Naruto: As a genin, I just want to live a normal life.

Page 75

Yuhi Ryuun was seriously injured, but fortunately, Inuzuka Umeko was in the party and provided timely treatment.

In the ensuing chase, Keita chose to die to protect his comrades.

The number of members in Intelligence Squad Two has been reduced again.

......

War is cruel. The members of the Second Intelligence Squad have been reduced to the point where they cannot be rotated. Shirahoshi, who has been stationed in the Land of Rain for a long time and is responsible for the transfer of temporary positions, can only explain this situation to Nara Shikakichi, the person in charge of the Metasequoia Forest Camp, in a scroll.

Coincidentally, the intelligence brought back by the subsequent team indicated that their intelligence squad had arrived at their final mission.

Furthermore, the final intelligence delivery can be personally escorted by Shirahoshi.

Therefore, the current information was handed over to Yuko Shimura and Hama Kitada for their management.

Eight subordinates,

Yuichiro was killed in action.

Next up were Keita and Shinji, both Chunin.

The setting sun and drifting clouds are deeply wounded.

Despite being slightly injured, having expended a lot of chakra, and in a bad mood due to the Keita incident, Umeko Inuzuka stayed at the Metasequoia Forest camp to take care of Ryuun Yuhi.

Currently, only Yuko Shimura and Hama Kitada are still capable of carrying out missions.

"Captain." At this moment, Shimura Yuko was no longer the proud and aloof girl she once was, but a mature female ninja who had witnessed the sacrifice of her comrades and experienced bloodshed.

"how?"

"Don't die. Go back, I'll treat you to dinner."

Beside him, Kitada Hama also said, "Captain Shirahoshi, I can introduce you to my sister when we get back!"

Shirahoshi watched the two of them make their promises and sighed inwardly, "I will try my best."

"Let's go, Suzuka."

"Okay." Before leaving the camp, Hinata Suzuka turned back and waved to the two of them: "See you at the camp."

"See you at camp." x2

Kitada Hama and Shimura Yuko both used the Instantaneous Movement technique to leave the rocky area.

Shirahoshi and Hinata Suzuka walked along the rocky path; their intelligence work had to continue.

— Proceed to the Seventh District and confirm that there are no traces of the Rain Ninja Force in the towns within the Seventh District.

Not long after completing their mission, the two encountered three stray children and a small yellow dog on the road.

"It's still turned out like this."

"really."

"There were definitely White Zetsu monitoring us at the time."

"Who knows, maybe Madara Uchiha is disguised as Tobi and is personally monitoring him."

At this moment, Shirahoshi was also glad that he hadn't revealed the secret of the Fusō Uzumaki bloodline and the Ise Senju bloodline: Nagato was a combination of the Senju and Uzumaki bloodlines.

Chapter 84 The Rain Village Ninjas Have Been Played for a fool

A natural cave above a nearby river.

After hearing Nagato and Shirahoshi reminisce about their past, Hinata Suzuka's eyes welled up with tears: What a pitiful child!

"why."

“Didn’t the village repeatedly emphasize that civilians must not be harmed?! Why did this accident still happen…” Hinata Suzuka said.

"Because this is war, Suzuka Chunin." Shirahoshi listened calmly to Nagato's explanation, glancing at him and noticing that Nagato seemed unguarded, yet she could sense a hint of threat emanating from him.

The Rinnegan has finally been awakened!

"I am a ninja from Konoha. I cannot help you, so you will have to work hard on your own in many ways."

Beside Shirahoshi, Nagato held the little one and stroked its head. Konan and Yahiko stood at a distance, peeking out from behind the stone wall to observe Nagato and the Konoha ninja. At this moment, Shirahoshi glanced back and waved gently to show goodwill, which startled the two of them, causing them to immediately shrink back.

"Konan, do you think Nagato might be a spy for Konoha?" Yahiko asked with a serious expression.

Upon hearing this, Konan pouted and crossed her arms: "How could that be! Nagato's parents were killed by Konoha ninjas!"

"But there's something wrong with him standing so close to that seemingly powerful Konoha ninja!"

The two whispered for a while, and Shirahoshi also bid farewell to Nagato. She didn't leave him anything, but she did tell him a message: the war between Amegakure and Konoha was about to end.

In the future, if there is a chance to meet again, Shirahoshi said she would visit him again, and Nagato's eyes showed longing.

Just before Shirahoshi and Hinata Suzuka were about to use Body Flicker to leave, Nagato said, "Um..."

