On the 20th, in the Anbu's locker room.
Konoha Village had just finished its routine inspection, and everyone was facing their lockers, unbuttoning their Anbu vests. Katsura's breathing was even weaker than usual, fearing the captain's call.
Can you imagine how terrifying it would be to be called by the captain? It's like you've been slacking off for a week and your manager calls you to present your plan. It's like you just got home from a foot massage and your wife calls you to hand in your homework.
The captain still called out Yamon Katsura's codename.
"Fox, keep an eye on Teruzuki Izakaya tonight."
It was over, and it was still him. Katsura put his newly removed Anbu vest back on.
This vest wasn't the cloth armor of an ordinary ninja, but gray iron, just like Kakashi's Anbu attire in the original story. The iron vest offered no sense of security.
After nightfall, Yamon Katsura hid in the woods at the corner of the street, stalking the distant izakaya. At a certain moment, his eyes flickered slightly beneath his mask.
Although he was very serious and even had a foresight, he still didn't know how the team leader appeared in an instant. He asked the captain for money, and this time he shamelessly asked for three stacks. It would be a waste not to accept it. I bleed for the Anbu, and the Anbu cannot treat me unfairly.
Entering the Teruzuki Izakaya, Yamon Katsura still went straight to the corner.
"Give me the most expensive sake!"
The female boss he had met in the previous life, holding the wine, smiled charmingly, and came in front of Katsura. Her collar was so low. Yamon Katsura was fascinated. It was so big and so beautiful, how could she not tremble? After all, it lacked some beauty.
The same process, his side was pinched by the female boss's towering body, and he walked into the side room in the backyard. The female boss closed the door.
"Ninja-sama, do you prefer Yang-Style or Yin-Style?"
"I understand that, I understand it all too well. Sometimes I prefer Yang-Style, sometimes I prefer Yin-Style. When I'm tired, I use Yin-Style, and you come up. When I'm still up, I use Yang-Style, and I come up!"
"Hahaha, Ninja-sama, you really understand!"
Yamon Katsura teased, but deep down, he was alarmed.
It's moving! Something's moving!
Something's moving in the corner, emerging from the ground. The ground didn't shift, but Katsura, who also knew the Earth-Reflecting Fish technique, could sense the approaching force.
At the same time, the female boss moved too. She pressed forward, her lips just as soft as before.
"I can't wait! Forget the kissing scene. Come on, let's go with Yang-Style!"
Yamon Katsura shoved the female boss to the ground, throwing her towards the shadows. He pulled out a hidden kunai from his waist and thrust it between the female boss's legs.
The female boss had initially thought the Konoha ninja was being impatient, but suddenly, from behind Yamon Katsura's shoulder, she saw the iron ring of a kunai.
Oops!
Between her legs, she felt something cold. As she fell to the ground and was about to exert her strength, she suddenly heard a muffled groan from behind.
Even worse!
The kunai wasn't meant to kill her, but her teammates below! Beneath her back, her teammate convulsed. The Konoha ninja had stabbed her spy teammate in the heart, perfectly placed between her legs.
A storm raced through her mind. The Hidden Rock Village had sacrificed countless companions for her spy identity. The teammates who had accompanied her for years, the teachers who had taught her, all perished in Konoha.
To protect each other, she and her teammate had never met, communicating with each other through secret codes. If her teammate was exposed, she must not be.
Her only chance of preserving her spy identity was to feign ignorance. Exposing herself would kill her, and being discovered would kill her. If she passed out, Konoha might mistakenly assume she was clueless. This was her only chance.
"Ouch!"
The female boss's head slammed against the ground. Katsura felt the female boss's body limp and pass out. Feeling the ground between her legs, he felt blood on his hand. Yamon Katsura decided to call the captain first.
Leaving the side room, Yamon Katsura leaped onto the rooftop. After signaling to the captain, he returned to the backyard.
The door was open, and seconds later, the captain entered the side room.
The captain carefully closed the door and immediately surveyed the scene. "The ground around the kunai is oozing blood. There's someone underground! Fox, did you kill him?"
"Captain, my chakra attribute is earth. I sensed someone underground, so I tried to thrust my kunai into the ground."
The captain nodded, saying, "Excellent, very good."
He raised his hand, and in the next second, he smashed the ground open, revealing the person beneath.
Covered in dirt and blood, he was a master of earth escape techniques.
After examining him, the captain continued, "He's skilled in earth escape techniques. Judging by his square face, he looks like someone from the Land of Earth. He might be an Iwagakure spy."
"Very good, Fox, you've completed a B-rank mission. You're quite lucky for someone who just passed the Chunin Exam to be able to complete a B-rank mission. Master Hatake Sakumo once said that luck is a form of strength."
He hadn't expected his captain to have dealt with Hatake Sakumo before.
It seemed Kakashi had heard the saying about luck being a form of strength from his father, Hatake Sakumo.
Katsura corrected him, "Captain, my strength isn't that bad, is it?"
"If over a thousand ninja hadn't died on the battlefield in the Land of Hot Water, and the Chunin Exams hadn't been held during the Ninja World War, you wouldn't have made Chunin in another three years."
Seeing he couldn't change the captain's impression, Yamon Katsura turned to the female boss, indicating that there was still someone alive.
"It's okay, the female boss is unconscious and can't hear us." The team leader said,
"First, take this man away and extract intelligence from his brain. Following that information, perhaps we can lead to a clue."
The captain carried the spy and left the house.
Katsura returned to the ground and carried the female boss to the bed. He glanced at the female boss with a touch of regret. Although it wasn't trembling or limp, it was huge. What a shame.
After retrieving his equipment from the woods around the corner, Katsura returned to the Anbu. Katsura and the captain took the body to the Intelligence Department. A Yamanaka clan ninja took it.
Katsura said, "Captain, can I have a few days to rest? I'm a little tired from patrolling, surveillance, and this spy mission these days."
The captain wanted to refuse, but then he thought about Fox's poor strength. The team would be the same with or without him. Since Fox had just completed a spy mission, he said,
"I can give you three days to rest and wait for notification. The village is in need of people, so you must return to the team in three days."
"Okay, thank you, Captain."
Katsura had to try to wait until the 15th of the next full moon to have a chance to revive. During these 25 days, every day he could delay was a day.