Return of the Uchiha Prodigy

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"Well, during the Ninja World War a few years ago, the raiding force of Cloud Ninja Village launched an attack on Konoha. Although most of the main force was wiped out at that time, there were still some leaked fish who hid in the Land of Fire. ."

"As far as I know, the Kumo ninja of this group of bandits betrayed his companions on the battlefield, and he narrowly escaped with his life."

Minato's eyes darkened, he was the one responsible for dealing with the main force of the Kumo ninja attack force at that time.

In that battle, Minato repelled the strongest combination of the third Raikage Son and Eight-Tails Jinchuriki at that time.

Yeyueai, the son of the third generation of Raikage who fought against him back then, is now the fourth generation of Raikage of Yunnin Village.

"It's no wonder."

Shikaku read the mission details recorded in the scroll. Although some of the escorts from the Fire Country Chamber of Commerce knew ninjutsu, they must be the elite ninjas of the village as members of the Kumo ninja attack force.

A dozen people escorting the goods were killed, which was not enough.

"It's not appropriate for them, these novices, to perform this task."

Shikaku looked at Minato. This so-called mission of exterminating bandits was designed for the elite ninjas of the former Cloud Ninja Assault Force. In terms of difficulty, it was a B-level or even A-level advanced mission.

Itachi, Kido Daisuke, and Hattori Shinichi have just graduated for a month. Even if Shikakuban does have enough strength to complete this task, it is not in line with common sense.

Strength is one thing, but for these newcomers who have never killed anyone, setting this difficulty for the first battle is a bit too harsh.

"Of course it won't just be members of your Lu Jiu class."

Minato smiled lightly, when there was a knock on the office door, he immediately responded, "Please come in."

The door of the office was pushed back, Yuhi Zhenhong led the members of her team, and walked in.

"Lord Hokage."

Yuhi Makoto looked at Minato first, and nodded respectfully.

"Senior Zhenhong, you are too polite."

Minato waved his hand, looked at Shikaku and said, "If your two classes work together, there should be no risk in wiping out these bandits."

Shikaku and Yuhi Mako are both elite ninjas in the village, and their strength alone is enough to easily complete this mission.

"I see."

Lu Jiu murmured, and only then did he understand why Minato wasted manpower in assigning tasks to two classes at the same time.

It is now a period of peace after the end of the war, and Itachi and his group of ninjas are a new generation that grew up in this peace.

But for ninjas, the risk of death accompanies their entire career. Even ninjas in peaceful times must overcome the fear of death.

The power that Minato had arranged was enough to wipe out all the bandits without fail. He wanted to take this opportunity to train the six newcomers in the two classes.

"I have no doubts." Lu Jiu said.

"Well."

Minato looked at the members of the Shikaku class and Yuhi Makoro class in front of him, and said with a solemn expression.

"In the name of the Fourth Hokage, I entrust all the members of your two classes to temporarily merge, with Shikaku as the captain to command everyone. The mission content is to wipe out all the bandits in the original Wing Mountain."

After the bandits on Mount Wing took away the goods, they were afraid of being retaliated by the Konoha ninja, so they quickly evacuated from the mountain they originally occupied.

However, Konoha's ninjas immediately blocked the border of the Fire Kingdom, and they could only flee around the territory.

"Yes!"

Lu Jiu and the members of Yuhi's true red class all responded in unison.

"I have entrusted the head of the Hyuga Clan, Hizuzu, and there will be a Hyuga ninja who will be in charge of the forward investigation and assist you in completing this mission."

As Minato spoke, his eyes paused on Itachi for a moment.

Itachi immediately understood what he meant.

The Fourth Hokage gave him an opportunity to open Sharingan in front of everyone.

For novices who have never killed anyone, even if the target of extermination is a bandit full of crimes, it will be a huge psychological burden.

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After Minato announced the task, the members of the two classes immediately set off to prepare.

Although the ninjas of the Land of Fire had already locked the approximate location of these bandits, the targets were always on the move.

Fortunately, most of the Bandit members are not ninjas, and their speed of movement is quite limited.

But even so, the mission will take at least several days.

Itachi returned home and quickly sorted out the items needed for the mission.

When Miqin learned that Itachi was about to carry out the mission of exterminating the bandits, even though she used to be a ninja herself, as a mother, she couldn't help worrying when she knew that her son was about to face the real slaughter.

"Come on brother!"

Sasuke, on the other hand, doesn't quite know what this mission means to the ninja career of an ordinary novice.

He has a lot of confidence in his brother.

Itachi petted a smile, stretched out his palm to rub Sasuke's hair, and at the same time raised his head to look at Mikoto, giving her a reassuring look.

"Don't worry, Mom, this mission will be led by Teacher Lu Jiu and Teacher Zhenhong, there will be no problem."

In fact, with his strength, not to mention a member of the Cloud Ninja Attack Force and a group of bandits with low combat effectiveness, he has the ability to protect himself as long as the Kage from the five major ninja nations does not come in person.

Ke'er Xingqianmu is worried that no matter what level of Itachi's strength, as long as there is a certain risk, Miqin will still feel uneasy.

"Let's go."

Walking out of the house, Quan had already packed his luggage at this time, and the two of them walked towards the departure assembly point, the Konoha gate, together.

Itachi noticed that the girl next to him had an unnatural expression on her face.

It's no wonder that the mission they performed this time was to take people's lives.

Yiquan's character is actually not very suitable to be a ninja.

But now that we have chosen this path, there is no way out.

Life is born and life dies.

This is something Itachi has understood since he was very young. In this world, every life is unique. Everyone has only one life...

Of course, the current Itachi himself is an exception.

If possible, Itachi doesn't want to take the lives of others, but if they, as Konoha ninjas, don't exterminate these bandits, these people will only kill more innocent lives in the future.

Although there is no priority in life, as a ninja, sometimes you have to make choices between different lives.

The most difficult thing is to choose one's life. No one understands this matter more deeply.

This is a ninja. Whether he is in the light or hiding in the darkness, he is helpless most of the time.

So the first thing a ninja must learn...is patience.

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