Naruto - Minato Namikaze SI

Chapter 176: Chapter 175 - Mission in Oto 02.



I really made a mistake in saying that there is a Sound Village here; I didn't know they were founded by Orochimaru himself. After all, I believed that all countries had already established a village after the First Great War to protect themselves. Anyway, the chapters will continue since no village will be shown, so just ignore this part as if it were just a small government. I'll change that later.

[Chapter Size: 1900 Words.]

Third Person POV

Konoha, Year 39.

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Minato didn't take long to reach Oto, easily crossing the entire border.

He went to the city located in the eastern part of the Land of Sound, near the border with the Land of Mist. The city was closed, with a dark atmosphere hanging over it. There was clearly no movement in the streets, as the city had been overtaken, and even from a thousand meters in the air, he could see the heavy movement of soldiers on the rooftops, all of them Kumo ninjas.

There were also ninja movements outside the city, among the forests surrounding the walls to the west. There was a lot of movement in the trees, and Minato deduced they were Oto ninjas, either trying to monitor the occupied city or negotiating with Kumo.

"Well... let's get started..." Minato murmured while still in the sky. He grabbed a kunai and threw it down from above, making sure it fell unnoticed.

As soon as the kunai passed through undetected, a small object difficult to spot, Minato appeared in an empty lot, wearing discreet clothes. He didn't even wear Konoha attire, as it was safer to appear as an unknown ninja rather than as one from Konoha right away.

He quickly assessed the situation now that he was within enemy territory, stowing away his kunai. He could sense the entire city, which wasn't very large.

"There are around 120 Kumo jonin-level ninjas..." Minato estimated the levels of the ninjas in the city. Besides them, there were about 40 ninjas stationed on the border, ambushing all the teams that approached.

Minato decided to take a look around the city, moving forward while avoiding any patrols. The city was completely dark, and he could sense the civilians inside their homes, surrounded by the shinobi who had taken over.

"This is common... unfortunately, given that we're at war..." Minato commented, knowing the cruelty that had spread through all the nations affected by the conflict. He himself had lost many people he knew and might even have lost Kushina and Tsuna.

He shook his head for a moment, trying to dispel these thoughts while focusing on his mission—to scout the city and start placing Raijin seals in as many places as possible.

"Mama... aren't the bad ninjas going to leave...?" A young boy opened the window, looking out at the dark city and wondering when they would get their lives back. Heavy footsteps sounded from within the house, quickly approaching the boy.

"What are you doing?! We need to stay inside!" The woman quickly pulled the boy back, and he could do nothing. But suddenly, he caught sight of someone on one of the rooftops, watching him.

The hooded figure seemed to be looking right at him, part of his face exposed, as he put his finger to his lips to signal the boy not to speak, mouthing something along the lines of: Soon, everything will be okay, kid.

After that, Minato continued moving around the city, hiding from the patrols, but he didn't go too close to the city center due to sensing a sensory ninja, so he kept his distance from their range.

"I think that's good enough... but I should check the border of the Land of Clouds before heading back to Konoha," Minato decided, retrieving his kunai again and preparing to throw it with force. The object shot into the sky, and he reappeared next to it, catching it quickly and beginning to step through the air.

He spent the rest of the night assessing the situation in the Land of Sound, memorizing all enemy data without being seen. He had to keep a great distance because of the large number of sensors in Kumo's army, but he still managed to gather everything he wanted. After all, his Haki range was greater than the enemy's sensing abilities, allowing him to even go north and find other enemy camps.

"In the end, Kumo is determined to take over Oto, which was supposed to remain neutral in this war, so the Third Hokage isn't very pleased with how the war between Konoha and his village is going..." Minato couldn't blame him; his pride must have taken a significant hit after failing to defeat Konoha despite years of trying to breach the Land of Fire, while Konoha continued fighting against four nations at the same time—a testament to Konoha's dominance over the continent.

Minato decided to disappear near dawn, leaving Oto and appearing suddenly, startling Mikoto, who was asleep.

"Hm?!" Mikoto quickly sat up, feeling the weight on her bed and seeing her companion, dressed in infiltration attire. "Minato! You're back... but why did you come into my tent?!" she exclaimed, as Minato smiled.

"Sorry about that, but I thought of using the Raijin seal on you, so... sorry for the intrusion. Can I sleep here for a bit?" Minato didn't need to rush his report to his superiors and decided to rest for at least two hours. He didn't have his own tent at this camp, so he would use Mikoto's bed.

"How can you say something like that so casually after barging into my bed like this?!" Mikoto completely lost her usual stoic Uchiha composure, looking at Minato with both anger and embarrassment.

"Just let me sleep a little..." Mikoto heard Minato murmuring as he continued lying there.

