Naruto: As a genin, I just want to live a normal life.

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The chaos in the restaurant quickly subsided, and Shirahoshi took the opportunity to order another chicken cutlet, a pork chop, and a steak, enjoying a hearty meal: thankfully, she had eaten quite a bit of other food before coming over.

Finally, he used the coupon given to him by Toca to pay the bill at a 20% discount, which cost 120,000 taels: the drinks were also 20% off.

......

As darkness fell and lunchtime approached, many people who had finished their day's work began looking for something to eat, and a steady stream of pedestrians walked along the streets.

At this moment, Shirahoshi also needed to find a suitable hotel to stay in.

While walking down a street

Noticing the gaze from behind, Shirahoshi felt a little helpless. She thought to herself, "Are you Cloud Village ninjas this lazy during your shifts? Starting these pursuit missions so early. And after finishing the mission, you're making me work overtime?"

Pursuit missions are similar to bounty posters at the gold exchange, but they are issued by the village. The basic mission amount is usually very low. For example, Konoha Village only has a basic subsidy of three thousand to ten thousand yen (B to S). These missions are classified as B-rank or higher and are generally only carried out by Jonin or Chunin. The subsidy requires the ninja to stay at the intelligence location and wait for a fixed period of time until the mission ends before they can receive it.

If successful, the reward is quite substantial.

Shirahoshi thought that a Class C wanted criminal was worth at least 100,000 taels of silver in Konoha.

Walking down the street, Shirahoshi suddenly turned into a dark alleyway, causing the Cloud Village team to panic. They rushed forward to give chase. Milie, who was observing the team members' actions from the rooftop, saw Shirahoshi use chakra to enhance her strength, climb onto the clothesline, and cover herself with a blanket in an attempt to evade pursuit.

"too weak."

“Normally, I should use Earth Release to hide inside the wall, or use Lightning Release to speed up and get directly to the ceiling of the building, so that I can hide inside the floor.”

"My men wouldn't possess that level of concealment ability..."

A moment later, the Cloud Hidden Squad discovered that Shirahoshi was missing, so they immediately sped up and quickly passed through the alley, disappearing from Milie's sight.

Milie: "......" What a bunch of incompetent teammates!! Who rolls up their blankets to dry in the sun?!

He was speechless with exasperation at his subordinates' actions, then, seeing the three members of the Cloud Village team return, Milie breathed a sigh of relief: "Now they should know..."

"Damn it! They ran so fast, they disappeared in an instant!" In the alley, Wu Hua clenched his fist and said, while Carly next to him helplessly spread her hands: "There's nothing we can do, we tried our best, I'm sure Captain Milley won't blame us~"

Troy, who was at the back, felt something was off. Judging by their speed, they shouldn't be...

In an instant, Troy discovered the blind spot and looked up.

On the left and right sides of the tall building, thick bamboo poles were hanging to dry, with countless clothes of all shapes and sizes drying and dripping water.

But the fact that there was a blanket on top of it seemed strange.

At this moment, Troy's wise eyes turned into dead fish eyes, thinking to himself, how could there be such a foolish ninja, trying to deceive the ninja's vision with this kind of hiding method.

Chapter 99 The Experiment Delivered to Your Door

above.

Shirahoshi deliberately chose a relatively clean and almost dry blanket to hide under, while keeping her chakra eyes open to continuously sense the general situation around her.

"Fun."

Shirahoshi felt that traveling meant letting loose a bit, and teasing the kids in the enemy ninja squad was a good kind of wicked fun: but unfortunately, one of the kids seemed to have spotted him.

Tread-tap-

Wu Hua picked up the left end of the chain, while Carly picked up the right end. They stepped onto the wall and charged forward. Troy, meanwhile, prepared to attack, holding several shuriken. Aya had developed an A-rank ninjutsu using Lightning Release to guide lightning after hearing about Troy's talent as a ninja.

