The pages of the calendar turned quickly, and unknowingly, Konoha Year 34 came to an end.
For the past two months, Gojo Yoru hadn't just stayed in Konoha to train but had followed Orochimaru around a small half of the Ninja World.
They executed various missions.
There were C-rank missions escorting merchant caravans, B-rank missions escorting nobles, and A-rank missions accepting invitations from small countries to help them subdue ninja squads from other nations...
In just two short months, Gojo Yoru's resume changed from 1 S-rank mission and double-digit D-rank missions to 57 D-rank missions, 1 C-rank mission, 1 B-rank mission, 1 A-rank mission, and 1 S-rank mission.
Such a resume was definitely NO.1 among Genin, even more dazzling than the resume of Gaara and his siblings in the original work.
And it had only been a little over half a year since Gojo Yoru graduated early.
The reason Gojo Yoru could complete so many missions in such a short time was naturally due to the Flying Thunder God Technique.
The missions that took the most time were not the high-level missions to subdue ninja squads, but the C-rank and B-rank missions that required walking with the clients.
Without the Flying Thunder God Technique, just the round trip would take half a month.
But with the Flying Thunder God Technique, Gojo Yoru and Orochimaru only needed to escort the mission target to the destination, and then teleport back to Konoha in a few jumps.
To let the Flying Thunder God formulas bloom everywhere in the Ninja World, Orochimaru didn't give Gojo Yoru long breaks. He would rest for just one or two days before continuing with missions.
Training was also conducted during the missions.
"At this hour, we won't make it to the next village or town. Let's make do here for tonight."
Another B-rank escort mission.
In the Land of Bears, sandwiched between the Land of Wind and the Land of Earth, in a rocky mountain area relatively close to the Land of Earth.
Orochimaru found a good spot and said to the mission client.
The latter didn't refuse but requested very politely, "Then I'll trouble you, ninja-sama, for the night watch."
"Rest assured, this is our duty."
While the team was setting up tents, Gojo Yoru, as usual, went to find some secluded and inconspicuous places to leave Flying Thunder God formulas.
Gojo Yoru didn't know the limit distance between the caster and the formula, so he would leave a Flying Thunder God formula almost every few miles or even every mile.
When Gojo Yoru sensed, a large number of light points immediately appeared in his mind, all space-time anchors of the Flying Thunder God formulas.
As long as he consumed Space-Time Chakra to connect to an anchor, Gojo Yoru could instantly appear at any anchor location.
Swish—
Just as Gojo Yoru was alone, passing by a huge rock.
A cold glint suddenly shot out from the rock, slashing through Gojo Yoru's body.
"Got one."
The transparent figure gradually solidified.
The ninja who successfully assassinated Gojo Yoru had a triumphant smile on his face.
But the next second, his smile froze.
With a splat, Gojo Yoru's body, split in two by the ninja sword, actually turned into a puddle of mud.
"Earth Clone? No, Earth Replacement. When did he form the seals?!"
The ninja looked astonished, then suddenly reacted and hurriedly tried to form seals to escape.
At this moment, a hand rested on his shoulder.
"You've followed us for so long, it must be hard on you. Take a rest."
"Sealing Jutsu: Four Limb Weighting Seal."
Tadpole-like curse marks began to spread from the shoulder, instantly seizing control of the ninja's body.
Whoosh—
Just as Gojo Yoru completed the seal, the upper body of a person emerged from another huge rock not far away, spitting a stone from his mouth that shot towards Gojo Yoru with a sound of breaking air.
"There's another expert?"
Gojo Yoru was slightly surprised and used Body Flicker to dodge the stone attack.
That ninja didn't linger to fight but rushed out of the rock, grabbing his companion to escape.
Slash—
As the sound of fabric tearing rang out, a golden light suddenly flashed across the ninja's vision.
The next second, darkness invaded his consciousness, and the Grim Reaper took his life.
As his head separated from his body, the ninja's eyes were still filled with confusion.
Clearly, he didn't know where this golden light came from or why he suddenly died.
"Ryuta!!"
The sealed ninja's eyes were about to pop out, and he let out a heart-wrenching scream.
"So noisy. You guys are the perpetrators; why act like victims?"
Gojo Yoru dug his ears, which were buzzing from the noise, retracted the laser sword-like Raijin Sword back into its hilt, then placed his hand on the ninja's head and cast a Genjutsu to knock him out.
On this ninja's shoulder, a Flying Thunder God formula remained.
When sealing him, Gojo Yoru habitually left a Flying Thunder God formula, which was the cause of death for the ninja named Ryuta.
Waiting on the spot for a while longer.
Seeing no one else emerge, Gojo Yoru finally took out a storage scroll, stored the head of the ninja named Ryuta, and then carried the unconscious ninja back to the team.
"Ninja-sama, who is this?"
Seeing Gojo Yoru go out and come back carrying a person, the mission client's expression changed instantly, as if realizing something.
Gojo Yoru ignored him and reported to Orochimaru, who wasn't wearing a Jonin flak jacket or a forehead protector, looking like an ordinary person: "Orochimaru-sensei, the rats have been lured out. Besides this guy, there was another one whom I killed. They used Earth Release: Hiding in Rock Technique, Earth Release: Hiding like a Mole Technique, and Earth Release: Rock Pistol. They should be Iwa ninjas from the Land of Earth."
Hearing this, before Orochimaru could speak, the mission client's expression changed drastically again, and he shouted to the team, "Don't set up the tents! Pack up quickly! We'll travel through the night."
Orochimaru squatted down and searched the ninja, then stood up and sighed, "Even ninjas from major powers are infiltrating small countries to act as bandits. This Ninja World is really getting more and more chaotic."
"Orochimaru-sensei, will there be reinforcements behind them? Should I go scout?" Gojo Yoru asked.
"No need. They don't even have forehead protectors on them. This shouldn't be a spur-of-the-moment thing, but specialized training for looting. They might not even have ninja files." Orochimaru said coldly, "People who do this kind of dirty work have formulas planted in their brains. The higher-ups won't let them know too much. We can't dig out any intelligence from their mouths. Kill him."
"Yes."
Gojo Yoru took out the Raijin Sword and infused Chakra into it.
A dazzling golden light instantly shot out from the center of the hilt, piercing through the head of the ninja whose name he didn't even know, sending him to the Pure Land to reunite with the guy named Ryuta.
Immediately, at the request of the mission client, the team traveled through the night.
Such scenes happened not only to Gojo Yoru and his team but were also common everywhere in the Ninja World.
Military conflicts triggered by economic imbalance were intensifying.
For now, the major powers still cared about face and would hide their forehead protectors.
When the conflict escalated further, they wouldn't even care about face anymore.
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