After Mrs. Shijimi left, the Third Hokage sitting at the head of the room reopened his task record book. After scanning the registered missions and taking a drag of his pipe, he spoke slowly.
"Well, Team 7 has just completed a pet retrieval mission. Next, Team 7's mission is to assist in the neighboring district..."
Seeing the Third Hokage reopen the mission book, Naruto knew it was his turn to speak. Before the Third Hokage could finish his sentence, Naruto interrupted him and spoke loudly.
In terms of mission levels, most C-rank missions are usually guard missions, involving combat, but mainly against bandits, robbers, or private armed forces of some nobles. In other words, they rarely encounter organized ninja from other villages. Those kinds of missions, even for lesser-known ninja villages like the Grass Village or the Waterfall Village, are at least B-rank or higher. So, for a mere C-rank mission, Naruto was quite confident that the Third Hokage would approve it for their team.
"Naruto, you idiot!"
As Naruto's words fell, Sasuke, Sakura, and even Kakashi, who was standing nearby, all showed varying degrees of surprise. At the head of the room...
But that didn't affect Iruka's own subjective view. He believed that Naruto and the others should follow the rules and complete D-rank missions as part of their training, before considering C-rank missions in the future.
It was precisely because of this concern that Iruka spoke up in front of the Third Hokage. It was only after speaking that he realized he wasn't among his usual colleagues, but instead, the highest authority in the village (in theory, as a Hokage, he should be dealing with more important matters and not be here in the mission center handling low-level tasks like assigning missions, but this was probably a form of grassroots research and visitation, done occasionally).
Speaking out like this was, in fact, an encroachment on the dignity of the Hokage, and the basic hierarchy had to be maintained. Realizing this, Iruka immediately turned around and bowed ninety degrees to the side, facing the Third Hokage.
"I'm very sorry, Third Hokage-sama. My apologies for my rudeness."
The Third Hokage naturally understood Iruka's character and waved it off nonchalantly. Then, he shifted his gaze to Naruto.
"Naruto, do you know why ninjas are classified into upper, middle, and lower ranks, and why missions are divided into A, B, C, and D ranks?"
The Third Hokage looked at Naruto with a gentle smile and asked in a calm tone.
"The distinction between ninjas and the division of mission ranks are for better differentiating a ninja's strength and the difficulty of mission content. This allows each ninja to accept missions of varying difficulty levels, making it easier to complete the tasks."
Naruto responded without much thought to the
Naruto's resolute answer surprised the Third Hokage briefly, but he then displayed a faint smile.
"That's correct. You're absolutely right. Every ninja village follows this system to allow their ninjas to receive and complete missions accordingly. A-rank missions are usually performed by jōnin or experienced chūnin teams. B-rank missions also require chūnin teams or higher to accept and complete. As for you, as genin, the most suitable missions are D-rank ones. They involve minimal risk (in extreme cases, missions like removing wild animals damaging farmlands may pose minor dangers, but the probability is extremely low , and a ninja injured by such an animal either has a problem with the animal or their own judgment). So, what you need to do is accumulate experience. Do you understand, Naruto?"
In the somewhat clouded pupils of the Third Hokage, there was a hint of care as he looked at Naruto and his teammates, speaking in a slightly solemn tone.
Standing beside Naruto, Sakura lightly in response to the Third Hokage's words. She turned to Naruto and said, "You see, Naruto, even the Hokage says so. Let's stick to D-rank missions for now and consider C-rank missions after gaining more experience. How about it?"
If Sakura had any thoughts about doing a C-rank mission before the Third Hokage spoke, they were completely gone now. Graduating and being in the field was different from being in the academy.
PS. These parts are getting hard to translate so mind with me for some errors
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