I just returned to Konoha and found that all my clan members were gone.

"Your mission this time is to protect several wounded people and take them back to the gold mine in River Country. They all escaped from there. A group of people calling themselves the Black Shovel Family rules the village and often kills innocent people. You have to deal with them." Tsunade called Ye Lan over and issued a new mission.

“For this kind of mission, we can just send a few Genin…” Ye Lan looked down upon the B-level mission. Not only was this kind of long-distance mission a waste of time, but the reward was also low.

"The key is that here is some information. The leader of the Kuroko family, Kuroko Raiga, seems to have been one of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen. If this is true, he who has become a rebel is very likely a member of the Akatsuki organization." Tsunade said. She was concerned about these powerful rebel ninjas. Hoshigaki Kisame, who partnered with Itachi, was also one of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen.

"If that's the case, the rating for this mission is too low." The Seven Ninja Swordsmen are all jonin-level ninjas, and B-level is not worthy of opponents of this level.

"If this really happens, then this mission will automatically be upgraded to A-level. The publisher doesn't know the specific situation very well. These are just my guesses."

"I understand." Ye Lan put away the scroll, "So who is the Genin assigned to me this time?"

"Boy, you are smart!" Tsunade smiled, "Come in."

Ye Lan was not surprised by Tsunade's behavior. This kind of thing had happened more than once or twice.

"Senior Ye Lan!" Xiao Li, who was wearing a green tights, walked straight forward and greeted him with full energy after entering the room. Following him were Hyuga Neji and Tenten.

"Ah! I didn't expect that it would be Senior Ye Lan who would lead us on the mission." Tiantian had just met Ye Lan a while ago, while Ningci crossed his arms and remained calm.

"What's the matter, Kai?" Ye Lan lowered his eyes. He didn't expect that Tsunade really arranged these children for him.

"Gai has gone to carry out an S-level mission. He was named by the other party, so he can't go with them, so please trouble you." Tsunade smiled a little embarrassedly. She was the Hokage, but why did she feel like she had done something wrong?

"Listen carefully, you must obey Ye Lan's command throughout this mission! Come back to me after completing the mission well!" Tsunade stopped joking and said to Xiao Li and the other two.

"Oh!" Xiao Li agreed seriously, but he looked funny whenever he was serious.

Uchiha? Ningci looked at Ye Lan with some concern. He had always heard others talk about Ye Lan's name. He knew that Ye Lan, a boy two years older than him, was already the backbone of the village, but he had never seen Ye Lan take action with his own eyes. He was always curious about Ye Lan's strength.

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"How long are you going to rest? Everyone is waiting for you to rescue them!" One of the three wounded men shouted at Ye Lan and the others who were leisurely.

"Do you have any opinions?" Ye Lan spoke before Neji and the others could speak. Although he did not release any chakra, the man named Rokusuke lost the courage to argue.

If the opponent is really a ninja of the level of Hoshigaki Kisame, it would be a taboo to fight with a tired body. Ye Lan would certainly not explain his thoughts to such an ordinary person. Moreover, he would be submissive to those who bullied him, but feel justified towards those who helped him. He would not have a good face no matter who it was.

"By the way, there is a store near the gold mine that I am very familiar with." Xiao Li said at this time, "Then we can use that store as a base to survey the village."

"Is it okay?" Ye Lan still asked. He was afraid that the shop owner would leak their information.

"No problem, I'm very familiar with the lady in charge of that store!" Xiao Li said, patting his chest.

River Country is very close to Konoha, so even with a few ordinary people, Ye Lan and his group arrived at the small shop that Xiao Li mentioned in a few days. It was a shop specializing in curry. The owner was a petite old lady, and Xiao Li affectionately called her Grandma Sansho.

When Granny Sanjiao heard about their intentions, she was very welcoming. It turned out that her son Mustard had also joined the Black Shovel family, and she begged Ye Lan and others to bring him back. At Xiao Li's request, Ye Lan had to agree temporarily, and then Granny Sanjiao happily served her secret curry.

Looking at the curry bubbling like oil, Ye Lan felt something was wrong. He looked at Xiao Li, but he didn't expect him to eat it with big mouthfuls and say it was delicious.

Seeing Rock Lee's reaction, except for Ye Lan who had already opened his Sharingan to confirm the ingredients of the curry, everyone else moved their spoons. After Ningji and Tenten took a bite, their faces instantly turned pale. What was even more exaggerated was that the ordinary people with them fainted directly.

I thought my Sharingan was ineffective. Ye Lan was almost fooled by Xiao Li. This is really something people eat.

At night, everyone started to rest. Ye Lan suddenly noticed some movement. He raised his eyelids and found that Liu Zhu, who had quarreled with him during the day, had opened the door and ran out. Ye Lan did not stop him. The most important task this time was to eradicate the Black Shovel Family. He had no time to worry about the lives of these people.

"Where is Rokusuke?" Rokusuke's companions woke up Ye Lan early in the morning. Ye Lan got up dissatisfied. Ningci came to Ye Lan and said seriously: "Senior Ye Lan, what should we do?"

"You and those people pretend to be villagers and go back to the village to see what's going on. I'll let Xiao Li and Tiantian stay at the entrance of the village. If anything happens, you guys discuss it with me and I'll investigate it myself. Remember to evacuate immediately if anything happens and leave everything to me." Ye Lan was not a tactical master, and he didn't know how to cooperate with others. He just asked them to act according to the circumstances.

Ningji nodded, packed up and informed those people of the situation, planning to go to the village.

The two ordinary people shook their heads when they heard that they had to go back to the village. To them, the village was hell and they didn't want to go back at all. Neji tried to persuade them several times but it was no use. There was no other way but to go alone. With his Byakugan, he was not easily discovered by the enemy.

Xiao Li and Tiantian also followed him out. Ye Lan said goodbye to Grandma Sanjiao and left the store.

As the name suggests, Gold Mine Mountain has a peak at a high altitude. If one wants to have the best view of the village, one has to climb to the top of the mountain. Ye Lan's only purpose is this. And generally speaking, it is very likely that one will meet the other party's boss in such a place. Every person in power likes to look down on his own territory. If one encounters Ye Lan, he can also test the other party's strength.

Neji, wearing a dark cloak, sneaked into the village. He avoided pedestrians along the way and headed towards the center of the village. It seemed that no one noticed him, but a man in the village called Boss Raiga slowly looked in the direction where Neji had sneaked in.

"Leiya, there are enemies and they are not weak." Leiya seemed to be carrying something behind him, and a faint reminder came to his ear.