"You..." She murmured, clenching her fists, wanting to hit her companion, but she glanced down and realized she was only in her nightgown. She blushed, realizing she was standing like that in front of Minato, and quickly ran to a corner of the tent to cover herself. Minato wasn't even facing her; he was already on the other side, having fallen into a light sleep.

Minato woke up a moment later, with the camp already filled with the sound of ninjas starting their day. As he rose, he found Mikoto's bed exceptionally high-quality and comfortable—expected from the daughter of the clan leader.

He raised his head as he sat up and found her standing, glaring at him with her arms crossed. "Good morning?" he asked, raising an eyebrow at her.

"Good morning...? Is that all you have to say to me after entering my bed in the middle of the night while I wasn't even dressed properly?!" Mikoto's voice was filled with anger as she looked at him seriously, dressed now in her usual attire but wearing an expression that was a mixture of anger and embarrassment, wondering when Minato had become so bold.

"I didn't think of anyone else. I just needed to sleep... Anyway... I should go." Minato spoke, stretching, while Mikoto looked at him, wondering how he could be so shameless.

"Wait... don't you dare leave through that door like this... use your teleportation! If any ninja sees you leaving here, rumors will start, and there are Uchiha ninjas in this camp. My father is already pressuring me to..." Mikoto was about to continue, but she felt Minato's hand on her shoulder.

"Hey, relax..." Minato said, looking her in the eyes. "I'd never dishonor you... You can tell me later what's going on with you, but now I need to report my information to command... so hang tight, alright?"

Minato's touch surprised Mikoto, and her shoulders relaxed without her realizing it.

"Alright... sorry about that..." she murmured, her hands almost moving on their own to hug Minato, but she quickly stopped, feeling it would be too strange, and Minato disappeared the next instant.

Now alone, Mikoto looked at where Minato had been. "What am I thinking..." she murmured, nearly acting out in such a way.

Minato went to the command tent, and as soon as he arrived, all the squad commanders were quickly summoned there.

"Did you manage to find anything, kid... you look unharmed, so I assume everything went well," one of the ninjas present commented, looking at Minato with interest, noticing how well he seemed after saying he'd infiltrated Oto when no other team had succeeded.

"You don't seem to know this kid... given his track record, do you think infiltrating a city with a few ninjas would be difficult?" Other ninjas commented to their comrade before turning their attention back to Minato. "Still, I'm very curious about how you did it so easily in one night," he added, though Minato didn't respond.

He turned back to everyone there, already accustomed to handling a group of adults.

"I've recorded all the data on this scroll," Minato said, pulling out a scroll with all the enemy intel he had noted down through the night before coming to the camp. Then he continued, "But just to get ahead of things, this mission will be a failure..." His words left everyone surprised.

"What do you mean by that?" another jonin asked, narrowing his eyes.

"We're bringing almost 100 ninjas, but the enemy has ten times that spread throughout the region," Minato explained.

"A thousand Kumo ninjas?! Why so many?!" someone asked, stunned.

"Yes... I'll start sharing all the information I gathered in general terms," Minato didn't let the questions escalate as he began to recount everything he had observed during his infiltration, relaying all the data as the ninjas mentally marked each Kumo force positioned in the village.

"If this is true... we can't proceed with the mission," one of the leaders said to the camp commander.

"You're right... this needs to be passed on to the general commander. After all, we're also dealing with the Two-Tails' Jinchuuriki, as the kid here informed us," he said, and everyone agreed. With the group initially headed to Oto, they seemed to have only gotten past the first enemy barrier on the border.

"I can liberate the city on my own," Minato suddenly spoke up. Seeing that all attention was now on him, he continued, "I've marked the city with my seals, and I can come and go." He ended up suggesting this.

"I think we should discuss this with the commander. In any case, let's inform him right away, with a team, and wait for his response," the camp commander decided, giving his verdict as the mission was postponed with the new intel. A brief debate ensued, but in the end, everyone agreed, and a team was sent to inform Sakumo.

"We'll wait a few days, so settle in for now," he informed everyone as they nodded, starting to leave the tent.

Minato found his team a moment later as they were having their first meal of the day, with Duy as cheerful as ever, making the coffee, Hanabi preparing something to eat, and Mikoto looking a bit embarrassed in the corner.

"Minato!! Miss Mikoto told us you were back, as quick as ever!" Duy exclaimed.

"Hello, Duy... well... anyway, the mission has been postponed," Minato announced, surprising everyone.

"What are we going to do now...?" Hanabi asked.

"We have no choice but to train while we wait. Command still needs to give orders on what to do next," Minato said, and everyone nodded, realizing they'd have to wait a bit longer before carrying out the mission.

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