Chapter 24: Departure to the Land of Waves

Luo Yi guessed wrong.

Compared to wind escape and fire escape, water escape is more flexible, whether it is piercing, cutting or even blunt attack.

In an environment with abundant water resources, water-based ninjutsu would be a wise choice. It has low consumption, fast response and strong power. No wonder Kakashi and Zabuza used the same water-based ninjutsu when they were fighting in ninjutsu, instead of earth-based ninjutsu which had a restraining relationship with it.

But it may also be to show off the Sharingan.

The test results on the water surface showed that water-style ninjutsu can easily manipulate water within a radius of about five meters; compressed into a water gun, the effective range is about 25 meters. If the distance is farther, the trajectory will become a parabola and the damage will be greatly reduced.

Performing earth-style ninjutsu on land is similar.

As for Lightning Escape, its attack distance is surprisingly the shortest, less than one meter, which is quite counter-intuitive.

"Because the resistance of air is very high, the energy consumption of generating an electric arc out of thin air is already very astonishing. The setting of this world is unexpectedly hardcore. In that case... huh?" Luo Yi was surprised by his own conclusion.

Iruka was also surprised by the boy's analysis.

"Um, Mr. Iruka, I have a request... Could you please come to the water side? Yes, just enough for the water surface to touch your toes. Thank you."

This record-keeper Chunin became a guinea pig for the experiment.

Luo Yi considered the risks and decided to give it a try after careful consideration. He condensed negative chakra on his hand and changed the properties of lightning escape until sparks appeared on his fingertips, then he put his hand into the pool.

"Lightning Release: Short Circuit Technique"

Almost at the same time as he put his hand into the water, Iruka let out a strange cry and escaped from the water, his hair obviously exploded...

"Luo Yi, be careful! There's...wait, is it you who created the electricity in this water?"

"Hehe... cough cough! It's me. Don't worry, teacher. The voltage is only about ten volts at most. It won't hurt anyone."

"You... Hey, I'm beginning to admire Master Hiashi's vision."

You kid, you always give me some new tricks.jpg

But then again, using water in nature to conduct electricity is a new idea, but its functionality is really not up to par. The lightning escape just now, apart from scaring Iruka, had no killing power at all, and it almost consumed 30% of his Yin escape chakra.

"It's really a useless technique." Luo Yi looked at the water surface with regret until something floated up from the bottom of the water.

There were actually several fish with their bellies turned upside down!

Luo Yi & Iruka: "..."

"Can I ask, is electrofishing legal here?"

"Strictly speaking, it's not allowed, but considering that you're developing and testing ninjutsu, I'll treat it as accidental injury. These fish... just consider them as your catch."

"Teacher is indeed upright and honest! I admire you. Come on, let's share the share..."

"I-I don't feel comfortable with this. I'll just take this one..."

After Luo Yi finished the ninjutsu test, it was already noon. He returned to the task distribution center in the village and learned that everyone in Team 7 was still busy in the fields and it was highly likely that they would not receive any new tasks today.

What made him even more relieved was that the staff said that, in principle, graduates who had just been promoted to Genin could only receive D-level missions in the first two days. If they wanted to receive C-level missions, they had to successfully complete at least three D-level missions.

So the earliest we can meet the bridge repairman is tomorrow.

A key NPC that opens a new chapter.

After confirming the information again and again, Luo Yi returned to the Hinata family with five plump fishes with confidence.

"Luo Yi, you're back! What's going on with this fish?"

"Well... I went fishing today and had a great catch. Did you have enough for lunch? We can grill two fish to eat during our afternoon training break."

"Good~"

A girl who is easily satisfied.

...

I didn't expect that the wait would last two days.

It was not until ten o'clock in the morning of the third day that Luo Yi finally arrived at the task dispatch office to wait for the seventh team to complete the cat-catching mission, but...

"Naruto, has your beard grown longer?" Luo Yi keenly noticed that there were several scratches on the protagonist's face.

There are both horizontal and vertical ones.

"It was that stinky cat that scratched it!" Naruto pointed angrily at the plump woman who was holding a cat and communicating with the Hokage not far away.

It was the wife of the Fire Country Daimyo, Lady Chishimi, and her screaming and crying house cat.

