Naruto: All My Targets Are Ninjutsu.

At this time, Minato Namikaze had already arrived ahead of schedule.

Compared to the dinner gathering two months ago, this "Golden Flash" hadn't changed much in appearance; he still had a gentle face, but one could vaguely see the fatigue from his long journey. Seeing Mikami Yu and the others, he smiled slightly and said:

"Yu, Rin, Kakashi, Obito, long time no see. How have you been lately?"

"Minato-sensei! You're finally back!"

Obito shouted excitedly.

Yuya Mikami also appropriately showed the excitement that a child his age should have.

"Yes, I've recently completed a few important missions and just finished handing them over to the other ninjas in the village."

Minato Namikaze smiled gently, his gaze sweeping over Yu Mikami and the others, and said softly, "I heard Kakashi report on the recent situation yesterday. You have all performed well recently, both in training and missions. You are truly worthy of being my students."

"hey-hey."

Obito scratched his head and laughed: "Of course! Minato-sensei, you didn't see it, but my Fireball Jutsu is now just as good as Yu's. These mountain bandits outside the village are terrified at the mere mention of my name! It's a pity that I've only encountered some half-baked ones lately. I wish I could fight a real ninja!"

"..."

Minato Namikaze paused for a moment, then sighed softly and said in a calm tone, "The opportunity may have arrived."

Chapter 102 Heading to the Front Lines! An Ambush from Sunagakure! (Second Update)

"Ok?"

Mikami Yu and the others all looked up at the same time.

Then Minato Namikaze continued, "You must have heard some news from outside the village during this time, right? But let me tell you more about it."

"On the southwestern battlefield, Konoha has repelled two large-scale offensives by the Sand Village puppet forces. The main battle has temporarily come to an end, and a low-intensity stalemate has begun."

"But problems have arisen on the northern border. The main force of Kumogakure has poured into the Land of Hot Springs and established a base there. In the northwest, Amegakure and the Land of Grass are also stirring up trouble, wanting to avenge the last Shinobi World War. In the worst case, Konoha may find itself in a situation where it is attacked from three sides."

As Minato Namikaze began his narration, the atmosphere on the training field suddenly became heavy.

Nohara Rin spoke softly, her voice tinged with nervousness: "Minato-sensei, then we..."

"The village has decided to gradually shift its defensive focus to the north, while the southwestern battlefield will be served by second-line troops, namely the newly promoted Chunin squads, to conduct rotational training and hone their skills as quickly as possible. It seems that Sunagakure also has this idea."

Minato Namikaze said, looking at Kakashi and Yu Mikami: "Our team, although nominally a genin team formed less than a year ago, Kakashi and Yu already possess chunin-level or higher strength, so..."

"Our team was also included in this round of training."

"..."

Yu Mikami and the others exchanged glances, their expressions varied.

Obito clenched his fist tightly.

Nohara Rin's face was slightly pale.

Seeing this, Minato patted the group on the shoulders and gently comforted them, "Alright, don't worry too much. This is something every ninja has to go through. It's just happening a little earlier than usual."

"Don't worry, as your team leader, I will accompany you throughout the journey and protect you until all of you become Chunin."

"Go back and pack your things. We'll meet at the village entrance at nine o'clock tomorrow morning."

Given that this mission may last for a long time, I will definitely need to tell my family before I leave.

Mikami Aoi is somewhat worried about this.

After all, Yu Mikami is not even 10 years old yet. No matter how outstanding he is, he's still just a child. Furthermore, Mikami Tajima recently retired due to a leg injury, and Aoi Mikami is very worried that a similar situation might repeat itself with Yu Mikami. It might even be worse than that…

But the village's mission is absolute.

Although Mikami Aoi was worried, she couldn't bring herself to say, "Is it okay if I don't go?"

"Don't worry, Mom. Minato-sensei will protect us."

Looking at Aoi Mikami's worried expression, Yu Mikami smiled and said casually, "Besides, I have some special ways to save my life. If I really run into trouble, I'll run back immediately."

This is not just a simple consolation.

Yu Mikami does indeed have an ultimate life-saving method, not the "Substitute Technique" that allows him to teleport 80 meters at a time, but the "Transformation Technique".

