I, who just wanted to be lazy, was forced to become the Hokage.

Chapter 153, Rank A Mission: The Ghosts of the Uchiha!

"The Shadow of Darkness!"

"A monster from Konoha!"

"Everyone, run!"

Upon seeing the dark, shadowy beast in the sky, screams of alarm rose and fell near the Kannabi Bridge supply point.

One by one, the Iwagakure ninja recalled the announcement that had been made in the village a couple of days ago—if you encounter the Dark Shadow on the battlefield in the future, do not hesitate, abandon the mission and retreat immediately!

However, before the Iwagakure ninjas could retreat, two figures that had detached from the back of the [shadow creature] quickly landed on the Kannabi Bridge, facing the group of Iwagakure ninjas.

"Golden Flash!"

"It's over, everything is over..."

"There's no need for further fighting..."

Minato Namikaze's arrival further shattered the mental defenses of the Iwagakure ninja.

As for Uchiha Shisui, who landed at the same time, he was easily overlooked by the enemy because he did not have any particularly obvious personal characteristics.

"Although I never thought I could be compared to the captain and Minato Namikaze, I really don't like this kind of treatment..."

Uchiha Shisui muttered a couple of words under his breath, quickly formed hand seals, and used his signature ninjutsu that had made him invincible on the battlefield of Iwagakure.

"Phantom Body Flicker Technique!"

One by one, Uchiha Shisui drew his sword and charged forward, attacking the Iwagakure ninja at Kannabi Bridge.

Minato Namikaze, who was standing nearby, keenly noticed Shisui Uchiha's low muttering to himself. He glanced at the latter's back with some embarrassment, and then rushed into the Iwagakure defense line at a faster speed than the latter.

Golden glitter.

Instantly stop the water.

Add to that the dark shadows hovering and flying in the sky.

Such a level of strength far exceeds the tolerance limit of the ninjas stationed at Kannabi Bridge.

Amidst the rapidly shifting black and yellow figures, one by one, the Iwagakure ninjas collapsed to the ground, limp and helpless, like straw in a wheat field blown by a strong wind.

The epic battle on the Kannabi Bridge ignited the passion of a certain Kenji who wished to remain anonymous.

"Wow, Minato-sensei! And Shisui-senpai!"

Xian Er clenched his fists, his expression excited.

"Get down! Get down! I want to fight the enemy alongside Minato-sensei and Shisui-senpai too!"

"It's so noisy."

Kakashi Hatake, standing to the side, coldly criticized his teammate.

"With your strength, going down there will only hinder Minato-sensei and that Shisui with the Body Flicker Technique."

"What are you talking about?"

Obito Uchiha changed his expression immediately, like a firecracker that had been lit.

"I'm also a ninja from the Uchiha clan! A Chunin at that!"

"Your team is really lively."

Nara Rinka, sitting at the very front, turned around and looked at the two members of Minato's team who were about to erupt into an even more intense argument.

As for the medic standing to the side with her hands clasped together and a face full of apology, he temporarily ignored her.

"Should I throw both of you down there?"

"you--"

Uchiha Obito turned around angrily, wanting to see who was spouting nonsense, but he was suddenly met with Nara Rinka's cold gaze, as if he were looking at a dead man, and immediately shrank back.

However, with the Uchiha clan crest on his body, Kenji refused to back down and stubbornly insisted on his point.

"Well... I was thinking of doing this anyway—"

"Then get down!"

Nara Lan Gui was too lazy to waste words.

His gaze swept over the Kannabi Bridge below. While the group was talking, Minato Namikaze and Shisui Uchiha had almost cleared the Iwagakure ninjas off the bridge beams, leaving only two ninjas behind.

Just as Nara Rinkazu glanced over, Namikaze Minato slashed across the neck of an Iwagakure ninja.

The number of survivors at the Kannabi Bridge is three.

[Shadow Convergence Technique]!

Nara Rinkazu's mind stirred slightly, and a shadowy tentacle emerged from beneath him, swiftly encircling the ankle of the still defiant Uchiha Obito.

The materialized shadow tentacles acted like a rope. Nara held one end and tied the other end to Uchiha Obito, then flung the latter off the back of the [shadow creature] like throwing away trash.

"Obito-kun!"

Seeing her companion being cruelly abandoned, Nohara Rin instinctively cried out in alarm and was about to reach out to save her.

Meanwhile, Kakashi Hatake, standing to the side, rose up from the back of the [shadow creature].

"Lin, calm down."

Shizune hugged the anxious Nohara Rin and gently patted her back.

"Look below, the battle is over."

Hinata Rei didn't say anything; she simply shifted her position slightly, subtly blocking the path between Hatake Kakashi and the captain.

