After the Flower Deer squad recovered, Yagami gathered everyone in the company together.
He held a stack of ninjutsu scrolls and said:
"The prisoner exchange mission was overall rated as an A-rank mission, and most of your individual evaluations are B-rank.
During this mission, the determination shown by many of you gratified me.
Especially the Flower Deer squad; that realistic self-mutilation perfectly deceived the Hidden Sand Village prisoner exchange team and created the opportunity for the final sneak attack.
I have applied for ninjutsu on your behalf.
From these six ninjutsu, try to choose the ones that suit you best."
Fire Style: Fire Dragon Flame Bullet, Fire Style: Dragon Fire Jutsu, Earth Style: Earth Flow Spear, Wind Style: Great Breakthrough, Lightning Style: Earth Flash, Water Style: Water Wall Jutsu.
Four of these were given by Commander Yellow Dog, and the remaining two were Yagami's own ninjutsu.
Using his own ninjutsu to issue rewards to his subordinates made him a truly five-star Anbu squad leader.
The four members of the Flower Deer squad were extremely excited, their breathing becoming a bit heavy.
"The three squad leaders will organize this. Each of you come up and transcribe the ninjutsu."
After the three squads had successively transcribed the ninjutsu, Yagami said:
"In the vast majority of Anbu missions, you must never reveal your identity, primarily using kunai and explosive tags to fight.
For example, the most common Anbu mission is assassinating disobedient nobles. It is impossible to use ninjutsu for such missions.
However, Anbu sometimes must launch frontal assaults on certain enemies.
For instance, when we encountered Hanzo in the Land of Rain, Minister Danzo was leading the team, so there was no concern about hiding our identities.
Each squad leader, based on your members' abilities and ninjutsu, practice coordinated frontal assault operations.
In fifteen days, I will take the initiative to apply for a frontal assault mission from the Commander to test the company's combat capabilities."
With the blessing of the Senju and Uzumaki bloodlines, Yagami's ninjutsu strength had improved significantly. His subordinates should also develop toward ninjutsu to make it easier to coordinate with him.
He looked toward the medical department's tent. Now that there was no immediate pressure of death for the month, he should go touch Tsunade. No, he meant find Tsunade to try his luck for a prize.
Perhaps his Senju bloodline could be upgraded once more.
Yagami looked at the Wind Style: Great Breakthrough. Since he had wind-natured chakra, he would take this opportunity to learn a wind style ninjutsu as well.
As a company commander, occasionally lining his own pockets and giving himself a little extra while seeking benefits for his subordinates wasn't too much, right?
He could hardly imagine how many benefits there would be if he became a Commander.
Many ninja climbed upward by any means necessary precisely for this.
With the support of power, how simple it was to learn a ninjutsu.
Wind Style: Great Breakthrough, a C-rank ninjutsu. After forming hand signs, a gale is spewed from the mouth to suppress the enemy.
In the later stages, wind blades could be added to the Great Breakthrough to increase its attack power.
This could be considered a supplementary functional ninjutsu for Yagami. If he encountered the yellow sands of the Hidden Sand ninja, he could use Wind Style: Great Breakthrough to clear it.
It didn't take fifteen days. After twelve days, Yagami received a mission.
Inside the Commander's tent, Yellow Dog looked at the slightly surprised Fox and asked, "What is it? Is there a problem with this mission?"
"No. I just left the capital of the Land of Rivers, so returning to familiar ground makes this mission quite suitable for me."
Upon learning that the Land of Rivers was building a hydroelectric power station, the Daimyo of the Land of Earth was extremely displeased.
The Land of Earth relied heavily on coal. Produced in abundance on the plateaus, it was one of the economic lifeblood of the Land of Earth.
The Daimyo of the Land of Earth issued a mission requesting the Hidden Stone Village to send an infiltration unit to bypass the frontlines and travel a great distance into the Land of Rivers to destroy the hydroelectric power station.
The Fox company's mission was to intercept and eliminate the Hidden Stone infiltration unit.
Yagami thought to himself that he had just told Koi Chisa that they likely wouldn't meet again. He hadn't expected fate to be so unpredictable, as he had received another mission involving the capital of the Land of Rivers.
Yellow Dog said:
"This mission was commissioned by the Minister of the Treasury of the Land of Fire. I will go to the capital of the Land of Fire first to escort the Minister into the Land of Rivers. You will go to eliminate the Hidden Stone ninja.