To be precise, it is "Transformation Technique: Swift Form".

In the Naruto world, flight is an extremely rare ability. Apart from a few individuals like the Third Tsuchikage Onoki, most ninjas have neither the ability to fly nor the means to fight in the air. At most, they can threaten the low-altitude areas within a hundred meters by jumping or throwing kunai.

Therefore, as long as Yu Mikami can fly to an altitude of 200 meters in a short period of time, he can escape in 90% of the cases.

Over the past few months, he has used the anatomy classes in the advanced medical class, as well as his usual practice, to gain a deep understanding of the birds in the ninja world. He has selected several birds with fast flight speeds and incorporated them into the "Transformation Technique" as a reference template, which is the foundation of his survival.

Unless he encounters an enemy powerful enough to defeat him instantly, or an enemy who has mastered sealing techniques, it will be very difficult for the other party to capture him.

Even if they were to encounter such an enemy, Minato Namikaze would certainly not stand idly by. It is unlikely that something like the Kannabi Bridge incident would occur at this time.

Afterwards, Yu Mikami also told Aoi Mikami about asking Tsunade to improve the cola formula, and asked the latter to discuss it with Tajima Mikami, and to keep the formula and the "Proposal" safe to prevent the leakage of trade secrets.

Until all matters have been explained.

He washed up quickly and went to sleep.

Silent all night.

The next morning.

Yu Mikami left home half an hour early to go to the Konoha Research Institute, where he left a note for Orochimaru asking for leave before returning home to meet up with Rin Nohara and head to the village gate together.

This time, there were quite a few people at the village entrance.

Besides Minato's team, there were about ten other classes, totaling forty or fifty people, all ready to go. Hiruzen Sarutobi, the Hokage, also appeared there in his divine robes, giving a speech to boost morale and send off the training troops.

the end.

Minato cleared his throat and waved, "Let's go!"

……

This is not the first time the Shuimen team has traveled to the southwestern border.

Almost half a year has passed since their trip to Wildfire City. Compared to then, Mikami Yu and the others have made great progress in their travel speed. In less than two days, they entered the hilly region on the southwestern border of the Land of Fire.

At this point, all the classes became alert. Those with members of the Hyuga or Inuzuka clans began to activate their Byakugan or release their ninja dogs to observe the surrounding situation.

"Minato-sensei, something seems to be wrong!"

This time it was Obito who spoke.

Mikami Yuya stopped and crouched down to examine the footprints on the ground and the broken grass: "The footprints are in two groups, moving in opposite directions. There are traces of blood and chakra remnants around. It should be that Konoha and Sunagakure had a battle here within half a day."

"Yes, yes, I noticed that too!"

Obito nodded repeatedly: "Should we go help, Minato-sensei?"

"...Our mission is to rendezvous with the border troops and follow their orders. However, we are already very close to the outpost. Perhaps one of the fighting parties here is from the border troops. Let's go and take a look; we might find some clues."

Minato Namikaze said.

There is more than one border outpost.

As Yu and his friends followed the footprints, several other groups caught up with them, while the others headed off in another direction.

at the same time.

In a grove of trees several kilometers away.

Several ninjas dressed in Sand Village attire, with windproof face coverings on their heads, were hiding among the trees, watching the rustling of the grass around them.

suddenly.

Someone lowered their voice and warned their companion, "Shh—they're here! They look like Konoha ninjas! And they're just graduated genin!"

"Everyone, perk up and get ready to eat them all!"

Chapter 103 First Test of Sealing Techniques: A Showdown with the Sand Village Puppet Master! (Third Update)

In the preceding months, Konoha and Sunagakure had engaged in seven or eight battles of varying sizes. With the conclusion of the last major battle, both sides needed a brief respite. However, they were also aware that the war was far from over.

It's just halftime.

Just as Konoha was sending new recruits in rotation, Sunagakure was doing the same. Moreover, both sides were consciously setting traps on this battlefield, trying to eliminate the other side's manpower as early as possible, especially these new recruits who had just been sent from their respective ninja villages.

This Sand Village squad is doing just that.

now.

