"Yurubi and I were ordered to lead the team on this mission because we've spent years operating inside the Land of Fire."
After hearing the idiot ninja's report, Tetsuya was a little surprised.
"You and the other idiot ninja are leading the team? Are you two strong enough? Kidnapping Kushina Uzumaki means infiltrating Konoha, you know."
As he remembered it, this idiot ninja named Yeruka and the other one named Yurubi weren't particularly strong.
After all, back then, they hadn't even been able to fight back.
Seeing that Tetsuya seemed surprised they would be participating in the mission, let alone leading it, Yeruka immediately explained.
"Sir, Yurubi and I are actually Special Jōnin. We're just not good at fighting."
"Oh, I see. Special Jōnin who've spent years operating in the Land of Fire. That makes the decision to put you two in charge much more reasonable."
As he spoke, inspiration struck Tetsuya. He had thought of something fun.
"You must have quite a few people taking part in this mission. See if there's a way to slip me in."
"Sir, you want to take part in this mission?"
"Yes. Sounds pretty interesting, doesn't it?"
He was curious, too. With two Special Jōnin leading the team, Kumogakure would send two more Jonin and a few Chunin at most. How had a lineup like that managed to abduct Kushina?
Kushina had been living at Mito's residence at the time. Mito was the First Hokage's wife. Surely her residence had guards?
And how had they entered Konoha? Where had the Barrier Team and Sensory Team gone?
What about the Hyuga and Uchiha? One had the Byakugan, the other the Sharingan, yet they hadn't even noticed their village being infiltrated. What were they doing?
Or did these guys have some special ability that let