Compared to Troy's Magnet Release ability, which can locate an opponent simply by touching them with a metal object, regardless of whether they are inanimate or living, and can be marked remotely, Aya's Lightning Release requires physical contact with the opponent. Furthermore, during the Lightning Release attack and the setting of the marker, Aya herself cannot move and can only focus on stabilizing the release of the marker.

"Suspicious guy! Just accept your fate!!" When Wu Hua grabbed the iron chain and put it on, the quilt loosened slightly, and then Wu Hua and Carly suddenly wrapped it together and tied it up tightly. Then they used kunai to cut the bamboo pole used for drying clothes and brought it to the ground.

"Let me see who you really are." Wu Hua, having landed, stepped forward, preparing to use a kunai to slash open the blanket. Carly, standing beside him, pouted and said:

"But I think he's pretty handsome, so don't scratch his face!"

"I know! Women are such a hassle."

Troy's face darkened as he thought to himself that his two teammates were far too careless, completely unaware that the other side had used a Stand... In the shadowy corner ahead, Shirahoshi was standing with her arms crossed, observing them with considerable interest.

"Huh?! It's a substitute wooden stick!!" Wu Hua, who had just untied the blanket, was slightly taken aback. Then, Carly, who was about to see what was going on, was also stunned. The two of them noticed Troy's tense state and took out their kunai. They turned around and looked back: Shirahoshi was in the middle of the corridor, and Captain Milie, with a dark face, was standing at the entrance further ahead.

“You have nowhere to retreat. Tell me honestly, who are you? How did you infiltrate Kano Town?!” Milie said coldly.

At this moment, Bai Xing's face was somber, making it difficult to see her features clearly.

A moment later, the boy smiled, flicked his hair, crossed his arms, looked up at the sky, and introduced himself: "My name is Bai."

"He was a homeless doctor."

—Over the course of three years, he, as a genin, also 'learned' a lot of medical knowledge, including basic medical ninjutsu and hemostasis techniques.

"A wandering doctor? You mean a physician? But you seem to be quite capable in all aspects. Your speed in using the Substitution Jutsu is also very fast." After saying that, Milie raised a kunai, the bright blade held in front of her: "I'll give you one last chance."

"Tell me your identity!"

"Otherwise, don't blame us for capturing you and taking you back to Kumogakure for interrogation!"

Bai Xing smiled: "That's just how it is. Besides, I didn't do anything. Aren't you afraid I'll report you to the local garrison if you treat me like this?!"

"Heh." Milie sneered, "Did you pay the entrance fee?! You dare act so arrogantly in front of me? Don't think I don't know you wandering ninjas are a bunch of rule-breakers..."

"handed in."

call out--

Milie caught the entry card that Shirahoshi threw at her, paused for a moment, glanced down at it, and saw the following information:

Name: Bai

[Temporary pass: Three days]

—Duration of proactive application.

[Services Offered: Travel, Occasionally providing medical treatment]

[Identity: Homeless Doctor]

It also has the official stamp of the garrison troops entering the city.

Milie's face instantly turned red, thinking to herself that they had made a mistake this time. At least within the city, without absolute intelligence and the consent of the Thunder Kingdom's high command, they could not arbitrarily arrest people—long-term and temporary residents were protected by the Thunder Kingdom.

"How about it?"

"I'm right."

"Mickey Mouse...emmmm. What genius Jonin was it again?" Shirahoshi took back his temporary pass from the red-faced youth, feigning a thoughtful expression, before finally exclaiming with sudden realization, "Mickey Mouse Jonin!"

"It's Milie!!" At this moment, Milie really wanted to kill this kid at all costs, but after all, the other party was not an enemy, but just a suspicious person in their eyes. Now that they had the pass, they could not easily make a move in the city, otherwise they would offend the daimyo.

"You remember it!"

"Wu Hua, Carly, Troy, let's go!"

Then, the three members of the Cloud Hidden Squad also came out of the alley.

