Konoha: Archers of the Hyuga family

A breeze blows.

The cherry blossom leaves rustle.

This is not the flowering season, but Hinata Kumokawa feels the coldness of that season.

"Forget it, you don't have to say it if you don't want to, but I have a request."

Seeing that Hinata Kumokawa didn't answer for a long time, Orochimaru stopped pressing the question and said, "Be my student, Kumokawa-kun."

"Sir, this..."

"Don't worry about the third class. I have already told the third generation about this. As long as you agree, you can become my student at any time... Of course, I will not compete with that old lady for the title of master."

"But...why, Lord Orochimaru?"

"Because... they are all too boring. They don't understand the secrets behind ninjutsu at all, and they don't want to understand. They just want to see the final result... and I really need your eyes."

"Ah!!!... Can you let me think about it, sir?"

"Of course, I'll wait for you for three days."

"Thank you sir."

"Want to visit where I work?"

"Don't dare to disturb me."

"What a pity, then...see you later."

"Goodbye, Orochimaru-sama."

……

Watching Orochimaru walk away in his only home clothes and disappear into the depths of the cherry blossom forest, Hinata Kumokawa finally breathed a sigh of relief and turned around to go home.

It was so scary.

Need your own eyes?

Holy shit...can I say this directly?

I don’t want to think about it anymore, I don’t want to think about it anymore, I need to go home and hide, get some sleep to calm down my shock, and by the way, I’ll go to the Hokage Building tomorrow and ask about the matter of transferring me to Orochimaru as a student, and ask about the suspected spy that I caught. Are people actually spies?

……

Orochimaru walked under the Hokage Rock and turned to look behind him.

"Come out."

The members of the Root Organization hiding in the darkness emerged and bowed slightly to Orochimaru.

"Danzo-sama is looking for you."

"I'm impatient to come out for some air...I'll be back right away."

"Gen" said no more and quietly disappeared into the darkness.

Orochimaru raised his head, looked at the three head sculptures above, stared at Sarutobi Hiruzen's head sculpture for a long time, yawned, and walked away...

……

……

The next day, early morning.

Hinata Kumikawa arrived at the Hokage building early and entered the Hokage's office after being informed by the Anbu.

"Three generations of adults."

"Oh~ Yunchuan, I was just about to find you..."

The third generation held a stack of documents and put them together on the table. He took off his glasses and took out the glasses cloth to polish the lenses and put them aside on the table.

"After this mission, you will be transferred to Orochimaru's laboratory. He told me that he needs an assistant and named you. Byakugan's observation skills will be of great help to the experiment..."

"Of course, the most important thing is that the experiment needs to be kept strictly confidential."

"In this regard, I absolutely believe you. If you don't have any other ideas, go find Orochimaru after the mission is completed. In addition, this is an S-level mission. Whether you accept it or not depends on you..."

"..."

Hinata Kumokawa lowered his head and searched his mind for information about Orochimaru during this period.

experiment……

According to Captain Yamato's age, he should have been born during this time period.

In other words, the experiment being conducted is most likely the cell transplant experiment of the first Hokage.

There should be... no danger to myself.

Moreover, at this stage, Orochimaru should be normal, not crazy enough to change his own body when he has nothing to do, and even if he is greedy for his own body... there is a caged bird above his head. Do you want to solve it?

In short, compared to going on missions with Kakashi later, it may be a little less dangerous. Moreover, Orochimaru is proficient in various ninjutsu sealing techniques and is also original. If he is willing to teach, it is not a bad thing to be his student.

"It is an honor for me to be able to help Lord Orochimaru."

"Since you agree, the mission contract is ready and you can sign it now~"

Sarutobi Hiruzen took out a scroll from the drawer and pushed it to the other end of the desk. Hinata Kumokawa stepped forward and opened it.

As expected.

The task content is to help Orochimaru complete the first-generation cell research experiment. The level is S level. The final bonus for completing the task is 5000 million taels, and a monthly subsidy of 3 taels is provided.

Can't say it's a loss.

Under normal circumstances, it is impossible to have tasks every day, and with the configuration of the third shift, which is B level at most, it will definitely be less than 3 taels if you get it in a month.

As for the 5000 million...

Don't think about it. Orochimaru even ran away and became a traitor because of this mission. He didn't even understand after the Third Ninja War. This money will definitely not be in his hands.

But escaping unharmed shouldn’t be a problem…

After confirming that there were no text traps in the mission contract, Hinata Kumokawa wrote his name, rubbed it twice on the ink pad, and made a thumbprint.

"Lord Hokage, there is one more thing, the person we captured..."

"He is indeed a spy. He has the unique seal of the Ninja Village in his memory. He belongs to the Kingdom of Thunder. His target is the secret scroll of the Izuno family. Unfortunately, his level is too low and he has never even seen the face of his superior... In short, do it Be beautiful, Yunchuan."

"That's what I should do, Hokage-sama."

Hinata Kumokawa rolled up the scroll and pushed it back to Sarutobi Hiruzen.

After bowing slightly and saluting, he walked out of the Hokage's office.

There was a loophole in Sarutobi Hiruzen's words.

I have never seen the face of a superior, so a low-level spy hides poison in his teeth?

Picture what?

He has no information in his mind, so he can't protect anything even if he dies.

I don’t know what twists and turns there are...

In any case, this mission still had to be completed first, so after going downstairs, Hinata Kumokawa went straight to the new home of the Izuno family, and stopped by the master's ninja shop to say hello.

Yukihara and Kakashi should have arrived by now.

According to the plan, today I will help the family obtain ninja level certification. If Izuno does not meet the graduation standards, I will also help him with admission matters...if he plans to go to school.

After all, this task is quite complicated...

……

……

While the third team was surrounding the Izuno family, their mentor Sarutobi Ryuu was fighting with someone a hundred miles east of Konoha Village.

The Kingdom of Thunder indeed sent people to recover the secret technique of the Izuno clan.

But instead of spies, they're an elite ninja squad.

Originally, Yunyin Village had reached a deal with Tangyin Village, using the secret skills of several companies in exchange for Yunyin Village's protection of the Kingdom of Tang, because Tangyin Village was no longer able to protect its own country, and it was located between the two countries of Fire and Thunder. Now the relations between the two countries are deteriorating again.

As for making money...

Tangyin Village has long stopped relying on ninjas to fight to the death to complete tasks to make money.

Yuno Country has beautiful scenery and hot springs everywhere.

The entire country is relying on tourism and hot spring industries to make money. The budget allocated to Ninja Village is getting lower and lower year by year, so Yugakure Village has gradually moved closer to a tourist attraction.

What kind of fighting power do ninjas have...

However, every secret technique is valuable, even priceless.