Things became complicated!

Yuuma faced the Kumo ninja who was close to losing his mind from the rage he felt towards this brat who was the cause of him killing his own partner, the Kumo ninja began to swiftly form several hand seals "Lightning release: Electric Shocking Needles!" The Kumo ninja surrounds himself with countless tiny lights that swiftly shaped into needles before launching towards Yuuma.

Yuuma felt calm as his left foot was pointed towards the Kumo ninja, his right leg bend slightly with his katana held in his right hand right above his head, "Ninja art: Chiratsuki no ha" Yuuma disappeared from the Kumo ninja's sight, from the Kumo ninja's perspective the moment Yuuma appeared behind him all the lightning needles he created were sliced in half and then the world turned black as his life ended with his head sliding off his body.

Yuuma waved his sword in a crescent motion splattering all the blood off from the blade of his katana, at the moment when he sheathed his katana his body exploded in a puff of white smoke. Ao who was still maintaining the middle route was watching the fight with quite the surprised expression as he found the boy to be a natural fighter, he was decisive and did not hesitate to kill when needed.

'Guess Mei truly has an exceptional little brother' He thought as he turned his direction towards where the real Yuuma was running from the remaining two ninjas.

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"Damn, two of our guys got done in!" One of the two surviving Kumo ninjas notified his partner, "We have to at least take down this brat!" The two Kumo ninjas nodded at one another as both of them used body flickering movement to appear in front of Yuuma instantly with both their palms thrust towards Yuuma after completing the required set of hand seals "Lightning Release: Thunderbolt!" The two ninjas release a high discharge through both palms aiming the lightning towards Yuuma.

However, the moment the lightning touches Yuuma the surrounding blurred a bit before changing once again, "GENJUTSU!?" "WHEN!?" The two ninjas began to circulate their chakra to break free from the Genjutsu but the level of genjutsu Yuuma could cast due to his bloodline from the Kurama clan made it so real that it could inflict Damage upon the targets. "Demonic Illusion: False Surroundings" Yuuma muttered with a faint smile.

Within a breath, the two ninjas were suddenly thrown into a drowning illusion, the feeling the two ninjas were too real that their bodies felt it was the reality as well, because of the illusionary water interrupted their bodies from absorbing oxygen from the air leading to asphyxia and thus dying in the process. Yuuma watched the two men grabbing their throats as if they were really drowning before collapsing as they drew their last breath dying, if civilians were to see this they would have thought those two lost their minds.

Ao arrived at the moment the two ninjas died, when he saw the scared looks on the faces of the ninja he could conclude they died because of a genjutsu. 'To think his genjutsu is just as horrifying as his natural talent in Kenjutsu and Taijutsu, but then again his opponents were all just genins' He thought before walking over to Yuuma, "It appears you can handle yourself well enough"

Hearing a familiar voice complimenting him Yuuma turned his gaze seeing Ao arrived he smiled, "Thanks for the compliment sensei, forgive me as I will have to complete my mission" Ao nodded after Yuuma finished what he wanted to say before continuing his sprint towards the destination, even if he took out the four ninjas the main culprit was not accounted for.

Ao felt something was wrong after he thought about his meeting with Kaede, he was not certain but the movement of these Kumo ninjas was too well planned as if they purposely tried to keep the request for graduation level. Or that was what he speculated but if that were to be true, then their enemy is planning something really ruthless against Kirigakure.

Yuuma travelled fast through the forest by leaping from tree branch to the next one, he began to place his hands together before forming hand seals "Wind Style: updraught steps". Suddenly beneath his feet, updraught was generated which allowed him to walk in the air for a short period of time allowing him to take great strides to leave the forest sooner where he came across the town Kaede told him about.

Yuuma landed with his feet on the ground near the entrance to the Town where several Shinobis were patrolling when they saw the Kirigakure sign on his shirt they still stopped him to identify himself before they allowed him to enter the town, this town was a bit more developed compared to the city where Kaede's workshop was located at.

The buildings were built with bricks instead of wood. In the centre of the town was a tall building from the looks of the windows it was about 7 floors high, Yuuma pushed open the left door of the double door to enter the reception area of the company but instead was welcomed by silence. There was no one in sight until Yuuma came to the reception desk while he already prepared to unleash a genjutsu at any given time.

When he ringed the bell on the desk nothing happened for a while till an old lady with a wrinkled face lazily exits the staff room to stand behind the desk looking at Yuuma with dull eyes. "Is there something you need dear?" The old lady spoke softly as her eyes were gazing at the young boy with kindness as if she was looking at her own grandson, "Yes, I am here to deliver a package from sir Kaede Yamato?"

