Chapter 165
"Hmm, that's good then…"
Seeing that Yuhi wasn't troubled by the team-leading task, Asuma figured that her abilities were up to par, or perhaps her three students were very obedient.
"Teacher Kurenai!"
"Woof woof!"
Just then, Kiba and Akamaru, along with Shino, appeared.
"Hinata isn't here yet? She's never late…"
Kiba sniffed around, and then… he smelled something.
"Ah, Hinata's here, and… Naruto?"
…A short while later.
Naruto walked with a swagger, bringing Hinataalong.
Hinata lowered her head, her face shy, a slight smile on her lips.
With just a few words on the way, Naruto had made Hinata incredibly happy.
One could say she was practically giving herself away.
"Teacher Kurenai…"
Hinata greeted her.
"I'm Asuma." Asuma waved, starting to introduce himself. "We already met yesterday, didn't we?"
At the team assignment meeting.
"Yo, isn't this Teacher Kurenai? Haven't seen you in a day, and you're even prettier."
Naruto, on the other hand, greeted Yuhi.
Beneath his seemingly innocent words lay a malicious intent that only Kurenai Yuhi could perceive.
"What's wrong with Teacher Kurenai? Her expression looks really scary…"
Kiba and Akamaru began to whisper.
Then he excitedly asked,
"Naruto, what's your Jonin Instructor like?"
"He's a good person." Naruto immediately issued a 'good person card' to Kakashi.
"That's as good as saying nothing at all."
While Kiba and Naruto chatted idly, Yuhi was gradually losing control of her emotions.
However, to prevent Asuma from noticing, she said, "Uzumaki Naruto, hurry up and join your team."
After Naruto was chased away.
Asuma glanced at Yuhi and whispered, "Yuhi… are you upset with Naruto because of your father's matter?"
Asuma had misunderstood some things.
He had no idea that while he was away, Yuhi had acquired scars that only the Finger Carving Seal could leave… "Tonight, I will absolutely kill him!"
Yuhi secretly made up her mind.
After leading the team today, she would go to Uzumaki Naruto's place tonight and kill him 100… no, 1000 times with genjutsu!
Until his mind completely collapsed!
She would use the B-rank Demonic Illusion: Tree Binding Death! She would bind him and apply every method…!
Chapter 110. Naruto, the best thing you said was Hokage
Catching the Daimyo's wife's lost cat.
Weeding for a farmer.
Helping out at a shop.
Babysitting children… After experiencing these D-rank missions, Naruto, Sako, and Sakura's Geninresumes now boasted such glorious achievements.
Their teamwork spirit also began to grow rapidly during these missions.
"Next, Team Kakashi's mission is… hmm, to buy things next door… or help harvest sweet potatoes…"
Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi looked at the scroll in his hand, preparing to choose a D-rank mission from it.
Then, he looked at Team Kakashi.
Sako had a cold expression, Sakura was smiling, and Kakashi had a deadpan look.
And Naruto… he was lying on his side on the ground!! And his backside was facing him!!
Naruto, resting his head on one hand and facing away from Hiruzen Sarutobi, even reached back to scratch his back.
"How boring…"
Naruto began to slack off.
"Instead of doing these D-rank missions all day, I'd rather stay home and rest…"
"Naruto has a point. D-rank missions are meaningless. If we don't encounter Ninja, there won't be any fighting…" Sako thought.
"Seriously, why is Naruto suddenly acting so unreasonable…" Sakura thought. Occasionally, Naruto would have these moments of being headstrong and illogical.
"Sigh." Kakashi sighed. "I knew this would happen eventually… This team is hard to lead…"
"You idiots! You're just rookies with hardly any Ninja experience!"
Iruka slammed his hand on the desk, his forehead sweating. He couldn't help it; Naruto was causing trouble for Hokage-sama.
"Everyone starts by accumulating experience from simple missions!"
"Oh…" Naruto responded nonchalantly. "Then… let's change it to one D-rank mission a month. We won't starve anyway…"
Naruto stated.
Since that's the case, I'll do one D-rank mission a month.
For the remaining 29 days of each month, I'll just play.
Sigh, work 1 day, rest 29 days.
This is the ultimate slacker.
One D-rank mission is enough to sustain a life of eating steamed buns every day and doing nothing.
"Besides, I can also pick lots of fresh mushrooms from Konoha's back mountain~."
"Naruto, don't be foolish." Hiruzen Sarutobi shook his head.
"Yesterday, I went to the Hyuga Clan for a free meal. Maybe today I can go to someone else's house…"
Naruto was already planning where to eat today.
"Listen to me carefully~~~!" Hiruzen Sarutobiyelled, exasperated.
He wiped the sweat from his forehead, thinking, 'Kids these days, really…' "Grandpa Hokage, I'm no longer just a mischievous brat."
Naruto suddenly changed his demeanor.
He immediately became tough and serious, like the art style of Fist of the North Star… or rather, Jojo's Bizarre Adventure.
Naruto, turning around with a fierce glare, had an incredibly solemn and serious expression.
"…"
Hiruzen Sarutobi was silent, then smiled.
"Very good. Then I shall assign you a C-rank mission! Your new mission… is to protect Mr. Tazuna, the bridge builder from the Land of Waves! Escort him safely back to the Land of Waves!"
Splash.
At that moment, the side door opened.
An old man, dressed as a fisherman, holding a liquor bottle and clearly drunk, appeared.
He looked quite sturdy, likely having done a lot of physical labor.
But from his attire, he probably didn't have much money.
Tazuna.
Inari's grandfather.
Naruto narrowed his eyes, recognizing the man.
"Do they even look like Ninja?"
Tazuna burped.
"Especially the shortest one…"
"The shortest?" Sakura looked around, finally realizing he was talking about her.
Because in the team, Naruto was the tallest, Sakowas second, so… "Ah~~~! I'm going to kill him~~~!"
Sakura, whose collar was being held by Kakashi, began to flail her arms.
Naruto, however, noticed something important.
"This old man is just an ordinary person. Do we really need to escort him?"
Naruto meant, who would want to kill him?
Within the Land of Fire, things were generally peaceful.
And the Land of Waves was not far across the eastern coastline of the Land of Fire.
So… the danger would come from the sea, or from within the Land of Waves.
Then the question is, what happened in the Land of Waves…?
"We in Konoha do not interfere with the internal affairs of other countries… Naruto, that's not something we should be concerned about…"
Kakashi patted Naruto's head and said.
"So… we can just let potential dangers exist, without considering the lives of our Village's Ninja?"
Naruto snorted.
"Troops and horses move, provisions come first. At the very least, we should know the specific intelligence of the country that issued the mission, so we can survive… and complete the mission."
Naruto's argument, to everyone's ears, was eloquent and persuasive.
And to the Nine-Tailed's ears, it was the eloquence of a demon.
Kakashi's expression gradually changed, then became serious.
It wasn't that he hadn't thought of it, but… he felt that Naruto's analytical ability was indeed worthy of recognition.
"The Land of Waves has become very poor in recent years… All of this is because of a guy named Gato…"
Without Tazuna describing it, Kakashi began to share the intelligence.
Having come from Anbu and being Konoha's golden enforcer, Kakashi, who was extremely familiar with the Ninja World, naturally knew a lot of information.
As Kakashi described, the seemingly muddled Tazuna also gradually became solemn.
"Gato Shipping Company, a world-renowned large company. Gato himself is a super-rich man…"
"Understood."