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Filthy Gamer in Narutoverse: 51
🕑 Added 2022-06-26 03:39:06 +0000 UTCTitle: Call of Duty (3)
Kai looked at the legend himself. Many things were known about the White-haired man in his prime as he had his own space in the main tent within the Konoha Camp inside Ame. The pitter-patter of the rain on the tarp of the tent filled the interior with a layer of background noise but it failed to break anyone's focus as Kai continued to stare at the man who had multiple scrolls unfurled in front of him as the man stared back at Kai.
"Could you repeat that?" Kai inquired as the man's dark pupils lit up and his smile broadened slightly.
"I asked... what's the difference between the White Fang of Konoha and Sunagakure?" The man, the legend, White Fang Sakumo Hatake questioned with a hint of amusement as Kai looked thoughtful only for a second and shrugged, "I don't know? White Fang likes destroying Suna's Shinobi and Sunagakure doesn't like getting their Shinobi destroyed?"
The tent fell silent while Sakumo's expression froze before he grumbled, took out a small diary, and crossed off something on the paper while Kai questioned, "Did I get that right?"
"You did... sorry. It's just that my wife gave birth to a son this year and she said that a father with a good sense of humor is admired by their son... so I'm jotting down some jokes whenever I have some free time."
"But why tell me?" Kai inquired.
"Because... my son would grow up? You're 6 this year, right? I wanted to see... if my jokes were funny... Hey, Kai-kun, tell me what did the Sunagakure Shinobi do at the sight of the White Fang?"
Kai frowned again but under Sakumo's expectant gaze, he muttered slowly, "He... sanded his pants?"
Sakumo deadpanned and slowly picked up the brush once again before crossing out another section of the page.
"Then, what did the Puppet Devil Couples of Suna see—"
"Are all the jokes around White Fang and Sunagakure?" Kai questioned.
"Well... I have been stationed in Sunagakure borders for 5 years now... these are all I can think of at the moment."
"I see... well, they are good but predictable. A joke of this kind should be... ah, right, it's a bit stale but still good. What's an ambush of Anbu called?"
Sakumo blinked, "What?"
"An ANBUsh."
Sakumo was stunned for a second before he snorted a chuckle, "Ah, I see... hmm, I need to change most of these but boy, I'll make Kakashi laugh until he's on the floor when he grows older," Sakumo smirked and closed of his diary before looking at Kai and nodded.
"I have read your file and only because of your work ethic and the fact that you're the only Chunin with 147 D-Ranked Mission Completions... and other achievements, I will be giving you the kind of missions you applied for... the Diplomatic ones."
"Thank you," Kai grinned.
Sakumo added while handing Kai a scroll, "Although there are other things expected, most of which are already written in the mission objective, I hope you can minimize the bloodshed of the innocent because it's not our objective."
"Got it," Kai nodded and left the camp. Although a Sakumo Hatake with a nasty case of dad jokes was unexpected, Kai could understand his obsession with Sunagakure in most of the jokes.
As Sakumo revealed, he has been stationed in Suna for a major amount of time, and his legendary monicker was gained there, too. Sakumo is a man with high chakra capacity, deadly jutsu, and most of all, his iconic kenjutsu that made use of a special chakra blade. The White Fang Sakumo Hatake also happened to be one of Konoha's most notable S-ranked Shinobi with a great reputation and was made the leader of the Konoha War Camp in Amegakure.
Genin, Chunin, and Jonin. Under the umbrella of a Kage, the three ranks of Shinobi differentiate and categorize each full-fledged shinobi based on their abilities and raw potential but while Genin and Chunin cannot have any more complexity... the Jonin rank has some wild making. Special Jonins, Elite Jonins, and even S-rankers...
Special Jonins happen to be someone with one of the recognized standards of strength into that widely acceptable range of a Jonin. Most Chunins either grow into a Jonin with enough time or remain a Chunin and a Special Jonin their entire life.
Meanwhile... Elite Jonins, as the term signify, are elites within the rank of Jonin. They are trusted and can even be sent on a mission as a leader of a three-men cell of Jonins. S-ranked Shinobi... is not an eligible rank in any shinobi village. But these men and women are titled 'S-ranked' due to their known achievements and due to being marked as such in the Bingo Book by other Shinobi Villages. To be clear, S-rank is not a title of strength or reputation but is actually a mark set by enemy shinobi villages.
Even a Genin can be an S-ranked village with a good enough deed. Kai wondered if fucking the wife of a daimyo... or drawing ink on a Kage would earn someone such a title... maybe giving a Kage diarrhea would?
Still, Sakumo was an Elite Jonin with feats diabolical enough to be marked an S-ranked Shinobi.
'But he's kind of cool... already preparing jokes and whatnot for his kid.' Kai shrugged at the thought as he stepped into the rain and looked about. The Konoha War Camp on the border of Ame and Land of Fire was surrounded but outposts manned by many shinobi. Again, despite the high number of shinobi, the war was fought more discreetly than not.
The major chunk of shinobi are used to safeguard the perimeter while only a few are sent out to various missions to the point that just to stick it to Hanzo for siding with other shinobi villages, Hokage is immigrating various neutral villages distraught by the war after a thorough examination.
The population is the lifeblood of a country and the Hokage made it clear with missions of such nature that Hanzo's actions did not amuse the village hailed as the strongest militant force on the continent.
Kai returned to his tent with his roommate out on some perimeter guarding mission.
Making sure that no one was around, Kai checked out his mission and a smirk touched his lips.
[War Effort Mission: The Puppet Village
Summary: Recover control of the Gyu Village near the main Konoha's encampment by assassinating Sunagakure's team of Puppet Brigade.
Rewards: 14 SP
Failure: Reduced trust and favor of commander Sakumo Hatake.]
