38 Mission

Konoha Entrance.

"Kagami-San!"

Stepping forward, Naoki greeted the figure with short black unkempt hair and the fan emblem on the back of his attire.

"It's been a while naoki-kun, you have grown a lot in these two years, impressing danzo ain't easy!!"

Said Kagami with a smile on his face, his students little brother seemed to have potential more than her.

All these years with danzo, he knows how difficult it is for someone to impress him yet Naoki managed to do so.

"Oh, so these three are danzo's students, I'm looking forward to what impressed danzo!"

The other person who had arrived with kagami came near the three and spoke while looking at them with interesting eyes.

He had short spiky brown hair and dark marks around his eyes.

He had a very robust build and markings on his cheeks, donned in a black suit, a breastplate with faulds protecting the sides of his leg.

On his back was hung a red staff and a black shield.

Akimichi Torifu, one of the six students of the late second hokage.

Naoki and other two greeted him as well, after it they finally coming to business.

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"Our destination is land of hot water that borders our land, it's three days of distance from Konoha"

"As none of you have ever left land of fire and travelled so far, make sure to save your stamina and be careful as well!"

Through the dense forest travelled a squad of consisting eight people, two adults leading as followed behind six kids all around 8 years old.

Both the squad's were on there way to perform an A-Rank urgent mission, it requiring two jonin to lead proving how difficult it might end up being.

Akimichi Torifu mostly leads Jiraiya and co on the missions, as Sarutobi being hokage can't just accompany genin to do tasks and leave the village.

He only guides them in training once in a while, but even that is a lot of help for the three, getting to benefit from the experience of Sarutobi, who had absolute mastery of Ninjutsu.

And Kagami was responsible to lead Naoki and other two, as Danzo couldn't leave the village for some reason and asked his friend Kagami to go instead of him.

"After entering land of hot water, we're gonna wait at the main town and meet with our mission guide, our spy in Land of Lightning, more details he will reveal it himself, let's hurry up!"

Told Torifu as he sped up next second, the others increasing the pace as well, marching towards the land of hot water.

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Land of Hot Water.

Awara Town.

At the most prosperous town in land of hot water, in a restaurant at a big table sat a group of Nine people.

Naturally it was the group of Naoki that had departed from konoha three days ago.

Without encountering any trouble, they arrived safely at there first destination and just now met with there guide, the spy in land of lightning.

In the group was an addition of a person, he had a talk muscular build with tan skin and a rough face.

Though the person had dull eyes at the moment and was speaking without any emotion in his tone.

"I see, a whole year's ore, you have truly brought a valuable news!"

Commented Kagami after hearing the details from the spy, a smile on his face.

Torifu had a similar expression, though the genin were looking at the spy who had dull eyea with curiosity.

"Is he controlled by illusion?"

"No, it's not illusion, I'm sure of that!"

Jiraiya couldn't help but question the state of spy but Shinku quickly denied his guess, mostly being proficent in illusions he was sure the state of the spy wasn't the affect of illusion.

"If I'm not wrong, a seal was put inside his brain and seeing how strong it is to keep him fully under controlled, it should be a seal from the uzumaki clan!"

Told Naoki his guess, chipping in the conversation as well.

He remembers in canon Sasori had put a seal in the brain of someone from sand village and kabuto as well, if he can come up with that seal, why not uzumaki clan, which is known for sealing jutsu.

"I second that!"

Tsunade nodding agreed with the guess of Naoki, looking at him with even more surprised eyes.

"He seems so familiar with grandma mito's clan, truly an odd one he is!"

Thought Tsunade looking at Naoki, the ability to pinpoint he was being controlled by a seal and of Uzumaki clan, truly impressing Tsunade.

To her Naoki was truly the strangest person she had met of her age.

He clearly didn't have ninjutsu talent and chakra reserves to become a strong shinobi in the future, but the way she has always seen him calm, talk confidently, truly shocking to her.

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