Kato Mitsukaze bade farewell to Akimichi Takeshi, the leader of the Northwest Stronghold's stronghold. Then he started looking for Hatsuki Shigeru in the stronghold.
The Northwest Stronghold's stronghold was very big. Unfortunately, Kato Mitsukaze did not see that old-fashioned, white-haired ninja even after walking around the stronghold.
Kato Mitsukaze turned around and asked the ninja who helped him register his stay in the stronghold. Only then did he know that Hatsuki Shigeru would usually be patrolling outside at this time of the year and would not be in the stronghold.
Of course, Hatsuki Shigeru was a newly promoted Jounin from Wood Leaf Village in the past two years. His family's swordsmanship was very sharp and powerful.
He did not have to patrol a fixed area like ordinary Chunin and Genin.
When Hatsuki Shigeru patrolled, he mainly relied on the mobility of a Jounin, which was far superior to that of a Genin and Chunin. He patrolled the different ninja squads under his command.
He would not be stationed in a small area and would be in charge of a larger area.
Even though he did not see Hatsuki Shigeru immediately, Kato Mitsukaze was not in a hurry. He had his own plans for coming to the Northwest Stronghold's stronghold, so he would just take care of his own matters first.
Kato Mitsukaze planned to stay at the Northwest Stronghold's stronghold for at least two to three days. He would definitely see Hatsuki Shigeru sooner or later.
After asking the ninja in charge of the stronghold's stronghold about the exact time Hatsuki Shigeru would be returning to the stronghold, Kato Mitsukaze returned to the dormitory he had just asked for.
He was going to take a short break to recover his strength.
After that, Kato Mitsukaze planned to use the rest of the afternoon and the first half of the night to clear out the missions in the Country of Rain. He would try to rush back to the Northwest Stronghold's stronghold before dawn.
If everything went smoothly and he was lucky without any accidents, he might even be able to look for his old classmate, Hatsuki Shigeru, to catch up on old times in the evening.
By then, Hatsuki Shigeru should have finished patrolling outside and returned to the Northwest Stronghold's stronghold.
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The dormitory was a single dormitory. It was a very small room, and the conditions were so-so. What made Kato Mitsukaze most satisfied and surprised was that there was a simple shower in the dormitory.
It seems that after being promoted to Jonin, the treatment is really different.
When Kato Mitsukaze was still a Chunin and Genin, he didn't have such treatment. His team of three was crowded in a dormitory, and there was no shower.
Even as Kato Mitsukaze rested on his steel-framed bed in his dormitory, his mind was not completely relaxed. He carefully recalled the mission information regarding the mission target in the Country of Rain.
By the time he was almost fully recovered, the mission information within the Rain Country was also more or less sorted out.
Kato Mitsukaze checked his equipment, ninja tools, and medicine again. Seeing that there were no oversights, he left the stronghold's base in the Northwest and headed straight for the Rain Kingdom.
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Kato Mitsukaze wanted to rush back to the stronghold's base in the Northwest Stronghold before midnight tonight. Not counting the time required to complete the mission, time was still a little tight for him.
Fortunately, there were not many missions that needed to be completed in the Country of Rain. There were only four of them, two of which were assassination missions and two of which were intelligence gathering missions.
One of the assassination missions and the other intelligence gathering mission had the same mission target. The intelligence gathering mission was to investigate a small Rain Ninja camp not far from the border between the Country of Fire and the Country of Rain and figure out the layout of the Rain Ninja's defensive line in that area.
The assassination mission was to kill the team leader of the Rain Ninja stationed at the Rain Ninja camp. According to the intelligence gathering, he was a newly promoted Rain Ninja who was good at the Rain Ninja Jutsu.
Kato Mitsukaze planned to complete these two missions last. There was no other reason other than the locations of these two missions were close to the border between the two countries.
If Kato Mitsukaze completed these two missions first and did not kill everyone in that camp, he would definitely be discovered by the remaining Rain Ninjas.
