"What, now you even have the Sharingan?" Ryota reacted similarly to Yomi, as it was the first time he noticed Kaida's Sharingan. During the mission, he had been focused on saving hostages and later on the safety of his friends.
Due to Kaida's eyes already being red, Ryota had missed his Sharingan during the mission.
"Kaida, I think you should stop showing off your Sharingan if you don't want to deal with the Uchiha clan for now," Yukihiro said after appearing.
Everyone stood up after hearing Yukihiro's voice.
"Yes, Sensei," Kaida replied.
"I called you all because I want to discuss something. I applied for a one-week break for our team because I thought you guys would require that much time to learn those jutsus. But since you've already learned them, we have two choices: we can take a three-day break, or we can start taking missions immediately. What do you guys want?"
Everyone looked at each other, and with a smile, Kaida said, "Let's start taking missions, Sensei. We're ready for it."
"Well, I was expecting that. Okay, we'll start doing missions now. Ryota and Yomi, be prepared. This time, you two will also have your first kill," Yukihiro said.
"Yes, Sensei," both of them replied.
"Okay then, I'll go and take a mission. Meet me at the village gate in one hour, and don't forget to make the necessary preparations."
Yukihiro said this and then used the Wind Instantaneous Movement Jutsu.
Since none of them had used any supplies from their storage seals other than nutrient bars, they simply replenished those and headed towards the village gate.
After an hour, Yukihiro arrived as well.
"Are you guys ready?"
"Yes, Sensei."
"Then let's go. I've taken a bandit extermination mission. We'll reach the location in one day at full speed."
"Sensei, we can use Movement Jutsu to get there," Ryota suggested.
"No, Ryota. We have a limited amount of chakra. If you waste your chakra like that, you won't have enough when you need it the most. The reason I taught you Body Flicker Jutsu was so you could use it in emergencies."
"Okay, Sensei," Ryota said.
"Let's go."
They all started running towards the mission location, with Yukihiro leading. After running for six hours, they took a break near a brook for one hour before resuming their journey and arriving at the location before sunset.
Ten kilometers away from the bandit camp, Yukihiro spoke. "We'll rest for now and attack in the morning." He saw that everyone on his team was out of breath, including himself.
"We have information that there's a bandit camp in the forest ahead, but we don't know its exact location. Our first goal is to find the camp. Ryota and Kiba will be responsible for that, but they can't search the whole forest alone. So, make five shadow clones each and search for any traces of bandits. Once you find them, let Ryota and Kiba know. Also, don't engage in a fight with the bandits alone, even if you find their location. They're like rats, and once they run away, it'll become very difficult to find them."
Everyone nodded and started making shadow clones. Since they only needed to make five shadow clones, Kaida decided to give them sufficient chakra to search for the entire night.
After sending their clones to search the forest, they set up a tent and took some rest.
…
While they were resting, one of Kaida's clones found two people heading deep into the forest. Suspecting them to be bandits, the clone started following them silently.
After following them for two hours, the clone reached a normal-looking cave where both individuals entered. Kaida's clone used Earth Release: Earth Military Movement Technique to go underground and search the cave for bandits.
The findings surprised the clone. The cave was filled to the brim with bandits. It was a very large cave with many sections. After searching the cave, the clone discovered that there were 30 bandits inside.
The clone dispersed itself, and Kaida received the clone's memories.
"Sensei, I found the location of the bandit camp. One of my clones spotted some bandits heading back to their camp and followed them," Kaida reported.
"Do you have any more information about the bandits?" Yukihiro asked.
"Yes, Sensei. There are at least 30 bandits, and I didn't find any hostages there."
"Good. We'll attack at 5 AM when there's enough light, and they'll still be drowsy from sleep," Yukihiro said.
Everyone nodded in agreement, understanding the plan.
They rested a bit more and then got ready for the mission.
"This mission will be carried out by you guys. I'll only intervene if there's something you can't handle," Yukihiro stated.
"Okay, Sensei."
Kaida took the lead, and everyone arrived at the bandit camp.
"Since there might be some ninjas there, let's avoid direct confrontation. We'll try to reduce their numbers first," Kaida suggested.
"First, let's check for another exit in case we're discovered and they try to run," Ryota said.
"Good idea," Yomi agreed.
All three of them dispersed and searched for another exit from the cave. Kaida even made three clones that used the Earth Release: Earth Military Movement Technique to search the cave from the inside for any exits.
They found another exit half a kilometer away from the first one. Kaida used earth chakra manipulation to seal the exit and left two shadow clones in case the bandits somehow managed to unseal it.
After that, everyone returned to the bandit camp.
"Since it's your first kill, don't worry. These guys fully deserve it," Kaida tried to console them.
"I know, bro. There's a thick smell of blood in this area; they've killed many people," Ryota said while Kiba growled.
Yomi listened to this and steeled her resolve to kill.
Everyone got ready. Just as they were about to attack, Ryota spoke up.
"Guys, two people are coming out of the cave."
"That's great. Let them come," Kaida said with a smile.
When the bandits came out of the cave and reached 100 meters away from the exit, Ryota used an Earth Bullet, and Yomi used a Water Bullet to kill them.
"Use Transformation Jutsu and kill as many as you can silently," Kaida instructed.
Ryota and Yomi used Transformation Jutsu and transformed into bandits. They entered the cave and reached the first room.
"Hey, why did you come back so early? Where's the alcohol you were supposed to bring?" one of the bandits asked.
"We left our money here," Ryota replied.
Hahaha.
Everyone started laughing.
"Since when do we need money to get things?" one of the bandits asked while laughing.
Yomi realized the situation was getting worse and shouted, "Hey, what's that on the wall?" All four bandits turned towards the wall.
She quickly took out four shurikens and threw them at the bandits' necks. All three of them dropped dead without being able to say anything.
"Sorry," Ryota said.
After that, they continued to kill bandits from the shadows using shuriken and kunai, ensuring the bandits didn't have a chance to make any noise. When they killed the 12th bandit, the others noticed and alerted the entire camp.
Realizing their chance to kill silently was ruined, they dispelled their Transformation Jutsu and used Body Flicker Jutsu to exit the cave.
"They're alerted. We only managed to kill 12 of them," Yomi informed Kaida.
"That's great. Let them come out. Prepare your long-range jutsus," Kaida said and made 10 shadow clones.
Yomi and Ryota prepared their Water and Earth Bullet Jutsus.
After a minute, when the bandits thought the attackers had fled, they decided to pursue them. All 18 bandits came out of the cave. Kaida's clones had already prepared Wind Blade Jutsu and launched 10 wind blades from different directions toward the bandits while Ryota and Yomi also attacked.
All 17 of the bandits died before they could comprehend what was happening, but one of them used the Substitution Jutsu to evade the attack.
Everyone realized he was a ninja. Yukihiro also prepared to assist.