with a pipe in his mouth, breathed a sigh of relief.

The Land of Wind is experiencing frequent disturbances. The Third Kazekage, hailed as the strongest in history, is vigorously developing military equipment, and ninja students are graduating ahead of schedule.

Along the eastern border of the Land of Wind, various supplies are piling up at the stronghold.

Such restless behavior made Sarutobi Hiruzen sense something unusual.

It's another case of stockpiling supplies at the border, and another of Genin graduating early.

Although we don't know what they want to do, it would be great if they destroyed the supplies along their border.

They definitely can't do anything.

Eastern border of the Land of Wind

A certain stronghold in Hidden Sand

The outpost commander wiped the cold sweat from his brow; he already knew who the person in front of him was.

Hundreds of Sunagakure Ninja surrounded a masked ninja wielding a short sword.

The masked ninja wielding a short sword seemed to transform it into a long whip. The surging Chakra on the short sword formed a Wind Blade tens of meters long, clinging to the blade like a whip.

"Wind Style Secret Technique: Wind Style: Blowing Stream Slash!"

With a flick of his whip, the Sunagakure Ninja who had surrounded the man turned into dozens of wisps of white smoke. Some turned into sand, some into wooden stakes, some into shadow clones, and a few unlucky ones turned into a blood mist.

It seems the Hidden Sand can't kill them all.

"Captain! I'm sorry! You should go! I'm the one who's dragging you down!"

The White Fang Squad wore hoods and cloaks, and had no faction markings. At this moment, a man in the squad, with dozens of Kunai and Shuriken, was shouting.

"Take him away first!"

"Hi!"

This was not the time to argue. The other two team members helped the injured man up and leaped away through the opening that White Fang had just created.

A furious shout came from the Hidden Sand commander's side:

We must not let them leave!

The man wielding a short knife stood guard at the spot where his teammates had left, covering their retreat.

Lightning Release: Lightning Style: Lightning Flow Blade!

The masked man holding the short sword suddenly felt a surge of Chakra in the previously calm blade, which emitted a hissing sound.

The Chakra within the short sword surged forth, unleashing a lightning blade over twenty meters long, with numerous irregular electrical currents leaping across its Lightning Blade.

The man, wielding a lightning blade, advanced instead of retreating, charging towards the commander standing at the back.

Along the way, the twenty-meter-long lightning blades slashed left and right, but the Hidden Sand team was extremely elite and they all dodged the lightning blades' attacks.

However, the irregular electric currents ejected by the lightning blade were difficult to avoid, and many people were accidentally struck by the current and fell to the ground, screaming in agony.

The besieged ninja suffered heavy casualties. Although the Hidden Sand commander feared White Fang's reputation, there were still hundreds of Sunagakure Ninja in the stronghold.

If such a large force were to be driven back by White Fang alone, even if they returned to the village, they would likely have little chance of survival.

The three guards beside the commander fired Kunai with Explosive Tag at the approaching figure.

Kunai even hit the ground, it was controlled by Hidden Sand and exploded violently midway.

"Earth Style: Earth Style Wall!"

Earth Style: Earth Prison Dome!

The guard beside the commander was skilled in Earth Style. He first used Earth Style Wall, and then used a large Earth Style Release barrier Ninjutsu, Earth Prison Dome, behind the Earth Style Wall.

Two Ninjutsu techniques form a simple trap. If he breaks through the Earth Style Wall and rushes into the Earth Prison Dome, then we can find a way to surround and kill him!

Taking advantage of the Earth Style Ninjutsu blocking their path, the commander quickly retreated.

The guards blocked and surrounded the incoming troops, buying time for the commander to escape.

When that person's Chakra is completely depleted, this will be his doom.

"Lightning Style Secret Technique: Lightning Style: Roaring Thunder Tiger!"

A giant lightning tiger, over thirty meters tall and gleaming with white light, charged forward like lightning, not only destroying the explosions of the Explosive Tag along the way, but also completely obliterating two Earth Style Ninjutsu.

Undeterred, the Thunder Tiger roared and continued its charge.

The Hidden Sand along the way are truly deadly; a mere brush against them will injure you, and a mere touch will kill you.

If the Hidden Sand commander hadn't reacted quickly and escaped, he would probably have been reduced to dust by this Ninjutsu.

After the Hidden Sand guards' Earth Style Ninjutsu was destroyed, facing the charging tiger, he formed a hand seal and shouted:

"Burst!"

