Naruto: My setting is above yours.

Silent exclaimed in a low voice, "Did this guy use his own companion as bait?"

Yamashiro Aoba said, "That's how it seems for now. He's an extremely cruel guy."

Sakumo Hatake was very satisfied with the three's performance and said, "Therefore, never underestimate your opponent."

"Then let's get started."

“Xuanma, use your clone to impersonate us and lure those people away from that stronghold.”

"Our target is the Well-shaped Sea People. We will not fight anyone else unless absolutely necessary."

Xuanma nodded: "Understood!"

They created shadow clones, three of which used transformation techniques, and then filed out one after another, heading straight for the enemy's stronghold.

The real body, naturally, is the one who leads Sakumo Hatake and the others to find the real body of Kaito Igata.

After a while.

Hidden in the bushes, the well-shaped seaman's gaze sharpened as he saw two figures appear on the roof of a house next to the stronghold. He licked his lips excitedly: "We really fell for it!"

But the next moment, a soft laugh reached his ears.

"Too bad, we didn't fall for it!"

Xuanma appeared in front of Jingxing Hairen.

The well-shaped seaman froze, turning his head to find himself surrounded.

"Heh, as expected of a Konoha ninja!"

Kaito Igata stood up with a smile, looking completely unfazed: "There are actually three brats here."

It's not that there's no possibility of escape.

Kaito Igata glanced at Sakumo Hatake and secretly made his plans.

Genma stared at Igata Kaijin and saw through his thoughts at a glance: "Igata Kaijin, surrender!"

"Kid, you're not even fully grown yet, are you?"

The well-shaped seaman chuckled and moved his right hand as if to detonate the explosive tags at the stronghold to divert attention.

However, as soon as he moved his hand, he found that he could not move his body at all.

"Damn it, I can't move!"

The look of terror finally appeared in the eyes of the well-formed seaman: "This brat... have I fallen under his illusion?"

How can a little kid be so powerful?

I didn't see him form any hand seals at all!

At that moment, a commotion came from the stronghold, and figures shot out from inside and then chased after it to the west.

Sakumo Hatake glanced at it and then said, "Knock him out and take him away. We'll talk about it somewhere else."

Xuanma immediately stepped forward, knocked the man unconscious, and carried him away.

Whoosh whoosh~

The group used their teleportation technique to disappear into thin air.

……

Outside the town, inside the cave.

Well-shaped seaman woke up with dark circles under his eyes, glanced at Genma and the other three, and, knowing that escape was impossible, laughed unrestrainedly: "Shouldn't you just kill me directly?"

"Are they going to take me back to the Daimyo's residence in the Land of Fire?"

"Hahaha, how ridiculous! They are clearly powerful ninjas, yet they have to take orders from those idiots in the Daimyo's mansion."

"These so-called ninja masters are nothing but a bunch of idiots!"

Sakumo Hatake remained expressionless, while Shizune and Aoba Yamashiro frowned as they listened.

Genma smiled and said, "You're a ninja now, aren't you?"

Kaito Igata immediately retorted, with a hint of pride in his voice: "I am not a ninja, I am a samurai!"

Genma nodded: "Samurai are forces controlled and driven by daimyo and nobles."

"So, according to you, what do you have to be proud of?"

Igata Kaito was immediately provoked and roared, "Proud of what you have is not your status, but your character and spirit! You ignorant brat, you bastard!"

Yamashiro Aoba said, "You killed your boss's entire family, not even sparing the children. That's not a good character trait."

With bloodshot eyes, the well-formed seaman roared, "Because they deserve to die!"

“Our family has been loyal to him for generations, but he actually made my wife serve him for a foreign ninja.”

"So, I killed that ninja, and then I killed them all too."

"Not just them, but you too, all the ninjas of Konoha, all the ninjas deserve to die!"

Looking at the crazed Well-shaped Seaman, Genma understood why those things seemed illogical before.

This person is hostile to the entire ninja community and also to the noble rule of the Land of Fire.

In his quest for revenge, he himself became the very person he hated and despised.

This is a pitiful person.

However, Xuanma had no intention of letting the person go.

Yamashiro Aoba and Shizune remained silent, looking at Hatake Sakumo with some confusion.

Hatake Sakumo was unaware of these inside details, because the Daimyo Prefecture wouldn't include such details in mission files.

"Xuanma, take him out and deal with him. Store his body in a sealing scroll."

Sakumo Hatake took out a small scroll.

Genma took it, knocked out the Well-shaped Sea Man, and then dragged him out of the cave.

This is the first time he has killed someone.

However, he did not resist at all.

This is the Naruto world.

Of course, Xuanma would make his first time as quick and decisive as possible.

Therefore, while Igata Kaijin was unconscious, Genma used a chakra scalpel to cut open his heart muscle.

Soon, the heart of the well-formed man stopped beating, his breathing ceased, and then he suffered brain death.

Xuanma opened the sealing scroll, placed it on the corpse, and then formed a hand seal.

Bang!

The body disappeared, sealed inside a scroll.

This is proof that the task has been completed.

Of course, all you really need is a head, but Genma didn't want to make it too bloody.

Chapter 30: So what if you have a hook?

Back in the cave, Genma noticed the slightly off atmosphere and smiled at Shizune and Aoba Yamashiro: "What's wrong?"

Shizune whispered, "I just feel that this Well-shaped Seaman is also a very pitiful person. He must have been a good person before!"

Yamashiro Aoba nodded, then said, "Although taking care of him is our mission, after learning some of the truth, it's hard not to feel... like we're helping bad guys."

Jingyin nodded repeatedly; she felt the same way.

Even though he knew perfectly well that Kaito Igata was actually a bad person.

Genma could understand Shizune and Aoba Yamashiro's confusion and dilemma.

They're all children.

Let alone them, adults should still be struggling with this.

After all, it was his first time "killing someone".

"Xuanma, do you have any thoughts?"

"I asked Hatake Sakumo."

The reason he had Xuanma take action was because this disciple was far more mature than others his age.

Sakumo Hatake did not immediately try to persuade him, partly because of his disciple's maturity, and partly because he wanted to get to know him better.

Moreover, if Genma understands this, he can guide Shizune and Yamashiro Aoba better than if Genma himself were to "preach".

The flickering firelight made Xuanma's expression uncertain, but his tone was firm: "Teacher, my idea is that we should not listen to what a person says, but rather observe what he does."

"Good people and bad people are not so absolute."

"Jingyin, am I a good person in your eyes?"

Silent nodded immediately and emphatically: "Of course."

Genma said, "But I just killed the Well-shaped Seaman. Do you think I'm a bad person? You don't."

Silent shook her head in agreement.

Genma smiled and continued, "But to the Jingxing Sea People, we are all bad people."

"Didn't the man from Igata Kaito deserve to die for the innocent villagers he murdered?"

"It's obvious."

“We were commissioned by the Daimyo’s Mansion in the Land of Fire. The Daimyo’s Mansion is the ruling institution of the Land of Fire. We are on the side of the Daimyo’s Mansion and the side of those dead villagers. Therefore, it is reasonable for us to kill him.”

Your position determines your perspective.

Shizune and Aoba Yamashiro nodded in agreement, and their discomfort vanished instantly.

Sakumo Hatake smiled.

With this disciple around, his job as a teacher is much easier.