"Satoru, the higher-ups are counting this as an A-rank mission for us this time. You truly are my lucky star!"
Dokuro laughed heartily with Satoru.
Upon hearing this, Satoru was also very satisfied.
During wartime, recorded missions could be exchanged for money or Ninja resources like Ninjutsu from the Village after the war ended.
An A-rank mission, according to normal rates, would start at least in the millions.
That could buy a hundred or eighty explosive tags.
It just had to wait until the war ended; all resources currently had to be prioritised for the war effort.
And that wasn't all; discovering the enemy was one mission, and reading their memories was another. Satoru also got a B-rank for that.
According to the memories, this unit was an assassination squad sent by Iwagakure, targeting Konoha's logistics.
The intelligence unit, corpse retrieval unit, interrogation unit, Analysis Team, medical unit, and others were all logistics and their targets.
It was fortunate they discovered them early; if they had been any later and fought an unprepared battle, the losses would have been significant.
"Oh, Captain, is there anything else?" Satoru asked.
"Haha, there is."
Dokuro smiled, then grew serious.
"Based on the intelligence from reading the enemy's memories, we cannot be certain whether they have transmitted information about our Analysis Team's station back, so we need to relocate."
Upon hearing this, Satoru also became serious.
"Understood."
"Good, get ready. We're leaving tonight."
After Dokuro gave his orders, he rushed to the next location, presumably to notify others.
As for Satoru, with a hint of worry, he first used a Perception Ninjutsu to scan the area, only releasing his hand seals after confirming there were no enemies within a one-kilometre radius.
He was determined to stay in the Analysis Team and contribute to Konoha, absolutely not allowing the enemy to discover their station.
Evening.
Under the cover of night, shadowy figures moved through the forest.
The Ninja's concealed presence was so complete that even passing birds didn't sense anyone, staying in their nests and looking after their chicks.
Satoru was among them.
One of the most basic and crucial qualities of a Ninja: stealth.
When he watched the anime, he didn't feel much, but only when he truly used it did he realise that ninjas were truly an assassination profession.
Hashirama and Madara were just two warriors using the Ninja title.
From the movements of the Analysis Team, plus the Anbu Ninja guards, it was clear that everyone's stealth skills were excellent, moving almost silently.
Even Seishimon, also a Genin, performed very well.
At this moment, he even wondered how Naruto managed to graduate.
Was it really because of the Multiple Shadow clones?
It was probably due to politics, requiring him to graduate; otherwise, a mere Multiple Shadow Clone would not be enough to meet the basic requirements for a Genin.
Bluntly speaking, even now, facing Naruto's Shadow Clone, he had plenty of ways to deal with him, though he was confident in his ideas due to having intelligence.
Based on the characteristics of the Shadow Clone, where the experiences are transmitted back to the original body after the clone disappears, it is still very easy to resolve.
For example, he could use the Mind Reading Technique in reverse, transmitting his painful thoughts to the Shadow Clone, so that even if the Shadow Clone disappeared, the pain would not.
Mind Reading Technique: Pain.
These days, to survive the war, he has also tried every means to make himself stronger.
And he didn't have a Bloodline Limit, and his Chakra was only at the level of an ordinary Genin. To maximise his strength, in addition to using different elemental nature transformations, he also developed his fighting style based on his advantages.
Perception and spiritual aspects were his advantages, so his focus was here.
Mind Reading Technique: Pain, uses the pain of many Ninjas obtained through Mind Reading, collects it, and seals it in the mind in the form of Ninjutsu.
Finally, in the form of Genjutsu, the painful information is transmitted into the enemy's mind. He only needs to seize the enemy's momentary weakness, and a Kunai to the heart will finish the job.
This is a combination of pain: physical, mental, the death of family, the death of friends, the pain of being tortured, and the killing of loved ones.
Satoru knew that powerful Ninja couldn't control it for long, but Ninja combat was inherently mobile combat; a single instant was enough.
That's right, his advantage was mental, as he was a Perception Ninja, so the path to becoming stronger he planned for himself was Genjutsu.
In the anime, the ceiling of Genjutsu was the Sharingan, and only the Sharingan. Other people's highest Genjutsu users were Kurenai Yuhi and her father, Shinku Yuhi.
It felt like other people's Genjutsu didn't have much to see, but he was confident in his talent; he should be able to contend with Uchiha Itachi.
At worst, becoming a Jonin was no problem. And if he played it safer, he could just let the Child of Prophecy deal with the enemies.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
"We've arrived. Everyone set up camp, quickly."
"Anbu guards and Perception Ninja, patrol the surroundings. You must not let the enemy receive any intelligence."
"Yes."
Whoosh! Whoosh!
As Inoichi Yamanaka, the leader of the Analysis Team, gave the order, everyone acted in an orderly fashion.
Satoru, as a Perception Ninja, was also assigned to an Anbu squad for patrol and search.
...
Several days had passed since they changed camps, and the Analysis Team was back on track.
Satoru also clocked in daily, practising Ninjutsu, Taijutsu, and developing and learning Genjutsu when he had nothing else to do.
Many of these were learned during the Mind Reading process, and after his integration and organisation, he developed his training method.
This was also one of the Analysis Team's jobs: if they read an enemy's Ninjutsu that Konoha didn't have, or found optimisations like simplified hand seals, they could report it to Konoha and receive a reward.
His Chakra was also progressing faster and faster. From barely being able to use three Earth Release: Hardening techniques before his Chakra was almost depleted, he could now use five in a short amount of time.
"Spiritual energy, physical energy…"
A month had passed, and Satoru had grown very quickly. It was no wonder it was wartime; the accumulation of spiritual energy was incomparable to Naruto's era.
His Chakra was becoming more and more abundant, and maintaining a long battle was no longer an issue.
And in this month, by reading the memories of different enemies, he also roughly knew where the camp was located.
The Land of Fire border, behind the front lines.
A place very close to the front lines.
It was no wonder that there were enemies whose memories needed to be read every day.
This also made Satoru tremble with fear, afraid that an enemy would suddenly pop out, and his Perception Ninjutsu never stopped at fixed times every day.
It should be known that Iwagakure's offensive at this time was quite fierce, simultaneously fighting Konoha and Hidden Cloud Village, and it was very intense.
Even though their side currently had a complete medical system, and excellent ninjas like the Yellow Flash and Orochimaru.
They were still showing signs of fatigue in the Third Shinobi World War.
It made Satoru want to run and beg Tsunade and Jiraiya to come back quickly, afraid that the plot would deviate from the anime, which would be disastrous!
It is worth noting that in one enemy's memory, he saw a white-haired figure using Lightning Release, and also Minato Namikaze.
Next to him was a boy wearing goggles, and a beautiful girl with a Dora-like hairstyle.