Kai's grin widened. A B-ranked mission from the start only meant that Sakumo trusted his abilities from all the reports provided and thought him capable enough despite his age to get through with this mission. Naturally, sinking the mission would mean the loss of that initial trust and impression. Honestly speaking, he felt such trust more freeing than anything else.
'We can't have that, huh... And Puppet technique... tch, too bad it's a frigging 100 leveled technique. No wonder Suna has got it going for themselves. I wonder how strong these puppet masters are...' Kai silently mused as he recalled the technique presented to him when he stuck chakra thread on Kushina and made her knock on her own head— The 'Why are you hitting yourself' act, if you will.
In the past one and a half months, Kai stopped focusing on the highly demanding grind and had started to amass more and more quick-grind techniques. Of course, he worked through the night even if Kushina slept, making the chakra he consumed quite disastrous! He only slept before returning to this war front just to enjoy the touch of his bed. Too bad that Kushina's touch ruined the tender moment he had with his pillow.
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"Will you be alright?" The brunette Kunoichi with Konoha's forehead protector on her arms questioned with a slightly tense expression as Kai looked at her and two others behind her with a polite smile as if he wasn't thinking eleven different ways to fuck his enemies up for his own amusement, "Our missions are different. You'll be the saving hand and I'll be the one with the sword, making sure we regain control without unnecessary bloodshed."
Kai disappeared under the constant drizzle as he entered the range of the village. He had some information about these puppet masters and it made him a little... confused. If Sunagakure was really the pioneer of puppetry and had enough ability to keep it a closely guarded secret... why the hell was it so pitiful against the other Shinobi Village?
The skill was almost too strong and had Kai mastered his current two high-grind-skills, he would have jumped on the puppet wagon... maybe make some bombshell knockoffs and sell it to Jiraiya, you know, knowing the market and key demographic is always good.
He stopped for a second and strained his senses instead of chakra awareness. His nose twitched. The scent of wet soil became noticeably more prominent but he also smelled a strange... musk of oil. Even the rich scent of wet grass couldn't hide it without any enhancement of his senses with chakra and now, Kai's gaze drooped down on the spot not far from him.
Finally, Kai spread his chakra awareness and didn't locate any other traps.
'Hmm... so this is a puppet?' Kai stopped not far from the hidden puppet and found it to be based on a trigger and in the shape of a mouse. Made from wood, Kai crouched and sent his chakra into the mouse before noting the fuin seal that would trigger the mouse to erupt with a flashbang the moment it sensed movements 3 meters around it. Too bad the [Chakra Paws] covered for Kai as he finally scoffed at the glorified landmine of a flashbang.
Just make a paper tag! Much more simple, and did he say cheap?
Not to mention... the paper tag could be dipped in any kind of odorless oil and still be used but this mouse had a distinct stench.
'And... it also means I wouldn't have noticed this piece of tinker otherwise... I have to keep one of my senses charged with chakra at all times, huh... maybe, two... smell and hearing? But the scent of blood and shit when Shinobi dies can be overbearing. Talk about being troublesome... fuck it. Consider it a forbidden jutsu or not, I'll copy Byakugan soon enough...'
Kai took out the mouse and stored it to open it apart later before moving on and finding three more mice, each of them stored. All the time, he made sure to keep one technique he mastered the quickest.
[Chakra Emission Control (20/20): Allows the user to control the convergence and emission from the chakra network to effectively mask the actual chakra quantity and quality of the user. The amount allowed to emit is also the amount of chakra usable at any given time. Reduces Chakra Wastage by 0.1℅ at every level.]
Although it can't fool a Byakugan user— he confirmed this with one annoyed youth already tired of being a technique beta tester— it worked wonders on the average senses and right now, he barely had any chakra emitting into his chakra network. Just enough for chakra paws to sneak into the village.
It took him a few minutes to scout the village and found two Suna shinobi but... five puppets. These puppets around the village were too basic and simple to be considered the main force and were deactivated. Three of them were inside the trunk of a tree and the other two were hidden inside pools of water around the village due to constant rain. Even if simple... these puppets had slightly better mechanisms than the mice.
'But they're well defended. The puppeteers only need to keep their chakra threads active which doesn't take too much from them and allows them to manipulate two puppets each around them... but they'd sleep. No matter how little, everyone does. Hmm, can they share the vision with their puppets? It'd be too cool if they can... ultimate scouts in the making right there.'
But it was evident that the only reason the two shinobi did not move was that they didn't need to... their traps weren't triggered and they'd been here long enough to have things in control. Honestly, Kai could easily enter the ranks of a Special Jonin even with the things he'd revealed but even he understood he was too cool for the higher-ups to bear his magnificence... too narcissistic?
And soon, as he discreetly infiltrated the village for closer observation of his opponents, he realized that one of the puppets taking rounds in the village did not need to share the vision to alert them because it was layered with a polished coat of Blue Blooms, a special herb overly sensitive to high volumes of chakra in varied ranges. Kai could smell it since Tsunade had her team familiarized with too many herbs and medicines.
The puppet had a natural trigger... The only function of this puppet was also to be a sensor trigger that made Kai even more amazed.
It was out there... sparse... but the creativity itself was some good stuff!
Kai, however, did not trigger the puppet as he hid in one of the abandoned huts. It was clear the Suna Shinobi had done some mean work on the villagers to make them more compliant.
'They're too cautious to NOT have some triggers on their bodies, too,' Kai chuckled internally.
If only this wasn't a war where efficiency was valued... he could have made a field trip out of this.
But the enemy was too... immobilized for its own good.
'Let's see...' Kai took out a padded pouch filled with layers upon layers of explosive senbon needles waiting to be called for their intended duty and purpose!
'Same old story... huh...'
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*Boom*
