Listening to Kuroto-san's explanation Shisui didn't think much about it, and immediately explained the principle of Shadow Clone Jutsu while also demonstrating the hand sign printing method, as well as chakra running method for the Shadow Clone Jutsu.

Kuroto observed the entire process with the Tenseigan very carefully. ​​

And after only a few attempts, he was able to roughly master the Shadow Clone Jutsu.

After all, with his current Chakra volume, mastering a Rank-B Jutsu is not so difficult. What's more, with the insight of the Tenseigan, he can clearly observe the flow of chakra in Shisui's Chakra pathway.

Anyone with a little intelligence can master such techniques using the same method.

This is the advantage of having a Dojutsu Kekkai Genkai.

Even Kakashi was able to copy so many Jutsu earning him the title of 'Copy Ninja Kakashi'. This is not only because of his talent but also because of the Sharingan that Obito passed onto him.

After this short episode, both Kuroto and Shisui went to their respective home to prepare for the secret mission.

Considering that this time, the mission will be amid fierce conflicts close to the level of a small-scale war against the Cloud Village, Kuroto didn't dare to be careless.

Shuriken, Kunai, Senbon, etc. he made sure to take them in an appropriate amount.

Along with more than 500 detonation seals.

Paralytic poison, Antidotes, Medical Bandages, Military Ration Pills, etc. were all orderly prepared.

After doing all the packing and preparation, when Kuroto was about to go out, the ninja pouches around his waist were already bulging.

As soon as he stepped out of his door, he collided with the anxious Yue.

Helping her stabilize herself, Kuroto said with a gentle smile, "Why are you being so anxious?"

While catching her breath Yue looked at Kuroto-Kun, who was already ready to go to the battlefield, while bending her head down, she murmured, "You… you must be careful Kuroto-Kun!"

There were thousands of words in her heart that she wanted to speak, but right now all she could muster to ask him was to be 'Careful!' while on the battlefield.

Although Yue spoke in a very light voice, Kuroto heard it more clearly than he could have ever, seeing her anxiousness and worry, Kuroto reached out his hand to hold her right cheek, lifting her head to match with his eyesight, he spoke reassured her with a confident smile, "I am a Special Jonin now, it isn't me who has to be careful but the enemy ninjas."

Feeling Kuroto-Kun's confidence, Yue felt a little relieved. Then as if she suddenly remembered something, she took out a sword and handed it to Kuroto, "Here Kuroto-Kun. Clan head asked me to give it to you."

Kuroto took the sword from Yue's hand and looked at the beautiful carving around the hilt.

.... unsheathing sound...….

As he drew it out of the sheathe, a beautiful silver blade came out.

Even the warm sunlight of the day couldn't dispel the cold air lingering around it. One could feel its sharpness with just a glance.

Highly impressed by the short sword in his hands, Kuroto couldn't help but mutter, "Good Sword!"

Seeing, Kuroto-Kun busy admiring the sword, Yue decided to explain, "It's a Chokuto, capable of channeling chakra, and Hiashi-sama said that it's a Kusanagi Sword. It also has a special ability according to which if an enemy is injured by it, then it would prevent the healing of that wound."

"Sword of Kusanagi!?" Kuroto was a little startled by this information and thought silently, 'Could this really be one of those many Kusanagi no Tsurugi?'

Of course, Kuroto was extremely surprised by the sudden gift from Clan head, not to mention one of the Kusanagi!

But after thinking about it a little, this sudden gift may not be so unexpected, considering that now he isn't just some cannon fodder that he used to be.

As a member of the Anbu Black Ops, serving directly under Hokage-sama, Kuroto also has some authority, he can participate in the internal and external affairs of the village. Adding the fact that he defeated Shisui, Shinichi, and Hiiragi not long ago, which made his reputation increase several times, makes him undoubtedly the most outstanding of all the Hyugas around his age.

It is completely natural for the Clan head to get on his good side, 'If Hiashi-sama doesn't even do this much then what sort of Clan head would he be?'

