It was raining heavily. A group of people were walking through the jungle in the wind and rain. They were the eighth class led by Shuimu.

It was just bad luck that it happened to rain heavily, and it didn't look like it would stop anytime soon. The raincoat didn't seem to be able to completely stop the rain, and raindrops would occasionally fall on my face with the wind, flowing down my cheeks and slowly soaking my collar.

At this time, Shuimu was particularly envious of Tianzang's wood escape technique. It was very easy to build a house no matter where it was, and there was no need to endure the washing of heavy rain in such heavy rainy weather.

The leader Shuimu looked up at the pouring rain and the uninhabited primeval forest around him.

"It's getting late, let's find a place to stay for the night to avoid the rain. The mission isn't too urgent, so a night's delay won't be a big problem. Hinata, use your Byakugan to see if there's a suitable place."

"yes."

Hyuga Hinata followed Mizuki's instructions, opened her Byakugan, and looked for a place to shelter from the rain.

Not long after, the four of them actually found a good place. At the root of an old tree that had been alive for who knows how many years, a tree hole that was larger than the space for two tents appeared before them.

"The environment in the Fire Country is really good. There are always good places for people to live in the wild. It's not so convenient in other countries."

Shuimu carefully looked at this shelter from the wind and rain. Because of the high terrain, there was no worry of rainwater backflow, but now it was a wet and rainy day, so there was still some water inside. At the same time, there were many small animals hiding from the rain. If you spend the night in such a place, no one would feel comfortable.

"Are we just going to stay here for one night? Aren't the conditions too bad?"

The three Genin were all reluctant to go in like this.

"You two should step back first." Mizuki looked at the environment inside and said, "Ninjutsu is not only used for fighting, it is also important to create a good environment for yourself. Sometimes, a suitable auxiliary ninjutsu is more important than many powerful attack ninjutsu."

"Then Mr. Mizuki, do you know many auxiliary ninjutsu?"

"No, I don't know any of them." Shuimu replied with a smile: "If you don't have any, it's okay to use some rough methods."

As he spoke, Shuimu began to form seals, and a huge amount of chakra began to gather in his palm. A light blue chakra ball appeared in front of everyone, and then quickly began to expand. Then, the blue chakra ball gradually turned into a deep red hot fireball.

"This situation is almost over."

As Shuimu spoke, he gently pushed his palm forward, and the fireball fell into the tree hole. The originally dark tree hole began to emit red flames, and the flying flames licked every corner. The mosquitoes and other insects that did not have time to escape were directly burned to ashes, and the little accumulated water was quickly dried up.

"Fire escape? It's really simple and direct." Aburame Shino took two steps back again to avoid the incoming heat wave. The bugs in her body were too sensitive to fire.

The grilling lasted for more than a minute before the flames gradually died down. Shuimu withdrew his hot right hand, and the rain poured on the heat-insulating full-finger gloves, steaming up wisps of mist.

"If you have time, you should practice changing the nature and form of chakra."

Mizuki used rain water to cool his gloves while saying, "Your foundation is undoubtedly the family secret technique, but you are unable to bring out its power right now. Sometimes using a little trick may have unexpected results. After all, if you learn the changes in chakra's form and nature well, you will have more choices. This is something a ninja can use throughout their lives."

Mizuki couldn't help with the teaching of the family's secret techniques, but it would always be a good thing to work hard on the manipulation of chakra. If there were one or two people who could combine it with their own ninjutsu like Haruno Sakura did and create their own unique secret techniques, their future achievements might be even higher.

"Of course, this is without delaying your family's secret skills. You can try more and don't put the cart before the horse."

As the successors of their respective families, it would be a huge joke if they failed to learn the inherited secret skills.

"Understood." The three Genin replied. At least, the fire escape technique that Mizuki had just demonstrated was really eye-opening, and the power that was controlled to the smallest degree was really shocking.

"Well! The heat is almost gone, let's go in!"

In the tree hole with poor ventilation, the hot air rushed out and carried away the filth vaporized by the high temperature. The air, where the heat had not completely dissipated, still emitted a faint smell of scorched earth. The land beneath one's feet was baked to the point of being almost crystallized, and it made a tiny squeezing sound when one stepped on it.

"It feels much better than the gloomy feeling just now! The smell will dissipate soon. Except for the dim light, everything else is OK. You can each clean up a clean place."

When you are out and about, this is the only way. Not everyone can build a house at will. In this wilderness, it is good to have a place to shelter from the wind and rain.

"How about picking up some wood and starting a fire?" Aburame Shino suggested.

Shuimu shook his head: "In this kind of weather, it is impossible to find dry firewood. Wet wood will produce a lot of smoke when it is lit. In the tree hole, the smoke will not dissipate and it will suffocate people to death."

Shuimu was very annoyed by this embarrassing situation. He had underestimated the severity of the weather. There was no village in front and no shop behind. He did not expect the mission location to be so remote.

After everyone had packed up, they gathered together and munched on the hard dry food, which was really unappetizing.

"Hey, Mizuki-sensei, will there be a ninja battle in this mission?"

It's rare for Genin to carry out high-level missions, and they don't have many opportunities to travel far away, so it's normal for them to be interested in the details of the missions.

"There are usually no official ninjas to expel wandering bandits. Most of them are just ordinary people with strong martial arts, and some crappy swordsmen whose inheritance has been cut off. Occasionally, there are some people who can use some natural ninjutsu. But there is still a big gap between them and real ninjas. If you are careful, there will be no danger. If you are a Genin to complete the mission, you need to worry about the traps of the cunning enemy and the opponent's numerical advantage."

"Aren't B-rank missions very difficult?" Inuzuka Kiba asked, "Teacher Hong has led us to do C-rank missions twice before, but there was basically no danger and the opponents were very weak. They were even quite unfamiliar with ninjutsu, and Shino's bugs were enough to scare them."

"That's normal. There's a big difference between fighting with ninjas and without ninjas."