I'm a Medical Ninja, You Two Can Handle the Fighting

It took about half a day.

Team 1 crossed out of the Land of Fire and entered the Land of Early.

Yuhi Shinku, who led the team, put away the map in his hand and turned to face the three of them with a serious expression.

"Although some C-rank Missions are relatively easy, I specifically accepted a bandit extermination mission for you.

Only through battle can you grow better."

"Also, don't look down on the D-rank Missions you did before. Those missions will help you, fresh graduates, master various ninja skills more quickly. What you learned at the Ninja Academy will gradually be put into practice as well!"

After Yuhi Shinku finished speaking, his gaze fell on Uchiha Yufeng.

"I heard that all you did at school was sleep. If there's anything you don't understand, ask Kurenai. I supervised her basic courses during her Ninja Academy days, and she earned excellent marks in every theory class."

Uchiha Yufeng did not argue and simply nodded.

After all, everything Yuhi Shinku said was true. If he had not encountered his stroke of luck, he would have studied properly and followed the usual path.

These were all skills that increased one's odds of surviving in the Ninja World.

But then again, he had a cheat.

Not to mention Sasuke—even Kabuto had spent his childhood carrying out espionage missions for years, so both his theoretical knowledge and practical experience were solid...

"I already told you the details of this mission on the way here.

From now on, you'll act on your own! Be careful about everything.

I'll wait for your return in the town where we stopped before arriving here."

With that, he used Body Flicker and vanished.

The remaining three looked at one another.

"Yugao, should we let Yufeng make the battle plan this time?"

Yuhi Kurenai recalled Uchiha Yufeng's plan from last time. It had even caught her father, a Jonin with extensive combat experience, off guard.

Yuhi Kurenai greatly admired Uchiha Yufeng's abilities.

Uzuki Yugao felt the same way.

Thinking back to the battle plan he had proposed last time, which had fully brought out the team's strengths, she recognized Uchiha Yufeng's ability as well.

So she readily agreed.

"Fine!"

Uchiha Yufeng shrugged indifferently.

He took out the map Yuhi Shinku had handed the three of them along the way.

"According to the map, the bandits' hideout is on the mountain ahead.

There are twenty-nine bandits stationed in the mountains. They are all desperadoes, and their methods are extremely ruthless.

Since they began their crimes, they have killed a hundred innocent civilians in the Land of Rain. They even evaded the ninja Amegakure sent after them and fled here."

"Based on that, these people do have some skill."

As Uchiha Yufeng analyzed the mission, concern and nervousness flashed through the two girls' eyes.

After all, it was their first time carrying out a bandit extermination mission.

"Still, there's no need to think too highly of them. If they had the ability to fight ninja, they would not have deliberately avoided Amegakure's pursuit. Given how these desperadoes operate, if they had the strength, they would have killed ninja too."

Only then did the two of them relax slightly.

Seeing that they were no longer as nervous as before, he put away the map.

"But all of that is just intelligence."

Yuhi Kurenai froze for a moment before understanding.

The information could be outdated!

After all, a whole day had passed since the commission was accepted.

"Should we investigate again?"

Uchiha Yufeng shook his head.

"Let's head up the mountain and scout it out first! Even if we find the target, don't rush to attack!"

Yuhi Kurenai and Uzuki Yugao nodded seriously at Uchiha Yufeng.

"Move out!"

After speaking, Uchiha Yufeng exchanged a glance with them.

The three then ran toward their target mountain.

Once they reached the foot of the mountain, Uchiha Yufeng pointed in two directions to indicate their routes.

"The three of us will split up and scout different areas of the mountain. Focus on staying hidden and gathering information. Then regroup here! Disperse!"

As soon as he finished speaking.

The two headed up the mountain separately, one to the left and one to the right.

After watching them leave, Uchiha Yufeng remained where he was.

Then four or five small snakes crawled out from each of his sleeves and dropped to the ground.

In the blink of an eye, they slipped into the grass and crawled up the mountain.

About five minutes later, all the snakes returned.

"Looks like these people made an emergency transfer today! Fortunately, they didn't move far. They're on the mountain ahead."

Uchiha Yufeng released the jutsu and looked toward the mountain in front of him.

After a while.

The two returned, one after the other.

"No one."

Uzuki Yugao was brief and to the point.

"Same on my side, but there were signs that people had lived on the mountain. I also saw ashes from a fire. They probably left not long ago."

Yuhi Kurenai considered it before answering.

"Good observation!"

Uchiha Yufeng smiled at them before shifting his gaze.

"See that mountain ahead? They've moved over there!"

Uzuki Yugao gave Uchiha Yufeng a surprised look.

She had not expected him to possess such sensory abilities...

"Let's go!"

"Okay!"

The two replied and quickly ran toward the mountain Uchiha Yufeng had pointed out.

Before they could get close to it.

"Wait!"

Uchiha Yufeng stopped where he was and fell silent for a moment.

He took several items out of the System Space.

"These are Explosive Tags. These are Shuriken, Kunai..."

The two watched as Uchiha Yufeng took out more and more things, and they could not help staring in shock.

"Yufeng, why did you bring so much stuff? All this... how much did it cost?"

Yuhi Kurenai finally came to her senses. Seeing the items piling up in her hands, she hurriedly stopped Uchiha Yufeng.

"Oh, and Military Ration Pills. Take one each."

Uzuki Yugao also snapped out of it, her expression complicated as she looked at Uchiha Yufeng.

"Yufeng, I don't need any of this. I only need a good weapon."

"A weapon? I have one of those too!"

Remembering that he still had a Kusanagi Sword, Uchiha Yufeng searched through the System Space.

Then he took it out as well.

"Here!"

"This is..."

Uzuki Yugao stared wide-eyed.

As someone who practiced swordsmanship, Uzuki Yugao was extremely knowledgeable about weapons.

The moment she saw this weapon, its sharpness made her blood boil.

"Put everything away. I'll have to rely on you two later!"

"Rely on us?"

Yuhi Kurenai looked utterly confused.

"Of course I'll rely on you. I'm a Medical Ninja, and a Medical Ninja never exposes himself to the target!

Later, you two just charge in from the left and right.

I'll support you from below. If either of you gets injured and can't hold on, come straight to me.

Don't be afraid of getting hurt. I once studied medical treatment under Lady Tsunade. I'll definitely heal you cleanly and neatly without leaving a single scar!"

As he spoke, Yuhi Kurenai pouted, her face full of reluctance.

"Okay!"

Yet Uzuki Yugao immediately agreed from the side.

"Kurenai, take the left. I saw a path up the mountain there earlier. It's relatively flat, so I'll leave it to you!"

With the Kusanagi Sword in hand, she headed to the right and charged up the mountain.

What a decisive woman!

Uchiha Yufeng watched Uzuki Yugao and could not help sighing inwardly.

When Yuhi Kurenai saw that Uzuki Yugao had already gone up the mountain, she became anxious.

She hastily put away her things, grabbed her Shuriken, and quickly ran up the path on the left as well.

Watching their backs, Uchiha Yufeng raised his hands and formed hand seals.

Two identical Shadow Clones appeared before him.

Using Body Flicker, they followed behind the two girls and went up the mountain as well.