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[Konoha, 8:24 A.M.]

After finishing the morning training and bathing in sweat instead of water, Yukan stood in front of Sakumo.

"Sensei, I will first visit Minato and then continue the training at noon," Yukan, who was drenched in sweat, said.

"Go. I also need to go to the Hokage's office. You may get your first mission today." Sakumo said.

Yukan was happy to finally get a mission and see what he can do after a month's training under Sakumo.

Sakumo, being a master in reading faces, thought,' *sigh* This is going to be tough.'

-At the Hospital-

"Here, consume this tablet once after eating your lunch and this one after dinner. If your condition stays alright, we will discharge you by the day after tomorrow." A woman wearing nurse clothes said to Minato in the bed.

"Thank you, nurse," Minato said.

The nurse soon left the room. The sunny smile on Minato's face disappeared.

A knock came on the door and the door was opened.

Minato had a bright smile on his face again.

Yukan entered the room and saw Minato with a smile.

"Don't do that smile in front of me, just keep your face normal," Yukan said with a disgusted expression while looking at Minato.

The smile on Minato's face once again disappeared.

Minato's sunny smile was something he did intentionally. He did not have any ulterior motives, having this kind of bright and cheery smile would always make him look trustworthy, giving him a preference for many things. Another reason was that he was usually sad and lonely but he never wanted people to know about that.

"Why are you here?" Minato asked

"Just came to visit my partner. Anyways, I may go on a mission soon hehe. You may enjoy the bedrest till then." Yukan said.

"Whatever, I'll have one soon too… All the best for the mission anyways." Minato wished Yukan as Minato covered himself in the sheet.

Yukan simply nodded, patted Minato's head as if he were a kid and left the room.

-At the same time, in the Hokage's office-

"....and so, Sakumo, you and your team will go for Team 1's rescue. I know this is your team's first mission and this will be B-rank, but since it is wartime and YOU are leading the team, I'll allow it." Hiruzen said. He had a serious expression on his face.

Team 1 had an important person, Uzumaki Kushina, and Hiruzen had to keep her safe at any cost.

Hiruzen had sent Team 1 to investigate the area near Konoha due to warnings of infiltration but instead of getting any useful intel, what he got was an S.O.S from Kyosuke Mina meaning that he was injured during the mission.

Hiruzen also took this opportunity to give Yukan his first mission, even if it will be very tough for him.

"Yes, Lord Hokage. Yukan And I will leave within this hour." Sakumo bowed and disappeared immediately after saying.

-A few minutes later, at the training grounds-

"Yes, Sensei, you called for me?" Yukan rushed over immediately after getting a message from Sakumo.

"We are going on a mission. Long story short, B-rank mission, rescue team 1, there may be a lot of ninjas, blood everywhere. We leave in exactly… 37 minutes, you will make your first kill on the mission so, be ready for that." Sakumo gave Yukan the details in a very brief way.

Yukan, after listening, turned around and left to pack some essential supplies he may need on the mission.

Exactly 30 minutes later, Yukan reached Konoha's main entry gate.

Sakumo was already standing there, waiting for Yukan.

"Right on time, let's leave now." Sakumo said while looking at Yukan. The two then rushed out of the gate and headed North.

While running, Sakumo started to say," Yukan, we will reach the location in about 18 minutes if we continue at this pace. I may not be able to help you all the time during the mission, so, you are responsible for yourself." Sakumo had a serious expression on his face.

Yukan saw his expression and wasn't sure if he would be the same after this mission.

"Yes, Sensei," Yukan said.

As they were getting closer to the location, Yukan felt as if the number of people around them suddenly appeared and kept on increasing.

"Sensei, I feel as if someone is wat-" Yukan was speaking but stopped after seeing Sakumo raise his hand, gesturing Yukan to stop speaking.

Sakumo had sensed all the ninjas before Yukan. Yukan's current [Magic Sense] skill was not high enough to sense those powerful jonin.

Sakumo could tell, there were exactly 4 jonin, 14 chuunin and 6 genin.

'Looks like their team has quite a lot of chuunin.' Sakumo said in his mind.

Sakumo suddenly stopped on the branch of a tree and instructed Yukan on how they both will take out the 24 foreign ninjas.

"All the genin are your responsibility. I will handle all the chuunin and jonin and make sure that they don't come near you. Try your best kid.." Sakumo tapped on Yukan's head once and disappeared the next moment.

Yukan wondered where he went but suddenly heard a shout from the deep forest.

He understood, and this means that Sakumo had made the first kill. The fight between both parties had started.

"I'll also start with my work," Yukan said as he also disappeared from his place.

In the previous month, Benimaru's template reached 18% and now, Yukan is a lot stronger than how he was last month.

It was not only the system but also his own body's physical development due to his regular exercise with Sakumo.

Yukan looked down at the ground and jumped off the tree.

As soon as he landed on the ground, he could detect movements in the bushes around him.

There were movements in 6 places at the same time. Though the current Yukan could not kill them all at the same time, he could do one thing.

Yukan detected the genin who was moving the closest to him.

Right at that moment, the genin jumped out of the bushes and rushed in Yukan's direction. There being only a single genin rushing in his direction, Yukan was not scared at all.

He fought with Sakumo as training for the whole of last month after all.

The opponent genin held a kunai in his hand and was aiming to stab Yukan's face. Though the genin was fast, Yukan wasn't slow either.

Yukan quickly tilted his head to the right. The kunai grazed Yukan's face and some blood started to flow out of it.

"Ouch," Yukan said but he did not react.

As the genin was still moving forward with his momentum, Yukan hit the hilt of his weapon on his back, making the genin fall to the ground.

Yukan walked to the fallen genin and hit his face hard using a scabbard causing the genin to get knocked out.

"Only five remain." Yukan said as he looked into the bushes.