When the five-person squad saw the three rogue ninjas' corpses, they were utterly stunned.
Powerful Fire Release!
Incredibly rare Wood Release!
The marks of both attacks were evident on the rogue ninjas' bodies.
The officer swallowed and looked at Luo Yu in astonishment. "Who killed them?"
"I did."
Luo Yu was a little speechless.
Hadn't he already said that over the phone?
Bai Siyao, standing beside him, also jumped in to testify. "I can vouch for him. He killed all these wanted rogue ninjas."
"Don't let his handsome face fool you. He's seriously capable!"
Seeing Bai Siyao safe and sound, the officer sighed in relief. "Young lady Bai, I'm glad you're all right."
"I told you not to leave the city lately, but you wouldn't listen."
At the reprimand, Bai Siyao shrank behind Luo Yu again.
After finishing his complaints, the officer studied Luo Yu once more, guided by instincts honed through life-and-death battles.
He finally noticed the hint of deadly resolve concealed beneath Luo Yu's unruffled expression.
That was something an inexperienced student didn't have.
And judging from the composure Luo Yu radiated, his chakra was definitely higher than 20.
It seemed he had held something back in his records.
At that moment, Luo Yu saw the officer's doubts and decided to stop hiding his abilities.
He activated the Hashirama cells in his body, and branches grew from his arm.
"This is my Wood Release. Now you believe me, right?"
Seeing Luo Yu use Wood Release, the squad members' pupils sharply contracted.
"Holy shit! Wood Release!"
"This is the Wood Release Lord Senluo is so proud of!"
"To think Jiangli City has a genius like this! Real experts really do keep a low profile!"
Suppressing his shock, the officer nodded. "I believe you."
Luo Yu rubbed his hands together with a smile. "So, about that five-hundred-thousand bounty..."
The officer couldn't help smiling at his reaction. "Leave your home address. Someone will deliver it tomorrow."
After giving his address, Luo Yu took out his storage scroll and poured out dozens of pairs of stone fangs.
"These are what I collected today. Could you exchange them for Ninja Coins while you're at it?"
"You can deliver the Ninja Coins with the bounty tomorrow."
Since the military base already offered a material-buying service, Luo Yu simply asked the officer to handle it as well.
Seeing Luo Yu produce such an enormous quantity of stone fangs, everyone could hardly believe their eyes.
"Good grief! Even if you locked me in a room with those Stonefang Rabbits and let me catch them, it would take me a whole week!"
"Are you sure these are Stonefang Rabbit fangs?"
"This is more stone fangs than we buy in an entire week!"
Listening to their praise, Bai Siyao looked immensely proud.
That was right. Her brother-in-law was just that strong!
As far as most people knew, Stonefang Rabbits were low-level creatures, but their naturally skittish disposition made them extremely difficult to hunt.
Of course, that was no challenge for Luo Yu.
After all, the Sharingan and a Transformation Technique at minor mastery alone already set him apart from ordinary people.
"Stone fangs go for three hundred a pair. Yours should sell for just under twenty thousand."
The thoroughly shaken officer spoke slowly. The mysterious young man before him had already given him far too many surprises.
So many that he was beginning to feel numb.
Luo Yu nodded slightly. "Then I'll head home and wait for the news."
Although it was nothing compared with the rogue ninjas' bounty.
He was already quite satisfied with earning a net profit of twenty thousand in a single day.
Then he pointed at Bai Siyao. "Sorry for the trouble, but I'll leave getting little Bai home to you."
With that, he darted through the forest and vanished from their sight.
Bai Siyao stamped her feet in frustration. "I finally found a good brother-in-law, but I let him get away without even asking his name!"
Watching her reaction, the officer's eyes filled with approval.
This kid had what it took. She'd hit the big leagues sooner or later.
Then the officer looked in the direction Luo Yu had left and murmured, "To think Jiangli City, a third-tier city, has a genius like this hidden away."
Midnight.
Luo Yu returned to the apartment as quietly as he could.
The moment he stepped inside, Luo Qingyu, who had been waiting by the door, caught him red-handed.
With her hands on her hips and suspicion written all over her pretty face, Luo Qingyu asked, "What were you doing? Why are you home so late?"
Luo Yu put on an innocent expression. "I got so caught up in training that I lost track of time."
Hearing this, Luo Qingyu leaned closer, lifted her delicate nose, and sniffed him.
Then she frowned. "Why do I get the feeling you've been with a girl?"
Luo Yu smiled wryly. "It's perfectly normal for a ninja dojo to have female ninjas, isn't it?"
His sister was wonderful in every way, except that she got jealous a little too easily.
After enduring Luo Qingyu's interrogation, Luo Yu finally went to bed with a great sense of relief.
Tomorrow, he would have to keep hunting Stonefang Rabbits and strive to reach trainee tier three within three days.
After all, this year's trainee assessment used a ranking system.
If he took first place, he would not only earn his trainee ninja certification but also receive the most generous rewards.
Originally, Luo Yu had only wanted to become a trainee ninja, improve their terrible living conditions, and ease his sister's burden.
Now that he had obtained the enraged Obito template, his goals had naturally risen along with it.
The next day.
After breakfast, Luo Yu was just about to leave when a knock suddenly sounded at the door.
Luo Qingyu immediately opened it. "Who is it?"
A soldier stood outside with a serious expression. "Hello. Is this Mr. Luo Yu's home?"
"You're here for Yu?" Luo Qingyu looked at Luo Yu in surprise.
She seemed to be trying to work out why Luo Yu had any connection to the military.
Had he gotten into serious trouble last night?
Was that why a soldier had come to arrest him?
Ignoring Luo Qingyu, who had already dreamed up an eighty-episode drama in her head, Luo Yu squeezed his way to the door. "That's me."
The soldier handed him a bag. "Here is your five-hundred-thousand bounty, along with eighteen thousand Ninja Coins from the sale of your stone fangs."
"Please check it."
Luo Yu opened the bag and glanced inside. It was stuffed full of banknotes.
At the sight, Luo Qingyu's legs went weak.
Outside of television, she had never seen so much money.
Not noticing anything unusual about his sister, Luo Yu nodded. "Everything's in order."
"Then I'll be on my way." Having received Luo Yu's confirmation, the soldier walked out of the apartment.
Only after closing the door did Luo Yu notice that his sister had collapsed onto the floor.
"Sis, what's wrong?"
Luo Yu considerately carried his sister to her bedroom and set her on the bed, his face full of concern.
"Yu, tell me the truth. Who exactly was that man?"
"Why was he bringing you money?"
"Are you two involved in some shady deal?"
Luo Qingyu's face was full of worry.
Seeing his sister's imagination running wild again, Luo Yu had no choice but to explain everything from beginning to end.
Half an hour later.
"So you went to the outskirts of the Dark Forest behind my back last night, and even ran into rogue ninjas!"
"But how did you defeat those rogue ninjas?"
Luo Qingyu's delicate brows knitted tightly. Clearly, she still doubted Luo Yu's explanation.
Men and their lying mouths!
She used to think her little brother was an exception.
Now that she knew Yu, whom she had watched grow up, was keeping things from her about what he did outside, her feelings were terribly conflicted.
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