In their line of sight, they saw a group of three people rapidly approaching their direction. The one rushing the fastest was a little boy with spiky black hair, wearing goggles, and holding a kunai. The latter was so engrossed in looking around that he didn't even notice where he was standing.

There, a detonation tag trap, concealed by leaves and appearing to be perfectly disguised, was about to be detonated.

but,

Just as several Sand Village ninjas were getting ready to enjoy a bloody spectacle, a white-haired man suddenly sped up from behind and kicked Obito in the side: "Idiot, can't you watch where you're going?"

"Yu? What are you doing... Ouch!"

Hearing the sound of the wind, Obito subconsciously glanced to the side, and then felt a powerful force slam into his side, sending him flying sideways and crashing into the bushes, his mouth full of mud and grass.

Then, a kunai was seen being thrown from Kakashi's hand behind him, landing in the fallen leaves directly in front of Obito—

boom--!!!

The explosive tag traps set there were detonated prematurely.

A deafening explosion, accompanied by a towering flame, suddenly erupted where he had just been standing! The scorching air surged, carrying rubble and dirt that pelted him, startling Obito and giving him a chilling feeling.

the other side.

As Yu Mikami kicked Obito away, he also used the recoil to leap to the side, narrowly avoiding the core shockwave of the explosion. He then rolled on the spot to dissipate the force, shouting to Rin Nohara to watch her step while scanning her surroundings like a hawk.

Minato Namikaze is lagging behind, presumably intending to observe their performance before stepping in to help if things go wrong.

But Mikami Yu had no intention of lying down. At this moment, his gaze swept across the area and he caught several unnatural reflections and slight abnormal swaying of branches and leaves dozens of meters away. So he reached into his ninja tool pouch and suddenly threw out several kunai and shuriken with transparent steel wire attached!

Chi Chi Chi -!

The kunai, with a sharp whistling sound, precisely struck the trunk of the giant tree at several key support points!

Then, Mikami Yu pulled on the steel wire with both hands, took a deep breath, and after charging for two seconds, exhaled a burst of flame: "Fire Release: Dragon Fire Technique!"

call--!!!

A condensed, tangible, orange-red flame spear shot out from Mikami Yu's mouth! Following the path indicated by the steel wires, it whistled as it pierced towards the large tree!

Boom—!

Like a hot knife through butter, the flaming spear pierced the tree trunk with almost no resistance, causing it to shake violently and emit a tooth-grinding groan. Then, the upper half of the tree wobbled and collapsed, kicking up a cloud of dust on the ground.

The two Sand Ninja could no longer remain hidden and were forced to hastily leap down from the dense foliage where they were hiding!

One of them immediately lunged at Mikami Yu with his sword, while the other, upon landing, pressed his hands to the ground and shouted sharply, "Earth Release: Earth Rising Spear!"

Puff puff puff!

Sharp soil spikes broke through the soil!

"Rin, this one is for you and Obito!"

Mikami Yu tossed out a sentence, then used a substitution jutsu to switch places with the shuriken he had just thrown out. In the next instant, he drew the short sword from his back, the blade flashing coldly in the sunlight, and slashed at the Sand Village ninja who had just released Earth Release!

"...So fast!!"

The Earth Release ninja's pupils contracted sharply, completely unprepared for how Mikami Yu had gotten there. In a hurry, he could only dodge to the side, reaching into his ninja tool pouch for kunai while preparing to use the Body Flicker Technique to create distance.

However, at that very moment—

Swish!

Mikami Yu's sword sliced ​​open the Earth Release ninja's chest. As blood splattered, fine black and red patterns appeared on the gleaming blade—the "Double Sealing Seal" carved by Kushina, activated by Mikami Yu through chakra. The same patterns appeared on the Earth Release ninja's chest as well.

The latter felt a strange blockage within his body, causing a slight stagnation in his chakra flow, which momentarily halted his intention to unleash the Body Flicker Technique.

Although it was only for a moment.

but……

For close-combat experts, it's a matter of life and death!

next moment.

With a flick of his wrist, Yu Mikami unleashed a second slash of light that sliced ​​through the air, sending a streak of blood shooting into the sky!