I Am Also Expendable

The sky gradually turned white.

Yagami stood by the window of his room on the second floor of Tsurutsuki Izakaya, watching the full moon in the sky slowly being covered by sunlight.

If I die this month, I should be revived here.

After leaving the Konoha Hospital, he didn't return to the Anbu but stayed at the izakaya.

Earn as much as I spend. If I don't spend it, it'll all go to the Captain.

Yagami turned and looked at the bed.

Kyouko was fast asleep, her legs exposed outside the blanket, smooth and firm.

After talking for half the night, he still hadn't found any evidence that Kyouko was a spy.

Perhaps his investigation wasn't deep enough.

Perhaps his investigation wasn't intense enough.

Perhaps he was overthinking it, and Kyouko wasn't a spy at all.

Even if Kyouko was a spy, she was the kind who relied on her brain rather than strength to infiltrate, posing little threat.

Without saying goodbye, he pulled up his pants and ran. Yagami jumped down from the window and headed for the Forest of Death while the early morning hours meant fewer people.

Yagami's Anbu squad was dispatched to the Land of Waves. Another squad was sent to the Land of Whirlpools.

The Antelope Squad, in a fishing village in the Land of Waves, encountered a Whirlpool Ninja squad and was escorting them back to the Land of Whirlpools, Uzu Hidden Village.

Yagami followed at the end, observing the three Whirlpool Ninjas.

The original story didn't describe Uzu Hidden Village much; the village was wiped out long before the plot began.

One woman and two men, all with red hair.

The female ninja at the very front had the reddest hair.

I wonder if hair color can represent the power of the Uzumaki bloodline.

The three Whirlpool Ninjas were all injured.

Judging by the wounds, they were inflicted by ninja swords.

The ninja academy in Cloud Hidden Village taught ninja sword techniques, so Cloud Ninjas favored using ninja swords.

Leaving the Land of Waves and entering the forests of the Land of Fire, the tense state of the three Whirlpool Ninjas finally relaxed.

The Land of Whirlpools was located on a peninsula southeast of the Land of Fire, and taking a detour through the Land of Fire was the safest route.

To delay their journey, Yagami pointed to the bloodstains on the Whirlpool female ninja's leg and said, "I have some medicine here. How about we treat the wounds before we set off?"

Captain Antelope was about to say Yagami was being meddlesome, but then he heard Uzumaki Yuka, the female ninja, say, "Yes, if we don't treat this wound, it might leave a chronic condition."

Uzu Hidden Village was an ally of the Senju Clan, so Captain Antelope couldn't say much.

Yagami handed his medical kit to Uzumaki Yuka.

Uzumaki Yuka didn't shy away in front of so many people. She lifted her split skirt, revealing her injured thigh.

Unwrapping the previous simple bandage, Uzumaki Yuka used a kunai to scrape off the blackened old medicinal ointment.

The kunai touched the flesh around the wound, causing Uzumaki Yuka to grit her teeth tightly from the pain.

Her right hand was also injured, making it inconvenient to operate with her left hand.

Yagami squatted down. "I'll help you."

"Thank you."

Watching the Anbu ninja bandage her, Uzumaki Yuka said, "You're different from other Anbu. Thank you for your offer."

Yagami didn't say anything.

He was only trying to delay their journey, and he might get criticized by the Captain for it.

It took seven days to reach the Land of Waves, and one day to travel from the Land of Waves to the Land of Fire. The Land of Fire was relatively safe, and they wouldn't encounter Cloud Ninjas.

The longer they stayed in the Land of Fire, the better.

If I could die the day before the next full moon, that would be perfect. I know everything that happens before death, giving me a precognitive advantage.

Uzumaki Yuka chatted:

"Cousin Tsunade once wrote to the Uzumaki clan, asking for each squad to be equipped with a medical ninja.

Unfortunately, Uzu Hidden Village couldn't achieve that. The medical ninjutsu of Uzu Hidden Village was taught by the Senju Clan. What the Senju Clan can't do, we can't do either."

Yagami didn't move his head. The gaze under his mask lifted slightly as he assessed the strength of the Whirlpool female ninja before him.

He glanced at Uzumaki Yuka's chest.

Constrained by her tight outfit, her chest was round and full. He wondered what magnificent waves would be unleashed if she were to unbutton it.

As expected of Tsunade's cousin, a slender branch bearing a bountiful fruit.

