While the Third Regiment's ship was sailing towards the targeted village, Mei and Kisame stood in front of all the genins alongside their fellow chunins.
Mei then started introducing herself to the genins: "First of all, I am going to introduce myself. My name is Mei Terumi I and my fellow chunins lead this regiment."
Kisame, who stood quietly next to Mei, also began introducing himself to the genins by saying, "My name is Kisame Hoshigaki."
Beside Kisame stood a young man who appeared to be 15 years old, his blue hair neatly arranged. He had blue eyes. He wore a talisman in each ear.
He was wearing a standard grey striped suit, a green haori with white trimmings that stopped halfway down his torso, and a Hidden Mist Village forehead protector.
The young man opened his mouth and started introducing himself to the genins: "My name is Ao. You all better behave on this mission."
A white-haired young man who looked like an older version of Mangetsu was standing next to Ao. He gave all the genins a smile that sent shivers down their spines except for Yukina, who looked at him in interest.
The white-haired young man wore the traditional chunin suit of the Hidden Mist Village, had the village's forehead protector on his head, and carried a katana at his waist along with a bottle of water.
After enjoying freaking out the genins, the white-haired young man started introducing himself to them, saying, "My name is Rangetsu Hozuki."
Lastly, the chunin who was standing next to Rangetsu looked uninterested at the genins; however, when he laid his eyes on Yukina, his killing intent filled his eyes.
The chunin wore the traditional chunin suit of the Hidden Mist Village, just like Rangetsu, along with the village's forehead protector on his forehead.
The chunin had a handsome face, medium-length black hair, black eyes, sharp eyebrows, and a lean, muscular physique.
The young man opened his mouth and started introducing himself arrogantly to the genins: "My name is Senma Yuki."
After the introduction, Mei said to the genins, "Before we start telling you about our invasion strategy, I will first explain to you all about the wartime commission."
"The second Mizukage introduced this wartime commission; it is a points-based system."
When Yukina heard this, she smiled in interest and continued listening.
When Mei saw all the genins listening to her, she continued, "When one of our shinobi kills an enemy shinobi of the same rank, the shinobi gains one point."
"If that shinobi kills an enemy shinobi who had a higher ranking than him, the shinobi will receive 2 or 3 points depending on his current rank."
"To better understand my explanation, I will give you an example: if a genin kills a chunin, the genin will receive 2 points, and if the same genin kills a jounin, the genin will receive 3 points. Does everyone now clearly understand how the wartime commission system operates?"
All the genins, including Yukina, nodded their heads in understanding toward Mei, and Yukina smiled to herself while thinking, "This wartime commission system is very intriguing. I wonder what these points are for."
Mei was pleased that the genins understood her explanation, and then she continued, "To claim these points, a shinobi will need to seal the shinobi corpses in a special scroll. This scroll is called a corpse storage scroll."
"The shinobi will need to hand the corpse storage scroll to the mission department. The mission department will calculate how many points the shinobi earned and they will give a special card written with the points the shinobi earned".
"By using this card, the shinobi can exchange the points they earned for many things, like jutsu scrolls, special training, weapon customization, sitting for an admission exam to a shinobi department they wish to join, and many more."
Yukina was stunned after hearing Mei and she said loudly in admiration, "This wartime commission system that the second Mizukage created is really impressive. No wonder he was renowned as the greatest Mizukage in the history of the Hidden Mist Village."
Mangetsu was sitting not far from Yukina. He heard Yukina comment and smirked with pride. He then said to her, "Of course he was. After all, Gengetsu-sama was the pride of the Hozuki clan."
Yukina looked at Mangetsu and said to him, "You must be from the Hozuki clan because you take great pride in the accomplishments of the second Mizukage."
Mangetsu rubbed the back of his head in embarrassment and said, "Yes, I am. My name is Mangetsu Hozuki. Nice to meet you."
Yukina smiled after confirming Mangetsu's identity and she introduced herself to him: "My name is Yukina. Nice to meet you."
Mangetsu smiled and he said to Yukina, "I heard that you formed an alliance with my clan. I look forward to working with you in the future."
Yukina gave a friendly smile to Mangetsu and nodded her head to him.
Not far away, Nangetsu saw Yukina interacting with his son. He nodded and smiled in satisfaction.
Ao then stepped forward and said to the genins in front of him, "Alright, brats, listen closely. I will provide each of you with a corpse storage scroll, so you better keep it safe."