"Oh my! My little cutie! I was so worried!" Mrs. Zhizhimei's round and plump face pressed against the cat "Xiaohu" and underwent an abstract deformation...

No wonder it wanted to escape, Luo Yi couldn't help but complain in his heart.

"Next, Kakashi's Team 7, the next missions are..." Hiruzen was still covering for the staff at the dispatch office, "Uh... help Master Shima look after his children, or go to the neighboring village to run errands and do some shopping, or help harvest sweet potatoes..."

"No! Don't give us such tasks anymore!" Naruto finally exploded, "I want a more important task! Give us a different one!"

"Idiots! You guys are still rookies and have no experience at all." Iruka, who was sitting next to the Hokage, slammed the table and said, "We all came here this way. You have to rely on simple missions to gain experience!"

"But! But! These missions are too boring!" Naruto was making a fuss even though he was being unreasonable.

"Naruto, it seems that you don't know much about the mission." Hiruzen finally waited for the opportunity to fulfill his mission of explaining the world view, "Listen, the village receives many commissions every day, from taking care of children to assassinations.

"The list is filled with various jobs, divided into four levels: A, B, C, and D according to the difficulty. The ninjas in the village, including me, are generally divided into four levels according to their abilities: leader, jonin, chunin, and genin.

"The missions are assigned by our top management to qualified ninjas. After completing the mission, we can get rewards from the client. Therefore, for you who have just become a Genin, D-rank missions will be enough... Listen to me carefully!"

Not to mention that Naruto had already started mumbling about what to eat for lunch, even Luo Yi started to lose focus.

Why, even after traveling to the world of Naruto, can I still experience the pain of listening to the leader nagging at the weekly meeting?

"Ahh - Grandpa only knows how to yell at me! Don't still think of me as that little brat who only knows how to play pranks! I've grown up!" Naruto complained with his eyes narrowed and his mouth open.

Hmm...it looks like a toad.

Iruka and Kakashi were about to reprimand Naruto, but Hiruzen smiled first, "I see. In that case, I'll assign you a C-rank mission. Protect one person."

Is this coming?

"Who? Who? The daimyo or the princess?" Naruto was instantly overjoyed and lost in pride.

"You are so impatient. I will introduce you right away. Please come in." Hiruzen called out to the office on the side.

Then, a middle-aged man wearing glasses, with an unshaven beard, carrying a bottle of wine and a backpack came out.

"What are you doing? You are all little brats, especially... that shorty guy who looks stupid. Are you real ninjas?" The uncle looked at everyone in Team 7 with disdain.

"Hehehe... who is he talking about, short and dumb?" Naruto compared his height with that of Sasuke and Sakura, vividly describing the other party, and then...

Then he realized that he was shorter than Sasuke and Sakura, but, "Are you looking down on Luo Yi?"

That’s right, Luo Yi is now shorter than him.

"Ah? Who is Luo Yi... Such a young child is also a ninja? Is there no one left in your Konoha?" The uncle said aggressively.

Although Luo Yi knew very well that the uncle adopted such an attitude in order to confirm their strength.

Because this task is not at the C-level at all.

Don't worry, this kid's strength... Anyway, we know our limits." Hiruzen glanced at Naruto and didn't make his words clear.

"Hmph, all right then. I am the famous bridge-building expert - Dazna! Please risk your life to protect me until I return to my country and finish building the bridge!" The uncle finally introduced himself.

...

The departure time was set for one o'clock in the afternoon, and Luo Yi still had two hours to return to the Hinata family to pack his luggage and say goodbye.

"Hey? Are you going on a long trip so soon?" Hua Huo didn't expect that he wouldn't come back at night.

"The mission location is in the Land of Waves. This trip... may take a few days. Hanabi should practice well during these days. We will have another competition when I come back." Luo Yi saw the reluctance in the little girl's eyes.

After all, I have never been separated from her for more than a day since the first day of traveling through time.

"Okay." Although Hanabi was frustrated, she was very sensible. "Be careful and don't get hurt. Come back as soon as the mission is completed!"

"Don't worry, it's just a C-level mission. I'll see if there are any local specialties I can bring back for you." Luo Yi patted the little girl's head lightly.

"I'm not a child anymore," Hanabi tiptoed, "I'm... yours..."

--fiancée.