Upon hearing the word "silence," the two members of the Minato squad immediately looked down.

"Gah—"

With Obito Uchiha's duck-like scream.

Uchiha Shisui, on the Kannabi Bridge, just happened to end the life of the last Iwagakure ninja.

Meanwhile, Minato Namikaze, whose senses were even more acute, had already noticed Obito Uchiha "jumping down" from the back of the "shadow creature".

Little Sun sighed softly, then flew into the sky, picked up the babbling Xian Er, and safely brought him to the ground.

Seeing their teammate rescued by the teacher, the two from Minato's class immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

Nohara Rin looked at Nara Rinka with a hint of complaint.

Although she knew that what had just happened could not be entirely blamed on the other party, Obito Uchiha, who was "naturally restless," also needed to bear some responsibility.

But that's no excuse for them to just throw Obito Uchiha off the back of the [shadow creature]...

Meanwhile, Kakashi Hatake was casually observing the surrounding scenery, as if he wasn't the one who had just gotten up in a hurry.

"Don't look at me like that, Nohara Rin-san."

Nara Lan Gui spread her hands towards the medic.

"Your teammate wanted to go on a rampage with Minato and Shisui on the Kannabi Bridge, and I just fulfilled his wish."

"Golden Flash and Shisui will be in charge of the rampage, and your teammates will be in charge of the 'hahaha'."

The description of Nara's cassia tree is too vivid and descriptive.

This made Nohara Rin both angry and amused, and her little complaint from just now vanished without a trace.

The little white-haired guy standing to the side almost lost his composure, letting out a cough that sounded like he was uncomfortable under his black mask.

Upon hearing Kakashi Hatake cough, Rin Nohara immediately stopped paying attention to her other teammate.

"Kakashi, are you alright?"

The medic walked over to Little White Hair, her genuine concern evident in her expression.

"Would you like me to check your physical condition again?"

As Nara Rin looked at Kakashi Hatake and Rin Nohara huddled together, the image of Obito Uchiha, whom he had just thrown down, suddenly flashed through his mind.

If it weren't for genuine affection, who would be willing to...

"Stand firm and hold on to those around you."

Nara Rinka coughed lightly.

"Now that the operation below is over, it's time for us to go down as well."

[Shadow Creature] Descends.

Minato Namikaze and Shisui Uchiha had already affixed explosive tags, densely packed on various key points of the Kannabi Bridge. Once detonated, these tags would completely destroy the bridge.

While the two of them had basically completed their tasks, Obito Uchiha, who had just fallen from the sky, had barely recovered from his shock.

Nara Ranke manipulated the [Shadow Creature] and approached the three people below.

Uchiha Shisui jumped up, and Namikaze Minato also came up with Uchiha Obito.

The moment the two boarded the Shadow Hawk, they both bowed to Nara Rinka and apologized.

"I'm sorry, Captain/Lan Gui, my people/team members have caused you trouble."

"What the hell!"

Seeing Minato Namikaze standing to the side, Obito Uchiha mustered his courage.

"This guy was the one who threw me down!"

"Yes, yes, yes."

Nara Lan Gui nodded repeatedly.

"I'm the one who pushed him down."

"See! I wasn't wrong, was I?"

Obito Uchiha revealed a victorious smile.

Minato Namikaze looked at Kakashi Hatake and Rin Nohara; the former looked disgusted, while the latter shook her head slightly.

Minato Namikaze immediately pressed down on the incessantly chattering Kenji's head and bowed again to Nara Rinkazu to apologize.

"I apologize, Lan Gui, it was my fault for not managing my subordinates properly."

Just as described by the famous "Gian's Law".

No matter how heinous a person's actions are, as long as they do one good deed, people will think that they are not inherently bad.

No matter how many good deeds a person has done that are worthy of anyone else, if they do one despicable thing, people will think that their kindness all along was just a pretense.

If Minato Namikaze's apology when he first appeared on the "Shadow Creatures" list had a hint of parental politeness, then...

With the second apology, Minato Namikaze basically identified the "culprit" behind this conflict.

Even if Nara Rinka really did something wrong, the one who started it was definitely Uchiha Obito!

Nara Rinka was about to wave his hand to indicate that it was alright.

Boom!

The Kannabi Bridge below erupted in a deafening explosion, igniting the explosive tags buried in various corners of the bridge and blasting the massive bridge, which had withstood countless years of wind and rain, into pieces.

The broken bridge fragments, along with the corpse of Yan Yin on the bridge, plunged into the raging river below, creating a spray of water everywhere.

"The mission to destroy the Kannabi Bridge has ended."

Nara Rinkachi decided to skip the trivial matters and get straight to the point.

"Brother Minato, what's your next mission?"

