Qingyuan then took up a kunai, ready to enter the fray and finish them off.
The explosive tag just now had not only killed one of them; the three remaining Iwagakure ninja had also been affected to varying degrees.
Taking on a wounded chunin was hardly a challenge.
More importantly, whoever defeated an enemy generally had the right to claim the enemy’s belongings.
Thinking of all the loans he still had to pay off, Qingyuan couldn’t help but slash out with his kunai.
Sorry, enemies.
Turn into my nice, shiny cash!
Bang!
The middle-aged Iwagakure ninja drew his tachi and caught Qingyuan’s kunai, a string of brilliant sparks skittering between the weapons.
His experience showed; he had intended to use technique to knock Qingyuan’s kunai away, but the explosion had injured his arm, and for the moment he could not put that technique to use.
Qingyuan kept driving the middle-aged Iwagakure ninja back.
Seeing this, Kakashi did not stop either.
He went straight to take on another enemy one-on-one.
“Ninja Art: Senbon Rain!”
Shiranui Genma puffed out his cheeks and spat the senbon from his mouth.
Then he formed hand seals, and the senbon instantly multiplied into a dense swarm of phantom copies, all of them stabbing toward the last Iwagakure ninja.
Rin Nohara, like Kurenai Yuhi, kept watching the situation, ready to provide support.
Obito clutched his mouth.
Releasing “Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique” required gathering Fire Release chakra in the throat, and after his mistake just now, his throat was burning terribly.
He had the strange feeling that a canker sore had grown inside his throat.
“Damn it, the power of two explosive tags was too much.”
The middle-aged Iwagakure ninja fumed inwardly.
“I’ve trained in swordsmanship for twenty years. How could I possibly lose to you!”
He roared and prepared to make one final desperate attempt.
Shk.
Qingyuan drove a kunai into the middle-aged Iwagakure ninja’s abdomen and twisted it to the right, instantly shredding his internal organs.
Thud.
The middle-aged Iwagakure ninja collapsed, his face filled with unwillingness.
“Did you think the saying was ‘Don’t bully a poor middle-aged man’?”
Qingyuan shook his head.
Aside from the first Iwagakure ninja, who had been killed by the explosion, this was the one who had suffered the most severe injuries.
Just like with a math problem—even in a fit of anger, all you can do is stare at it blankly.
Just then, Kakashi also defeated the remaining enemy, leaving one alive for interrogation.
“Good work.”
Minato Namikaze praised the group.
Aside from Obito being overly nervous, everyone had performed well.
“Qingyuan, you don’t need to search quite so frantically.”
Minato Namikaze watched Qingyuan eagerly rummaging through the middle-aged Iwagakure ninja’s corpse and couldn’t help but smile wryly.
“Okay.”
Qingyuan slowed his looting.
The loot still had to be looted.
After all, ninja equipment had to be paid for out of pocket!
Chapter 12: The Power of Nine Dragons, Ascending to the Steroid Planet
After searching for a while, Qingyuan found five shuriken, two kunai, and what appeared to be a map, a compass, and similar items.
“It’s encrypted.”
Qingyuan looked at the various symbols and markings on the map.
This was also one of the things every ninja had to learn.
If information were simply written out on a map, the enemy could easily obtain it and use it to prepare against them.
“Encrypted?”
Minato Namikaze stroked his chin.
“Kurenai, you know genjutsu. Interrogate him.”
Minato Namikaze said.
It was a pity there was no Yamanaka Clan ninja present.
The Yamanaka Clan’s secret techniques were the most suitable for interrogating enemies for information, though genjutsu would work too.
Among those present, only Kurenai Yuhi specialized in genjutsu.
Genjutsu specialists were well-suited to interrogating people for information.
“All right, I’ll give it a try.”
Kurenai Yuhi nodded.
She formed hand seals and began casting genjutsu on the Iwagakure ninja Kakashi had captured.
As the genjutsu infiltrated him, the Iwagakure ninja disclosed some information.
They were merely one small squad.
To properly guard the important node that was Kannabi Bridge, Iwagakure had set up quite a few outposts in secret. This chapter was copied from g.com without permission.
Each outpost could keep watch over the others, expanding the area under surveillance.
If Kannabi Bridge were ever threatened, the others would immediately rush over to provide support.
“No wonder, just after Kakashi transplanted the Sharingan and dealt with the enemy, another Iwagakure force came swarming in to attack them.”
Qingyuan thought to himself.
In the end, Kakashi collapsed after exhausting too much chakra; it was only Minato Namikaze’s timely rescue that allowed Kakashi and Rin Nohara to survive.
As for why Minato Namikaze could arrive just in time to save Kakashi, the reason was simple: Minato Namikaze had given Kakashi a specially made kunai.
Using the Flying Thunder God mark on it, Minato Namikaze teleported over.
This also showed that Minato Namikaze had known Kakashi and the others’ whereabouts all along.
“By the way, today is your first mission as an official jonin, Kakashi. This is a gift for you.”
Minato Namikaze took the pack off his back and pulled out a specially made kunai engraved with “Sword of Ninja Love,” shaped like a three-pronged fork.
“It’s a bit heavy and somewhat crooked, but once you get used to it, you’ll find it surprisingly handy. You can take this with you on the mission.”
Minato Namikaze placed his index finger on the ring beneath the handle of the special kunai, showing it to Kakashi.
Then he handed the special kunai to Kakashi.
“Here it comes.”
Qingyuan thought to himself.
He had just been thinking about this, and now a scene from the original story was playing out right before him.
“I’m giving you this, Kakashi.”
Rin Nohara smiled and produced a specially made medical kit.
Holding it in both hands, she offered it to Kakashi.
This was a medical kit Rin Nohara had customized herself; every part had been improved to make it easy to use.
“Thank you.”
Kakashi then looked at Obito and extended his hand.
The meaning was self-evident—he was clearly asking for Obito’s gift.
“Wh…what do you mean by sticking out your hand? I don’t have anything to give you!”
Obito grumbled and made a fuss.
Kakashi waved his hand and said:
“Forget it. By rights, it probably wouldn’t be anything good anyway. Giving someone a useless thing is just a burden.”
Hearing this, Obito immediately bristled, saying that he was an Uchiha and would definitely surpass Kakashi in the future, and so on.
Qingyuan, meanwhile, stroked his chin.