"Yes! Captain!"
At Kakashi's command, Yasuke gripped the kunai even tighter, without a moment's hesitation, and turned to head towards the refugee camp.
However, just as Yasuke turned to leave, there was a sudden "whoosh"!
With eyes full of anger, Guy instantly grabbed Yasuke's shoulder and shouted angrily, "Yasuke, if you listen to that scumbag Kakashi, we are no longer comrades!"
"Slap!"
Guy's angry voice had barely fallen when, without waiting for Kakashi or Genma Shiranui to react, Yasuke suddenly raised his hand and slapped Guy across the face!
"Turtle, you've made two mistakes!"
As he spoke, Yasuke slowly extended his fingers, coldly staring at Guy, and said, "First, we must follow the captain's orders. The captain's order is our mission, and we cannot disobey it in the slightest!"
"Second, during a mission, we must use code names for everyone!"
"If this were a battlefield and those refugees were spies, our entire Anbu squad would be dead here! I know you sympathize with those refugees, but don't you care about our comrades' lives?"
"Do you want us all to die with you?"
With that, Yasuke snorted coldly and disappeared from Guy's sight.
Unfortunately, Yasuke's advice did not dispel the anger in Guy's heart; it even had the opposite effect.
In the original story, Guy is an excellent ninja, renowned both in Konoha and the ninja world. While there is no problem with him carrying out ordinary missions, he would likely refuse if tasked with the brutal assignments of the Anbu.
In short, Guy is not suited for the Anbu.
Someone who likes to shout words like "youth" and "passion" could never understand the harshness of the Anbu.
In contrast, Yasuke, who had traveled from another world, initially felt some reluctance when Genma Shiranui attacked those refugees. But soon, Yasuke accepted his identity as an Anbu and gradually understood the cruelty of war through subsequent bloody experiences.
Back in Konoha, Yasuke could only understand what war was through non-direct means like funerals.
But now, outside Konoha, within the Land of Fire, seeing the deaths of those refugees firsthand, Yasuke finally understood what war truly was!
"If you don't kill others, you might be the one to die."
"War is inherently selfish; there can often only be one victor!"
"No matter how diligently you train or how strong you become, without a heart as firm as a rock, forget about becoming a true powerhouse in the ninja world; even protecting your own life would be challenging!"
"In the original story, Kakashi, the Fourth Hokage, Jiraiya, weren't they all very kind people? But as an Anbu, how much blood has stained Kakashi's hands? The titles of the Yellow Flash and the Three Legendary Sannin for the Fourth Hokage and Jiraiya, respectively, how many corpses did it take to achieve those?"
"Ha!"
"The original story ridiculously depicted the ninja world as a place of passion!"
"Only coldness can ensure survival in this world! Kakashi, Minato-sensei, I think I understand what you wanted to teach me!"
As his beliefs quietly changed, Yasuke truly grasped the Fourth Hokage's intentions.
Why did the Fourth Hokage insist on Yasuke joining the Anbu after recognizing his talent in ninjutsu and following Kakashi's squad on missions?
Wasn't it to familiarize Yasuke with this world and make him understand its cruelty?
In the original story, Itachi fully comprehended the harshness of wartime and saw through the darkness behind the conflicts, achieving such high awareness.
Therefore, the Fourth Hokage had the same hope, wishing Yasuke could reach such high awareness and possess the selfless ideals of a "Hokage"!
But unfortunately!
The Fourth Hokage did not know that Yasuke was a transmigrator, and his hopes were destined to be in vain!
With inherently different values and survival perspectives, once Yasuke saw through the harshness behind the war, he had only one thought!
To become stronger!
To control his own destiny!
What "Hokage" selflessness, what cruelty behind wars, all were nonsense!
In Yasuke's view, survival is the foundation, and living joyfully is the only valuable life.
So, at this moment, Kakashi's another test seemed meaningless to Yasuke.
What do pitiful refugees matter?
Would Yasuke, who had truly steeled his heart, fear staining his hands with some refugees' blood?
"Whoosh!"
At sunset, Yasuke's figure vanished from the sight of Guy, Kakashi, and others, turning into a streak of light, swiftly heading to the refugee camp.
At the camp's periphery, Yasuke did not forget to carefully scout the situation.
However, the refugees who had gone out searching for food were evidently all killed by Genma Shiranui. So, in Yasuke's probe, the camp was filled with only the old, weak, sick, and disabled.
But even so, Yasuke remained extremely cautious.
Hidden on a distant tree, calculating the distance, Yasuke threw several kunai and immediately formed hand seals!
"Shadow Sewing Technique!"
"Whoosh!"
"Whoosh!"
Accompanied by the thrown kunai, Yasuke's Shadow Sewing Technique extended silently into the refugee camp.
There, whether elderly, women, or children without any ability to resist.
The moment they were bound by Yasuke's Shadow Sewing Technique, they were facing the Shadow Strangling Technique!
"Crack!"
"Crack!"
The sound of necks breaking echoed continuously.
With the Shadow Sewing Technique, combined with the Shadow Strangling Technique, it took Yasuke less than three minutes, consuming some chakra, to deal with over thirty refugees in the camp.
Of course, eliminating the refugees was only the first step of Yasuke's mission.
Next, taking out the prepared shovel, Yasuke was to complete the second and final step of his task: covering the traces of the refugees' existence.
But who would have thought, just as Yasuke gripped the shovel, overcoming the shadow of killing with determination, ready to cover the traces of the refugees' existence, a figure suddenly appeared behind Yasuke. A stern voice spoke, causing Yasuke's pupils to shrink slightly!
"Using a kid as bait."
"People of Konoha are truly ruthless!"
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