Starting as the mastermind behind Naruto

Chapter 12 An Enemy with a Title

After Uehara Naraku and Konan entered the deep mountains, they could see with the naked eye that some areas were filled with purple poisonous gas, and withered bushes were everywhere.

Those areas have been contaminated by the toxic fumes unintentionally emitted by the salamanders.

This place is so poisonous, no wonder hardly anyone sets foot here.

Xiao Nan frowned and said in a low voice, "Salamanders have poison sacs inside their bodies. If the toxins leak out and are accidentally inhaled, the person will almost immediately die from the poison."

"Hmm..."

Uehara Naraku nodded.

The venom of the salamander is extremely potent; even Hanzo, who has the highest poison resistance, could be poisoned. It is said that apart from Tsunade of Konoha and Chiyo of Sunagakure, no one else has been able to quickly cure the venom of the salamander.

"Let me first explain our plan."

Konan surveyed the surrounding terrain and began to explain her tactics to Uehara: "I'll first scout out the location of the salamander, attract its attention, and lure it away to kill it; you're responsible for delaying the base ninja's movements, or simply killing them."

"clear."

Uehara nodded.

There are no major drawbacks to this plan.

The only troublesome aspect of this mission lies in the venom sac of the salamander. If it causes a massive outbreak of poison before it dies, it will force both sides' ninjas to withdraw from the battlefield.

Because in battle, the gas mask makes it very difficult for ninjas to observe the battle situation or find the opponent's whereabouts.

Moreover, the mask itself is quite fragile and can easily be destroyed by the enemy in the life-or-death battles of ninjas.

If a Jonin fails to observe a Genin's shuriken due to a limited perspective, resulting in the Genin's gas mask being cut, he may be killed by the Genin in retaliation.

Before taking the lead, Konan turned back and whispered to the boy, "Naraku, I'm here for you. The mission will be fine. Remember, you must protect yourself."

"Yes."

Uehara Naraku nodded seriously, perhaps because he was the child of the first Akatsuki member and received more care from Konan.

The battle plan and everything else are progressing very smoothly.

Following the area where the toxin had spread, Xiao Nan quickly found the salamander's hiding place, buried several explosive tags in the ground, and detonated them swiftly.

Boom!

The deep mountains trembled a few times.

A huge salamander leaped out of the ground, its brown body covered in bumps, looking somewhat ugly and clumsy.

But its movements are anything but sluggish!

Faced with Xiao Nan's attack, the salamander opened its huge mouth and suddenly sprayed out a purple poisonous mist, forcing Xiao Nan to spread its paper wings to avoid the poisonous mist.

The commotion was so loud that the Rain Village ninja stationed there reacted quickly and rushed out of their stronghold fully armed.

At least twenty Rain Village ninjas have emerged.

The Rain Village ninjas stood densely packed on a tall rock. They quickly located their attacker, a ninja dressed in a black robe with red clouds, who was luring the salamander away from the area.

"Someone is attacking Lord Hanzo's summoned beast!"

"No, he's trying to lure the salamander away!"

"Quick, stop him!"

The Rain Village ninjas swooped down quickly, wanting to chase after Konan and the Salamander, but several cards blocked their way!

First, three cards pierced through the bodies of three Rain Ninjas, and then the last card landed on the ground and exploded, forcing the other Rain Ninjas to stop their pursuit.

"Stay hidden, there are other enemies!"

The lead Rain Village ninja waved for his subordinates to disperse, then turned and saw a boy wearing a gas mask: "Hmph, so it's just a brat..."

"..."

Uehara Naraku was still recalling the "ding" sound in his mind—the sound of mission completion. He had just killed three Rain Ninjas and should have completed the advancement mission.

进阶任务2：杀死十名正式下忍（10/10），奖励500点生命能量，奖励500点查克拉能量，奖励500金币。

This reward is quite generous.

Uehara Naraku frowned. In the past month, he had killed many roaming ninjas who were causing trouble. After completing the first advanced mission, the system only rewarded him with 100 points of life energy and chakra energy.

Now that he has completed Advanced Task 2, the system has generously rewarded him with 500 points of life energy and chakra energy, and even an extra 500 gold coins.

If his guess is correct, 100 points of life energy and chakra energy should correspond to an ordinary ninja trainee being promoted to genin; 500 points of life energy and chakra energy should correspond to a genin being promoted to chunin.

In other words, as long as he completes the advancement mission, such as killing ten formal genin, even if he doesn't complete those strange missions, the system will definitely promote him to chunin in terms of stats.

After completing the second advanced quest, there was an extra reward of 500 gold coins. This was probably an extra reward, intended to encourage him to buy some upgrade equipment in the shop, so that he wouldn't blend into the crowd.

Now his data is finally starting to look interesting.

Life Energy: 1201

Chakra Energy: 1850

Life recovery: 2/second

Chakra recovery: 1.5/second

The number of gold coins has also increased significantly. I received 100 gold coins for losing to Itachi Uchiha, 150 gold coins for becoming Konan's disciple, and 500 gold coins for today.

Remaining Gold Coins: 2070

Unfortunately, these gold coins can only buy some useless junk equipment in the store. Uehara Naraku still plans to save money honestly because he wants to buy a powerful piece of equipment that can increase life energy, called the Berserker Armor.

Hidden behind his mask, Uehara Naraku licked his lips. Now that his life energy had been greatly enhanced, his strength, speed, and physical strength should be at the standard of an ordinary Jonin.

Although, it could only be the lowest level of Jonin.

For example, there is a female Jonin in Konoha named Kurenai Yuhi, who is considered by these anime fans to be the minimum standard for Jonin.

The boy's gaze moved slowly, finally settling on the group of Rain Ninja who had been ignoring him. There were still a dozen or so Rain Ninja left, including at least four or five Chunin captains, and possibly more.

Advanced Mission 3: Kill ten official Chunin (2/10), reward unknown.

Uehara Naraku's third advanced mission is to kill ten Chunin. In the month after he was transported here, he had wiped out an Amegakure squad and killed a Chunin captain. A few days ago, when he was carrying out a mission to destroy a stronghold, he killed another Chunin captain.

"Hey, kid, if you'd just surrender obediently, tell me where that guy in black went and why you attacked the salamander, and maybe we'll give you a quick death, or spare your life..."

The lead Rain Village ninja stared at the boy who stood motionless, and continued contemptuously, "If you dare to resist, when we catch you, I'll show you the cruelty of the Rain Village Assassins!"

(End of this chapter)