If the Rain Ninjas detected an invasion, it might affect the completion of Kato Mitsukaze's other two missions. Kato Mitsukaze was not afraid that the Rain Ninjas would detect an invasion and not be able to complete the mission successfully.
It was just that it might be very troublesome and take up a lot of time. It might affect Kato Mitsukaze's visit to his old classmate, Hatsuki Shigeru, to catch up with him at night.
The locations of the other two missions were relatively close to the Rain Village. Fortunately, the intelligence gathering showed that they were located at the periphery of the Rain Village's territory and were still some distance away from the core area of the Rain Village.
There was nothing much to say about the assassination mission. The mission target was a wealthy merchant who had defected from the Country of Fire and committed all kinds of evil deeds. He had committed a crime in the Country of Fire and fled to the Country of Rain to seek refuge.
According to the analysis of the intelligence, this wealthy merchant may continue to flee north to the Country of Earth.
This rich businessman was now hiding near the Rain Hidden Village and hired a pair of Rain Shinobi guards to assassinate him. It was basically not difficult for Kato Yukaze to come out and estimate the nearby Rain Hidden Village.
What interested Kato Mitsukaze more was the remaining spy mission. The intelligence showed that the Wood Leaf Village had found an interesting message from a Rain Ninja captive.
Somewhere near the Rain Village, a new unknown large summoned beast was suspected to have been found. The residents of the nearby Rain Village had heard a huge shrill and terrible roar.
Later, the Rain Village sent ninjas to investigate several times, but they did not find any specific situation.
However, among the residents near the suspected location, there has been a legend of a large beast monster around.
The reason why Kato Mitsukaze was interested in this mission was to verify whether the situation was what he thought.
Calculating the time, it was now the 35th year of the Wood Leaf Village, which was about time.
Of course, verification was verification. The first priority was to ensure Kato Mitsukaze's own safety.
If it really involved the person Kato Mitsukaze was thinking about, Kato Mitsukaze's current body would definitely not be strong enough.
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After Kato Mitsukaze left the Northwest Stronghold's camp, his speed was even faster than when he came here earlier.
His entire body was flashing with a turquoise wind attribute Chakra. That was the embodiment of his Light Wind Technique.
Kato Mitsukaze was like a gust of wind, crossing mountains, rivers, grasslands, and forests.
In the eyes of the small animals and large beasts he encountered along the way, they did not even realize it was a human figure who had just passed by them. At most, they thought it was a gust of turquoise wind that blew past them.
Kato Mitsukaze successfully crossed the border between the Country of Fire and the Country of Rain. He first went to the last place in his plan, the place where the two mission locations were the same, the small Rain Village Camp.
When he arrived near the small Rain Village Camp, the weather was still relatively clear as it was closer to the border between the Country of Fire and the Country of Rain. It was not rainy.
Kato Mitsukaze found a secret place to set up a protective early warning trap and hide his whereabouts.
Kato Mitsukaze directly mobilized the Chakra in his body and used the Spirit Breeding Technique to separate his Soul Clone from his body.
The Soul Clone nodded to the main body and did not say anything. Then it turned around and flew out. The main body stayed in the hiding place and quickly recovered the state of Chakra.
When Kato Mitsukaze's main body recovered, the Soul Clone also flew back and returned to Kato Mitsukaze's body.
The information about the defense line of the Rain Village nearby had been received in Kato Mitsukaze's mind.
The information about the small Rain Village Camp was also investigated in detail by the Soul Clone, and it was consistent with the information he received from the previous mission.
The next step was to return here in the evening and kill the Rain Ninja who was good at Rain Body Technique and verify the information about the layout of the defense line.
After dealing with the situation here, Kato Mitsukaze's state was almost recovered, and he did not want to waste any more time.
Using the Light Wind Technique, he turned around and left, rushing in the direction of the Rain Village like a gust of wind.
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