Akebono Town, In a newly built wooden house, Mizuki was lying on the table writing letters under the dim light of an oil lamp.
"Chun, today is the tenth day since we arrived at Akebono Town. Everything went smoothly."
"After learning that chakra can be practiced, most of the townspeople are willing to send their children to learn."
"After preliminary testing, we found that most of the children have average qualifications and may end up at Genin throughout their lives, but there are also a few good ones among them."
"Facts have proven that Mr. Obito is right. With the population base of civilians, quite a lot of missed geniuses will indeed emerge."
"According to the regulations of Hidden Leaf Chakra Popularization Plan, these children will be sent to Hidden Leaf Village to receive better education after a period of study."
"And my two seniors and I will also be rewarded with a large amount of money and points. We are one step closer to the villa."
"So don't be too frugal in your daily life. It won't look good if you lose weight due to hunger."
"Don't go to bed too late, it's not good for your health."
"Everything is fine with me here, don't worry."
"From now on, I will write you a letter every other month."
"However, it may not take long to write."
"Before leaving Hidden Leaf Village, I heard a member of the Uchiha Clan tribe mention that Master Obito wanted to develop a long-distance communication device, just like Walkie-Talkie."
"Perhaps we can chat directly soon."
"Don't miss--Mizuki."
Mizuki After writing this, he put down his pen.
He has a lot of apologies for Chie Tsubaki.
For a civilian, especially an orphan, the difficulty of getting into the Ninja Academy is unimaginable to outsiders.
Of course, this is not a question of qualifications, but a question of money.
Ninja Academy There is no charge, but you need to pay for the training tools and medicinal materials yourself. Moreover, after the chakra is refined, the demand for food, especially meat, is very high, which also costs a lot of money.
Chie Tsubaki and Mizuki are both orphans. Except for a pension from Hidden Leaf Village, most of the rest of the money was collected by Chie Tsubaki through working part-time.
After Mizuki graduated, their economic conditions improved a lot.
However, because ninja tools, Explosive Tag, and medicinal materials are very expensive, and they have to save money to buy a house, the two of them are not financially well-off.
Therefore, every time Chie Tsubaki sees that when buying a piece of clothing, he has to calculate when it will go on sale, and Minato hates his own incompetence.
He wanted to prove that he could give Chun happiness.
"I can definitely do it!"
With this wish in mind, Minato blew out the oil lamp and slowly fell asleep.
Early the next morning, Mizuki got up on time at six o'clock and came with Kotetsu Hagane to wake up Izumo Kamizuki.
Izumo Kamizuki lay in the warm bed, yawned, and said lazily, "Mizuki, why are you going so early? The school hasn't been built yet?"
Mizuki said helplessly, "I told you yesterday that we would go to Lake Fuuren to inspect it together."
"After all, in addition to popularizing chakra, we also hold the position of mayor."
Kotetsu Hagane directly opened Izumo Kamizuki's quilt and said angrily, "Don't stay in bed, get up quickly."
Izumo Kamizuki complained as he got up to put on his clothes, "There is nothing going on in the town. Some trivial matters are decided by a few elders in the town."
Mizuki explained, "Master Obito said that ninjutsu is the primary productive force. We can help the townspeople increase their output and fulfill the duties of the mayor."
"You're so good!"
Izumo Kamizuki gave a thumbs up. It was indeed Mizuki who studied the issued documents word for word.
The three of them ate some dry food and set off from Akebono Town to Lake Fuuren.
Since it is winter now, there is a thick layer of ice on the surface of Lake Fuuren. Except for Mizuki and three other people, there seems to be no one there.
Looking at the snow-white ice and the blue sky, Izumo Kamizuki opened his hands and said with emotion, "It's so beautiful."
But at this moment, the ice surface where the three people were sitting suddenly sunk downwards.
Taking advantage of the unbalanced movements of the three, the bounty hunter Wanmu, who had been lying in wait for a long time, jumped out from his hiding place and shot dozens of Shuriken.
As a ninja specializing in Taijutsu, Izumo Kamizuki reacted the fastest and subconsciously pushed Mizuki and Kotetsu Hagane away.
"Uh-huh..."
Izumo Kamizuki tried his best to dodge, but was shot in the thigh and shoulder.
"Izumo Kamizuki"
Kotetsu Hagane called out urgently, and quickly Hand Seals with both hands.