Hyuga Hiashi should be more than clear about the true picture of the Hyuga Clan. Although there are many Chunin in the clan, the number of Jonin is not so much. And in the younger generation, apart from the sudden appearance of Kuroto, there is only Yue with the potential to reach Jonin Class or probably higher.

This is also one of the reasons why the Hyugas have always preferred to stay low-key, they simply don't have enough strength like the Uchiha.

It's just that even if it is natural for the clan head to do something like this, Kuroto never expected that Hiashi-sama would give such a valuable treasure, this made him sigh with lots of emotion. Undoubtedly the background and history of a Millennia will have an inheritance such as this.

Kuroto doesn't know much about this Kusanagi Sword, even in the original series, only three Kusanagi swords were shown, but does that mean there are only three of them?

This is an answer he might never be able to find out. Who knows how many of such swords have been buried in the long river of history?

Therefore, Kuroto decided to ignore all these issues, and be content with the gift he received.

After bidding a farewell to Yue, with some petting and a hug, and finally an Itachi style flick on her forehead, Kuroto rushed to the meeting point of Class-11.

Both Shisui and Guy were already waiting, but there was no sign of Kakashi.

So, after a short greeting with the two, while waiting for Kakashi to come, Kuroto had some discussion with Shisui about his new sword.

After waiting for a long time, Kakashi finally arrived.

Guy asked curiously, "Kakashi my rival! What took you so long?"

Kakashi said with an apologetic expression, "I just went to the Memorial Stone, so it took a little while."

Hearing this Kuroto suddenly wrinkled his brows.

'Kakashi actually went to the Memorial Stone before performing this secret mission? Why do I have a bad feeling about this? It seems that the secret mission handed by Sandaime-sama is not so simple!' – Kuroto thought silently.

However, he can only try doing his best, since it was almost time for departing, so everyone stopped chatting and immediately set off.

While traveling, Kuroto decided to ask Kakashi, "What is the task of Class-11?"

Shisui and Guy also look towards Kakashi once they heard Kuroto's question.

The task scroll handed by Hokage-sama is kept by the Captain of the quad, so currently, only Kakashi knows the specific information of the secret mission handed over to Class-11.

In response to Kuroto's question and seeing the curious look of Shisui and Guy, Kakashi only shook his head negatively while saying, "I can't speak yet."

To prevent the outflow of intelligence, mostly the squad leader only informs the details of the task to other members of the team after arriving at or near the mission location.

Because Kuroto knows this so Kakashi's denial only increased his worry.

He can feel that this mission is definitely not going to be easy, and maybe it has nothing to do with blocking the Cloud Village raid party; because if it was just blocking the invasion of the enemy forces, there was no need to keep it a secret.

'Well looks like I can't rest assured huh?'

In the following week, Class-11 detoured all the way avoiding the Cloud Village troops invading the Land of Fire, passing through the Land of Hot Springs, and finally approached the border of the Land of Lightning.

By now, every one of the Class has figured out that this secret mission will be carried out in the enemy territory.

Captain Kakashi no longer concealed the details of the mission, spreading a map on the ground, he pointed at a red dot, while explaining, "Remember it, this is the location where we have to carry out the mission."

The red dot on the map is located at the border of Land of lightening and Land of Frost. Carefully Looking at the topography on the map, the target location is on a valley, and the surrounding geography is hard to tread.

Kakashi continued, "According to the intelligence, a secret warehouse storing a large number of tools and ration supply of Cloud Village is located here. Once this warehouse is successfully destroyed, Cloud's offensive in the Land of Fire will be forced to slow down."

Listening to the objective of the mission Shisui immediately asked, "What about the security from the enemy side?"

Kakashi shook his head at Shisui's question, "The intelligence team could only detect the location, the number of enemy guards and security are unknown, so before heading out, we have to be prepared for the worst!"

It would not be surprising to find more than a hundred shinobi guarding such a large warehouse.

On the other hand, Class-11 only has four people. Although nobody here is weak, with being so heavily outnumbered, no matter how you look at it, the chance of successfully completing this mission is very low.

After all, even the 3rd Raikage died by being outnumbered.

After hearing all the details of the task Kuroto couldn't help but slander, "No wonder Sandaime-sama were suddenly so generous…!"

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