The Minister of the Treasury said that if the hydroelectric power station proves feasible, the Land of Fire will also build one."
Yagami arrived at the company tent, gathered the three squads, and left the main camp.
On the road, Purple Cat looked doubtfully at the commander in the lead.
Why was the squad commander moving so fast? Was he in such a hurry to get to the capital of the Land of Rivers?
White Sheep didn't dare reveal much on the side, thinking to himself that for what came next, it would depend on the company commander's time management skills.
Outside the capital of the Land of Rivers, the foundation of the dam had begun to take shape.
Upstream of the dam, following the construction plan left by Yagami, the upper cofferdam had been built.
The upper cofferdam blocked the water, and by building a temporary diversion channel next to it to lead the river water away, a dry construction environment could be provided for the dam.
Koi Chisa stood on the crest of the upper cofferdam, holding a rapier, and shouted loudly, "We must stop the Hidden Stone ninja!"
As the sister of the Daimyo, she came to the dam early every morning and only returned to the capital at midnight, all for the sake of completing the dam as quickly as possible.
Today, the dam was being besieged by dozens of Hidden Stone ninja.
The samurai on the outer perimeter were fighting desperately to hold back the Hidden Stone ninja, while wandering ninja were on the banks of the Yoshimizu River, throwing kunai at the Hidden Stone ninja rushing across the water.
Whether they were samurai or wandering ninja, they were too weak in front of the Hidden Stone.
The highest quality ninja in the shinobi world were all in the major hidden villages. The Land of Rivers had no hidden village, and the strength of the hired wandering samurai was not great.
Large pieces of flying debris came hurtling through the air.
Koi Chisa's swordsmanship was decent. She brandished her rapier, trying her best to shatter the flying rocks.
There were too many Hidden Stone ninja on the water. They were not only attacking the people on the cofferdam but also smashing the cofferdam with stones.
If the upper cofferdam was smashed down, the foundation of the hydroelectric station behind it would be washed away and destroyed.
Each impact of the stones caused the cofferdam to tremble.
The trembling of the cofferdam beneath her feet filled Koi Chisa's heart with desolation.
Even if she was the sister of the Daimyo, so what? Ninja could easily destroy her life's work.
The strongest Hidden Stone captain had dealt with the samurai on the shore. Over a hundred samurai lay dead on the bank.
He leapt onto the water and formed hand signs toward the upper cofferdam.
A continuous stream of giant boulders, carrying the whistling sound of the wind, smashed toward the cofferdam.
Each boulder was four or five meters in size, and there were more than twenty of them in succession.
Koi Chisa's rapier slowly lowered.
She couldn't block it. With her strength and that of her guards, they could not stop such terrifying Earth Style.
At that moment, the water in front of her suddenly churned.
Water Style: Water Wall Jutsu!
A water wall over ten meters high appeared in front of Koi Chisa.
The gushing of the water wall brought a mist. The mist splashed against her face, giving her a rare sense of coolness.
Reinforcements!
The Daimyo of the Land of Rivers had written to the Daimyo of the Land of Fire about the hydroelectric station and even suggested that the Daimyo of the Land of Fire build one on the Naka River.
Was this help from the Land of Fire?
A figure landed beside Koi Chisa.
He wore a fox mask and a hooded cloak, his features obscured.
It was this Fox Anbu who had used a massive Water Style to block the terrifying Earth Style attack.
Koi Chisa looked at the ninja beside her, feeling a deep sense of security.
Only... this build?
Yagami turned his head and glanced at Koi Chisa's slim-fitting dress. Because of the intense battle just now, the dress had many wrinkles, making her look quite disheveled.
He reached out and adjusted the crooked glasses for her. Yagami said:
"Miss Chisa, do not panic. This area is now taken over by the Hidden Leaf Anbu."
Koi Chisa remained motionless as her glasses were adjusted by the Fox Anbu. She kept telling herself in her heart that it wasn't what she thought. That person was a Rain ninja who had left long ago.
The ninja wearing the Purple Cat mask also landed on the cofferdam and said, "Miss Koi Chisa, please leave this place. It is dangerous here."
Koi Chisa glanced at the female Anbu standing beside Fox. A woman's natural sixth sense caused an inexplicable surge of jealousy to rise in her heart.
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