"Ah, run! It's Ninja! It's Ninja!" A group of Hoodlums ran frantically, while behind them, Izumi and a few companions knocked them out one by one, tied them up, and then handed them over to the local Village people.
The Village Head looked at the tied-up Hoodlums, overjoyed.
"Thank you so much, Konoha Ninja are truly amazing."
Sarutobi Muraki said with a smile, "We should be the ones thanking you for trusting our Konoha Ninja Village. So, please bring more missions to our Konoha Ninja Village in the future."
The Village Head quickly said, "Yes, alright! Hahahaha…"
As Izumi and the others watched the Land of Rain's Daimyo send people to take the Hoodlums away, Akimichi Jiro asked, "Teacher, why don't these soldiers deal with these Hoodlums?"
Sarutobi Muraki said, "That's their local business, it has nothing to do with us."
Akimichi Jiro asked, "Why don't they go to the local Hidden Rain Village? They're just some Hoodlums, it's not a difficult mission."
Sarutobi Muraki stroked his beard and said, "I heard Hidden Rain Village was sealed off a while ago. I don't know what happened, but it's probably related to this."
Izumi covered her mouth and chuckled, "I'm just afraid these Hoodlums will be back soon."
"Ah! They've all been captured, how can they come back?" Yamamoto Kawa sneered, "Do you think they're Ninja? Are you out of your mind?"
"Alright, alright, you're right, my mind is broken." Izumi couldn't be bothered to talk to him.
Sarutobi Muraki said, "Alright, our mission is complete. What happens next has nothing to do with us. We should leave."
A few days later, on their way back, the group suddenly heard sounds of fighting.
Everyone immediately ran over, hid nearby, and observed secretly.
They saw several Hidden Rain Village Ninja wearing gas masks fighting a female Ninja whose entire body had turned into paper.
"Konan!" Izumi looked at this person in shock, not expecting to see her.
Izumi suddenly smiled.
"I've been wanting to learn your Ninjutsu, I've been craving it for a long time, Miss Konan."
Izumi immediately activated her Sharingan to observe her fight.
"It's Amegakure Ninja," Sarutobi Muraki narrowed his eyes, watching the scene.
The Ninja were all covered in wounds. One of them shouted angrily, "Damn it! You're like a persistent ghost! After all this time, you still won't let us go!"
Konan said coldly, "You murderers, you killed my friends. No matter where you run, or for how long, I will kill you." After she finished speaking, paper wings appeared on her body, and countless papers flew from the wings, shooting towards them.
"Earth Release! Earth-Style Wall!" A Ninja slammed his hands on the ground, and an earth wall rose up, blocking the papers.
"Hmph! We're prepared too!" Another man slammed his palm on the ground and shouted, "Fire Release! Exploding Flame Array!"
Suddenly, countless Exploding Tags appeared on the ground around Konan, wrapping around her legs.
"This move is good. Setting up Exploding Tags that have undergone Fire Release beforehand, then manipulating them with Ninjutsu."
"Boom! Boom! Boom…" Countless explosions rang out continuously. When the smoke cleared, Konan's figure was gone. They laughed, "Hmph, paper is afraid of fire! We lured you here to make you land on the ground."
As they were leaving, suddenly, one person immediately jumped up, while the other two were struck in the back by countless paper shuriken, falling to the ground dead.
"How is that possible!" The surviving Amegakure Ninja looked at the unharmed Konan and then said, "It's a Paper Clone!"
Countless paper pieces swirled around Konan, flying towards the Amegakure Ninja.
The Amegakure Ninja created a Shadow Clone to block Konan's attacks in front, while he released Fire Release Ninjutsu from behind, trying to burn the paper.
But even in the flames, countless papers still passed through the fire, piercing his body.
"How is that possible!" He looked at the paper kunai on his body, which were steaming.
"She even wet the paper, damn it."
The Amegakure Ninja fell directly to the ground, completely dead.
Konan glanced at him, then rolled up their corpses and flew away.
The few people secretly watching exclaimed, "Wow, I didn't expect using paper could be so powerful!"
"So amazing!" Akimichi Jiro asked, "Teacher, who is stronger, you or this woman?"
Sarutobi Muraki said, "It's hard to say, but I now have information on the opponent. With preparation, the chances of winning are greater. So you must also know that for Ninja, information is the most important."
"Yes!"
"Yes!"
"Yes!"
Sarutobi Muraki said, "Very good, did you see? This woman knows she uses paper and is very clear about her weakness, so she wet the paper with water to counteract the burning of fire. You also need to understand your strengths and weaknesses, and then make corresponding improvements. This way, your chances of winning will be greater, understood?"
Everyone nodded, "Understood."
"Very good, this mission was not in vain. In the future, I will teach you more Ninja moves and Ninjutsu, especially Izumi. You just joined, so you will work very hard."
Izumi immediately said, "It's alright, Teacher! No matter how hard it is, I can handle it!"
"Mm, very good. Let's go for now. It wouldn't be good to be discovered if we stay here."
"Yes!"
The four immediately left the area.
As night approached, the group spent the night in a nearby small town. Izumi also strolled around the nearby market and bought many things.
Izumi glanced at the room next door in the inn, then sneered, "Hmph, seriously, is monitoring all day not enough? Do they have to monitor even while sleeping? This is too dedicated. These higher-ups are too wary of Uchiha. They're so strict with a child my age, I really want to call them perverts."
The Senju and Uchiha bloodlines gave Izumi excellent aptitude, and she could sense things from very far away. Plus, she had learned Spiritual Energy, absorbed natural energy, and learned Sensing Ninjutsu. Now, she could easily sense that her teacher was monitoring her.
Izumi lay on the bed, somewhat annoyed, and only relaxed after the person monitoring her left.
After confirming he hadn't left any lingering methods to continue monitoring, Izumi finally felt at ease.
She suddenly chuckled, "Although this trip was a bit unpleasant, I still learned a good Ninjutsu."
Izumi looked at her arm, and saw neat patterns beginning to appear on it. Then, her fair arm began to turn into sheets of white paper.
"Very good, I'll add my Divine Ink writing ability to these papers, hehe."
Immediately, Exploding Tags and other types of talismans were drawn on all the papers on Izumi's arm.
"It's done. With this Ninjutsu, I'm not afraid of most people anymore." Izumi said with a smile, "Thank you, Konan. This Ninjutsu of yours suits me very well, I will make good use of it."