Naruto: Senmei Asahi

"If Kakashi and Obito create chaos, won't the Sunagakure guards be more guarded and alert, what will happen then?" Keita asked.

Taking out the special kunai that Minato entrusted to him, Asahi explained, "If Captain Minato is successful in his task, he should have returned by two hours. We can only hope that by then Sunagakure would still had no idea about our operation. But since nothing has happened, it probably means that Captain doesn't have had the chance yet to do it, he can only rely on Kakashi to create confusion and find opportunities among the chaos. As for the situation you mentioned, we can't help it, let's just hope it doesn't happen."

"Understood!" Keita nodded, then with a one hand seal on his chest, he said in a low voice, "[Byakugan]!"

"At ten o'clock, five hundred meters away, there is a patrol team of Sunagakure." Keita whispered. 

"Eliminate them." Asahi said. 

A flashing body suddenly appeared behind a sand ninja, it was Asahi, he used a kunai to stab fiercely towards the position on his back where his heart should be. 

"ENEMY ATTACK!" 

The unknown sand ninja was very vigilant. After giving a warning loudly, his body slightly bent to a side, avoiding Asahi's fatal blow, and so the kunai only managed to stab him in his left shoulder. 

In fact, sneak attacking the enemy's throat is the deadliest attack, but Asahi was helpless, his height now makes it inconvenient for him to do so right now. 

"I'm not done yet!" Asahi growled and while still in the air, he kicked the sand ninja in his back and flew towards his now falling opponent with a leap. 

*Boom*

The sand ninja was kicked out by Asahi for more than three meters, and even now after falling on the ground, he was rolled more than two meters across the ground while fiercely coughing. 

"Cough! This kid has a huge amount of physical strength."

Asahi attack used the method of improved cell activity, this was why his kick was a bit heavy. 

"There are Konoha's ninjas!" 

*Shou*

A flare was launched in the air and stood out in the dark night. 

Just when everyone was attracted by Asahi's attack, Keita's attack came. 

[Eight Trigrams Thirty-Two Palms]

"Gentle Fist? Byakugan? It's a Hyuga ninja!"

Another sand ninja was dealt with, and the remaining opponents faced the cooperative assault of Asahi and Keita, and it was not long before they were wiped out.

However, at this time, several nearby patrols also arrived there, Asahi and Keita glance at each other, and then began to escape. 

With the support of Keita's [Byakugan], the two of them could easily bypass the patrol teams behind them. There was no need to worry about being caught by them, but the sand ninjas chasing after them, were becoming bigger and bigger in numbers. It didn't take long for more than thirty sand ninjas to gather for chasing them. 

Fortunately, there was not a single Jonin among these ninjas, otherwise they would easily be caught by any normal Jonin, and then be beaten to death by these sand ninjas chasing behind them. 

But just thinking about it, Asahi shook his head.

'How could a Jonin come to perform a patrol mission?' 

Although there was no danger for the time being, it was the Land of Wind after all, and this was the home of the sand ninjas. It won't be long before a large number of sand ninjas will surround their small team. By then, even if they have the Keita's [Byakugan] for reconnaissance, it would be extremely difficult to break through the encirclement.

The only thing they could count on is Minato coming over to support them in time. 

"The situation just got worse, two more teams have arrived." Keita shouted anxiously. 

"Run in the direction of the Land of Rain!" Asahi shouted, "As long as we can enter the range of the Land of Rain, even if Captain Minato doesn't come over to support, we will still have hope of escaping." 

"Good!" 

Glancing at the sand ninjas pursuing them, Asahi was a little anxious. With how thing were going, he would simply not even have the opportunity to complete the mission entrusted to him by Orochimaru. 

"What should I do?" Taking a peek at Keita at his side, a thought suddenly rose in Asahi's mind. 

If he runs away alone from his teammate, those sand ninjas would definitely prioritize hunting Keita who has [Byakugan], and will not bother to chase him, a trivial chunin. 

The idea just came to Asahi's mind, and he suddenly had an enlightenment. 

Why did Orochimaru send his team and Minato's team to execute this mission together? In this mission, his team doesn't play any role at all. Even if he randomly sends another group, they could easily replace his team. 

But what if he wanted him specifically to execute the secret mission? 

Keita, who has the [Byakugan], could help him attract all the sand ninjas, so that he would have the opportunity to perform the mission entrusted to him by Orochimaru. 

In addition to this, he could also cover for Minato's group and give Minato a chance to get the secret information from Sunagakure. He could use Keita's [Byakugan] as a bait to take the opportunity to execute Orochimaru's mission. 

If this was the case, Keita would be the only one abandoned throughout the mission, and everyone else would get a chance to survive. 

After all, he was carrying the special kunai entrusted to him by Minato. 

Abandoning a talentless ninja from the Hyuga's branch house and getting secret information about Sunagakure's plan on Konoha, how does this kind of trade sounds...?

As for why not let Minato perform the secret mission to meet undercover agent, he now had the answer in the heart. 

If Asahi meets Konoha's undercover member and was discovered by someone in from Sunagakure, the undercover named Fujita could just kill him to prove his innocence. 

But if Fujita were to meet Minato, with Fujita's ability, he wouldn't be able to kill Minato. Moreover, Minato's name is too dazzling. Any sand ninja who secretly sees Minato during this period would probably be suspected. 

'So how do I choose?' Asahi asked himself. 

Should he abandon a teammate who has been with him for more than two years and execute the secret mission given to him by the village, or give up on the mission and stay with his teammate, waiting for Minato's support?

This was a difficult multiple choice question.

Konoha's White Fang, Hatake Sakumo made his choice before Asahi in a similar scenario. He chose his teammates and he died.

Originally Asahi thought that he would definitely abandon Keita without the slightest hesitation, and then execute the village's mission to gain the trust of the village's high level, taking steps to achieve his goal. 

But the phrase "Let's separate" came to his lips, but he couldn't force himself to say it. 

For the past two years, they have done dozens of missions together, Asahi, Keita, and Shinohara have supported each other, and it always has been difficult times for them since the beginning till today. It was difficult for Asahi to abandon his teammates like this. 

But he suddenly remembered a sentence he once read somewhere, "There are many choices in life, some are without freedom to act independently, some are out of willingness, some are out of helplessness, and some are because they hold unbearable memories."

"When you have to make this kind of choices, you need to understand yourself, your own heart, and what you want in your life."

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