After two hours, they all arrived at the vilge gate, where a caravan was ready to head out. It was different from the usual caravans Kaida was used to seeing; it had many carts filled with items and even two carts for some people to sit in.

  Yukihiro arrived after them. Seeing them watg the caravan, he said, "This is the caravan of a very wealthy mert. Only they afford to post a mission for a full ninja squad. Most small merts only hire small-time ninjas as their escort; they don't have enough moo issue an esission."

  Kaida remembered hearing something simir from Ayame's dad. Si was a well-anized caravan where everyone was doing their job, Team 13 didn't have mutera with ahey just showed the papers that firmed they would be esc them, and that was it.

  "Kaida, you'll be in front. Yomi and Ryota, you'll be on the left and right. I'll hahe back. If you find any problems, try to hahem on your own. I'll interfere if you need my help. Any objes?"

  "No, Sensei," they all replied. Yukihiro was not pnning on spoon-feeding them on how to behave during a mission; they should have gaiheoretical knowledge during their time at the academy. As for practical knowledge, that couldn't be taught—they had to learn by doing things on their own.

  This was the first time Kaida had stepped out of Konoha sining to this world, and he felt a little happy. Though Konoha was not a bad pce to be, the best thing about having power is freedom—the freedom to go wherever you want without w about anything, to explore the world and all that. This was like the first step toward every man's dream: adventure.

  They traveled for half a day without any stops. When the night was sloroag, Ryota came to Kaida and said, "There are 10 people hiding ahead of us. I smell blood on them."

  "An ambush, huh? How far are they?" Kaida asked while thinking of a pn, but deep down, he was hoping they wouldn't have any frontation. Killing someone was not a small matter for him, and he hoped he wouldn't have to do that so soon.

  "They're 1 km away from us. Wait, they're moving away. I think they're running."

  Kaida quickly made a shadow e a it in the dire Ryota pointed out. His e found 10 fully armed bandits running away.

  'Hmm, they must have seen the size of the caravan and fled, thinking that a ninja must be esc it.' After firming this, the e dispersed itself.

  Kaida received its memory and sighed in relief. He didn't have to kill anyone, but there was one person who was not happy about this.

  Yukihiro had sent his e to follow Kaida's e. When he saw the bandits, he was expeg Kaida to fight them, but instead of seeing him getting ready for a fight, Yukihiro saw Kaida sighing in relief. Even though there was no immediate o hahose bandits, sihey wouldn't have caused any problems for their mission, those people were bandits, and if they lived in the Land of Fire, they would cause harm one way or another.

  It is a ninja's duty to hahem; otherwise, civilians will suffer. Kaida khat, but his aversion to killing made him ighis detail.

  Yukihiro now uood what the Hokage was saying. Kaida and Yomi don't know the sequences of their as. Even if they have power, they don't have the resolve to use that power food.

  Though Yukihiro could have killed them, it was Kaida's decision, not his. Kaida had to face the sequences of his decision.

  The rest of the mission was pleted with no more problems, and they returo the vilge ohird day.

  When they ehe vilge, Kaida was shocked to find a familiar face there. Ayame's father was running toward the Hokage Building. Kaida used Wind Instantaneous Movement Jutsu and appeared in front of him, then he saw it—a face full of tears and grief. Kaida had a bad feeling about this.

  "What happened, mister? Why are y?" Kaida asked as all his team members arrived.

  "Kaida-san, my daughter... my daughter has been kidhose bandits kidnapped her. Please save her! Please save my daughter!"

  "Calm down first and tell us what happened," Yukihiro came forward and asked.

  "We were going back to our vilge after selling oods, but we were attacked on our way back. The ninja who roteg us died during the attack. They kidnapped all the girls, killed most of the men who tried to stop them. I somehow survived by hiding uhe corpse of my friend… SOB SOB… Please, save my daughter."

  Yukihiro looked toward his team and said, "This is a rescue mission; time is of the essence. I am going to the Academy tister the mission. Kaida, take him to the hospital and patch him up a little. He is going to lead us to the location."

  There was a rge wound on the old man's shoulder, but in his grief, he didn't eveo be in pain. Yukihiro poioward the injury and then disappeared.

  "Yes, Sensei," Kaida said, then picked up Ayame's father and took him to the hospital using Wind Instantaneous Movement Jutsu.

  In just 20 mihey were back at the vilge gate. The mediinja only had time to bahe wound and give some painkillers to Ayame's father.

  Yukihiro said, "Yomi, since you don't have any movement jutsu, you'll stay here, and I won't hear any objes."

  "Yes, Sensei," Yomi said begrudgingly, pletely deg to learn a movement jutsu as soon as possible.

  "Kaida, I am taking him, and you'll take Ryota and Kiba on your shoulders. We will need him to find those bandits. Old man, point us in the dire where you were attacked."

  "Okay."

  The old ma pointing in the dire, and Yukihiro and Kaida kept using Wind Instantaneous Movement Jutsu to travel. Both of them had eaten a soldier pill by now.

  In half an hour, they reached the attack location. There were still bodies lying there—two ninjas and the rest were men who were killed by the bandits just for fun.

  "Old man, you will stay here," Yukihiro said, then looked toward Ryota and said, "Find the dire they went." Without wasting any time, Ryota and Kiba got to work and started running in a dire.

  After 20 mihey were in front of a hideout in a cave. There were some bandits outside, ughing.

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  Chapter: Sharingan