First Blood

The Mission was a normal Bandit Hunting Mission, so if all of our squad members join, it would be a overkill and waste of time.

So, for this Mission only me and Sakumo were chosen.

We had travel to a nearby town which is about 2 days of travel away.

Sakumo who had been performing missions for a year now has became a veteran shinobi although he is now a Chunnin but with his skills he is at Special Jonin level, and in this era there isn't a concept of Special Jonin, so he is struck at chunnin level, but considering his age 12 years, Chunnin is also a big achievement.

We were supposed to depart at about an hour later, but I wasn't concerned about the mission as even if an Elite Jonin would show up I could protect myself and possibly Sakumo.

In this free time, I went to my room and then went inside my Dimensional Space, which was now full of lighting, and had a major difference from it's previous state.

How, I made a simple device which could convert chakra into light energy, now it has green grassland, a wooden cottage and a research lab and Light rays get equally distributed in each corner of dimension so, it doesn't feels unnatural.

I also checked from AI Chip's database of the actions of Hokage and Danzo, if they had any plans for me.

Checking that there weren't any plots and preparing my Ninja equipments, I left for the gate of Konoha.

Sakumo was waiting near the Konoha gate, not the big one civilians use but a secret one.

Near the gate ANBU agent came with a Body Flicker and we gave him corresponding documents and left Konoha.

"Couldn't you have been a bit more early" he asked while we were jumping on the trees

"I am early than the given time" I replied

"Ok ok, Let's go!" he sighed in defeat

It's been two days of travelling continuously only stop for food or other necessities.

We were in a town in Land of Fire not far from Konoha .

Both of us have dressed in civilian clothes and dressed as to be as low key as possible.

According to information Bandit hideout was near this town.

Me and Sakumo discussed possible situations and planned according to them.

After that we had rest to get rid of fatigue from our continuous journey.

At night me and Sakumo left out to clear the bandits

I kept my AI Chip's detection range to maximum as it never hurts to be careful.

After a while we arrived at the location where the Bandits activities were reported maximum.

"Seems like we have to search by splitting alone"

I said, he seemed reluctant, I thought for a while and asked him to have each other's Shadow clone follow each other to save time.

"Kirito you really are a genius."

He gave me an admiring look

After that we split, I actually had locked the Bandit Hideout from the very start but I didn't told Sakumo as no one can be trusted in this world, although I trust Sakumo a bit, but I don't trust Hokage and Danzo, and I don't want to be labelled as a Sensor, as it is wise to never reveal your all cards.

After waiting for a good amount of time, I went towards Bandits Hideout 'by chance', it was in a very normal place and If you aren't looking for it carefully it was very easy to miss.

I instantly became alert as it was proved of being the work of Ninja.

Seeing my situation Sakumo's Clone dispelled itself and I waited for him to appear.

After a while Sakumo arrived with my clone who with my nod dispelled itself.

" Enemies are supposed to be normal bandits and if we are unlucky there could also be Chunnin."

He said in a serious tone.

"So, Let's act accordingly to our previous plan."

"If only there were Tsuki was here, with her Byakugan, it would have been much easier." He sighed

I ignored him, as with AI Chip I already know, about

the number and level of enemies, 1 Jonin and 4 Chunnin level, according to their chakra levels, and some Bandits were also there in the biggest room.

'Sakumo was probably going to get the scare of his life' I thought

And I totally ruled out the possibility of Sneak attack although I could hide my presence completely, and Sakumo was could also hide well from Chunnin but with a Jonin on enemy side, it is very difficult.

After that we arrived at what appeared to be a normal cave inside that were some Bandits with young girls with torn clothes

Sakumo was very furious observing their conditions, I calmed him down.

"Let's me attack attack first"

I sneaked towards a nearby sleeping bandit and with my sword swing I cleanly beheaded him

I didn't felt anything although it was my first kill which was bound to at least affect my mentality, but I didn't felt anything not even a little bit of pity or guilt, it seems my while arriving in this world I also have changed my way of thinking, and this world's law of jungle had already started affecting me.

'Sakumo was surprised seeing me but didn't said anything he was probably thinking me being angry thinking those girls in torn clothes.'

'Sakumo oh Sakumo you are too kind for your own good'

But there is bound to be noise of our swords swings, the leader who seemed to be Chunnin level, was awakened and shouted to awake his fellow bandits.

I wasn't surprised, just kept killing them with my sword and finally ran towards Sakumo who was fighting with their leader and had a upper edge, I quickly used Body Flicker and killed him appearing beside him.

Sakumo was surprised with my speed of Body Flicker as this time I used my AI Chip's improved one.

I didn't explained much and he didn't asked further as it was a well known fact about Ninja's never revealing their secrets.

As Sakumo was about to approach the girls and become a hero for the damsels in distress I stopped him.

I just causally walked towards them, sheathing my sword as I was near the required distance I coated thunder chakra on my sword in a small amount used Body Flicker and killed the girl with violet hair.

Everyone seem to surprised with my actions Sakumo's face was white while other three 'unconscious girls' also woke up.

As Sakumo was about to reprimand me for my actions, the dead girl Transformation Jutsu was released and Sungakure (Sand) Shinobi's body was replaced with her.

Seeing this development the unconscious girls suddenly awoke and released their Transformation Jutsu, to reveal their Sungakure (Sand) Shinobi identities, with stupefied expressions on their face.

"You need more than a Henge to deceive me."

I still had my cold expression

The three Chunnin were still in the state of shock, as their captain a dignified Jonin was killed by a brat less than 10 years old.

As for why they were here working withthese low lives, their Land isn't as half as prosperous as Land of Fire, so probably they were here to steal the crops for their village and to avoid any incidents they would probably kill all townsmen or try other methods to avoid suspicion of Fire Damiyo.

But being a Shinobi quickly came over their shock and started attacking us, two came towards me as I seemed easier to solve but as soon as they could react I used my hidden (with AI Chip's stealth) shadow clone to attack them and I solved another two Chunnin with Body Flicker and my sword's thunder slash.

The last one who was fighting Sakumo already on losing end was distracted by his companions death fell prey to Sakumo's blade.

After, watching the whole situation Sakumo didn't reacted like a Protagonist on why I killed defenceless girls instead thanked me for saving his life.

But I knew even after my repeated actions to not reveal my abilities, I didn't succed completely, it would be mentioned in Sakumo's mission report.

So I also didn't tried to hide it and related it to my keen Intuition bullshit in my report.