Chapter 62: The Courageous Obito
"Heh heh, Lord Water Gate, it's a good thing it's you. If it were that idiot Jiraiya, I'd be very troubled; I like dealing with smart people, it saves a lot of effort."
Orochimaru chuckled, his voice slightly hoarse. He wasn't surprised that Lord Third had sent someone to share authority, he just hadn't expected it to be Minato Namikaze.
Although Jiraiya, as a disciple, had a considerable reputation in Konoha, it was mostly reflected in his mission completion rate; relying on his Body Flicker Technique and the space-time Ninjutsu, Flying Thunder God, Minato Namikaze had already gained a significant reputation among the Five Great Nations.
However, that was more a reflection of his individual strength. This should be Minato Namikaze's first time serving as a deputy commander in a war.
"Orochimaru-senpai, I'm mostly here to learn from you this time," Minato Namikaze replied with a smile, his kindness so palpable that even Hyuga Mirai, standing in the distance, could feel it.
"You're too modest, Mirai-kun. Come in first," Orochimaru said, then led Minato Namikaze and the second batch of support troops into the camp.
After the handover, they could proceed to establish a defensive camp within the Land of Rivers. The Land of Fire and the Land of Rivers had an auxiliary agreement, allowing Land of Fire's Ninja to establish camps in the Land of Rivers during emergencies.
As for when it was an emergency, that was now; the Sand Ninja Village had just been ambushed by Orochimaru, suffering heavy losses, and might lead a large army to attack at any time.
Konoha certainly didn't want the battlefield within the Land of Fire, so after discussions between Orochimaru and Nara Shikaku, among others, they decided to move the defensive camp into the Land of Rivers.
However, such strategic matters had nothing to do with Hyuga Mirai.
For his research funds, he diligently researched three methods: damage replacement, mission commission, and complex data falsification.
Hyuga Mirai could make the data accounting very meticulous, to the point where no one in the camp could detect it.
No one would check these during wartime, and Hyuga Mirai remembered that Konoha and Sand Ninja fought fiercely, even being pushed back to Kikyō Castle at one point, so losing some things then would be perfectly normal.
"I wonder how long the war between Konoha and Sand Ninja will last, but if it's over a year, that's at least a hundred million in profit. Even if I split it fifty-fifty with Orochimaru, it'll be enough for me to create a biological mechanical assistant."
Hyuga Mirai calculated in his mind. Although it would take a bit long, it was stable; once the biological mechanical assistant was created, he would have a spokesperson outside Konoha who could earn money.
"The biological mechanical assistant's electromagnetic limbs can be further optimized. I can go to the black market first to deal with the puppets, then buy some Chakra metal."
There was also Chakra metal in the Sand Ninja Village's puppets, but not much, and Hyuga Mirai had dismantled all of it.
As for some more precise parts, if they weren't sold in the Ninja World, Hyuga Mirai could only find a way himself or look for substitutes.
"I need to find a chance to go out and ask Orochimaru, and also mention the situation here."
Hyuga Mirai then used the Summoning Technique, summoning a small purple snake.
Hyuga Mirai then wrote down the matters of military supplies and his desire to go out alone in a scroll, then stuffed the scroll into the purple snake's mouth.
"Go. I'll reward you when you return to Konoha."
This little purple snake has good talent. When it grows up, it will definitely become a wise Summoning Beast like Manda.
Hyuga Mirai had long had his eye on this little purple snake. While researching hashirama cells in Konoha, he also performed a set of gene sequence fusion experimental calculations for the purple snake.
Although it was later interrupted due to the war, the calculated fusion rate had reached 80%.
Once things settled down, Hyuga Mirai would definitely give the purple snake a set of gene enhancements to help it grow rapidly.
The Summoning Beast snakes that are trained from a young age are the most obedient; Hyuga Mirai wouldn't want to use ones like Manda, no matter how strong they were.
After all the second batch of military supplies were put into storage, Hyuga Mirai continued to optimize the design blueprints; however, without materials and parts, the tenth version of the design blueprint was the best he could optimize it to.
The remaining parts would depend on the fusion degree of Eight-Tails cells and hashirama cells.
However, at this moment, Hyuga Mirai sensed someone approaching, so he immediately put away the extra items, preparing to distribute military supplies to the Ninja going on missions.
"Mirai-kun, we're here!"
Before they even entered, Hyuga Mirai heard a familiar voice, and he immediately knew who it was.
"It's Kurenai. Aren't you on a mission?"
Kurenai Yuhi and Hyuga Kiyomi walked in, surveyed the items in the room, then Kurenai Yuhi, making herself at home, found a chair and sat down.
"For now, it's just patrol and reconnaissance missions. Kiyomi heard that it'll be at least five days until it's our turn."
Now both of them are Chunin, so they are qualified to arrange some B-rank missions for now, without needing additional personnel.
"I see. So why are you two here to see me?"
"It's because of that guy Obito!" Kurenai Yuhi waved her hand and explained, "There are some Nin school classmates in this support unit, and Obito and his team also came. During a conversation, Obito and Kiyomi had a bit of an argument, so they agreed to a sparring match."
Hyuga Mirai looked surprised and said, "Then Obito is truly courageous."
The last-place student who hasn't awakened his Sharingan dares to challenge the famous genius of the Hyuga Clan. Regardless of anything else, the Uchiha's courage is fully demonstrated in him.
"No, Mirai-kun," Kurenai Yuhi said with a smile, "Even if Obito is an idiot, he knows he's no match for Kiyomi, so he proposed a team sparring match, a three-on-three."
"Kakashi shouldn't agree to something like that."
"But Kiyomi was very interested in it, so they agreed."
"Oh, so that's how it is..." No wonder she hadn't said much since entering, and kept glancing at him out of the corner of her eye.
Hyuga Mirai glanced at Kiyomi.
Hyuga Kiyomi felt a little embarrassed by that look and pretended to be tough, saying, "Obito provoked us first. We can't let the Hyuga Clan's reputation be diminished in front of the Uchiha."
No, you agreeing to fight against the Uchiha's dead last has already diminished the Hyuga Clan's reputation; just say it, you just want to spar with Kakashi!
Hyuga Mirai knew this perfectly well. He wasn't particularly interested in Kakashi; if Hyuga Mirai had to choose, he'd rather fight Orochimaru or Minato Namikaze. These two could help him find his own shortcomings and thus see directions for improvement.
Sparring with Kakashi could only train his acting skills; there was no other gain.
"Since you've already agreed, I'll have to go with you, but isn't it a bit bullying for the three of us to fight Obito and his team?"
Kurenai Yuhi laughed, "It's only fun if we bully our former classmates!"
No matter how strong Kakashi was, at most he was a Special Jonin now, and there were already two Sand Ninja Jonin who had died under their three-person cooperation. Obito and Rin were not even within the scope of combat power calculation.
"Shadow Clone Technique!"
Hyuga Mirai split off a Shadow Clone, letting the Shadow Clone guard the military supplies here for him, then followed Hyuga Kiyomi and Kurenai Yuhi to the agreed location.
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