Konoha: Intentionally losing to Hinata at the start

The cold blade sent a shiver down the boat captain's spine.

Although Yu Ming was standing behind him, he didn't dare to turn around and look.

“｀ ‖Pfft~”

Hearing the sounds coming from behind him, the boat captain knew that several of his men had been killed.

He became even more nervous. "Ninja, sir ninja, spare my life! I... I'll tell you everything I know, please spare my life!"

Yu Ming calmly asked, "Who is Akita?"

Upon hearing this, the boat captain knew that Yu Ming had overheard their conversation. The boat captain was now filled with regret, wondering why he had spoken so carelessly.

If he hadn't said anything, we could have easily gotten away with it.

If I don't tell the truth now, I'll probably get killed by Yu Ming with a single blow.

I felt the coldness on my neck, and even some pain, as blood dripped down the blade.

The sharp dagger had already slashed the boat captain's neck.

Yu Ming didn't even move, but the blade was too sharp, so the boat captain was cut as soon as he moved slightly.

Although it hurt a lot, he didn't dare to resist.

It is said that "Akita is the leader of a group of rogue ninja from the Land of Water. He was previously a rogue ninja from Konoha, and he was also a Jonin."

Yu Ming then asked, "How many people does he have under his command, and what level of ninjas do they all belong to?"

Upon hearing this question, the captain hesitated for a moment. "Master Ninja, I... I don't know either. I'm just a boatman, where would I get the information?"

Before the boat captain could say anything, one of his arms fell off.

Blood spurted out, the boat captain's face was contorted with rage, he knelt on the ground, clutching the severed wound on his arm.

"Ah~".

Blood was splattered all over the ground, and the dagger was once again held to his neck. Yu Ming's calm and cold voice came over, "I don't want to ask a third time."

The boat captain was covered in sweat, but he endured the excruciating pain in his arm and gritted his teeth as he spoke, "The Akita organization has 15 members: approximately 5 Chunin, 9 Genin, and Akita is a Jonin."

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Fearing that Yu Ming might dislocate his other arm, the boat captain continued, "They've issued a bounty: any Konoha ninja from the Land of Fire who goes to the Land of Water and can be taken to Akita will be rewarded with 50 ryo for a genin and 350 ryo for a jonin."

Upon hearing what the boat captain said, Yu Ming smiled and said, "Akita is quite good at mobilizing people."

Because Kirigakure and the Land of Water have been closed off from the outside world for a long time, basically anyone who travels from Konoha to the Land of Water is there to wipe them out.

This is basically the case in 99% of cases.

Because Konoha has virtually no interaction with the Land of Fire, the Land of Water, or Kirigakure.

"Where are they located?"

Upon hearing this, the boat captain quickly replied, "I really don't know. All I know is that if you want to collect the bounty, you need to go to Whitewater Village in the Land of Water and hand the person over to the people of Whitewater Village."

After listening, Yu Ming roughly understood.

"alright".

Upon hearing Yu Ming's words, the boat captain thought he was saved, but then he felt a sharp pain in his neck and lost consciousness.

The boat captain's body was thrown into the sea.

Ino and Shino also frowned as they looked around.

The cabin was stained red with blood.

The three of them frowned as they watched this scene, and then looked at Yu Ming together.

Yu Ming sheathed his short sword and calmly said, "They want to hand us over to the ninja gang we're going to wipe out this time."

"You guys quickly memorize the faces of these ninjas, then use the transformation technique and we'll head straight to Whitewater Village to find out about them."

“I have learned enough information from the captain, but you are still too careless. You should be more cautious when buying food.”

The three of them felt a little embarrassed by what Yu Ming said.

In fact, Yu Ming didn't notice these people's actions at first because they were all ordinary people. However, when he saw the food, he became suspicious and checked whether there was anything wrong with it.

In fact, the sleeping potion they used was very low-level. Even if it wasn't Yu Ming, Hinata, Ino, or Shino, they could easily detect it by trying it.

However, it's clear they didn't have that idea.

However, the most important thing now is to complete this mission.

Yu Ming unleashed several shadow clone techniques.

The shadow clones used the transformation technique to transform into Hinata and the others.

The reason Yu Ming didn't become one of these sailors himself was simply because he wanted them to practice their disguise skills.

Otherwise, Yu Ming could have transformed everyone by himself and completed these tasks on his own, so there would have been no need for the three of them to participate.