After bandaging her, Yagami still didn't say anything. He stood up and stepped aside.

Uzumaki Yuka was a little disappointed that the Konoha Anbu remained silent.

The team continued on, taking three days to enter the Land of Whirlpools, a long, narrow peninsula nation.

Yagami watched the wheat fields by the roadside, as if seeing the shape of the wind.

If only missions were always this simple, stopping to rest, enjoying the scenery, it would be...

Boom!

An exploding tag trap detonated in a field by the road!

The target of the explosion was the three red-haired Whirlpool Ninjas walking in the middle.

Two squads of Cloud Ninjas leaped out from the surrounding wheat fields.

The cold glint of their ninja swords made Yagami's scalp tingle.

Uzumaki Yuka was blown into a nearby wheat field, creating a crater.

While still in the air, Uzumaki Yuka spat out a mouthful of blood.

Two Cloud Ninjas charged towards Uzumaki Yuka, but suddenly froze in front of her.

Starting from their ankles, sealing curses snaked upwards. The two Cloud Ninjas became like stone, unable to move.

Yagami was greatly surprised. That was the Karma Seal of Retribution from the original story! One of Danzō's sealing techniques.

Captain Antelope shouted, "Mission complete!"

After shouting, Captain Antelope went to intercept the Cloud Ninja captain.

Purple Cat rushed to the nearest Whirlpool male ninja. After a glance, she deemed he needed no further medical attention.

Drawing her ninja sword, she killed the severely wounded Whirlpool ninja.

The primary objective was to ensure the Cloud Ninjas didn't obtain the Whirlpool sealing jutsu; escorting the Whirlpool ninja back to the village was merely a secondary, bonus objective.

During the Second Shinobi World War, the various ninja villages suffered heavy casualties and were in urgent need of sealing jutsu to deploy jinchūriki on the battlefield.

Information about sealing jutsu must not fall into the hands of the Cloud Ninjas.

Yagami leaped to Uzumaki Yuka's side.

Uzumaki Yuka lay in the waist-high wheat stalks, her chest and lungs severely injured, her chest caved in.

Without a medical ninja, injuries like these were fatal.

Her vision was blocked by the wheat stalks, so she didn't see Purple Cat kill the Whirlpool ninja. Seeing Yagami, her eyes flashed with gratitude.

The two Cloud Ninjas were already under her control. As long as she killed the two Cloud Ninjas, she could be saved.

Yagami picked up a kunai but didn't target the two immobilized Cloud Ninjas to his left and right.

He thrust the kunai down, and when Uzumaki Yuka was completely defenseless, he struck her in the head.

This way, the Cloud Ninjas would not be able to obtain information about the sealing jutsu.

The light in Uzumaki Yuka's pupils instantly faded.

"Konoha... Konoha is also coveting..."

Uzumaki Yuka's words could no longer be spoken.

Ninjas are tools for carrying out missions.

The Anbu are tools among tools.

Uzumaki Yuka's injuries were too severe. Using the two sealing jutsu was merely a final burst of energy; there was no need for medical treatment.

Captain Antelope was right there. What Yagami had to do was complete the mission perfectly, ensuring the Whirlpool sealing jutsu would not fall into the hands of the Cloud Ninjas.

With Uzumaki Yuka dead, Yagami quickly used the residual power of the sealing jutsu to kill the Cloud Ninja on the left.

The Cloud Ninja on the right broke free from the sealing jutsu's restraint and thrust his ninja sword towards Yagami's side.

Yagami quickly lunged forward, using a roll to dodge the ninja sword.

While rolling, Yagami was still thinking about how to perfectly use the Earth Release: Subterranean Mirroring Fish Technique, when a numbing sensation spread through his feet.

Damn it, the Cloud Ninjas had set up Lightning Style on the ground.

Lightning Style countered Earth Style. His only Earth Style ninjutsu was now useless.

After a struggle, Yagami was killed by the ninja sword.

Before he died, he saw Captain Antelope escape alone, while Purple Cat and Horned Bull had both died in the wheat field.

Damn it...

To ensure the secret of the sealing jutsu, they could kill the Whirlpool ninja if necessary?

He never expected to die here himself.

Yagami had thought the Whirlpool ninja were expendable, only to realize in the end that he himself was also expendable.

[Arc of the Crescent Moon activated!

The host has one chance to revive each month. After death, they will revive on the night of the previous full moon.

A reward of one lottery chance is granted!]