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

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The Senju clan was once a major ninja clan, but it disbanded, distributing most of its expenses and leaving only the clan's homestead for the remaining clan members to live on.

The major ninja clans today are nothing more than the Uchiha, Hyuga, Nara, Yamanaka, Akimichi, and the four major clans that gradually rose to prominence later: Sarutobi, Shimura, Mitomon, and Utatane.

The small ninja families include Inuzuka, Aburame, Shiranui, Gekko, Hatake, Morino, Namiya, Yamashiro, Kurama, and Yuhi.

Families like Kitada's, where both siblings are ninjas, do not belong to a ninja clan. They can be considered relatives after the clan's territory was dispersed, but without the clan's protection, they can only rely on their own efforts to survive in the village.

At this time, the Mitarai, Kato, and even the Yuhi clans were prepared to disband their families—the family's homestead was planned by the village, giving the family the freedom to design and build their own environment.

However, they are required to pay a certain amount of property tax to the village every year.

However, if you buy a house separately, you don't have to worry about that; if you lose it, you lose it. But the ninja clan's homestead village will continue to allocate areas for you to rebuild: of course, you still have to pay for the rebuilding yourself.

Moreover, as a ninja clan, the clan leaders also have to distribute supplies to the clan members and nurture their growth.

However, if no talented person emerges to take charge of the family business, it will inevitably disband.

At this moment, Kurenai Yuhi is recalling his childhood. Back then, he wasn't the head of the clan, and he didn't understand why his father dismissed the clan members who didn't have the talent to be ninjas.

But as he grew up, he understood his father's good intentions.

What do you think of Liu Yun? I heard you're still single...

Upon hearing this, Bai Xing's expression immediately turned serious. He stood up abruptly, turned around, and looked into the dark woods around him: "I think I heard the sound of a trap being triggered. Please excuse me for going to take a look!"

Kurenai Yuhi: "..." He looked at Shirahoshi's pretentious actions and her figure disappearing into the darkness behind her, and smiled helplessly.

Perhaps, your destiny with Liuyun hasn't arrived yet.

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On the tranquil, azure sea, two wooden boats are moving towards the Land of Whirlpools.

Two boatmen who made a living this way were rowing with all their might.

—A one-way ticket costs only one thousand Fire Coins.

Two, that's two thousand taels.

During wartime, it was considered cheap.

"We will only escort you to the Land of Whirlpools. If you encounter any ninjas along the way, please protect us."

On the boat, Kurenai Yuhi smiled and comforted the boatman, whose words were filled with worry:

"Neither the Hidden Mist ninja of the Land of Water nor the Hidden Cloud ninja of the Land of Lightning participated in this Shinobi World War."

"The area we are heading towards, the Land of Whirlpools, is a low-risk region both on land and sea."

"So please rest assured, even if wandering ninjas or pirates appear, we will take action to deal with them."

Yuhi Ryuun, standing beside him, nodded, her tone filled with pride and smugness: "My teacher is a Jonin from Konoha Village, you know~"

Then he patted his precious Chunin vest and raised his chin slightly: "I'm a Chunin from Konoha Village~!"

"I feel relieved now."

"It's really rare to see such a young Chunin," the boatman said with a simple, honest smile.

"That's not."

On another wooden boat, the boatman, also full of curiosity, started asking about the first group's situation. Upon hearing that they were all genin (lower-ranking ninja), the boatman looked somewhat disappointed.

Bai Xing leaned against the hull, the salty seawater breeze hitting his face. The boy's gaze swept across the calm sea ahead and all around, a faint unease creeping into his heart.

—It went too smoothly, it felt like a trap.

During their two-day journey, they encountered a border patrol team, who reported that the border was unharmed and explained that the Konoha outpost at sea had not detected any activity from the Land of Water.

So, the True Red Class and the First Class arrived at a small village by the sea and asked if there were any villagers willing to work as boatmen. Several boatmen who often went out to sea to fish immediately raised their hands, and finally two of them were selected.

The purpose was to reduce the physical exertion required to cross the sea: how could a ninja possibly use chakra continuously while traveling? If they ran out of chakra and encountered an enemy, they would be in serious trouble.

Besides, this is the sea.

Just then, the weather at sea seemed to change. The air became humid and dry, and a white mist slowly appeared in everyone's sight, making it difficult to see the surrounding sea environment.

The wooden boat continued to move forward. Although the Konoha ninja on board were more vigilant, they didn't pay much attention, given the unpredictable weather at sea.

Why is it foggy at this hour?

"There's never been any fog here before."

The boatman's mutterings struck Shirahoshi and Yuhi Shinku like a thunderbolt.