The lady who heard this was confused, "Sorry dear, but who is this Sir Kaede Yamato?" When Yuuma heard this question he felt vigilant but he could not determine if the lady did not really know him or perhaps her old age was catching up with her, "He is the Jewellery shop owner from the city in the south" When the old lady heard this she thought for a moment before she nodded as if she remembered something, "Ah, that brat Yamato huh? I remember now"

Yuuma felt a bit relieved but he still kept his vigilance, he was not certain why but he felt something was wrong in this building. "So what is the package?" The old lady's eyes were swimming over Yuuma's body as if to search for something, Yuuma squinted his eyes "I need to hand it over to the Owner of this business personally" Hearing Yuuma's words the old lady sighed with reluctance as she nodded, "You can take the stairs over there" She pointed to his right before she continued, "His office is on the seventh floor.

When Yuuma arrived at the Second floor he smelled blood lingering in the air, yet he still heard chattering voices on the other side of the door. He slowly pushed open the door only to see adult staff members working while chatting with one another, seeing this Yuuma shook his head thinking perhaps someone's great aunt arrived unknowingly so he continued up the stairs.

By the time arrived on the seventh floor all he saw was a single corridor that leads to a dark wooden door with golden borders when Yuuma pushed open the door he was welcomed by a thick reek of blood, the room was decorated with the similar colour as the wall with extravagant gold decoration as well as strange pictures hanging on the wall, but the most striking view was the blood splattered over the wall which traces all the way to the desk and a corpse sitting behind it on a chair.

Yuuma did not immediately enter the room further as he mould his chakra together before spreading it out to the surroundings to create an illusionary domain within the offices, "Demonic Illusions: Mirror World". This was an illusion that creates a replica of the surroundings while completely erasing the presence of the caster.

Yuuma entered the room while he kept his steps silently as possible while trying to sense if any enemy was nearby but he felt something different, he realized he fell into a trap although he was lucky to cover himself with his illusion. What he sensed was the fact that the building only had two presences as if the group of workers that were on the second floor never existed. One that was at the entrance which was the old lady, and another one hiding ahead of him near the corpse.

'To think my target is a shinobi, and a skilled one at that' Yuuma thought as he did not dare thread close to the dead body but took a few steps back while taking a deep breath while weaving his hand seals "Water Style: Water Prison Jutsu!"

Suddenly the figure that was hiding in the shadow of the corpse was forced to show his appearance when he noticed water forming around him like a prison all of the sudden, he still could not find out where it came from but he underestimated today's genin target, "Show yourself!" Kaito Kuroba roared, he had the appearance of an average looking man with black hair and green eyes glaring at his surroundings, He already tried to dispell the genjutsu for a while now to no avail did it work.

Kaito weave his hand seals while taking a deep breath "Wind Style: Greater breakthrough" As he blew out ferocious winds from his mouth the walls were creaking before the entire roof of the building exploded under the pressure of the raging winds that kept flowing out of his mouth, Yuuma's illusion was broken but Kaito could not see where his target was at all. 'Am I still in an illusion?' He thought but suddenly he felt strange looking at a body not far away from him that appeared to look familiar.

"Guah!" Suddenly a piercing pain penetrated through the back of his neck as Kaito's eyes bulge when he realized the body was actually the corpse he used to hide in was instead used by his own target to backstab him, 'To think I, the genin killer of Kumo would meet my end at the hands of a school child that is still not an official genin' Was the last thoughts he held before his body fell limped onto the ground.

Yuuma slowly removed his wakizashi from the back of the corpse's neck while wiping off the blood, "You passed the test" Yuuma heard the familiar voice of his sensei announcing his results but Yuuma felt strange as he slipped his Wakizashi back into its sheath on his back. "Sensei, I am quite suspicious about this mission" Ao nodded while listening to Yuuma who continued, "I feel that Kaede or someone close to him was working together with Kaito to target genins because I can't imagine a request being unanswered for six months and no news of pass or failures were reported"

"Correct" Ao nodded as he followed Yuuma who walked along with the wreckage reaching the stairs that were still usable to head down to the ground floor where Yuuma met the old lady when Yuuma reached the floor he noticed the old lady was already waiting for him with a bright smile. "So you knew of this huh?" Yuuma spoke with a cold tone but the old lady did not flinch.

The old lady began to explain her part of the story, "I knew from the start that my boss was working together with Kaito to create a mission that only genin level ninjas would be able to take so they can prevent Kirigakure from having potential Chunins or Jounins in the future, however, Kaito was becoming impatient as he wanted to speed up the process of the culling but the Boss did not agree which is the reason Kaito killed him"

Yuuma raised his eyebrow, "Why would he leave you alone?" The old lady kept smiling as she answered, "Because I am old if I were to tell you all this there is a chance you will not believe me. It's not uncommon for elderly people to become senile you know? So I could only place my hope in you", Hearing the old lady's explanation Ao came over, "Who else is part of this plan?" The old lady turned to face Ao, "Kaede Yamato, his true name is Kaede Shinkai, a member of the Shinkai Clan of Kumogakure"