Chapter 28 A Fire in the Dark

The next day, Minato Namikaze was summoned to the General Staff to accept a new mission.

Unlike regular teams, some special teams need to go to a higher level staff office to receive missions. These missions are often not recorded in the books and can be called confidential missions. Namikaze Minato's team is a star team. The missions they carry out are more dangerous, but the mortality rate is very low, which has a lot to do with their own strength.

Since the reforms of the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen, the family ninjas have become the main body for carrying out high-risk tasks. According to Yeshan's summary, there are two reasons for this.

The first reason is that the number of civilian ninjas has dropped sharply due to the long-term war. It has been five or six years since the outbreak of World War II. The civilian ninjas with bad luck and insufficient strength have long been exhausted, and the ones who can survive are the elite. The extremely cruel death rate has caused the civilian families in the village to no longer choose to send their children to ninja schools, and began to seek other ways out. Because the ninja school has completely become a cannon fodder processing factory during the war, it only teaches simple three-body techniques and then distributes forehead guards, sending batches of cannon fodder to the battlefield. In the long run, even if the slogan of the will of fire is shouted louder, it will not recruit a few civilian ninjas. As one rises and the other falls, the proportion of civilian ninjas in the Konoha Ninja Army has dropped significantly, and gradually lost the climate at the beginning of the war. It must be said that the purpose of the ruling group headed by Sarutobi Hiruzen to launch the war has been fully achieved since the war. The Senju clan has retired, and the Uchiha clan is still fighting with the Kirigakure on the border; the internal harmony is extremely harmonious, and they fight wherever they are pointed; civilian ninjas suffered heavy casualties in the war, and they will no longer shout for fair treatment all day long. All pre-war conflicts were eliminated under the enemy's weapons. Killing three birds with one stone is a rare good thing in the world.

The second reason is that Sarutobi Hiruzen's reforms forced all the major families to join the war. The ruling style of the first generation of Hokage is to embrace all rivers and seas, because he has surpassed the scope of ninjas and is the only man in the past thousand years who is called the God of Ninjas (Six Paths is a sage). Strong strength brings an extremely broad mind. Everyone in the village discusses everything together and never dictates. The ruling style of the second generation of Hokage is institutionalized and rigorous. Regardless of the purpose, the ninja village has been truly developed in the hands of Senju Tobirama. The series of systems he founded have turned the loose family-based Konoha Village into a war machine, exerting a strong cohesive force. It was during this period that the ninjas began to truly abandon the traditional family concept and initially have a national concept. When it came to the third generation of Hokage, they grew up in a greenhouse and lost the mind and strategy of their ancestors, becoming a four-legged beast. On the one hand, they shouted the slogan of the will of fire, and on the other hand, they suppressed various ninja clans, turning the democratic village into a one-man show, making everyone miserable. They even introduced policies that strictly ordered each ninja clan to send personnel to participate in the war in proportion, which was a complete high-pressure rule.

All in all, everyone's life is not easy, but when they think of the Senju clan who have directly retired, they can only accept it with a pinch of their nose.

The chief of the General Staff of the Kingdom of Wind was a ninja from the Nara clan. He was very smart and had always been Hatake Sakumo's military advisor. When he saw Minato Namikaze and the others coming in, he looked at Ye Shan for a few more times and then talked about the mission.

"According to reliable intelligence, there is a Sunagakure medicine storage point in Akihabara. Your mission is to destroy it."

Ye Shan, who was originally curious about the content of the Star Team's mission, lost interest when he heard this. This kind of mission is not very dangerous. Unless you are unlucky and encounter a master, with the strength of the Minato team's ninjas, it is not a problem to escape unscathed.

After receiving the task, the few people did not set off immediately, but came to a remote corner to hold a small meeting.

The four of them formed a circle, half squatting and looking at the map spread on the ground. After everyone knew the mission location, Namikaze Minato put away the map and said with a smile: "Ye Shan, please introduce yourself briefly first."

Ye Shan stood up, looked around, and said softly: "Baiyun Ye Shan, 17 years old, good at earth escape, fire escape, and lightning escape."

After saying that, Ye Shan continued to squat, waiting for the next person to introduce himself.

"Akira Touji, a jonin, specializes in the family's secret techniques."

"Inuzuka Eru, a jonin, skilled in the family's secret techniques."

Good man, are you two doing crosstalk? Ye Shan was slightly unhappy, but he didn't show it. It was an old tradition for the family ninja to look down on the civilian ninja. In the ninja world, strength is respected. When the time comes, using strength to slap someone in the face is the most comfortable way, which is much more refreshing than talking.

It's not that Ye Shan is unstable or arrogant, it's just that the limitations of these two families are too great. They are certainly the best in some aspects, such as tracking and close combat, but it's hard for them to make achievements in other aspects. There is only one criterion to measure the strength of a ninja, and that is comprehensive strength. It's not impossible to specialize in one thing, but it's hard to become a top strongman. As far as Ye Shan knows, there is no one at present.

