This Ninja Is Not Normal

What Kato Gufeng would later take pride in was not having once stood atop the ninja world, but in having a woman like Tsunade by his side for a lifetime. — Green Pepper Abalone Threads

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“Smack!”

The stamp of approval landed on the mission report, marking another successful B-rank mission for every member of Kato Gufeng’s ninja squad. Another mark of experience, another line of credentials.

As the Chunin leader of his squad, Kato Gufeng exchanged a few polite words with Jin Kubiotani, the seasoned administrative ninja in charge of mission handover, inquiring about the latest rumors circulating in the Hidden Leaf Village.

Their task had been a patrol and security mission on the eastern border, keeping them away from the village for quite a while. Counting the journey there and back, they had been absent from the village for over four months.

For professional ninjas, gathering intelligence is an instinctive skill—one etched into their bones. Collecting information at every moment had become a well-honed habit for Kato Gufeng, a habit that greatly aided his survival in the ninja world.

Kato Gufeng was born into one of the smaller clans of the Leaf, the very family famed for its secret Spirit Transformation Technique: the Kato clan.

Expanding his network, cultivating connections, increasing sources of intelligence—knowing more, being well-informed—these things made it easier to survive both in the Hidden Leaf and the greater ninja world.

With the task handed over, Kato Gufeng’s squad dissolved on the spot, granting them