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Leaving Kusagakure, Team Minato entered the Land of Fire and began their journey back to Konohagakure.
Along the way.
Obito, bored on the road, started chatting.
"This mission was completed so easily! It feels like a B-rank mission is nothing much!"
His words successfully attracted the attention of others.
"Obito, this mission was mainly completed by Akira, so it seems to have nothing to do with you," Rin reminded him at the appropriate time.
"Really?" Obito scratched his head, feeling he still deserved some credit.
After all, Team Minato wouldn't be complete without me.
"The main reason this mission went smoothly is because Akira killed that Special Jōnin," Kakashi stated the key point.
Then he added: "This incident instilled fear of our team in the other Ninjas, and that is the main reason."
After listening to Kakashi's speech, Akira Tsubaki agreed.
He had killed that Special Jōnin precisely to frighten the other Ninjas.
Otherwise, the team would definitely have encountered endless harassment.
Night, By the Campfire.
"Kakashi, it's up to you to write the report for this mission," Akira Tsubaki tossed the pen and paper to Kakashi.
Kakashi was confused.
Akira Tsubaki is the Captain. You're asking me to write the report?
"Isn't that inappropriate?" Kakashi politely refused.
"Why is it inappropriate? I hereby appoint you as the temporary captain of Team Minato. You will write the report," Akira Tsubaki immediately gave up the authority.
"Wait a moment!"
Obito's eyes lit up, staring intently at Akira Tsubaki.
"I can write it! Let me be the temporary captain!"
Obito had coveted this position for a long time, and now that he had an opportunity, he was ready to seize it.
"Go away," Akira Tsubaki looked disgusted.
"Akira, I want to break up with you!"
Finally, it was Kakashi who wrote the report.
He recalled the entire mission carefully and wrote an elaborate, two-page report.
After finishing, he handed it to Akira Tsubaki.
"So much?"
Looking at the content, Akira Tsubaki frowned.
He promptly threw it into the fire.
"Hey! Why did you burn it?" Kakashi couldn't understand.
My mission report recorded everything in detail, and it was 100% accurate! Why did Akira Tsubaki burn it after reading only one page?
Seeing this scene, Obito curled his lips: "I told you to let me be the temporary captain! I am the best at writing short compositions."
Obito applied again but was ignored.
Next, Kakashi started writing the second mission report.
Before writing, he thought carefully.
This time, he skipped some details of Akira Tsubaki's battle, reducing the word count to one page.
But when he handed it to Akira Tsubaki, it was also tossed into the fire by the Captain.
"You burned it again?" Kakashi was slightly annoyed.
"Too many words," Akira Tsubaki said flatly.
Kakashi swore he would write it one last time. If this attempt failed, he wouldn't write any more.
And so.
He wrote the mission report for the third time.
This time, he skipped all the process and only wrote the result.
The word count? Only one line!
From the first two-page report, it had shrunk directly to a single line.
[Team Minato traded 500,000 Ryo to Kenjiro for Iwagakure border intelligence.]
This was the entire content of the mission report.
Akira Tsubaki took the brief report and carefully considered it.
Then he added a line below with a pen.
[Information value: 500,000 Ryo!]
Seeing Akira Tsubaki's extravagant operation, everyone in the team was stunned.
Even Obito and Rin were shocked.
What is this?
Reverse wool gathering from the village?
They remembered very clearly that Akira Tsubaki had searched the corpse and only found several hundred thousand Ryo.
Now he wanted to squeeze another five hundred thousand Ryo from the village?
"This… can the mission report be written like this?" Obito looked at Akira Tsubaki with admiration.
"Isn't this too bold~~" Rin was worried, but also secretly impressed.
"You are so cunning," Kakashi spat out the word.
Akira Tsubaki's expression was relaxed, without any pressure.
He glanced at his teammates and said with a smile, "Hush money is 50,000 Ryo per person afterward."
The Next Evening.
The team returned to Konohagakure.
Kakashi, as the temporary captain, went to the Hokage Building to turn in the mission report.
Akira Tsubaki, Obito, and Rin waited at Training Ground Nine.
After all, they would be receiving their payment shortly.
Sitting on the familiar stone, Akira Tsubaki opened the Attribute Panel.
Physique:288 (144*2)-Super · Kage-level
"It's the Physique attribute that doubled today! No wonder I'm extra energetic."
This routine was initially a surprise, but now he felt nothing unusual about it.
Hokage's Office.
Sarutobi Hiruzen finished reading the extremely brief mission report, and the corner of his mouth twitched.
500,000 Ryo to buy one intelligence report?
Immediately, he recalled Akira Tsubaki, who had been gifted a large bathhouse by the Daimyō of Yugakure.
No wonder!
Opening the intelligence scroll, Sarutobi Hiruzen scanned the contents.
"Sure enough, Iwagakure can't hold back any longer?"
Looking at the information on the scroll, he immediately understood Iwagakure's intentions.
Iwagakure sent more troops to the border outpost, clearly ready to take advantage of the war.
"Kakashi, this mission was well done."
Looking up at Kakashi, Sarutobi Hiruzen offered a compliment.
"You members of Team Minato should rest well tonight; you have another task tomorrow."
Finishing his business, he returned to revising documents.
Kakashi was taken aback.
He thought the Hokage was too busy and had forgotten about the 500,000 Ryo expense mentioned in the mission report.
So, he decided to remind him.
"Hokage-sama, regarding the 500,000 Ryo that Team Minato paid in advance?"
"Um?"
Sarutobi Hiruzen frowned, an expression of troubled concern on his face.
"Kakashi, the village's finances are very tight right now. You must consider the bigger picture."
At the same time, he thought to himself: You have that local tyrant Akira in Team Minato; isn't 500,000 Ryo a mere drop in the bucket for him?
Training Ground Nine.
Team Minato was waiting for the money.
Only, Kakashi seemed to be taking a little longer to report the task this time.
"Is Kakashi running away with the money?" Obito suddenly blurted out.
"How is that possible?" Rin shook her head, determined not to believe it.
"Isn't he right there?" Akira Tsubaki pointed into the distance.
There was Kakashi, looking embarrassed, walking toward them with empty hands.