"Hello, Shisui!"
The next day, Yūto, Shisui, and Tsukimi met up for their squad's first mission since its formation.
Tsukimi had traded her everyday clothes for full ninja gear. Her forehead protector was tied neatly around her forehead, and her dark blue combat uniform perfectly outlined her lovely curves. Kunai and shuriken were neatly arranged in the ninja tool pouch at her waist, and she also wore a ninja vest reserved for chunin and above.
Incidentally, Shisui was wearing the same green ninja vest. He was a jonin now, so he naturally qualified to wear one.
Of the three, only Yūto was a genin and had to wear his own clothes.
Yūto was also the youngest of the three. Tsukimi was a year older than him, and Shisui was a year older than Tsukimi, which was why she addressed Shisui as her senior.
Strangely enough, only after transmigrating had Yūto discovered that he was actually older than Kakashi's graduating class.
Perhaps the world he had transmigrated into had patched the meme about Shisui's strength.
After all, it was hard to imagine a child younger than Kakashi and Obito making a name for himself during the Third Shinobi World War.
Others his age probably had not even graduated from the Ninja Academy yet.
Shisui was the three-man squad's captain. He opened the intelligence scroll he had obtained from the Konoha Military Police Force and told the other two:
"This mission is fairly dangerous. The Interrogation Department extracted information about spies hiding in the village from the brain of the spy Yūto killed earlier."
"According to the intelligence, these spies have been operating near Konoha's shopping street for a long time, posing as merchants."
"There are roughly three to five spies, ranging in strength from chunin to jonin."
Yūto's eyes lit up when he heard that there was a jonin among the spies.
Looks like another chance to get myself killed.
Against a chunin, he could still exchange a few moves, but against a jonin, he would only get killed in an instant.
When the time comes, I'll charge in ahead of everyone, and a jonin spy will definitely cut me down with one slash!
Not only would he successfully scam the compensation money, but he could at least make Shisui and Tsukimi shed a few tears too. Added together, that would be two hundred million.
Shisui had not finished sharing the intelligence. He continued:
"These spies will meet in a valley outside the village today to exchange the intelligence they have."
"We'll set out immediately and get to the valley before them to set up an ambush. We'll catch them off guard."
"That's all!"
Hearing that the mission would take place outside the village made Yūto feel even better.
If they were inside the village, he would have worried about ANBU intervening.
But outside the village, ANBU would not be able to arrive for at least the first ten minutes of the fight!
Yūto could already picture himself returning to his original world a day later with two hundred million in cash and a whole array of superpowers, then living a life of extravagant indulgence.
After confirming that both his teammates understood the mission intelligence, Shisui immediately led them toward the valley.
On the way, Shisui slowed slightly, falling half a step behind Tsukimi to come alongside Yūto.
"Yūto, make sure you stay safe later. Don't risk your life like you did last time..."
Yūto replied earnestly:
"Don't worry. I'll definitely be careful!"
Of course, Yūto was only saying that. Once the fighting really started, he would still put his life on the line.
But today was his last day with Shisui, so he did not mind giving him a sincere reply.
Besides, if Shisui realized he was only humoring him, he would surely look out for him during the battle, and then his plan to get himself killed would not go smoothly.
Soon, they reached the valley where the mission would take place.
It was some distance from Konoha, screened by trees on all sides and rarely visited. Apart from a few small animals, there was no one in sight.
Yūto could not help his lips curling upward. What a perfect place to get himself killed!
Although Yūto was rather weak, his ninja fundamentals were still up to standard. After all, he had been on quite a few missions, and he quickly found himself a hiding spot.
His position was the closest to the valley. Once the spies appeared, he could be the first to charge in.
I don't know which spy is the jonin anyway. If I accidentally get surrounded and hacked to death, no one can call that insurance fraud, right?
Elsewhere, Tsukimi examined their hiding positions and could not help frowning.
Why is Yūto so close to the valley? If he gets spotted, he'll definitely be in danger.
She was just about to tell Yūto to find another hiding spot when footsteps suddenly came from outside the valley.
The spies had appeared!
Tsukimi could only conceal herself again and pray that the spies would not discover Yūto.
As the footsteps drew closer, a burly man with somewhat dark skin appeared before the three of them.
The corner of Yūto's mouth twitched slightly. The man did not look like an ordinary person from the Land of Fire. One glance was enough to tell he was from Kumogakure. Yūto had no idea how he had managed to infiltrate Konoha successfully.
Did he keep the Transformation Technique active all day?
Yūto did not care to dwell on it. He would be dead soon anyway, so who cared where the man came from?
After the first spy appeared, footsteps sounded one after another around the valley's perimeter.
Without exception, all the spies had dark skin.
The man at their head exuded an imposing air and looked extremely powerful. Perhaps he was the leader of these spies.
He was highly vigilant. He silenced the spies, then began carefully scouting the entire valley.
One spy could not help saying:
"Lord Oroi, there won't be any Konoha ninja here. We've met here more times than we can count."
Oroi's expression was stern. He was a veteran spy with a wealth of experience.
He had stolen intelligence from other villages countless times and lost countless comrades, including those who had been as careless as this fellow.
"Shut up, Kakui. You can never be too careful!"
"I'm the only spy from my cohort still alive. Do you know why I've survived this long? Because I'm careful. I don't want you losing your lives through carelessness either!"
After Oroi's reprimand, Kakui dropped his earlier dismissive attitude and obediently joined Oroi in scouting the entire valley.
As a veteran spy, Oroi had excellent countersurveillance skills, and he soon detected something unusual in the valley.
"Something's wrong!"
He keenly sensed a problem with the valley. The whole place was surrounded by trees, yet there were no birdcalls!
Normally, a forest could not possibly have no birds.
His fellow spies had all been cautious on their way to the valley and had not disturbed the birds. They had heard birdsong all along the way.
Why had the birdsong disappeared once they reached the valley?
There was only one answer: someone had come to the valley before them!
Those people had scared away all the birds, which was why he could not hear any birdsong!
"It's an ambush! Retreat!"
Oroi shouted, and the Kumogakure spies swiftly ran toward the valley's exit.
Seeing the spies flee, Yūto grew frantic.
These spies were two hundred million on legs! He absolutely could not stand by and watch them escape!
Yūto leaped from his hiding place, rapidly forming hand seals: Snake, Ram, Monkey, Boar, Horse, Tiger. A fireball half a person's height surged from his mouth.
It was the Great Fireball Technique, the only C-rank ninjutsu Yūto knew how to use.
Besides the Great Fireball Technique, Yūto had also learned the Three Basic Techniques and the Body Flicker Technique. Altogether, he knew only five ninjutsu.
The reason he had not learned any other ninjutsu was simple.
Yūto was afraid he would become too strong for anyone to kill him.
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