5 Chapter 5

"Mimura Kenji is the son of Mimura Hattori and Mimura Aoi. The only shinobi their family is Hattori's distant cousin, Mimura Hamaki, who is a jonin."

Minato nodded and said, "I know Hamaki. We have been on various missions throughout the war."

"They don't interact much, but their relation is pretty good."

"Hmm. Tell me about Kenji."

"Yes. Kenji is unlike any genin I've ever seen. It has been exhilarating being his jonin sensei. I.. Sometimes feel that I'm holding him back. The boy is simply too good. So much so that I find myself lacking in front of him. It's like he became a jonin before he even graduated. He also uses Suiton and Futon jutsu with incredible skill. He.. seems to be a fan of yours and he figured out how to use your jutsu, Rasengan."

Minato's eyebrows shot up to his hairline. "He can do Rasengan?"

"And the shadow clone."

"Has Hamaki been a part of his training?"

Hayama shook his head and said, "I asked Hattori-san and he denied it. The kid's a natural in everything he does. He can soak up everything that's taught to him. As a matter of fact, most of the weapons supply in the village was personally forged by Kenji, even your kunai. As for the rasengan, he figured it out."

Minato sank in his chair. 'What a once in a lifetime genius.'

"Why didn't he graduate early?"

Hayama sighed and said, "Kenji wanted to avoid the war. He said, and I quote, 'I'd rather die old having lived an ordinary life, than die young having lived extraordinarily.' He dissed every single genius who ever graduated early."

Minato chuckled at that. It was like listening to a Nara. "Inform me how he performs during the mission. A shinobi needs to be mentally strong as well. If all goes well, the village will invest into his future."

"Yes, Hokage-sama."

"Dismissed."

As Hayama left, Minato looked at the new kunai on his table. He picked it up once again and paid closer attention to it.

'There's a golden hue on it that I didn't notice before. The balance, there's a feeling I'm getting from it. It's... making me feel more collected, more focused. I feel more in control of the kunai. What a monstrously talented genin. If not for Hayama and Hamaki vouching for him, I'd have pegged him for a spy. Word of this will not leave this room. Mimura Kenji, I'm excited to see what you'll learn from my kunai.'

"ANBU, what I talked about with jonin Shirakumo Hayama should not reach the ears of the roots of Konoha. Let the leaves blossom. The diseased roots should not be allowed to have their way. No matter what you have to do, no matter whom you have to silence, save the leaves of Konoha from its rotten roots."

Minato was an incredibly smart man. He was well aware of the powers that be. Looking outside the window of his office, the cold glint in his eyes as he stared at the dead root shinobi sent chills down the spines of the ANBU.

'The king in shogi is the one you have to protect. The king isn't the Hokage or the village elders. It's the children and the genin. Meanwhile, the pawns...'

Minato's eyes went back to the dead root shinobi.

'... The pawns are the ones who hunger for power. When your own men become the enemy of the king, it's the commander's job to eliminate them.'

"Summon Hatake Kakashi to me."

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"Kenji-kun, did you pack enough underwear?"

"... Yes, I did."

Hattori sighed and said, "Aoi, have some faith in your son. He's strong."

Aoi teared up and said, "How can I not worry about him?! He's my bubbala! Look at his chubby face! What if he gets hurt?! His mama won't be there for him!"

Kenji's eye twitched at being addressed as 'bubbala'. It was a new word, and equally ridiculous as the ones before. But, he couldn't refute Aoi. She was his mother and had every right to worry.

"It's alright, mom. Hayama-sensei is a veteran. He can handle multiple shinobi, much less some ronin causing trouble. It'll be a piece of cake! Oh, cake! Mom, bake a cake for me when I return, please please pleeeease~"

Aoi resigned to Kenji's big eyes. She could never say no when he acted like that.

"Ohhh I could never say no to you!" Aoi exclaimed as she hugged Kenji tightly to her breast.

'I'm too young to lust after my own mother! But, so soft!!'

Kenji reluctantly broke the hug and after saying his goodbye, he left for the mission. He met with his team at the village gates.

The moment he reached them, he threw two storage scrolls to his teammates and said, "Seal your belongings in those scrolls. They're just extra weight that'll slow us down."