"Could you teach us ninjutsu, Shirahoshi-nii?"

"..."

Upon hearing this, the two stopped in their tracks. Shirahoshi remained silent, while Hinata Suzuka frowned beside her.

No matter how much you pity innocent orphans from other countries, you can't teach them to have the power to kill their own comrades and become enemy ninjas.

Hinata Suzuka glanced timidly at Shirahoshi, wanting to ask him to refuse, but because of her personality, she didn't dare to speak.

Shirahoshi understood Hinata Suzuka's meaning, and he also didn't have time to teach Nagato.

From behind the aloof figure came Bai Xing's voice.

"Feel sorry."

"It's still wartime. If people find out that you were trained by Konoha ninjas, you will be killed by Amegakure ninjas."

"No way! We...we..." Nagato, being naive, didn't know that there was such a thing as a spy, but being introverted, he didn't know what to say.

"That's enough." At that moment, Yahiko came out from behind, bringing Konan with him. "He just doesn't want us to become enemies."

"and."

"We don't care either~ (omitted)"

Xiaonan: "Slightly——"

"..." Bai Xing saw the two innocent and lively faces, fell silent for a moment, and then said a battle report that was likely to happen recently: "The battles on the battlefield may become more intense recently, please be careful."

When Shirahoshi used Body Flicker to leave, Hinata Suzuka glanced back and followed him away.

shhh-

The two had been gone for quite a while, but Nagato was still in a daze, staring blankly in that direction.

Xiao Nan: "They've left."

Yahiko nodded: "We should go back too. The ninjas of Konoha are really unreliable."

Yahiko noticed Nagato's somewhat dejected expression and patted him on the shoulder: "You didn't actually want to learn ninjutsu, did you?"

Instantly, the red-haired, introverted boy seemed to have his secrets revealed, and he lowered his head slightly.

"But that ninja was really cool! And we couldn't even see his movements when he left, so he must be really strong! Maybe he's the Jonin or something that everyone in town talks about." Konan exclaimed from the side.

"I wish I could be a ninja too~"

......

After parting ways with the three children for quite some time, Hinata Suzuka finally spoke, asking Shirahoshi in a low voice:

"Captain. Will releasing them reveal our plan? That plan is crucial to our final battle against Amegakure."

Jumping across tree trunks, the surrounding environment moves rapidly.

Upon hearing this, Shirahoshi stopped on a tree trunk and turned to look at Hinata Suzuka: "No. But we might be in a bit of danger right now."

Hinata Suzuka was immediately puzzled: "Why?"

But the next second, she understood.

"Water Release: Rain Manipulation Technique!"

Shirahoshi pulled Hinata Suzuka away from the tree trunk where they had just been standing.

Countless raindrops pounded on the tree trunk, and with a crack, the thick, long trunk was blasted in half by the controlled rain—thump thump thump!

Footsteps echoed through the woods.

Wherever Bai Xing's gaze fell, there were only darting black shadows.

"Blind eyes!"

Hinata Suzuka's vision began to turn black and white, and the perspective was continuing to move forward.

Three tall figures landed on the three trees ahead.

The three wore Amegakure's signature gas masks, Amegakure's waterproof clothing, and headbands unique to Amegakure ninjas.

Not only that, but behind them, there was another Amegakure man who had just used a water-style ninjutsu and was wearing a combat-style uniform similar to samurai plate armor, appearing even in front of the three Amegakure Chunin.

This person's chakra reserves are significantly lower than the other three.

"Captain, the other side is a Jonin team from Amegakure!" Hyuga Suzuka immediately suspected Nagato and the others. "It seems we've been betrayed! Those despicable kids!"

Upon hearing the words 'children' and 'betrayal', the Amegakure Jonin frowned slightly.

—Because they only received a report from the Rain Village ninjas that there was a possibility of enemy ninjas appearing in this forest.

Take a look at the results.

There really are, and it seems there are even orphaned spies belonging to the Leaf Village ninja in some place!

"It seems you must be the Black Phantom who recently appeared in the Land of Rain, gathering a lot of intelligence for Konoha and always managing to evade our Amegakure ninjas' pursuit!"

The Amegakure Jonin pressed his hand against his ninja sword, a cruel smile plastered on his face:

"Those with the strength of a low-level ninja become the third-level commanders of the intelligence department."

"Genin Shirahoshi."

Bai Xing sighed inwardly.

So, I've become famous after all?