"Water Release-Shui Ye Na Yuan"
A large stream of extremely mucous liquid was spit out from Kotetsu Hagane's mouth and sprayed onto the ground in front of Wanmu, restricting Wanmu's movement.
Mizuki and Kotetsu Hagane took this opportunity to rescue Izumo Kamizuki from the collapsed ice.
Izumo Kamizuki was so painful that he was sweating profusely. He pulled out a few Shuriken by himself, took out the healing medicine and drank it in one gulp.
Seeing that Izumo Kamizuki's wound began to heal, Mizuki and Kotetsu Hagane breathed a sigh of relief.
"Three heads, worth 1.6 million taels."
Wanmu was out of trouble at this time, with a joking smile on his lips.
As an experienced Chunin, these three rookies are just meat on his chopping board.
Kotetsu Hagane looked at the scratches on Wanmu Mist Ninja Forehead Protector and said in a solemn voice, "Kirigakure traitor? Bounty hunter?"
Wanmu couldn't help but smile, dragging the tip of the knife on the ground, and rushed towards several people.
"When"
Kotetsu Hagane barely managed to withstand Wanmu's attack with a long blade connected to a chain, rubbing his heels against the ice and retreating.
Mizuki gritted his teeth and rushed forward with a Kunai, but was swept away by Wanmu.
Kneeling on the ice and spitting out a mouthful of blood, Mizuki punched the ice, hating his own uselessness.
At this time, Izumo Kamizuki relied on the healing potion to recover, and rushed towards Wanmu with a huge weapon.
Due to the tacit cooperation between Izumo Kamizuki and Kotetsu Hagane, the situation has improved a lot.
However, Izumo Kamizuki's injury has not yet healed, so the transition between movements will inevitably be slow.
Wanmu was experienced and saw this, and kept attacking Izumo Kamizuki, gaining an obvious advantage.
And Mizuki lowered his head and knelt on the ground, clenching his hands and digging his nails deeply into his flesh.
"That's it again!"
"That's it again!"
Mizuki looks ferocious, why is he so useless at the critical moment?
Watching Kotetsu Hagane and Izumo Kamizuki struggling to support themselves, Mizuki's expression changed.
Finally, Mizuki fixed his gaze and murmured, "Chun, I'm sorry."
He took out Four-Piece Potion Set and drank it down one by one. Mizuki took out the life-saving Vajra Talisman, held it in his hand, and rushed towards Wanmu.
Wanmu was very comfortable in the battle. He noticed Mizuki's movements, smiled contemptuously, and in a blink of an eye, he distanced himself from Izumo Kamizuki and Kotetsu Hagane, and swung his knife at Mizuki.
Mizuki pursed her lips tightly, resisting the urge to use Vajra Talisman, and just turned her body slightly.
The knife originally aimed at Mizuki's neck passed through Mizuki's shoulder, cutting off the entire right arm.
Mizuki screamed wildly and rushed towards Wanmu.
"Looking for death"
Wanmu frowned and tilted the blade upward, ready to kill Wanmu directly.
However, a strong golden light suddenly appeared on Mizuki's body, blocking the blow, and Mizuki also took advantage of the situation to tightly entangle Wanmu.
"Vajra Talisman"
Wanmu looked horrified, and kept pushing his knees against Mizuki, but they were blocked by the golden light.
Wrapping Wanmu with his only remaining hand and two legs, Mizuki shouted, "Hurry up and do it."
Kotetsu Hagane and Izumo Kamizuki seized this opportunity and used a combination of ninjutsu.
"Leaf Formation of Fixed Stone"
Kotetsu Hagane used Starch Syrup Capture Technique to stick Wanmu, while Izumo Kamizuki hit Wanmu with a huge weapon.
Finally, Kotetsu Hagane chopped off Wanmu's head from behind.
Izumo Kamizuki hugged Mizuki who was lying on the ice, held down the broken arm that was pouring out blood, and said loudly, "Mizuki, you idiot, don't want to live anymore?"
Mizuki turned pale and said with a silly smile, "Senior Izumo Kamizuki, I..."
Before he finished speaking, Mizuki tilted his head and fainted.
And Kotetsu Hagane found the reward list after searching Wanmu's body.
"Hidden Leaf Village is in big trouble"
Looking at the mission target and the total amount of 1.7 billion taels on the reward list, Kotetsu Hagane looked solemn and murmured, "Hidden Leaf Village must be notified immediately."