That won't do. Besides completing the mission, as the team leader, Yu Ming needs to teach these three people some experience.

The three felt somewhat ashamed and used a transformation spell to become several sailors, while Yu Ming became the captain.

Yu Ming's four shadow clones then took on their likenesses.

Ino laughed and said, "Yu Ming, you can actually create so many shadow clones, that's really amazing."

Even Jonin can only create two shadow clones at most, because shadow clones require chakra to be split evenly. If a Jonin splits his chakra too many times, he will have much less chakra, and his mental strength will not be able to hold up.

After the group was ready, they set sail towards Baishui Village.

Because they have a map of the Water Kingdom; otherwise, they wouldn't even know where to go.

Therefore, you can see the location of Baishui Village from the map.

After sailing at sea for more than six days, Yu Ming and his group arrived at Baishui Village as quickly as possible.

Upon entering the village, Yu Ming discovered that it was located deep in the mountains.

Hidden deep within the dense forest lies a small, secluded village.

Standing on the mountain looking down at Baishui Village, Jingye complained, "Why would these people choose to trade here? Can this village really come up with 500 million taels?"

This is equivalent to the reward for five S-rank missions. Although killing a Jonin is worth more than this, Ino questioned whether they could come up with 500 million ryo given the village's environment.

Yu Ming calmly said, "It's not like they took it. When you go in, be careful to disguise yourself as well as those sailors, otherwise you'll be exposed. Also, don't make any rash moves. We need to find out Akita's location from the person who came to make contact, understand?"

Hinata and Shino nodded.

Ino smiled and said, "Yes, Yuming, you can trust me as much as possible."

Yu Ming glanced at Ino and thought to himself, "I'm the one I trust the most."

Of the three, Hinata and Shino are not talkative, but they are much more reliable and stronger than Ino.

However, this can also be considered a kind of training. Yu Ming will not give Ino too many hints, and she will have to understand many things on her own.

With Hinata and the others transformed using the Transformation Technique, Yu Ming and his two companions headed towards Shirai Village.

Actually, among these three, if we were to say who is the most important to them, it would definitely not be Yu Ming, because they don't know Yu Ming very well. The most important person to them should be Hinata.

After walking for more than ten minutes with several shadow clones, the group finally arrived at the small village.

There are very few people in the village.

There are probably only about a hundred people and thirty-odd houses.

Upon entering the village, no one searched me or anything.

Yu Ming asked the boat captain for many details.

So I calmly walked into the village and headed straight for the izakaya (Japanese pub).

This is where they trade.

On the way, some villagers looked at Yu Ming and his group with some strange expressions.

I was both curious and somewhat angry.

Yu Ming didn't know why either.

Seeing the gazes of these people, even Ino and the other two felt a little flustered.

But Yu Ming patted the three of them on the shoulders and smiled slightly.

After seeing Yu Ming's signal, the three of them finally calmed down a bit.

I just felt that the atmosphere around me was actually a bit heavy.

Yu Ming, imitating the boat captain's personality, led the group into the izakaya (Japanese pub).

There weren't many people in the izakaya, only about ten.

The shop owner behind the counter was almost asleep.

Yu Ming walked to the counter and knocked on the table. "We have some, three small ones and one big one."

The shopkeeper glanced at the four people being helped and chuckled. "You old codger, you're quite something, managing to kidnap even this kind of trash. Wait, isn't that kid from the Hyuga clan?"

The shopkeeper at the counter was stunned as he watched Hinata transform into a shadow clone.

Even without using the Byakugan, the Hyuga clan still possesses a pair of Byakugan.

It's very easy to see.

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The owner's reaction immediately made all the customers in the izakaya look up in their direction.

Yu Ming was taken aback. "The Hyuga clan? Who cares what clan it is, just give me the money."

Hearing this, the tavern owner smiled quite happily. It was a good thing that Yu Ming didn't recognize the Hyuga clan and didn't take the opportunity to charge more.

However, five million is indeed not a small amount. The tavern owner laughed and said, "Wait a minute, let me contact the boss first."

He walked behind the counter, and it was unclear what he was doing.

At this moment, Yu Ming activated his sensory abilities and realized that the boss seemed to be using some kind of ninjutsu, so he notified their leader.

Many of the patrons in the tavern were actually ninjas.

Although this is just a remote little mountain village, it is a vital transportation route to the Land of Water.