It turned out that the Hidden Sand Guardians' feet and the surrounding area within a hundred meters were covered with Explosive Tag, a tactic intended to kill each other.

After Hidden Sand shouted "Explode!", a loud bang followed, and a small mushroom cloud rose into the air.

The Hidden Sand commander and many ninjas, who were far away, fell in the shockwave of the explosion, but after getting up, they all gathered at the site of the blast.

A blood-splattered figure was seen fleeing at high Body Flicker Technique in the direction the masked man had retreated, leaving behind trails of blood.

"That person has already escaped! It must be White Fang of Konoha!"

"Luckily he rescued his teammates, otherwise our supplies would have been gone!"

"The combination of ninjutsu and swordsmanship can actually possess such immense power!"

"Is that what White Fang? Why do Konoha have White Fang?!"

Konoha

Hokage Building

Sarutobi Hiruzen looked at the mission report in his hand, which listed the reasons for the failure, and his face darkened.

"Luckily, my Anbu provided timely support, otherwise the White Fang Squad would have been wiped out."

Shimura Danzō, inside the Hokage Building, recounted the contributions of Root to the Third Hokage.

"It's unbelievable that the Daimyo White Fang would make such a basic mistake."

Seeing Sarutobi Hiruzen's gloomy face, Shimura Danzō couldn't help but add fuel to the fire.

"So be it, failure is failure. There are no invincible ninjas in the world, and this mission was indeed too difficult."

Although Sarutobi Hiruzen had a gloomy expression, he was, after all, the highest leader of Konoha, and could at least somewhat understand White Fang.

" With Sunagakure gathering ninjas at the border, we also need to stockpile supplies and send more ninjas to guard the area. This will be quite expensive, no small matter."

"Okay, I understand. You can go now."

"I hope you can handle this matter well, so that I don't have to go to the front lines again."

Danzo remained unperturbed by the Third Hokage's impatient tone, merely offering a sarcastic remark before turning and leaving.

Watching Danzo's departing figure, the Third rubbed his eyes and sighed.

Danzo walked up the stairs of the Hokage Building and said to the two Anbu beside him:

"Spread the word about this failed mission and damage White Fang's reputation."

The two Anbu guards exchanged a glance, then responded:

"Hi" X2

After responding, the two used Body Flicker Technique to leave.

Danzo's lips curled into a smile as he watched the two Anbu depart.

"Hiruzen, why pretend? This is what you want to do, isn't it? I'll help you."

Uchiha Mokuhi, a member of the Public Security Division of the Police Force, was patrolling the streets with three other team members.

The Police Force wore blue hats, blue shirts, and black trousers.

His arm was embroidered with a green Shuriken Gunbai and a fan, and the shield on his right shoulder bore the word "Public Security".

The three genin in the team Genin identical uniforms, but none of them wore vests.

Uchiha Mokuhi noticed that the villagers seemed to be discussing something in the streets and alleys.

After listening carefully, the Police Force frowned at the villagers' heated discussion.

"Hey, did you hear? I heard the White Fang mission failed."

"Yes, I heard they caused heavy losses to our Konoha."

"I heard that White Fang originally completed the mission, but his rescue teammates abandoned it."

"Nonsense! I heard that White Fang was dissatisfied with the Lord Hokage and deliberately abandoned the mission to cause the western defense line of the Land of Fire to collapse, so he could act as the savior."

"Yes, yes, I've heard that too. I heard that dozens of ninjas died on the western defense line of the Land of Fire."

"Ugh! I've always admired White Fang, I never imagined he was such a despicable person, ptooey!"

The Police Force were somewhat puzzled by the villagers' heated discussion.

The S-class classified mission had spread far and wide, but these few people were unaware of it.

After patrolling the area, everyone was talking about it.

Uchiha Mokuhi sensed something was amiss and said to the Public Security Squad:

"You continue your patrol, I'll go report to the section chief."

"Hi" X3

After giving his instructions, Uchiha Mokuhi quickly headed to the Military Police Building.

Naraku looked at the hurried arrival of the head of the Public Security Division, Uchiha Tasuku, and a Police Force named Uchiha Mokuhi.

"Is everyone aware of the S-class classified mission now?"

"Hi, Naraku, these villagers are suspected of slandering Lord White Fang. Should we disperse and arrest them?"

"Don't worry about it, just focus on your own tasks."

"Hi"

Naraku waved his hand, signaling the two to leave.

The news of the S-class classified mission spread far and wide, and I, as the captain of the Military Police Force, actually learned about it from the villagers.