Hokage Office.
"What, a Land of Snow mission?"
Satoru listened in astonishment as Hiruzen Sarutobi gave him his new mission.
Hiruzen Sarutobi nodded: "Mm, an S-rank confidential mission. You will lead a team to escort the princess of Land of Snow, Kazahana Fuji'e, originally named Kazahana Koyuki, who has been living abroad for over a decade, back to Land of Fire.
The objective is to eliminate the current ruler of Land of Snow, Kazahana Dotō.
And have Kazahana Koyuki succeed him as the ruler of Land of Snow."
...
This was truly astonishing news; Satoru didn't understand.
Shouldn't that be Kakashi's job? How did it fall to him?
He remembered that over a decade ago, Kakashi had already taken on a mission involving Land of Snow.
He should be more familiar with it.
"Just our one team? That's impossible, isn't it?"
Satoru's intelligence network was growing, and he had paid attention to information regarding Land of Snow.
Unlike Land of Waves, Land of Snow had its own dedicated Ninja Village for protection.
That is, the Snow Ninja Village.
Currently, it was controlled by Land of Snow's ruler, Kazahana Dotō.
It wouldn't be like what he saw in his previous life, where there were only a few Ninja.
What's more, Ninja weren't their main force.
Land of Snow was a heavy industrial nation.
It was one of the most technologically advanced nations besides the Land of Lightning.
Being overseas, untouched by the wars of their Five Great Nations, Land of Snow even had various modern technologies, including railways.
He was confident he could eliminate Kazahana Dotō, but assisting someone to ascend to power was not something one team could accomplish.
Hiruzen Sarutobi smiled: "Don't worry, besides our Konoha Village, the Land of Fire's Imperial Guard will also send a unit to assist you.
Your goal is to gather intelligence on Land of Snow and hand it over to the Land of Fire's Imperial Guard.
Furthermore, according to intelligence, Land of Snow also has a resistance force that supports Kazahana Koyuki's return to Land of Snow.
You are not fighting alone.
They have been waiting for this opportunity for a long time."
Satoru sighed upon hearing this: "Alright, it's a good chance to go see the outside world!"
Third Hokage, this is fate, rest in peace.
He really felt like the world had a corrective force!
"When do we depart?"
"Immediately, the sooner the better."
"What about my teammates?"
Satoru asked.
Hiruzen Sarutobi smiled: "Come in."
As soon as he finished speaking, the sound of a door opening echoed from outside, and three figures walked in.
"These are the Chunin who were promoted last year, you know them.
Kouenji Shuuya."
"Yuren has someone."
"Mitori."
"Oh, it's you guys!"
Satoru recognized them when he saw them.
Last year, when he was the chief instructor, the Chunin promoted in Konoha, he even took them for special training using battle simulations.
It even cost him a bit of money to buy secret medicines.
Yuren has someone: "Sensei Satoru, please take care of our team from now on."
Mitori and Kouenji Shuuya also greeted him.
Last year's training deepened their understanding of death and made them stronger.
They were very happy to be on a mission with Captain Satoru this time.
"Mm, please guide me well." Satoru nodded.
He was quite satisfied with these three teammates.
All of them were sixteen years old and already Chunin, already a core force of Konoha.
Their talent was not bad either.
Although he felt that whether there were three of them or not, it didn't seem to make much difference.
After all, they were only performing espionage missions, gathering intelligence, and handing it over to the Imperial Guard.
Hiruzen Sarutobi explained the specific mission procedure to them.
"Alright, let's go."
After hearing the mission procedure, Satoru led his three teammates out the door.
"I hope there are no unforeseen circumstances."
Hiruzen Sarutobi thought to himself.
What he worried about most was naturally not the completion of the mission.
He acknowledged Satoru's espionage abilities; he was stronger than most Ninja in Konoha.
He was just worried about being discovered by the other Five Great Nations, which would lead to war, and that would not be good.
Although they had a legitimate reason.
But sometimes war doesn't need a reason, and Hiruzen Sarutobi understood this...
Swish! Bang!
Satoru performed hand seals to use Shadow Clone, sending one clone to handle other loose ends.
Sakura and Ino's issues, and Orochimaru's upcoming Konoha Crush plan.
To prevent his family from being caught in the war with no escape.
His three teammates watched, but said nothing.
They just followed closely behind him... "Another mission, and during the Chunin Exams no less, that's really not good."
Ayame complained when she heard Satoru's words.
Ichiraku Ramen had become increasingly popular recently, and even their main branch was incredibly busy.
And Satoru was out on a mission again.
"Haha, I can't help it, it's an urgent mission." Satoru said apologetically.
It was indeed a bit sudden.
Even he hadn't expected to be sent on such a mission at this time.
He had never prepared for it.
And he was still researching how to deal with Ōtsutsuki Urashiki's methods and tactics, and now he had to think about it during the mission.
That would waste a lot of time.
"Oh, right, tell Tenyu and the others to give their training methods to Konohamaru and his friends.
We'll train them all together when I get back."
Satoru instructed.
Tenyu and Maki had told him two days ago that they wanted to train Konohamaru and his friends together.
He really hadn't expected his children to be so broad-minded.
They were even looking after people outside their own team.
What was even more unexpected was that they were originally rivals at school, but suddenly they had reconciled.
Since it was the children's request, he had no intention of discouraging Tenyu and his friends.
After all, teaching one was teaching, and teaching two was teaching.
And he also wanted to see how far Konohamaru's talent could go.
He had originally planned to meet them these past two days, but he didn't expect to encounter such a situation, so it had to be postponed.
Ayame nodded: "Understood. Come back soon after you complete the mission."
Smack!
Satoru kissed her and laughed: "Of course, I have a wife waiting for me at home, hahaha."
Life's true happiness and joy were steeped in intimate family relationships.
He increasingly felt that the best thing he had done since coming to this world was to establish his own family.
The process of spending time with his family brought more joy than the successful development of any new Ninjutsu.
They say family is everyone's castle, and he firmly believed it to be true now.
If he hadn't established a family, perhaps he would be a lonely wanderer in the Ninja World, a floating weed without his own anchor.
Then he would be no different from people like Hidan and Kakuzu.
Only able to use slaughter, money, and such as anchors to motivate himself to live.
Even more pitiful than Pain.
"Alright, remember to tell Tenyu and the others, when I complete the mission,
I'll bring you local specialties from the outside world then."
Satoru hugged Ayame, then laughed and 'poof!' disappeared from sight.
"Honestly, just come back safely, no need for local specialties."
Ayame looked at the vanished Satoru, her eyes red.