"Those two are still the same as ever." Naruto, holding Hinata's hand, followed behind the two.
"Yeah, they have a good relationship." Hinata was used to Kiba and Shino's way of getting along, and asked, "Naruto-kun, you're going to meet up too, is it okay to follow us like this?"
Naruto said nonchalantly, "It's fine, I'm going the same way."
"Huh? But I haven't told you where I'm going yet?"
"That's okay, I'm going the same way no matter where you go."
...
After accompanying Hinata to her destination, Naruto ran off before Kushina arrived, seeing Kiba's hyperactive state, he might end up taking a beating for him today—hopefully he'll be alright.
By the time Naruto arrived at the Training Grounds, Sasuke's morning training was almost over.
Sakura, who was leaning against a tree reading a book, looked up and said, "Naruto, why are you late?"
Naruto pulled down his Forehead Protector, covering his left eye, and imitated Kakashi's lazy tone, saying, "Ah, I got lost on the road of life."
Black lines appeared on Sakura's forehead as she retorted, "Don't imitate Kakashi-sensei with that kind of thing!"
Speaking of the lazy bum, Kakashi walked over with one hand in his pocket and the other holding Make-Out Paradise, "I think I heard someone talking about me behind my back."
Sakura wasn't at all guilty, having spent so much time together, she wasn't as awkward as she was when she first graduated, "Kakashi-sensei, you're late again."
"Sorry, but this time I went to pick up a mission." Kakashi said with a clear conscience, indicating that he was going to do something serious.
Naruto asked, "What mission? It's not helping some princess restore her country again, is it?"
Kakashi was embarrassed, "How many exiled princesses are there? It's just a C-Rank Mission, helping to drive out bullies."
Then it should be fine, Naruto didn't remember any bullies that needed to be wary of, unless they were bullies from Amegakure.
Regarding the Akatsuki in Amegakure, Naruto had suggested to his dad to take enough people to directly destroy their lair, but things couldn't be done that way.
Otherwise, other countries would see, oh, Konoha suspects Amegakure has a terrorist organization, so they directly send people to flatten their village, then will they suddenly suspect Kumogakure in the future? Will they suspect Iwagakure the day after tomorrow?
International relations are a very troublesome thing, one wrong step and it could turn into a situation like Great Mao and Second Mao, and it would be difficult to clean up.
Naruto asked, "So where is the mission location?"
"In the Land of Rivers."
The Land of Rivers is southwest of the Land of Fire and northeast of the Land of Wind. It is a country that is not small in area but not too eye-catching in strength. Usually, missions are commissioned to Sand Hidden or Konoha.
"Alright, the clients are here, let them explain in detail." Kakashi waved to the three people not far away.
Sakura said in surprise, "Huh, aren't you three the ones who fainted at the entrance of the village yesterday..."
"So it was you who helped us yesterday, we are very grateful!" Rokosuke was the last to faint, and had some impression of them, he quickly bowed to thank them, and his two companions also bowed.
Kakashi interjected, "No need to mind, please explain the mission details."
"Yes, we are actually villagers from the Shamrock Gold Mine in the Land of Rivers. Originally, although there were heavy taxes and oppression from the local officials, life was still okay."
Rokosuke recalled, "But later, a group of ruffians calling themselves the Hakkaku Clan suddenly drove away the local officials and occupied the gold mine. They kill people randomly at every turn.
The day before yesterday, just the day before yesterday, our companion Kanpachi was buried alive by them! If this goes on, everyone in the village will be killed by them!"
"So the three of us risked our lives to escape, please, everyone, be sure to drive them out!"
"Please!" *3
Boom! Sakura broke a large tree with one punch: "That's too much!"
"Hiss~" Naruto sucked on his teeth, something didn't seem right, and asked, "What family did you just say?"
Rokosuke replied, "The Hakkaku Clan."
Naruto pressed, "Do you know what their leader is called?"
Rokosuke thought for a moment and replied, "It seems to be... Raiga."
Kakashi was shocked: "Hakkaku Raiga?"
"Who is Hakkaku Raiga?" Sakura and Sasuke had never heard of the name.
Kakashi replied, "Like Momochi Zabuza, he is one of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, the wielder of the Lightning Blade. Intelligence suggests he can use lightning from the sky to attack, with endless offensives."
Kakashi felt a bit of a headache. He just casually accepted a C-Rank Mission, how did he encounter such a troublesome character again?
Sasuke became excited. When facing Zabuza back then, they needed the combined strength of three people. Now that they encountered an opponent of the same level, it was a good opportunity to test if he had improved. In short, he felt he could do it again.
"Um... excuse me, are the Seven Ninja Swordsmen very strong?" Rokosuke and the other ordinary villagers didn't have much knowledge, they just thought the title sounded impressive.
"Very strong, they were once known as an existence that could destroy a country with just seven people." Naruto boasted about them, then added in his heart, Later, because they bullied Guy, Guy's dad beat them until only the auspicious three treasures were left.
Fortunately, this mission was taken by our team, otherwise if Hinata's team had taken it... uh, with Mom around, it probably wouldn't be a big problem.
If Guy's team had taken it... then it probably would have been fine too. Naruto fell into deep thought, Are all the Konoha teams this strong?
Kakashi agreed, "That's right, this is no longer the level of a C-Rank Mission, it should at least be rated as A-Rank."
Rokosuke and his two companions were about to despair when they heard the saying that seven people could destroy a country, and they all prostrated themselves and begged, "It doesn't matter, as long as we can save the village, the rank doesn't matter! Please, you must help us!"
Naruto was a little dumbfounded, This makes it seem like we're sitting on the ground and raising the price to extort them.
Kakashi helped them up and comforted them, "Mr. Rokosuke, there's no need for that. If it's just one of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen, we still have ways to deal with it. Let's set off now, so we can gather information sooner."
Naruto felt that Kakashi was too modest, Be more confident, even if all seven of them come, you can still go fifty-fifty with them.
...
The group packed their bags and set off, only reaching a small shop within the Land of Rivers by evening. The sign above read "Curry of Life Restaurant".
Naruto knew this place. The Curry of Life, one of the three great dark dishes of the ninja world, came from here. The other two dark dishes were Sakura Bro's Soldier Pills and the Mount Myoboku's bug feast.
The Curry of Life was something that made Rock Lee act like he had taken stimulants, and Neji would have his soul ascend after eating it. In short, it was something that normal people were not fortunate enough to enjoy.
Kakashi asked, "The destination shouldn't be far, right?"
"It is," Rokosuke replied, "Our village is only three or four kilometers further west. That mountain is the Shamrock Gold Mine."
"Then let's rest here for now, we'll go gather information tonight." Kakashi made the decision.
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