Ao took out a small, dark red scroll from his pocket and showed it to the genins. He then said to them, "This is what the corpse storage scroll looks like, brats."
All the genins nodded their heads after seeing the scroll.
Ao then started giving one corpse storage scroll to each genin in the ship.
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After Ao finished distributing the scrolls to the genins, Kisame stepped forward and said, "Our invasion target for this mission is Sea Spirit Village. To successfully invade the village, we must first destroy the walls surrounding it; therefore, we will form three teams, and each team will implant enough explosive tags around the walls to destroy them."
"I, Senma, and Rangetsu will lead the teams. Each team consists of one chunin and 5 genins. Any questions?"
Yukina raised her hand to ask a question. When Kisame saw Yukina was the one who raised her hand, he smiled and nodded his head to her.
"Kisame senpai, if we destroy the walls before our main regiment arrives at the Sea Spirit Village, we will lose the element of surprise. How can we coordinate the timing between the three teams and our main regiment?"
Kisame and the rest of the chunins smirked widely when they heard the question, except for Senma, who was looking at Yukina with the full intention of destroying her.
Nangetsu looked stunned for a moment when he heard Yukina's question, then he gave a small smile and thought, "I understand now why the clan leader wants her to join our clan so badly; she is a really incredible girl."
Ryu was standing in the back corner of the ship. He looked menacingly at Yukina's back while unconsciously forming ice in his palms.
He then thought in his mind, "She must die no matter what. She is far too intelligent for an 8-year-old girl. She is too dangerous for the Yuki clan."
Juzo looked at Fuguki in jealousy after hearing Yukina's question and then he said to Fuguki while drinking sake, "Fuguki senpai, you are so lucky to have that girl as an apprentice. Ever since I first trained her in the wartime training camp, I wanted to take her as my apprentice. but you ended up with her."
Fuguki chuckled when he heard this but said nothing.
Juzo noticed Fuguki's eyes were shining with pride and he started cursing Fuguki in his mind, "Lucky bastard."
Kisame looked Yukina in the eyes and began to answer her question, saying, "I had a contract with the sharks. One shark will accompany each chunin in this ship."
"We will use the sharks as a communication medium between us, so coordinating our timing will be no problem, girl." We will not lose the surprise element, so you don't need to worry."
Yukina smiled and nodded her head in understanding. She then thought to herself, "Having a summoning contract is really useful. I wonder if one day I can sign a contract with a summoning animal."
Kisame then pointed at Yukina, Mangetsu, and Zabuza and asked, "Introduce yourselves, you three."
The trio stood up and started introducing themselves.
"My name is Zabuza Momochi."
"My name is Mangetsu Hozuki."
"My name is Yukina, sir."
Kisame nodded his head in satisfaction. "Alright, you three are part of my team."
After Kisame said this, he looked at a girl in the corner of the ship, pointed at her, and asked, "Girl, what's your name?"
The girl stood up and replied respectfully, "My name is Ameyuri Ringo, sir."
Kisame nodded after hearing her reply and said to her, "Good, you're on my team too."
Kisame proceeded to look at the genins in the ship to choose the final member of his team. Suddenly, his gaze settled on the blond boy from the Yuki clan.
Kisame smiles like a lunatic when his gaze falls on the boy.
Kisame then exclaimed in his head, "That Yukina girl and the Yuki clan had some kind of enmity. It'll be interesting to see if the boy had the guts to attack Yukina."
"It will also be interesting to see how Yukina girl will retaliate against the boy."
After Kisame finished making up his mind, he pointed at the blond boy and said, "Kid, what's your name?"
The blond boy stood arrogantly and exclaimed, "My name is Kaito Yuki."
Kisame's eyebrows twitched when he saw how arrogant Kaito was. He then said to himself, "I'm just choosing you to see something interesting, you arrogant brat."
Kisame nodded to Kaito and said, "Alright, you are the final member of my team."
After Kisame's exclamation, Zabuza, Yukina, Mangetsu, Ameyura , and Kaito walked toward Kisame and stood behind him.
Senma and Rangetsu then started choosing their team members.
Rangetsu chose Koko, Yagura, a Kaguya clan genin, a genin from a civilian background, and a Hozuki clan genin.
Senma chose all genin descendants from the Yuki clan as part of his team.
When all three teams formed, they disembarked from the ship at the same time and set out to destroy the walls that surrounded Sea Spirit Village.