Lucky Day

Chapter 264: Lucky Day

Kumogakure

They had just received an urgent message from the diplomatic delegation, delivered through a Summoning Beast.

The Fourth Raikage, A, was utterly dumbfounded.

He had thought he had cleverly seized the best opportunity to send out the delegation.

So how had it turned into this kind of mess?

How could ninjas be so underhanded?

You even faked a defection?

An S-rank wanted notice had already been issued!

Wasn’t the Uchiha Clan massacred by him?

The letter even said there would be retaliation.

Retaliation for what…

You bunch of liars!

Even A, whose scheming could be said to have its own distinctive style, found it impossible to imagine that a village could be this shameless!

Meanwhile, outside Kumogakure, two figures clad in Black with Red Clouds robes slowly approached the village.

Having received the memories shared when his Wood Clone dismissed itself, Xu Yue temporarily abandoned his plan to keep selling local specialties in the Land of Lightning.

After all, selling goods from the Land of Earth to the Land of Lightning did not bring much profit.

He could have continued leasing out Tailed Beasts step by step, and it would not have mattered. But since something had happened over there, he might as well farm a few more missions. There was only one left anyway.

His main purpose in coming to Naruto this time was to gather Tailed Beast Chakra in the shortest possible time, so he had only completed missions incidentally. He definitely would not be able to reach the same level as his previous mission.

But if he could not farm an SS rating, then farming a few more S ratings would do. He still had a huge shortage of S-rank rewards…

"Isn’t it a little too presumptuous for just the two of us to come looking for trouble with Kumogakure?"

Kakuzu followed behind Xu Yue, and he truly felt like smashing his head against a wall. He had once believed that, aside from money, he would never feel anything else for the rest of his life.

But now, he felt that if he were given another chance, he would absolutely cherish his teammates!

It would have been fine if we fought more slowly. I could have waited for you!

Why did I have to throw around Fire Release like an idiot?!

"It’s nothing. I have the Flying Thunder God."

Xu Yue, wearing a conical hat, spoke calmly.

"But the leader probably won’t allow us to be this high-profile."

Kakuzu still refused to give up.

"It’s nothing. We just won’t let him find out."

Xu Yue remained as calm as ever.

Wearing something this conspicuous, and you’re telling me he won’t find out?

Are you kidding me?!

Are you planning to turn everyone in the organization into rats crossing the street right now?

"Don’t worry. Nothing will happen. Everything will return to its proper course."

Xu Yue had complete confidence in the space’s power of correction.

Even with his forceful intervention, the trajectory of the Nagato trio had not changed. Zabuza had merely been given the slightest opportunity, yet he had once again obtained the Kubikiribōchō.

The incident of Hinata’s abduction had been delayed for so long, yet it still erupted as soon as the chance arose.

As long as he did not go too far, if his next entry was several years later, everything would definitely be restored seven or eight-tenths of the way.

He just had to avoid accidentally killing any key figures.

He had been a merchant for a long time. Since his Wood Clone had triggered a strange mission chain over there, he naturally needed to farm as many points as possible.

There were too many things he needed to learn, and he simply did not have enough mission points.

Just the Perfect Sage Body alone required four S-rank plots. There were also the Six Paths techniques, including the method of creating Pain’s Six Paths. Didn’t he happen to have two spare materials? And then there was learning Dust Release, and so on and so forth.

What he had farmed so far was nowhere near enough.

He wondered how much he could make up here…

Kumogakure

A ninja wearing a Hidden Cloud forehead protector entered a room.

"How strange. We can’t get in touch with Power of the Era, Holy Saints of Heaven, or even Rothschild Bank. What exactly are they up to?"

Clearly, this Hidden Cloud ninja was a Reincarnator!

In the Land of Lightning, France Zone’s large Reincarnator legions had also entered during this intelligence bonanza.

Among them was the Reincarnator legion ranked third in the France Zone—

the Saint-Cyr Legion!

Even Saint-Cyr Military Academy had been founded by this legion. Although the Saint-Cyr Military Academy recruited openly from outside, many of its internal slots were absorbed within the legion itself.

Most importantly, because they had adopted an open policy at the military academy, they were exceptionally well-connected. They had influence not only in France, but often in other countries as well.

Only they had the ability to contact and unite all the other legions in this Mission Space.

Yet, strangely enough, they had been unable to contact them.

"They all can’t be reached?"

A Crusader warrior wearing a medieval helmet seemed rather puzzled.

If one or two could not be reached, they might have been carrying out critical missions. But for all of them to be unreachable was too much of a coincidence.

Originally, based on some intelligence from Japan, they had merely come to the Land of Lightning to farm some physical enhancement methods and techniques for using the Lightning Armor, hoping to combine them with some of the legion’s abilities.

The Saint-Cyr Legion’s main specialties lay in mech legions and knight legions.

Since they had chosen things that were not particularly difficult to acquire, they had not brought any major figures with them, believing Elite Reincarnators would be enough.

However, when they had used Japan’s intelligence to gather enhancement abilities and were nearly finished with their objective, one member had accidentally discovered a terrifying ninjutsu in this village!

The Heavenly Transfer Technique!

It was actually a transportation technique!

For the logistical support of mech forces, this technique was simply too incredible. In an instant, all of them were fired up.

Transportation abilities did exist in other Mission Spaces, but few were so convenient to use. Other techniques either had harsh conditions for use or harsh conditions for acquisition.

Furthermore, one could never have too many transportation techniques. Every additional person who acquired it could change the course of a battlefield.

However, this technique was also considered a strategic ninjutsu in Kumogakure.

Obtaining it would likely be extremely difficult, and they had no intelligence guides for it. They could only slowly conduct their own tests.

That was precisely why they had planned to contact the other legions and rely on Saint-Cyr’s reputation to invite some outside help to solve the problem together.

Yet they could not contact anyone at this very moment…

It was truly frustrating!

"If it comes to it, we can only conduct preliminary intelligence probes ourselves. In any case, confirming that such a technique exists in this Mission Space means we can focus on clearing this space next time."

After pondering for a moment, the man dressed as a Crusader made his decision.

They had originally wanted to take advantage of the fact that several major legions had sent in powerful figures and borrow their strength by owing them favors. It seemed they had miscalculated.

Several legions already had powerful figures in this space, so there would have been far fewer favors to repay. After all, they would only have been asking them to help out along the way.

If they truly needed to dispatch multiple powerful figures next time and have them enter alone specifically under their respective legion names, the price they would need to pay would be far too high. The cost-effectiveness would plummet.

"Our basic mission has already been completed this time. Investigating intelligence counts as a complete bonus, so don’t lose heart. Bringing back this information will still earn us rewards."

"But how could intelligence rewards compare to the reward for directly obtaining this technique? What a pity. There were clearly quite a few powerful figures from other legions here this time. It’ll be hard to get another opportunity like this next time."

Ding~ Triggered mission: Stop Him. You will soon understand what he intends to do. Stop him. The basic reward for mission success is one opportunity to freely choose any Kumogakure ninjutsu—any ninjutsu!

The suddenly appearing triggered mission left the members of the Saint-Cyr Legion somewhat bewildered.

This…

What exactly had happened?

Was the space malfunctioning?

Why did whatever they wished for suddenly appear?

Since when had it become so generous?

This did not fit the space’s usual nature at all!

But no matter what, this was truly too lucky!

Two chapters complete~