The world went black, and his vision shifted.
Kira awoke on a small boat, arriving at the Moon Viewing Arc, the night he first landed in the Wave Country.
He adjusted his fox mask; the sensation of being burned alive in his previous life had not yet faded.
His face was burning, his flesh melted and charred.
"Fox, get off the boat!"
Unlike his previous life, Kira hesitated for a moment, not jumping off the small boat immediately, and was urged by his Squad Leader.
Kira remembered that Captain Ling definitely didn't say that in his previous life.
After resurrection, most things would follow the plot, but some of his actions or changes would lead to different situations, which Kira did not want to see.
Before reaching the time of his death in his previous life, he had to be careful and try to follow his past life as much as possible to maintain his plot advantage.
Kira looked at Captain Ling again, extremely wary of the Fire Release his Squad Leader had hidden.
He was too insidious, hiding his abilities and not even telling his subordinates.
A squad should know each other well and cooperate.
If the squad members didn't know their Squad Leader's abilities and strength, they might make wrong choices—wasn't that disregarding human life?
Anbu emphasized loyalty to an extreme degree; everyone was monitored by other Anbu, and Captain Ling was also wary of his squad members.
Captain Ling glanced at Fox. He had only urged him once, but Fox's eyes seemed strange.
Moon Viewing Arc activated!
The host has one resurrection chance per month. After death, they will resurrect on the previous Moon Viewing Arc.
Reward: One lottery chance:
1 - Shadow Clone Technique (Beginner);
2 - Fire Release Chakra;
3 - Taijutsu Locking Technique (Beginner).
Taijutsu Locking Technique was the technique Captain Ling used to lock him with his arm, which was very powerful and difficult to break free from.
He had Self-Inflicted Curse Sealing, so he didn't need a locking technique.
He didn't need Fire Release Chakra right now either.
He was a pseudo-Chunin; being able to use Earth Release well was already good enough.
Before becoming an Elite Chunin, there was no need to consider developing Chakra nature.
Even if he developed Fire Release Chakra, his Chakra amount wouldn't be able to support multiple uses.
Finally, Kira chose Shadow Clone Technique.
Shadow Clone Technique could create solid clones, sometimes even undetectable by visual ninjutsu.
Captain Ling was particularly skilled at Shadow Clone, often using Shadow Clones or the lives of his subordinates to probe for information.
Dividing Chakra equally was a flaw of Shadow Clone.
This flaw was not a disadvantage for ninja with particularly large or particularly small Chakra amounts.
If the Chakra amount was large, half was enough.
If the Chakra amount was small, there wasn't much to begin with, so how much less could it be?
For Kira now, equal division was not a bad thing; at most, he would just keep fighting with taijutsu.
Just like in his previous life, the plot continued to unfold, and the squad arrived at a fishing village by the sea.
Choosing a direction to infiltrate the elevated ground floor of the houses, Horned Ox was hit in the face by a flying object and, in anger, used an Exploding Tag.
Kira fought and retreated, hiding to the side.
This time, he knew where Captain Ling's true body was hidden, so he formed hand seals and used the sealing ninjutsu even more carefully, ensuring that his Squad Leader wouldn't see him.
The Cloud Ninja hidden among the fishermen made their move. In the end, Horned Ox died, and Captain Ling was injured.
Kira burst out of the seawater and carried away the injured Captain Ling.
In the coconut grove, Captain Ling felt a pain in his side.
His scalp tingled, thinking Fox was going to kill him.
He quickly lowered his head and saw Fox injecting him with a hemostatic agent.
Captain Ling breathed a sigh of relief; Fox wouldn't be so foolish as to dare to attack him.
Even if he was severely wounded and had taken several cuts, he could still kill Fox.
The two came to a natural cave in a reef and hid inside.
This time, Kira not only had no murderous intent but also meticulously helped Captain Ling treat his wounds.
There were still more than ten days until the full moon, and without Captain Ling, he wouldn't be able to survive.
Being an Anbu ninja was too dangerous.
Captain Ling felt Fox's concern, and since Fox was his only subordinate at the moment, his attitude towards Fox became much warmer.
Captain Ling even began to analyze the situation:
"Fox, within the area we searched, there were actually two Cloud squads.
It seems that Cloud is appearing in the Wave Country on a large scale.
The mission share in the Wave Country has always been a key point of contention between the Hidden Mist Village and the Uzushiogakure.
To help the Uzushiogakure, our Konoha has fought many battles with Hidden Mist, and many people have died.
Without our Konoha Village, how could the Uzushiogakure possibly contend with the Hidden Mist Village?
Recently, there have been many complaints circulating in the village, saying why we should help an outside village? It would be better to directly seize the mission share in the Wave Country.
Now that Hidden Mist has appeared, things are complicated."
After thinking for a moment, Kira asked:
"Captain Ling, isn't the Uzushiogakure our ally?
Are the complaints in the village appearing naturally, or..."
"Stop!" Captain Ling said sternly:
"To survive in Anbu, you must not know what you shouldn't know, and you must not ask what you shouldn't ask.
Those complaints about the Uzushiogakure, of course, appeared naturally. Could it be that our Anbu spread them?"
Although Captain Ling denied it, Kira felt that Anbu was probably behind it.
The Nine-Tailed Jinchuriki, Uzumaki Mito's condition was not good. Kira had previously carried out a mission to guard the Senju Clan Grounds.
Uzumaki Mito married into the Senju Clan and didn't even change her surname. That old lady, both in strength and status, was incomparable.
Unfortunately, she was too old.
Regarding the arrangement for the next Jinchuriki, the village elders and the Senju Clan seemed to have many disagreements.
Previously, the Senju Clan was responsible for communicating with the Vortex Clan.
This time, the village directly bypassed the Senju Clan, and Danzo personally came to the Uzushiogakure, proving that the village could no longer reach an agreement with the Senju Clan.
Captain Ling spent five days recovering from his injuries and continued to complete the mission, searching for Hidden Mist in a certain area.
This time, they found three Hidden Mist squads. Fortunately, Captain Ling did not order Kira to probe for information.
Each time they found a Hidden Mist squad, they would observe from a distance and then carefully leave.
Days passed, and finally, the reassuring Moon Viewing Arc arrived again.
The full moon was like a silver disk, and the moonlight was like white frost.
Kira squatted on a reef.
The sea breeze was damp, blowing on his mask.
In the distance, Captain Ling was reporting something to the Squad Leader.
The sound of the waves was continuous, crashing, and Kira could not hear what the two Squad Leaders were saying.
He only saw Captain Ling nodding constantly, agreeing to something.
Beneath the mask, Kira was very dissatisfied with his situation.
This won't do. Always being a mere Anbu grunt, not even knowing the mission content, only able to listen to the Squad Leader.
This made him very passive in every mission.
He at least had to become a Squad Leader and enter the mission distribution system to know more information.
Information was too important; it was the key to survival.
Staring at Captain Ling's back, Kira carefully calculated.
Last time he couldn't kill him; he was lucky.
He still had to kill him as soon as possible.
He looked at his system panel.
Host Status:
Chakra Amount: Chunin-level.
Chakra Nature: Earth.
Ninjutsu: Basic Three Body Techniques, Earth Release: Underground Projection Fish Technique, Shadow Clone Technique.
Taijutsu: Basic Taijutsu, Basic Kunai Throwing Technique.
Sealing Ninjutsu: Self-Inflicted Curse Sealing.
Other: None.
Using these abilities, he had to find a way to step over Captain Ling's corpse and become a Squad Leader.
They were all Anbu; no one should call anyone else heartless.