Naruto: All My Targets Are Ninjutsu

Chapter 106 A Gift for Meeting You? Is it "Intimate Paradise"? (Second Update)

If the people standing here were from the relatively rigid Hyuga or Sarutobi clans, they might scold Minato Namikaze, saying, "What teacher? When you're working, you should use your job title."

However, Jiraiya was a very easygoing person and didn't care much about formalities. He laughed and opened his arms, giving Minato a solid bear hug and patting his back forcefully: "Good! Good! I'm relieved to see you back."

"The Sand Village has been making a lot of small moves lately, as if they are not satisfied with their last defeat and want to make a comeback."

With you, the "golden flash," around, they should be able to quiet down a bit!

"Teacher, you flatter me."

Minato Namikaze said modestly.

After exchanging a few words, Jiraiya turned around and looked at Mikami Yu and the others: "Are these kids your disciples? I've heard Minato mention you: Hatake Kakashi, Mikami Yu, Uchiha Obito, and Nohara Rin, right?"

"I am Jiraiya, Minato's teacher. By seniority, you should call me Grandmaster! Hahaha!"

"Especially you two, you seem to have a special connection with me, both of you have white hair!"

As Jiraiya spoke, he patted Yu Mikami, Kakashi, and Obito on the shoulder one by one, and then gave Rin what he thought was a very cool smile, which made Rin instinctively take a small step back.

However, the reputation of the Legendary Sannin was still very prestigious, and according to seniority, Mikami Yu and the others should indeed address Jiraiya as "Grandmaster." So, after exchanging glances, they quickly bowed and said, "Greetings, Grandmaster (Jiraiya)!"

"Haha! We're all ninjas, no need for all that aristocratic formalities!"

Jiraiya scratched his head and grinned, "It's our first meeting, and as your grandmaster, I haven't prepared any gifts for you. How about this, I'll give you two tasks to practice on first, and when I have time, I'll make it up to you little guys! It'll definitely surprise you!"

"...

There's even a gift for meeting you?

Yu Mikami was a little surprised.

What gift could possibly surprise them—a signed copy of "Icha Icha Paradise"?

That was indeed a pleasant surprise for Kakashi.

Since it was their first meeting and they weren't very familiar with each other, Mikami Yu and the others didn't say much. After politely greeting and thanking each other, they stood aside and listened to Namikaze Minato and Jiraiya discuss the current war situation.

after awhile.

A Nara clan ninja wearing a dark green Chunin vest and with his hair tied up in a pineapple style approached, holding a scroll. He said to Jiraiya, "Lord Jiraiya, this is the latest battle report that the intelligence team has just compiled. Please take a look."

"Oh, it's Kashima. You've worked hard."

Jiraiya chuckled as he took the scroll, then casually introduced, "Minato, this is Kashima Nara. You should have met him once before. He's currently the chief strategist for the southwestern battlefield, responsible for intelligence analysis and defense deployment at the strongholds."

Minato Namikaze smiled and nodded to Kashima Nara.

Afterwards, Jiraiya directly unrolled the scroll, looked it over, and said, "There have been small-scale disturbances from Sunagakure in the southwest. Should we increase the density and depth of our reconnaissance? — Minato, you've come at the right time. Your class will go and reinforce this area."

"Kashima, assign reconnaissance areas and supplies to Minato's team. His students are all genin who graduated less than a year ago, so you can first send them to areas where enemy activity is relatively sparse to train them."

"Yes."

Given that it is still wartime, neither side had much to say.

Nara Kashima quickly prepared the map and supply packs and handed them to Namikaze Minato: "Jonin Minato, please lead your team to be responsible for reconnaissance and surveillance of areas numbered 7 to 10 in the northwest direction of the base. Here is the route map and the latest enemy situation briefing."

"clear."

Minato Namikaze nodded: "Kakashi, Yu, rest here for half an hour, then we'll set off and try to get to the agreed __cpLocation before sunset."

The areas corresponding to numbers 7 to 10 are located northwest of the Wildfire Castle stronghold, in a dense forest of mountains. It is a territory spanning several kilometers in circumference, separated from the area occupied by Sunagakure by a rushing river.

Over the next two weeks.

Yu Mikami and his group began to conduct reconnaissance and guard duties in the area as planned.

This job isn't too difficult, but it really tests your patience.

Every morning, the squad would set off at a fixed time, moving back and forth along the assigned reconnaissance area, observing suspicious situations in the surrounding forests and valleys, including the movements of Sunagakure personnel, traces of heavy transport, and so on, and recording the intelligence on scrolls until nightfall, when they would take turns keeping watch and resting.

Occasionally, there are instances where undercover agents are contacted, intelligence is obtained from them, and then sent back.

For the purpose of training and gathering more intelligence, Minato Namikaze sometimes splits up with Yu Mikami and the others.

He was accompanied by one of Nohara Rin and Obito; Mikami Yu and Kakashi were accompanied by another person and a specially made Flying Thunder God kunai, standing several kilometers apart, facing each other. When they encountered trouble they couldn't handle, they would fire a signal flare to ask for help.

—To be precise, it was Mikami Yu who asked Namikaze Minato for help, and then the latter arrived using "Flying Thunder God Technique".

However, just like the previous patrol missions near Konoha Village, Mikami Yu and Kakashi have not yet used these signal flares.

There were naturally battles with the Sand Village.

However, the frequency was not as high as expected.

After all, the purpose of reconnaissance is to gather intelligence and prepare for the next large-scale battle. It's best to gather intelligence without being detected. Unless it's absolutely unavoidable, the only option is to eliminate the enemy as quickly as possible to prevent them from calling in reinforcements and putting oneself in a passive position.

Capturing them alive is possible, but it's much more difficult than killing them outright.

Because the Sand Village is very skilled at using poison and traps, they rarely give the Leaf Village a chance to capture them alive.

Especially poison.

Among the various ninja nations, Sunagakure and Amegakure are renowned for their use of poison. Although Sunagakure's natural abilities are not as good as Hanzo of the Salamander, thanks to the efforts of their professional team led by Chiyo, their research into poison is quite in-depth, allowing them to equip various ninja tools and puppets with it.

The new type of toxin that Snake Ci encountered previously is an example.

Sasori of the Red Sand was able to defeat the Third Kazekage, who was skilled in Magnet Release, at around the age of 15, most likely by using poison.

Fortunately, both Mikami Yu and Nohara Rin had studied under Tsunade for a period of time, and when they left Konoha, they brought with them a large quantity of the latest antidotes, which proved quite effective against the Sand Village's toxins. Even if someone in the team was occasionally affected, they could receive timely treatment.

In addition to patrolling and combat, there is also daily life and training.

In this regard, food is not a problem. After all, hunting is a basic skill for ninjas. With the strength of Mikami Yu and his companions, they can easily catch some birds and beasts in the mountains and forests, skin them, bleed them, roast them with a Great Fireball until golden brown, sprinkle them with seasonings, and even the neighbor's kids will be drooling.

The accommodation is passable.

The most troublesome thing is taking a bath.

In the mountains and countryside, soaking in hot springs is definitely not feasible. The only option is to find a secluded mountain stream nearby and take turns keeping watch and cleaning up. With a powerful sensory ninja like Minato Namikaze around, it wouldn't be a problem not to keep watch, but the latter can't stay by their side all the time, so necessary precautions are still required.