"That's exactly the topic I wanted to discuss."

Minato Namikaze also entered mission mode, and the calm and dignified aura he exuded forced Kenji to shut his mouth.

"My men's main task is to destroy this bridge."

"And I also have the mission of supporting the front lines of the battlefield."

"However, after the previous battle, the frontline forces that Iwagakure had deployed in the Land of Grass were basically completely destroyed by us."

"I plan to continue the previous logistical sabotage mission with Kakashi and the others, and continue to eliminate Iwagakure's supply points."

After listening to Minato Namikaze's words, Nara Rinka nodded.

"My squad received the same mission: to sabotage Iwagakure's logistics. In that case, should we continue operating together?"

Nara Rinka said rationally.

"Now that Iwagakure's frontline defenses have collapsed, we, who are deep behind enemy lines, are unaware of Iwagakure's specific reactions, not to mention that Onoki is still active in the Land of Grass."

"If we act together, we can protect each other, especially since there is an injured person in your team."

The mission to destroy the Kannabi Bridge was seemingly completed without any major incidents.

The ninja forces left behind by Iwagakure did not cause any trouble for Nara Rinkazu and Minato Namikaze's team.

However, this does not mean we should ignore the hidden threats.

Minato Namikaze glanced at Kakashi Hatake with a slight hesitation.

He originally intended to split up with the Nara Rinka Squad.

Each of the two squads had a top-tier ninja, making it easy for them to destroy Iwagakure's supply points.

If actions are taken simultaneously, some resources will inevitably be wasted.

Separate actions are necessary to maximize the efficiency of the sabotage mission.

However, what Nara Rinkaku said does make sense.

With the front lines collapsing, Iwagakure must be in complete chaos right now.

In this situation, carrying out sabotage missions behind the Rock Hidden Line becomes significantly more difficult.

If Kakashi were still in good health.

Minato Namikaze has no worries whatsoever.

But the other party was seriously injured...

"Should we send Kakashi and the others back to the Konoha camp to rest, while I continue the mission with Lan Gui's team?"

Minato Namikaze was frantically thinking of a solution.

Just then.

A sudden change occurred.

The fragments of the shattered Kannabi Bridge fell into the river below, and the resulting towering waves did not immediately dissipate. Instead, they formed a strange, planar vortex.

"Water Release: Water Dragon Bite!"

A barely perceptible sound rang out on the turbulent river.

A continuous stream of Water Release chakra was poured into the river below, further accelerating the rotation of the whirlpool on the water's surface.

chug--

The enormous whirlpool spread outwards, and from its smooth center surface, clusters of incredibly condensed and rapid water jets suddenly rose, shooting towards the shadow creatures in the sky like cannonballs.

"Grab the laurel! Dodge!"

Minato Namikaze, with his keenest senses, was the first to notice the unusual activity below.

Nara Rinkachi noticed the water cannon attack from below a little later, but calmly maneuvered his Shadow Creature, weaving through the flying water cannonballs and narrowly avoiding their attacks.

"Captain! Sky!"

Uchiha Shisui's warnings rang out one after another.

The numerous water cannonballs that had just shot out from below did not dissipate directly into the sky as expected. Instead, they gathered in mid-air to form a huge water sphere, within which dragon-shaped creatures could be faintly seen swimming.

Almost the instant Uchiha Shisui finished speaking.

The giant water sphere suddenly transformed into an enormous and ferocious water dragon, carrying an invincible and terrifying impact, and fiercely bit at the backs of the ninjas of the [Shadow Creature].

With lightning speed, Uchiha Shisui rapidly refined his Fire Release chakra and formed a single Noon Seal.

"Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation!"

Seeing this, Minato Namikaze reacted quickly and began to refine his own Wind Release chakra.

"Wind Release: Great Breakthrough!"

A raging hurricane surged into the raging fire.

The wind fanned the flames.

The raging flames released by Uchiha Shisui immediately turned into a raging sea of ​​fire, directly confronting the raging water dragon that was devouring people.

Boom!!

The water dragon and the sea of ​​fire collided, stirring up a vast expanse of white steam.

A deafening roar, no less powerful than the explosion of the Kannabi Bridge, erupted in the sky. High-temperature shockwaves spread outward from the point of impact of the three ninjutsu, simultaneously affecting the people behind the [Shadow Creature].

[A-rank ninja battle mission detected!]

[Rank A Mission: The Ghost of the Uchiha]

[Mission Objective: Defeat/Kill the attacking Water Release ninja]

[Mission Reward: Rank A Ninja Scroll]

Sorry, my usual procrastination...

Lazybones are beyond help.

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There will be a third update tonight, probably after 11 PM.

(End of this chapter)