This Water Shadow is very strong, but overly cautious.

In addition, there was already a perception-type ninja named Takeda Yoichi in the team.

Ryosuke Mizunoe's new team has been formed.

By the way, Takeda Yoichi was also promoted because of Mizunoe Ryosuke's achievement of killing the Iwagakure Jonin.

Promoted from Genin to Chunin.

It can be said that one person's success brings prosperity to all his family members.

Chapter 17, Loli Terumi Mei

Missions are not only a ninja's job, but also a means of survival for the ninja.

Even the ninja village itself was built on the basic business of "ninja mission commissioning".

Ninjas complete tasks commissioned by various sectors of society in exchange for rewards and supplies needed for survival.

The mission itself is actually a system that relies on and is bound to the ninja village.

Without the task system, there would be no ninja village, and there would be no era of one country, one village created by Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha.

Even the first rule of the Ninja Code has such a clear stipulation.

The purpose of a ninja's existence is to complete missions.

A ninja who fails to complete his mission is useless.

Kakashi's father, Konoha White Fang, committed suicide tragically because of this.

Based on this, after countless attempts, we finally formed a model of using the "Ninja Squad" to complete tasks.

In the team, because there is a senior ninja leading the team, not only the probability of completing the task is greatly improved, but it also facilitates the training of talents.

Therefore, the relationship between the members of the ninja team and the captain is both "subordinates and captain" and "teachers and friends".

Unless a major situation occurs, such as when more than half of the team members are killed or injured like Ryosuke Mizunoe, the team members will not be easily replaced.

So as not to affect the combat effectiveness and tacit understanding of the ninja team.

Outside the Hidden Mist Village, a thin female ninja was running rapidly in one direction.

The girl has distinctive long chestnut-colored hair. Her slightly odd hairstyle covers her right eye, while her left eye, exposed to the outside, sparkles with a resolute luster.

The girl is Terumi Mei.

It turned out that Mei Terumi received the latest commission from the Mizukage, and she was assigned to the ninja team led by the special ninja Mizunoe Ryosuke.

At almost the same time, Mei Terumi also received an order from the captain to go to a place for assembly.

Mei Terumi chose to accept this result with pleasure.

Of course, there was no way she could refuse to accept it. A civilian ninja like her with no background and only some talent had no qualifications to refute the orders of the higher-ups.

Just by hearing the name, she already knew the identity of the captain she would soon be working with—the Mizunoe clan!

To be honest, Mei Terumi really, really hates these arrogant ninjas!

Facing these arrogant ninjas, I'm afraid no civilian ninja would like them.

At this moment, Mei Terumi could only pray secretly in her heart, praying that the new captain would be someone who was easy to get along with.

After running for a while, Mei Terumi arrived at the edge of a rarely visited lake.

This is exactly the gathering place in the order.

Mei Terumi noticed that at the edge of the lake, there was already a man of similarly thin build waiting there.

It would be more appropriate to say "boy" rather than "man".

The boy looked to be about thirteen or fourteen years old, with a delicate face and a thin figure.

Even in the wild, the boy still wore white clothes.

Even from a distance, Mei Terumi seemed to have seen the arrogance on the boy's face.

Mei Terumi did not go forward to talk, but waited quietly by herself.

"Hey!"

"You also came here on orders, right?"

Mitsuhiko Mizunoe glanced at Mei Terumi not far away and asked in a cold tone.

Hearing this, Mei Terumi couldn't just ignore it, so she just nodded lightly.

"so"

"You are my teammate?"

Mitsuhiko Mizunoe looked at Mei Terumi with a scrutinizing gaze, his eyes revealing the arrogance and contempt unique to the ninjas of the Great Ninja Clan.

Seeing this, Mei Terumi's eyes gradually turned cold. She did not respond, but just looked at Mizunoe Mitsuhiko coldly.

"I hope you won't hold me back."

Seeing this, Mitsuhiko Mizunoe just raised his head, said something, and turned away.

Looking at Mizunoe Mitsuhiko's back, Terumi Mei clenched her fists tightly.

After a while, the last person in the team finally arrived. It was Yoichi Takeda, who was originally in the team.

Compared with the previous two, Takeda Yoichi is obviously much older and looks more stable.

Similar to Mei Terumi, Yoichi Takeda is also a ninja who came from a commoner background.

However, unlike Mei Terumi, Yoichi Takeda's talent is not as good as Mei Terumi's, and his attribute is also a single fire.

Although it is relatively rare in Kirigakure, which is mainly based on water attributes, there is nothing strange about it.

He was recruited into the team by Mizunoe Ryosuke only because of his special skills in perception.

"Sorry, sorry, I'm late."

As soon as Takeda Yoichi arrived, he touched the back of his head and kept apologizing.

