Naruto: Itachi True Story

Chapter 5: Mission

In a dense jungle, two figures were moving rapidly. "Itachi, how are you?" Shisui turned his head and asked Itachi behind him.Itachi looked around again with vigilant eyes, nodded, and said, "Nothing unusual was found."

However, Itachi's face looked a little pale. After all, Itachi's current strength was only at the level of a genin, and poor physical strength was inevitable. Although they had rested for a while before entering the woods, the inside of the woods was not as flat as the outside. On this section of the road, you must always pay attention to any movement among the trees. There may be an enemy ambushing inside.

The tense nerves and high-speed movement caused Itachi's physical strength to drain quickly. Itachi watched Shisui gasping for air.

Shisui jumped up onto a tree trunk and squatted next to Itachi.Shisui patted Itachi's shoulder gently, indicating to let him take a rest. Itachi was thinking about reaching the battlefield quickly, but this time Shisui was the captain of the mission, and he knew that he had lost too much energy. , so he nodded obediently.

Shisui smiled softly at Itachi, then immediately stood up and quickly formed seals with his hands.

bang bang bang

There was a burst of smoke around Zhisui. Using the Clone Technique, Zhisui released three clones. Then the three clones dispersed from different directions and disappeared into the trees.

"Drink some water." Shisui handed the kettle to Itachi. Itachi took the kettle and said "yes" before taking a swig. "Be careful of choking," Shisui said with a smile as he saw Itachi's expressionless look on drinking water.

However, Itachi didn't choke. After taking a few sips, he handed the bottle to Shisui and said, "Thank you."

Shisui took the kettle, took a sip of water, and said: "We have arrived near where Captain Minato sent the signal. Judging from the fireworks of their original signal, there are at least a thousand enemy troops, and their strength is around the chuunin level."

"More than a thousand people are still around Chunin," Itachi swallowed and repeated it again.

"Then there are two of us." Itachi knew that although his strength was that of a genin, he was still much better than an ordinary genin. If he encountered an enemy, he could barely compete with a chunin, but the number of enemy soldiers was more than a thousand. , the strength is about Chuunin, how can it be possible for the two of them to fight against the opponent alone.

"Don't worry about this. We are not the only ones I want to send support. There should be support coming from different directions on the way. I have just sent a clone to explore the road ahead. Now I will come back and tell you the details of the mission again. "Explain it again." Shisui sensed it, and the three clones didn't seem to find anything.

Itachi nodded and listened carefully.

"The family gave me information. Konoha and Iwagakure are already at war with each other. This mission is called the Kannabi Bridge Mission. Iwagakure of the Earth Country sent more than a thousand ninjas to prepare to invade the Fire Ninja Village through the Grass Ninja Village. The border of the country." When talking about the thousand ninjas, Zhisui's face became a little solemn.

"Sneak attack?" Itachi murmured softly.

"Yes, it is precisely because of their sneak attack that we plan to retaliate with others in their own way. No matter what kind of war it is, the supplies at the rear are the most important."

"So, Brother Shisui's brother's mission is to destroy the supplies at their rear."

"Yes, the team led by Captain Minato, along with my brother, Nohara Rin, and Hatake Kakashi, who has become a Jonin, is going to destroy the Iwa Ninja's supply route - Kannabi Bridge."

"Since we are destroying the supply route, of course it is better to go as a small team. If there are too many people, we will be discovered. In this case, why did you send us a signal to go to support?" Itachi looked at Shisui with a puzzled face. .

Zhisui smiled slightly and said: "Our mission is to snipe. We had no intention of greeting our comrades on the front line."

Itachi was shocked and said: "But the mission given to us by Father is to go to the front line to support us."

"You didn't understand what the clan leader meant. The clan leader just told us to provide support in front of everyone, but what he actually meant was the middle genin team responsible for sniping Iwagakure."

"Itachi, you are very smart. You should understand what I mean." Shisui put away the kettle and looked at Itachi.

When Uchiha Fugaku assigned tasks to many teams, he clearly stated that he was going to support Namikaze Minato to help them complete their tasks, but in fact he hinted that Shisui was sniping Iwagakure's middle genin team, so the meaning was already obvious.

"There is a traitor" Itachi blurted out.

The corners of Shisui's mouth curved and he gave Itachi a thumbs up.Uchiha Fugaku told Shisui and the others their mission in front of so many people, in order to let the Iwakaku informants lurking in Konoha know that it was two children who came to support, and also to make them relax their vigilance.

"Who?" Itachi asked.

Shisui shook his head. It was because he didn't know who the traitor was that Uchiha Fugaku hinted at Shisui.

Since Shisui didn't know, Itachi didn't ask further, but recalled what Shisui said just now, and then said: "Since we are the middle genin team that sniped Iwagakure, shouldn't the two of us have to be independent on the battlefield? Survive"

Shisui nodded and said: "Don't worry, Itachi, their Iwagakure genin team is just cannon fodder, sent to the front line for reinforcements. With the strength of the two of us, as long as we don't encounter a few at once, We can still defeat them one by one." Shisui's tone was full of confidence.

"Cannon fodder" Itachi was a little puzzled. After all, a team was composed of four ninjas. There was so much power in numbers. If they cooperated with each other, it would be much better than a team of Shisui and Itachi.

Shisui said: "Itachi, think about the configuration of our Konoha team."

Itachi almost didn't think before he blurted out: "The configuration of the Konoha team is to have one jounin as the captain and three genin."

Shisui nodded and said: "Yes, and our configuration in Konoha is said to be jounin and genin, but in fact it is a jounin as the captain. Although the remaining three are all genin, they also have different characteristics. Losing the strength of Chunin. For example, my brother Obito's team not only has the outstanding Jounin Namikaze Minato who wins with speed, but even Hatake Kakashi who cooperates with his team also has the strength of a Jounin."

"Is there a difference in strength?" Itachi asked.

Shisui nodded and said: "That's it, this is the difference between our village and Iwagakure Village. There are very few ninja teams in Iwagakure Village that have jounin, and almost all ninja teams are composed of chunin and genin."

Itachi was a little shocked, "Why is this?" It is almost difficult for a team without Jonin to survive on the battlefield, especially on such a frontal battlefield, the survival rate is almost zero.

Zhisui sneered: "The reason why they match up like this is to create opportunities for their jonin."

On the battlefield, a jounin has enough self-protection ability, and also has huge lethality. The ninja teams formed by Iwagakure are two extreme teams. One team is composed of all jonins. The other team is also a team composed of genin and chunin. The team composed of a group of genin and chunin gives priority to attack, using their own strength to create opportunities for their jounin.

Itachi suddenly realized what Shisui meant by cannon fodder just now.

"Instead of saying that their team is to create opportunities for the Jonin, it is better to say that it is for us to practice our skills." After Shisui finished speaking, a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.