As the two proceeded to use the scroll, Hayama nodded and said, "Alright, everything seems to be in order. Our enemies are ronin. So, we'll be facing a bunch of people with katanas and no bushido. We'll have to be careful. It will take atleast three days for us to reach Hacho village. In that time, I want you, Kohaku, to face off against Kenji while he uses a bokken. You are a close ranged fighter, and going up against a sword user with only taijutsu is difficult."

"Yes, sensei!"

"Kiyomi, your expertise in katon jutsu will provide us with a much needed ranged offensive. In these 3 days, I want you to focus on your aim and limiting the damage to your targets."

"Kenji, you will be leading the offense. Keep the enemy engaged and prevent them from going after Kiyomi. In these 3 days, along with helping Kiyomi and Kohaku, you will strategize and figure out the most efficient way to handle the enemy."

"Yes."

"Genin, our mission is to eliminate the threat. We will be spilling their blood with our hands. So, prepare yourselves mentally. I do not want you to freeze up. A battle is always dynamic. There's no role of second guesses when facing the enemy. That will cost you your life, or that of your teammate. Am I clear?"

"Yes, sensei!" ×3

And so, Hayama and the KKK left for Hacho village.

Kenji still hadn't managed to breakthrough to legendary level in bukijutsu, but he was sure he would get there. More than that, he needed a breakthrough in his kenjutsu, and he was sure that would happen on the mission.

Nearly five years of grind had allowed him to reach such a level. But, he was still lacking in certain aspects. There were some skills that were locked which he so dearly wanted.

The kunai in his hand was key to one such skill.

Hiraishin was originally created by Senju Tobirama. But, it was Minato who perfected it and made him so feared that Uchiha Madara's first action after gaining the ten tails was to remove Minato's arms. The man was the greatest threat against Madara and Obito, even more than Hashirama.

Kenji was a long way away from learning the seal. But having achieved mastery in fuinjutsu, he was sure that he could gain some form of inspiration from it.

The seal array was essentially a warping and displacement array which displaced the user or object from one position to other. The seal was very complex, but it was enough to increase his fuinjutsu skill by a few percent.

'Motherfucker made teleportation look badass. As if it wasn't cool enough.'

[Name: Mimura Kenji

Age: 10

HP: 8600

CP: 7000

C-CTRL: 95%

STR: 400

DEX: 428

VIT: 430

INT: 470

WIS: 500

LUC: 40/40

Ninjutsu:

• Suiton- Grandaster (14%)

• Futon- Master (83%)

• Raiton- Intermediate (86%)

• Doton- Intermediate (74%)

• Katon- beginner (53%)

• Neutral jutsu- Grandmaster (28%)

• Iryo ninjutsu- Intermediate (88%)

Bukijutsu: Grandmaster (94%)

Taijutsu: Grandmaster (76%)

Fuinjutsu: Master (18%)

Genjutsu: Expert (63%)

Smithing: Legendary (13%)

Cooking: Expert (53%)

Sculpting: Master (32%)

Tracking: Expert (45%)

Skinning: Intermediate (82%)

Crafting: Expert (96%)

Teaching: Intermediate (90%)]

Kenji had reached the legendary level a few days ago. It was after achieving the level that he forged Minato's kunai. He knew that his level up was going to have a huge effect on his creations.

His skill had become so great that the stats of his weapons had an effect even on people other than himself. With that in mind, Kenji made a decision to stop mass creating weapons of the best quality as he didn't want them to be used by his enemies.

Instead, he would only make the best for a select few individuals.

'I wonder what fighting with my life on the line will be like... Not anything pleasant, I guess. I just hope I'm not affected too much by it. Killing people at the age of ten is messed up. Poor Itachi, his asshole father made the kid kill a man before he was even five. Fuck that guy and everyone who thought it was appropriate. It's for people like these that I say, good fucking riddance. And his bitch of a mother who did nothing about it. Atleast neuter the man who gave your kid such childhood trauma. No Sasuke being born would've been the cherry on top.'

Suffice to say that Kenji wasn't a fan of the Uchiha.

'Itachi, lord Second would be proud. Could atleast spare the babies, though.'