"It's okay, we just got here not long ago."

Seeing this, Mei Terumi also joined in, and her attitude towards this ninja who was obviously of civilian origin was relatively gentle.

"That's good, that's good"

"By the way, Captain Ryosuke hasn't arrived yet?"

Takeda Yoichi said with a wry smile.

Upon hearing this, Mei Terumi shook her head slightly, while Mitsuhiko Mizunotsuki on the other side still held his head high, as if he was disdainful to answer.

In fact, Mizunoe Ryosuke had already arrived at the edge of the lake and was waiting in advance.

His purpose this time was actually to test the abilities of the team members.

In fact, the investigation had already begun. When Mizunoe Ryosuke gave the team the gathering information, he did not directly reveal the location.

Instead, they were given some information and clues, allowing them to decide the meeting place on their own.

The first to arrive was Mitsuhiko Mizunoe, which shows that Mitsuhiko Mizunoe has the best talent in interpreting, judging and analyzing information.

The second is Mei Terumi, and as for Yoichi Takeda, he is indeed the worst one.

After all, compared with the future Fifth Mizukage and the clan ninjas carefully trained by the family, Takeda Yoichi is still a lot inferior.

However, as long as Takeda Yoichi can serve as the glue of the team, Mizunoe Ryosuke will be satisfied.

The next step is to start the formal inspection.

The most critical factor under investigation is strength!

Thinking of this, Mizunoe Ryosuke smiled.

The show is about to begin, let me see how you perform, Yoichi Takeda.

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Chapter 18: The Problem Boy from the Hidden Mist Village

Three ninjas of different ages, identities, and strengths sat quietly a few meters apart by the lake, waiting for Mizunoe Ryosuke to arrive.

Due to the differences in their identities and personalities, the atmosphere between the three of them was not very good.

Unlike Mitsuhiko Mizunoe and Mei Terumi who are simply waiting, Yoichi Takeda has an additional task assigned by Ryosuke Mizunoe.

"Intelligence gathering".

The people who need to collect information are Mei Terumi and Mitsuhiko Mizunoe.

As a teammate and old subordinate who has shared life and death together many times, Yoichi Takeda naturally carried out Mizunoe Ryosuke's orders 100%.

He also understood that this was also a test from Mizunoe Ryosuke.

After thinking it over again and again, Yoichi Takeda came up with a suitable idea.

Yoichi Takeda, who had been sitting there, suddenly stood up, took out a scroll from his waist, opened the seal and took out a convenient iron pot.

Then he took some firewood from the spot and water from the lake nearby, used fire escape to burn the firewood and boil water.

After a while, the water was boiled.

Drink more hot water (dog head), this also applies to ninjas.

Except when necessary or for special tasks, ninjas would try to use boiling water before drinking to avoid contracting diseases.

Yoichi Takeda handed the treated water to Mei Terumi very attentively.

"Thank you."

Mei Terumi took the hot water and thanked her politely.

After rushing all the way here non-stop, she was indeed a little thirsty.

Afterwards, after Mei Terumi finished drinking, Yoichi Takeda came to Mitsuhiko Mizunoe as usual and handed the cup used by Mei Terumi to Mitsuhiko Mizunoe.

"Drink some water."

Takeda Yoichi smiled naively and spoke in a friendly manner, but what Mitsuhiko Mizunoe didn't notice was that there was a gleam of brilliance in his eyes.

A trace of disgust immediately appeared in Mitsuhiko Mizunoe's eyes. How could he, the son of the great elder Mizunoe, drink water from a cup used by others?

"roll!"

Immediately, Mitsuhiko Mizunoe said rudely, with no disguise in his eyes.

Takeda Yoichi's expression immediately turned ugly.

This scene looked even more ugly in the eyes of Mei Terumi who was standing on the other side.

"Teng!"

Mei Terumi suddenly stood up and looked at Mitsuhiko Mizunoe with cold eyes.

"hehe"

"Why, a mere burden looking for trouble?"

Mizunoe Mitsuhiko sneered and said bluntly.

This time, Mei Terumi couldn't stand it anymore.

"A burden? I'm afraid you're not talking about yourself."

She retorted bluntly.

"Why, you want to give it a try?!"

The sneer on Mitsuhiko Mizunoe's face suddenly disappeared, and his expression became very gloomy.

"Just try it!"

A cold light flashed in Mei Terumi's eyes.

Water escape technique. Water trumpet technique!

Mei Terumi formed hand seals at an extremely fast speed and spurted out a stream of water with terrifying force from her mouth.

Faced with Mei Zuimei's sudden attack, Mitsuhiko Mizunotsuki was not at all panicked. He also quickly formed seals and slammed the ground.

Ice escape. Ice wall technique!

A wall of ice rose from the ground, just enough to cover his body.