Namikaze Minato narrowed his eyes and the smile disappeared from his face, but with his gentle personality, he had never been a strong person. He smiled apologetically at Yeshan and introduced himself.

"Namikaze Minato, 15 years old, a jonin, good at wind escape and space ninjutsu, his favorite person is Uzumaki Kushina, his dream is to become a Hokage and end the chaos in the ninja world."

Ye Shan's eyes narrowed slightly. A direct descendant is a direct descendant. Their dream is to become Hokage. They are worthy of being the seedling that Lord Jiraiya has chosen.

However, it is very difficult for a civilian ninja to become Hokage. As of now, it is not Minato Namikaze's turn. Orochimaru, Jiraiya, and Hatake Sakumo are waiting in line to take over. Even if he can become Hokage, he will probably be the sixth Hokage.

After Namikaze Minato finished speaking, he said to Ye Shan in a gentle voice: "Ye Shan, we will be a good pair. Please give me your guidance in the future."

"No problem, Captain Minato," Hayama agreed readily.

"Then everyone, let's go!"

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Akihabara is a rare plain in the Land of Wind, with a flat terrain and a pleasant climate. It has always been the main source of food for Sand Village. The westernmost part of Akihabara borders the vast desert. In order to prevent soil desertification, the Sand Village has piled up several earth hills here, and planted trees on the earth hills to isolate the dry desert air and prevent soil erosion.

Ye Shan has been here several times, and every time he was amazed by the magic of chakra. It is no exaggeration to say that chakra is the first productive force in the ninja world. If it is used to develop agriculture, it can feed an unknown number of people. Unfortunately, where there are people, there are disputes. Since its birth, chakra has been used to efficiently eliminate the population, which can be regarded as indirectly alleviating the population pressure and food crisis in the ninja world.

According to the intelligence from the General Staff, the medicine storage point in the Sand Village is somewhere among these mountains, and the Minato team needs to find the specific location themselves.

But this did not bother the Minato team, or the Inuzuka clan. Since it was a medicine storage point, medicines must be coming in and out every day, and they could easily find out the specific location by following the smell of the medicines.

That night, Ye Shan and others sneaked into a cave, which was the medicine storage point of the Sand Village.

Ye Shan looked at the huge dark cave entrance. Two fully armed Sand Ninjas were patrolling the surroundings vigilantly. Unsure if there were any secret sentries, Ye Shan looked at Inuzuka E's dog. This was not an ordinary dog, but a ninja dog that had been trained by the Inuzuka clan's secret technique since childhood. Not only did it have an extremely sensitive sense of smell, it could also cooperate with its owner to perform the family's secret technique. It was definitely a fighter among dogs.

The ninja dog with the eye mask was huge, like a calf. Its nose twitched a few times and it whimpered a few times. Inuzuka E immediately started translating with gestures.

'Four enemies, two at the entrance, one on the left, and one on the right'

Minato nodded, a murderous look flashed across his usually smiling face, he hesitated for a moment, and gestured.

Ye Shan narrowed his eyes, and after watching Minato's gesture, his breath became faint, and then he gradually sank into the ground and moved towards the cave entrance. Minato suddenly disappeared from the spot without a trace.

After just a few breaths, Minato and his four companions stood outside the cave without being discovered. Ye Shan made a few gestures to signal them to retreat, and the vast chakra in his body began to boil, and he slowly formed a seal.

"Fire Release: Fire Dragon Flame Bullet!"

With Ye Shan's full strength, the flames roared into the cave like a dragon, destroying everything it encountered, and soon several screams were heard.

Ye Shan estimated that the time was about right, so he stopped supplying chakra, and then several people turned around and ran.

Nonsense, after setting the fire you're not running away but staying here waiting for the Sand Ninja to treat you to dumplings?

Before Ye Shan and others could run far, a shrill alarm was heard from the mountain. The Sand Village Squadron stationed in the mountain woke up from their sleep, picked up their weapons, and under the leadership of the captain, wanted to block the exit as soon as possible, catch the arsonist and cut him into pieces.

Unlike the rich Fire Country, the Wind Country not only has a shortage of food, but medicinal herbs are as precious as gold. Every herb is hard to come by and is a treasure in the hearts of the Sand Ninjas. The Sand Ninja leaders have even issued an order to severely punish those who lose medicines, which makes the Sand Ninjas who are guarding them anxious.

The experienced Sand Ninjas quickly locked onto the arsonists, but before they could form a circle, the arsonists suddenly disappeared on the spot...

Ye Shan set a fire in the dark, which made many Sand Ninjas furious, but he left without hesitation right under their noses. One of the Sand Ninjas was so angry that he had a cerebral hemorrhage and fainted on the spot...

Sure enough, space ninjutsu is the essential ninjutsu for killing and arson. Compared with it, fire ninjutsu and lightning ninjutsu are nothing but clouds, following behind and collecting dust without being able to catch up.

Ye Shan secretly named this wave of sour home stealing in his heart: invisible show-off, the most deadly!