First mission!
Positioning Shuichi Hoshita as a medical ninja can be regarded as a kind of care and protection for Minato Namikaze.
Shuichi Hoshita knew this very well and immediately said: "Then leave your back to me!"
Uchiha Shisui and Kurama Sanyo laughed together and said: "We will also protect Shuichi."
Minato Namikaze secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this scene. The atmosphere was unexpectedly good.
In view of the special nature of this newly formed team, Minato Namikaze did not arrange to snatch the bells to test the team members' teamwork, but directly announced the task: "Just now when I went to meet the Third Hokage, I received a task. A summoned beast is suspected to have appeared in the Death Forest. Our task is to investigate this matter. If there is a summoned beast, we need to track this possible summoned beast and capture it intact as appropriate."
Uchiha Shisui took the initiative to ask: "Minato teacher, do you have more information about the summoned beast?"
Minato Namikaze shook his head and said: "No."
"It is because the beasts in the Death Forest have become turbulent, so it is speculated that there are summoned beasts."
"Any more questions?"
Hideichi Hoshita and the other two shook their heads.
"Let's go!"
Minato Namikaze gave an order and set off first, followed by Hideichi Hoshita and the other two.
For Hideichi Hoshita, the first day after graduation was obviously beyond his expectations.
No bells were snatched, and the intensity was increased directly.
If there is a summoned beast, then this mission can be C-level?
After all, summoned beasts are no less dangerous than ninjas.
Leaving the core area of Konoha Village all the way, in less than a quarter of an hour, the group arrived at the entrance of the Death Forest.
"There are many beasts and poisonous insects in the Death Forest, be careful."
Minato Namikaze gave a warning, and then led Shuichi Hoshita and the other two into it.
Ancient trees support the sky, and people seem very small in it.
The four people shuttled through it, stopping from time to time to analyze the traces left by some animals.
The ones who spoke were mainly Minato Namikaze, Shisui Uchiha, and Sanyo Kurama, and Shuichi Hoshita was a student who attended the class.
And Minato and the other two obviously wanted to take care of him.
In response, Shuichi Hoshita humbly asked for advice, eagerly absorbed nutrition from the three people, and transformed the theoretical knowledge he learned from the Ninja School into practical application experience bit by bit.
From the tracking along the way, he also saw that apart from Minato Namikaze, Uchiha Shisui was obviously more accomplished in tracking traces than Kurama Sanyo.
Of course, Kurama Sanyo, who came from a famous family of illusion, was also good.
People who are good at illusions often pay great attention to details.
An hour later, four figures landed on a thick branch one after another.
Uchiha Shisui said: "Teacher Minato, it should be here."
Kurama Sanyo smiled and said: "The traces of wild animals' activities around have obviously decreased, and there are signs of migration to the surrounding areas. I'm afraid this place has been occupied and has become the territory of the summoned beasts."
Beasts have a sense of territory, especially powerful beasts.
And summoned beasts are no exception.
Namikaze Minato said: "According to the traces, this summoned beast should be a wild cat, and its advantage should be speed, so everyone must be alert."
Hiroshita Shuichi and the other two nodded in unison: "Yes, Minato-sensei."
Namikaze Minato made a gesture, and the four of them immediately moved forward, forming a semicircle to move forward.
Suddenly, Uchiha Shisui made a gesture, and Hoshita Shuichi and the other two immediately stopped and looked in the direction of Uchiha Shisui's finger.
On a branch, under the sunlight falling through the leaves, a black cat was lazily lying, its tail sweeping back and forth.
Namikaze Minato immediately made a gesture.
Flanking!
Except for Uchiha Shisui, Hoshita Shuichi and the other two immediately took action to encircle the black cat.
However, the black cat was very alert. Before it completed the encirclement, it noticed something and stood up. Then, with a meow, it jumped up, and the direction was exactly the gap in the encirclement of Shuichi Hoshita and others.
"Stop it!"
Minato Namikaze shouted.
Since it has been exposed, there is no need to be cautious.
Instantly, Shuichi Hoshita and others burst out their chakras, and each of them used the instant body technique to pounce on the black cat.
But the speed of the black cat was surprisingly fast. At least Shuichi Hoshita felt that his speed was not as fast as this black cat, especially in this environment.
However, the speed of Minato Namikaze and the other two was faster.
Swish, swish, swish!
The kunai flew and nailed on the branch in front of the black cat.
It was the kunai thrown by Minato Namikaze. The black cat was frightened and changed direction immediately.
And then Shuichi Hoshita saw that the black cat, which had just landed on the branch, changed its direction and rushed straight towards Uchiha Shisui.
"It's an illusion!"
Shuichi Hoshita looked at Kurama Sanyo who had just put down his hand.
And then he saw Uchiha Shisui and the black cat looking at each other in the air. The next moment, the black cat fell down and was caught by Uchiha Shisui.
Sharingan hypnosis!
Awesome.
So Kurama Sanyo used the non-here technique?
Shuichi Hoshita guessed secretly.
Namikaze Minato smiled and said, "The cooperation is very good."
"Then, the mission is successfully completed. Let's go back."
The four of them left the Death Forest without any delay.
However, Shuichi Hoshita found that the entry tree in his mind had one more entry leaf.
[Tracking Expert]
...Back at the Hokage building, Namikaze Minato handed in the task, collected the commission and distributed it, and Shuichi Hoshita immediately received 6,000 taels.
"That's all for the morning. Well, I'll treat everyone to barbecue at noon."
After leaving the Hokage building, Namikaze Minato smiled.
Shuichi Hoshita and the other two immediately thanked him and then walked towards the barbecue restaurant.
On the way, Namikaze Minato asked, "Shuichi, what is your next training direction?"
"Fire escape?"
Although he had not seen Shuichi Hoshita perform Fire escape ninjutsu with his own eyes, he also got information from Sarutobi Hiruzen.
Knowing that Shuichi Hoshita could recover from watching his classmate perform the Great Fireball Technique, this ninjutsu talent is indeed outstanding.
Fire escape?
Hoshita Shuichi shook his head: "Teacher Minato, I have mastered 5 fire ninjutsu, covering short, medium and long distances."
"For me, more fire ninjutsu is unnecessary because of the chakra limit."
This surprised Minato Namikaze and the other two.
Kurama Sanyo couldn't help but mutter to himself: "Are the newcomers so powerful now?"
It has been more than a year since he graduated, and he has not mastered 5 illusions.
Namakaze Shuichi nodded and continued: "Then, Shuichi, your next focus is close combat physical skills, and are there swordsmanship?"
As he said, he pointed to the Ame-no-Mura Chakra knife on Shuichi Hoshita's back waist.
Hideki Hoshita nodded: "Yes, Minato-sensei."
"Due to the limitation of chakra, I think most of the time on the battlefield, I will still use close combat more."
"And the quality of all aspects of the body is the foundation of ninja, so my next training direction is to strengthen physical training, physical skills, ninja tools, and swordsmanship."
Namikaze Minato smiled and praised: "A very wise choice."
And Uchiha Shisui took the initiative to say to Hideki Hoshita: "In terms of ninja tools and swordsmanship, you don't have to be polite to me if you need anything."
Kurama Sanyo also smiled and said: "I'm so-so in physical skills, but I think it shouldn't be a big problem to be a sparring partner."
Hideki Hoshita was very thick-skinned and not polite at all: "Then I will trouble you in the future."