If there were any Uchiha ninjas with their Sharingan activated at this moment, they would have discovered that the seemingly ordinary mist on the sea surface was actually filled with Water Release chakra.

"Ninja Art: Hidden Mist Technique!" xN

Chapter 46's mission is absolutely...

"Ninjutsu: Kirigakure no Jutsu!"

On the calm sea, six voices emerged, along with six heads of different appearances, some male and some female.

The six people were all moving in the same way, slowly exhaling white mist from their mouths.

The water mist was slowly released and gradually spread out, which was more effective in reducing the ninjas' suspicion than creating a foggy environment all at once.

—This assumes there are no Uchiha ninjas.

"There are enemies!"

"Stop rowing for now!"

"You guys, keep an eye on your surroundings!"

"Yes!" x5

The two boatmen trembled with fear, threw their oars onto the deck, covered their heads with their hands, curled up into a ball, and closed their eyes tightly, terrified that the ninjas outside would attack.

Yuhi Ryuun and Shiranui Unmaru stood up, looked around, took out a kunai, held it in their hands, forming a triangle formation, and were alert to enemies that might appear at any time from all directions.

"It's the assassination technique of Kirigakure—the Hidden Mist Technique."

On another wooden boat, Bai Xing stood up and solemnly surveyed her surroundings:

"We must use Wind Release to dispel the fog, otherwise it will be disadvantageous to our situation!"

"understood."

Beside him, Nawaki began forming hand seals. Of the six C-rank Wind Release seals, only three were completed due to Nawaki's shortened hand seals.

The brown-haired boy took a deep breath forward, then exhaled a moment later:

"Wind Escape·Big Breakthrough!"

call--

Wind Release chakra circulated within the boy's body, and he exhaled invisible, clamorous winds, attempting to push the surrounding mist backward.

However, this mist was not the power of one Hidden Mist Ninja, but rather that of six.

Two of them were Jonin.

"almost."

A white-haired youth among the Jonin emerged completely from the water and stood on it.

The young man was dressed in the uniform of the Hidden Mist Assassination Squad, with an intricately patterned mask on his face and a ninja sword slung across his back. His gaze was fixed on the mist ahead.

"It's time to deal with them."

Another Kirigakure Jonin, who also emerged from the water, spoke in a deep voice like that of someone in their thirties or forties: "Besides the two ordinary people, there are six ninjas inside, one of whom is a Jonin and the other a Chunin."

"Except for Jonin."

"Kill them all."

The man's words directly determined the number of survivors for this mission.

The young ANBU member glanced at the man beside him: "Why not just leave one genin behind?"

After saying that, a hint of displeasure appeared in his eyes, and he continued, "You don't actually think that I, White Demon, can't kill a Jonin, do you? No way, no way~"

“Only one Jonin survived, which makes it more believable.” The Kirigakure Jonin ignored the Anbu’s teasing and looked cautiously. “In addition, the Chunin and Jonin have very similar appearances, so they are very likely to be relatives or something.”

"This will also force the other side to deepen their hatred for Uzushiogakure."

The young ANBU member smiled calmly, his body regaining its composure: "Perhaps they hate our Kirigakure ninjas even more."

"Stop talking nonsense and go!"

If there are multiple Konoha ninja skilled in Wind Release ninjutsu inside, the favorable environment we've created will be destroyed by the enemy!

"At that point, it will be quite difficult to create the impression that the other party has narrowly escaped death."

"learn."

"Leave it to me with peace of mind."

"after all."

Before the young ANBU member entered the mist, he said, "I am a ninja of the Hozuki clan!"

......

In the fog, Rope Tree's lips were practically peeling off from being blown away, yet the fog in front of him and all around him showed no signs of lessening.

"Alright, stop bragging. I'm afraid you'll run out of oxygen later." Shirahoshi glanced at Nawaki, who was sticking out his tongue and had used Wind Release twice, looking like he had used up a lot of chakra, and complained.

The Hidden Mist Technique, which even two C-rank Wind Release techniques couldn't break, must have been used by at least one Jonin or even several Chunin in combination, and it hasn't stopped being used yet...

"Senpai Shinku, let's retreat!"

Shirahoshi made a decision immediately: if they didn't retreat now, the Hidden Mist ninjas ahead might infiltrate.

Kurenai Yuhi frowned slightly, glancing at the location of the intelligence scroll in her arms: "Shirahoshi, this is the mission. To retreat so easily..."

Shirahoshi interrupted Yuhi Shinku abruptly, just as she had interrupted her teacher before: "Shinku-senpai!"

"The enemy is a Hidden Mist ninja skilled in Water Release! We also need to protect two ordinary people. What if the enemy has two or more Jonin? Are you really capable of handling this?!"

As soon as these words came out.

Those present were in an uproar.