The Eight-Year-Old Me Became Hokage-Chapter 48: The Hidden Cloud Village Always Has Its Eyes on What Belongs to Others

I-I'm not hurt!" Yuna shouted at Kazekaze. But even she failed to notice how her voice quivered.

Before this, Yuna had only encountered bandits who would scatter in fear the moment Weiming invoked the name of the Uzumaki clan. Even the few bandits who chose to fight were swiftly dealt with by Weiming. As long as he was there, Yuna had nothing to worry about. But this time was different.

The enemies they faced were well-trained ninja. Especially when the third ninja charged at them, Yuna felt an unprecedented emotion. Fear! At that moment, she truly thought she would be taken away by the enemy. Until Kazekaze rushed in front of her and punched the enemy away. Only then did she regain a sense of security.

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At the same time... Yuna couldn't understand; Kazekaze seemed to be around her age. And wasn't this his first mission? Why wasn't he flustered at all and could still rush in to protect her? The most crucial point was, the guy he punched away was an adult, right? How could he be so strong?

"Oh, that's good then." Kazekaze, seeing Yuna pretending to be strong, simply ignored her and turned to walk towards the pile of bodies.

"Hey!" Yuna didn't expect to be ignored and quickly caught up with Kazekaze in a few strides.

Was that it? After everything that just happened, that's all I get? Even if he is the First Hokage's grandson, she was still the client. Couldn't he show a little concern for her? Just a simple 'are you hurt' and that's it? How infuriating!

"Don't we need to gather information?" Yuna glanced at the fallen ninja and immediately turned her gaze to the open space.

No matter what, she was just a little girl, and seeing blood made her somewhat scared. But to avoid appearing cowardly in front of Kazekaze, she tried hard to prove she was also impressive. Commonly known as, putting on a brave face.

Of course, Yuna did have questions in this regard. Didn't they need to extract information from the enemy, like their purpose or who sent them? Things like that.

"Seriously? Open your eyes, Yuna", The information these people left behind, wasn't it enough?

Sarutobi and Weiming initially planned to summarize the issues of this ambush, but seeing Kazekaze's performance, they tacitly chose silence.

"What?" Yuna looked puzzled, not understanding what Kazekaze meant to express.

"You can tell by looking at their headbands; they are all ninja from the Hidden Cloud Village." Kazekaze began to analyze. As one of the Five Great Ninja Villages, the Hidden Cloud Village had a significant presence in Naruto. Kazekaze naturally wouldn't mistake their headband emblem.

"Their target is obviously you." Kazekaze said, looking at Yuna. These ninja aimed for vital points when dealing with Weiming and Sarutobi, with every move being lethal. Clearly, they intended to kill. But when dealing with Yuna, they deliberately avoided vital areas. From such details, it wasn't hard to see that the enemy intended to take Yuna away.

"W-Why me?" Yuna couldn't help but ask.

"Because of your hair."

"Hair?" Yuna was taken aback. What did her hair have to do with this?

"The most obvious characteristic of the Uzumaki clan is their beautiful red hair." Kazekaze paused, "If I'm not mistaken, the Hidden Cloud Village probably wants to study the secrets of the Uzumaki clan." For example, why the Uzumaki clan possesses an extraordinary amount of chakra and the ability of the Adamantine Sealing Chains.

Of course, Kazekaze's analysis wasn't entirely based on the details of the recent encounter. Instead... He was a transmigrator! The information he possessed was more than Sarutobi and others. The Hidden Cloud had always had a habit of trying to steal what wasn't theirs—the Byakugan of the Hyuga, the Nine-Tails of Konoha... They even kidnapped Uzumaki Kushina. Now targeting Uzumaki Yuna was not surprising at all. Perhaps the destruction of the Land of Whirlpools was primarily due to the Hidden Cloud Village.

"Well done, Kazekaze." Sarutobi couldn't help but praise.

For a first mission, Kazekaze's performance was beyond impressive—not only handling the battle with skill but also extracting valuable intelligence from minute details. Although they couldn't verify it, Sarutobi felt Kazekaze's analysis was mostly accurate. The most crucial point was, when ordinary people first see a corpse, they usually can't handle it psychologically.

For example, Yuna, although pretending to be strong, was always afraid of the corpses, not daring to look directly. In reality... Kazekaze's calmness was related to his experiences before transmigrating. In his original world, he was a medical student, specializing in forensic science. Corpses were something he not only saw but even dissected. He had long vomited out everything he could. Now, corpses didn't disgust Kazekaze anymore.

"Moreover, all these people have the strength of Chunin, indicating the Hidden Cloud Village highly values this operation. Even if we left someone alive, with our current means, they wouldn't say anything." Sarutobi further explained.

The first rule of a ninja is to protect information. None of them were from the interrogation department, so even if they asked, they wouldn't get anything. If they took them to the Land of Whirlpools, they'd have to constantly guard against being backstabbed. If they let them go, they'd only come back stronger. It would take at least a few more days to reach the Land of Whirlpools from here. So directly dealing with them was the most prudent approach.

"However, on the road ahead, we might still encounter ninja from the Hidden Cloud Village." Sarutobi emphasized, "Kazekaze and Sakumo are still Genin, and it's their first mission. For us, undertaking such a mission is still too early."

Although abandoning a mission in the ninja world is seen as disgraceful, the difficulty of this mission clearly exceeded C-rank! And Kazekaze was the grandson of Lord Hashirama. Special circumstances should be treated specially.

The moment Sakumo realized the mission might be abandoned, a wave of disappointment washed over him. His first mission... and it was already ending in failure.

"Indeed." Weiming nodded, agreeing with Sarutobi's view. Whether Kazekaze or Yuna, both had noble statuses. If anything happened to them, he couldn't bear the responsibility. However... Kazekaze had a different idea.

Although Weiming didn't appear in the Naruto storyline, his swordsmanship was excellent just now, holding his own against two Chunin. This indicated his strength was formidable. Sarutobi Hiruzen, needless to say, was a top-tier genius, with sharp combat tactics and five chakra natures. And Kazekaze himself possessed Hashirama's chakra and the Eight Gates. With such a lineup, they were fully capable of completing an A-rank mission.

Most importantly... I'm going to replace Sarutobi as the Third Hokage. If I give up now, this mission will be a stain on my record forever.

'Moreover, in this era, if you abandon a mission, you'd be crushed by public opinion.' Thinking of this, Kazekaze couldn't help but glance at Sakumo.

"Why are you looking at me like that?" Sakumo looked confused.

Kazekaze ignored Sakumo and then said,

"Since we've accepted this mission, we should strive to complete it, not choose to give up at the first sign of difficulty. The strong should do what others cannot." Kazekaze took a deep breath, focusing his gaze on Yuna, "In any case, I'll protect this coward. Let's continue the mission."

Yuna froze, her wide eyes locked onto Kazekaze. 'Did he just say... he would protect me? Wait a minute... What's with calling me a coward!'