Since Uchiha Arata and his two teammates were officially dispatched for this mission, and it didn't involve any secret operations, the three followed standard procedures.
All of them arrived punctually. Kakashi, unlike his reputation in the original timeline, didn't show his usual habit of being late.
After all, he was still an Anbu operative...discipline was part of the job, not the freedom of a surface-level shinobi.
Their destination, the Land of Grass, lay between the Land of Fire and the Land of Earth.
It was a small, neutral nation.....too weak to develop any signature ninjutsu of its own, and too often forced to swallow humiliation from stronger neighbors.
This time, Uchiha Arata's team had a simple yet crucial mission: to bring the Uzumaki mother and daughter...currently residing in the Hidden Grass Village.....safely back to Konoha.
Time was critical. Kaorin's mother was in poor condition, her life hanging by a thread. Thus, the moment the trio left the village gates, they set out at full speed.
Kakashi was a seasoned veteran, and Uzuki Yugao specialized in taijutsu and kenjutsu.....both had excellent endurance.
In the past, Arata's physical strength would have been the team's weak link, likely slowing them down.
But ever since he had trained in the Lightning Release Armor technique.....even if he had only mastered the first stage.....his body had reached the level of a jōnin.
As a result, Arata traveled with ease. Along the way, whenever he came across a location that caught his eye, he discreetly used his Takamagahara ocular technique to leave behind spatial markers.
Since the three wore Anbu masks, as long as he was careful, neither Kakashi nor Yugao would notice that he had activated his Mangekyō Sharingan and was quietly marking coordinates in secret.
Given how urgent the mission was, the three pressed forward day and night.
In just three days, they arrived at the Hidden Grass Village.
Upon arrival, they didn't head straight to negotiate with the village leader.
Instead, they slipped in quietly to assess the situation first.
The Hidden Grass Village was small, lacking even a proper medical division.
Unlike Konoha, it had no trained medical-nin.
For that reason, the Uzumaki mother and daughter...who possessed remarkable healing ability and rapid chakra recovery.....were invaluable.
The team was certain the Grass Village's leader wouldn't hand them over willingly.
Negotiation would only come after confirming they could safely extract the targets.
A hasty move could startle the enemy and cause the mother and daughter to be hidden away.
They wanted to avoid any conflict. Forcing the issue through power or intimidation would only endanger the Uzumakis and risk driving the Grass Village toward Iwagakure's influence.
The best approach was to retrieve the mother and daughter silently, without alerting anyone.
Even if they were later found living in Konoha, the matter would not escalate.
As night descended outside the village, Kakashi instructed the others to wait while he infiltrated alone.
Using Transformation Jutsu and Camouflage Stealth in combination, he alternated between the two, moving closer to the village undetected.
The Camouflage Stealth Technique was a specialty of Iwagakure shinobi—one of the highest-level concealment techniques in existence.
Kakashi, Obito, even early Naruto and Sasuke had once suffered from it.
Given Kakashi's title as the Copy Ninja,
mastering such a skill was no surprise.
Arata too knew the Camouflage Technique, but infiltration alone carried less risk. He didn't argue.
Kakashi's confidence came from the Grass Village's weakness.
They had no sealing masters, no barrier specialists, perhaps not even a proper sensory-nin among them.
If it were one of the Great Villages, Kakashi would never have attempted such a bold infiltration.
Arata and Yugao watched as Kakashi disappeared into the night, then waited quietly.
Neither spoke...a single misplaced word near enemy territory could mean disaster.
Bored, Arata drifted into thought, musing over which bloodline limit he should copy next.
Once they rescued the Uzumaki mother and daughter, he planned to ask the Third Hokage to arrange opportunities for him to interact with Naruto and the Uzumakis separately.
That way, he could acquire the Uzumaki clan's powerful bloodline.
After that, he would target the Hyuga clan's Byakugan.
The branch family's eyes were flawed, marked by a deadly blind spot.
He needed the main family's Byakugan....perhaps Hyuga Hiashi's.
As the head of the clan, his bloodline purity would be ideal.
While Arata schemed quietly, Yugao found herself watching his profile under the moonlight.
Over the past few days of travel, she'd come to realize that Uchiha Arata was unlike any of the other Uchiha.....or any shinobi from noble clans, for that matter.
Most clan-born ninja carried an air of arrogance, a condescending pride as though they were inherently superior.
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