Before leaving, Carly glanced at Shirahoshi with some curiosity; Wu Hua felt that this mission was a loss, and he would probably have to pay for the bamboo pole and blankets; Troy was eager to fight Shirahoshi, but unfortunately they had no reason to fight.

“Magnetic Release, Troy?” Shirahoshi stared in the direction the Cloud Village team had left, then turned and walked in another direction: According to the information he had just temporarily found out, this person should be a cannon fodder Jonin who was killed by Hiruko during Naruto’s time and had his bloodstain stolen, and who appeared in the Fourth Shinobi World War in the form of Edo Tensei and was defeated by Naruto in one blow.

Thinking of this, Shirahoshi was also curious about how Troy's Magnet Release worked... The inn has been found.

Bai Xing looked up at the Western-style hotel and checked in: luckily, he still had enough cash on hand.

......

Under the cover of darkness, the nightlife in Kano town was not very lively. Around midnight, almost no restaurants remained open.

Points of light appeared in front of the windows of various family buildings, while the Cloud Village team staying in a cheap inn were also doing their respective tasks: after all, they were ninjas and living outside, so they had to be vigilant and someone needed to keep watch at night.

Three o'clock in the morning.

The person currently on night watch is Miri, a Jonin from Kumogakure.

Standing above the eaves of the third-floor window, Milie leaned against the wall behind her, gazing at the moonlight in the sky: "Is he really just a homeless doctor?"

"I always felt that he was no ordinary ninja."

"I hope it's just my imagination."

Milie shook her head slightly. When she returned to the village to report the results of this Class B pursuit mission, she also needed to explain the information about this person and have the village's intelligence department investigate.

Thinking of this, Milie couldn't help but open a small window and peek through the crack at the sleeping children, and couldn't help but smile slightly.

"Look at you."

"You seem very happy."

A voice suddenly rang out from above, and Milie hurriedly threw out a kunai, but it was caught by a visible chakra thread and fell into Shirahoshi's hand.

Under the moonlight, Shirahoshi, dressed as a surgeon, sat atop the roof of the upper floor, her Japanese-style ponytail swaying slightly, glancing sideways at the tense Milie below.

"What's wrong? Happy Cloud Village Jonin. Your smile just now wasn't like this."

Shirahoshi glanced at the kunai in her hand, her fingers threading through the kunai ring, playing with it for a while before finally tossing it down in front of Milie's feet. With a snap, it embedded itself in the roof.

"The weapons are of good quality, but don't throw them away carelessly; after all, you paid for them."

Milie glanced at the kunai on the ground, not daring to pick it up. This time, she drew her ninja sword and stared at Shirahoshi: "You've come here for revenge, haven't you?! Shirahoshi!"

Shirahoshi calmly looked at Milii, without answering his question, then raised her right hand, "ROOM!"

When Milley saw the pale blue light shield rushing towards him, he quickly slashed at it, but missed and froze.

Immediately afterwards, he noticed something was wrong.

The pale blue light barrier not only pierced through him but also through the building. At the same time, Shirahoshi pulled out a yellow tranquilizer dart, a ninja-specific item that could only be purchased at a ninja tool shop.

"Guess what this is?"

Milie naturally recognized the props above, and at the same time, this style of tranquilizer dart was clearly a product of the Land of Fire: the packaging was better and it was easier to use.

"You are a ninja from Konoha."

"The tranquilizer darts in your hand must be high-quality goods that can only be bought in the Land of Fire. They are much more expensive than my kunai."

"Furthermore, what is your purpose in coming to our Land of Lightning?"

"Stealing intelligence? Starting a war? Or..."

Shirahoshi raised the tranquilizer dart in her palm and aimed it at the moon. She opened one eye as if comparing the tranquilizer dart to the moon. The moon in the sky was round. Shirahoshi thought to herself, "Thank goodness I almost transformed last September when I was admiring the moon at home and managed to cut off my tail again in time. Otherwise, I'd be turning into a giant gorilla again."

"This is it."

"Is it possible that I'm just acting on a whim? Like, maybe I just want to get something..."