Chapter 24 Special Mission and Colored Contact Lenses

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Seven days passed in a flash, and it was time for the grueling mission life again.

Satoru Hyūga got up early from bed and came to the agreed training ground. The mission of the team was received by Shibi Aburame. He didn't know what the mission was until he saw him.

As soon as he walked over, he saw Uchiha Rin standing in the middle of the training ground, with her arms crossed calmly looking at him.

"You're late."

Satoru Hyūga shrugged and said helplessly, "We clearly agreed on 7 o'clock, and it's just a little after 6 now?"

"As a ninja, arriving two hours early is the best way to temper your will through cultivation. Satoru, you have no motivation at all. Do you know..."

Satoru Hyūga immediately covered his ears, not wanting to listen to this grind's nagging anymore.

Two minutes before 7 o'clock, Anko ran over out of breath, wiping the sweat off her forehead as she gasped for air.

"Everyone... sorry, I almost overslept."

"It's okay, I'm also late." Satoru Hyūga comforted her.

"Anko, you have no motivation at all. Arriving early is..."

Uchiha Rin frowned unhappily. Just as she opened her mouth, Satoru Hyūga quickly covered her mouth...

It was rare for Shibi Aburame to be late for a few minutes. He scanned the three people in front of him, pondered for a moment and said.

"This mission is rather special. Only Satoru Hyūga and I will participate. The rest of you should practice on your own for now. After this mission is completed, we'll continue with team missions."

"What? Only Satoru and the teacher are going. Didn't I get up so early for nothing?" Anko rolled her eyes and began to miss her warm quilt.

Uchiha Rin frowned and asked, "Why only Satoru? How long is the mission going to last?"

"This is the decision of the Hokage. As for the mission duration, it depends on the situation."

Hokage? Uchiha Rin's eyes sparkled. If it was directly appointed by the Hokage, could it be related to an Anbu ninja mission?

Shibi Aburame took a deep breath and said seriously, "Satoru, I'll give you an hour to get ready. The rest of you, disperse here."

In the forest of the Land of Fire, two figures wrapped in black robes kept leaping through the treetops, like two phantoms, quickly leaving the surrounding woods behind.

Shibi Aburame stepped on a thick branch and leaped up quickly.

"Satoru, this mission is of great importance. Act according to the circumstances. The mission level is tentatively rated as A. If there are sudden situations, it could change to S at any time!"

"S?"

Satoru Hyūga took a deep breath and looked at him in surprise.

"Yeah." Shibi Aburame nodded seriously. "Do you know about the underground black market?"

"The black market?" Satoru Hyūga frowned. "I've heard of it. It seems to be a place that specifically releases bounty missions, where they trade ninja heads for bounties."

Of course he was no stranger to the black market. In the future, the head of his classmate Asuma Sarutobi will be worth 30 million ryo on the black market!

"Yeah."

Shibi Aburame pondered for a while. "The underground black market is the dark side of the ninja world. Even many small countries have underground black markets. It's an underground world independent of the surface world, used to handle transactions that cannot be conducted openly."

"Because of the importance of the underground black market, the Anbu ninja planted by Konoha are deployed in the underground black markets of the Land of Fire and several nearby major countries. About a week ago, the Anbu ninja planted in the black market of the Land of Iron suddenly sent intelligence. In the largest black market in the Land of Iron, there was an abnormal transaction involving a huge amount."

"The amount involved exceeded 100 million ryo. Not only that, but that Anbu ninja also discovered the traces of Iwa ninjas near the black market."

"Iwa ninjas?" Satoru Hyūga's eyes flickered.

"So, what the Hokage means is... to ask us to investigate this matter?"

"Yes. Iwagakure has been quite active recently. And the Land of Iron happens to be a neighboring country between the Land of Fire and the Land of Earth. A large and abnormal transaction rarely took place in the black market. The Hokage suspects it's related to the war."

Satoru Hyūga's expression became solemn. This wasn't good news for him. Once the war broke out, his development time would be greatly compressed.

With his current strength, he probably wasn't strong enough yet to face the threat of war.

Only in his memory, wasn't the Third Shinobi World War first initiated by Sunagakure? Why was Iwagakure so active?

Suddenly, he seemed to think of something and smiled helplessly.

No wonder the clan head gave me the cultivation method of Huitian (Rotating Heaven) a few days ago. The Hokage must have asked him for someone. The Hokage actually asked him for a Genin from the branch family. Essentially, this was a sort of hint.

But thinking about it carefully, this mission really suited him.

Firstly, in a reconnaissance mission, the importance of the Byakugan was obvious. And there were no members of the Hyūga clan in the Anbu. Compared with other members of the Hyūga clan, he also had a Magnet Release Kekkei Genkai and could use long-range sniper ninjutsu, making him more versatile!

As for Shibi Aburame, who was known as a ninja of Omnipotence with few obvious weaknesses, the two of them working together was the best solution.

Having figured this out, Satoru Hyūga let out a long sigh. It seemed that Hiruzen Sarutobi attached great importance to him. Because of that mark on his forehead, he had to endure the pressure from the main family. Utilizing the power of the Hokage to balance the main family was actually a good choice...

After several days of traveling, the two finally arrived in the Land of Iron.

Before entering the densely-populated city, Shibi Aburame handed a pair of round thin slices to Satoru Hyūga.

"Satoru, your Byakugan is too conspicuous and not conducive to the secrecy of the mission. Put these on."

Satoru Hyūga took them and examined them curiously. Immediately, his mouth dropped open.

"These are... Colored Contact Lenses?!"

No way! Does the ninja world already have Colored Contact Lenses?

Shibi Aburame scratched his head a bit awkwardly. "These are items used in the Anbu to conceal the color of the pupils. Don't worry. Although they're a bit ugly, they're quite comfortable to put on."

After Satoru Hyūga put them on, he blinked. There was no change in what he saw, and after getting used to them, there wasn't much of a foreign body sensation in his eyes.

He picked up a mirror and took a look. His pupils had turned into the most common brown in the ninja world, looking no different from others.

Satoru Hyūga couldn't help but sigh at how warped the technological tree of the ninja world had become.

After getting everything ready, the two entered the capital of the Land of Iron.

The Land of Iron was a typical samurai country. Its architectural style retained a strong flavor of the Warring States period. Many samurai in armor could be seen on the road, with long ninja swords at their waists.

"Although samurai don't know ninjutsu, their bio-magnetic fields are actually much stronger than those of regular ninjas."

Looking at the samurai on the road, Satoru Hyūga couldn't help but click his tongue in admiration.

The strength of the bio-magnetic field was closely related to physical abilities. None of the bio-magnetic fields of the samurai on the road were weaker than that of a chunin. Some powerful ones were even comparable to a Jonin or a chunin who specialized in Gitai.

No wonder the samurai were able to establish a country under the siege of ninjas. Just this physical strength alone had surpassed many ninjas.

A Gitai ninja who specializes in swordsmanship?

But it seemed that they were exactly countered by him. Satoru Hyūga shrugged.

With metal armor all over their bodies and metal ninja swords as weapons, no matter how many such samurai came, they wouldn't be enough for him to take seriously!