"This mission is a B-level escort mission."

In Kakashi's team, the leading Jonin stood at the gate of Konoha Village and said to the three team members with a serious face.

"B-level escort mission? It's really rare."

A chuunin looked surprised after hearing what the leading jounin said.

Another chuunin in the team also nodded in agreement.

Generally, escort missions are mainly C-level, and B-level missions already involve battles between ninjas.

"Then who is the target to be escorted?"

Kakashi doesn't care about the mission level, he just wants to understand the content of the mission as quickly as possible and complete the mission as soon as possible.

After Kakashi finished speaking, the two chunin in the team looked at him and took a step back slightly, obviously not wanting to stay with Kakashi.

The leading jonin sighed quietly in his heart when he saw this scene.

I knew it would be like this.

He had no choice but to put Kakashi into his team. On the one hand, it was the Hokage's request, and on the other hand, his team's combat effectiveness was indeed a bit lacking.

Adding Kakashi to the team can just make up for the lack of combat power.

It's a pity that Kakashi's problem is not his lack of strength. To become a chuunin at this age is really too appalling.

This also proves that Kakashi is very strong, otherwise it would be impossible to pass the extremely difficult Chunin Exam.

"Caravan from the Kingdom of Ghosts."

The leader of the team said.

"The Kingdom of Ghosts? Is it that far away?"

Not only Kakashi, but also the other two chuunin frowned.

The Kingdom of Oni is a rare neutral country in the ninja world. It borders the Kingdom of Snow and the Kingdom of Earth to the north, the Kingdom of You and the Kingdom of Bears to the south, and faces the Kingdom of Water and the Kingdom of Thunder across the sea to the west.

Although it borders many countries, it does not border the Fire Country.

The Kingdom of Ghosts and the Kingdom of Fire are separated by several countries, and it takes a long journey to get there.

"Don't worry, this mission does not require us to go to the Kingdom of Ghosts. In fact, we only need to wait for the caravan in the Kingdom of Rain."

Seeing that the three people in the team were confused, the leader of the team explained: "Since the country of fire and the country of ghosts are far apart, the distance from the country of ghosts to the country of rain, the other party has hired an Iwa ninja to come.

Escort. As for the second half of the journey, we Konoha ninjas will escort you. The Hokage-sama has already discussed this matter with the Tsuchikage-sama secretly, and there will be no diplomatic issues."

After listening to the explanation given by the leading Jonin, the three of them finally understood.

Indeed, in the early stages of the last Ninja World War, Iwa Ninja was also a participant in the war and fought several battles with Konoha in the Land of Rain. However, Iwa Ninja's main strength was to deal with Hanzo in the Rain Hidden Village, and the friction with Konoha was not deep.

However, Konoha and Iwagakure are not allies, and their relationship has always been lukewarm.

This kind of special task that requires two village ninjas to hand over and escort together does require the leaders of the two parties to discuss it in advance to avoid some diplomatic disputes later.

"If there is no problem, let's set off now."

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In the great forest of the Land of Fire, Konoha's four-person team was running quickly inside.

"Speaking of which, Captain, why did the caravan from the Kingdom of Ghosts come to the Kingdom of Fire?"

A chuunin team member caught up with the leading jounin and couldn't help but ask.

While on the road, I was actually very bored and could only find some topics to talk about.

The leading Jonin replied: "That's not entirely true. The caravan we escorted this time is stationed in our Konoha Village."

Kakashi and the three of them were surprised.

"Aster Flower Pharmaceutical Technology Company, have you heard of it?"

"Yes, I've heard of it. Although it was only established recently, the drugs developed by this company are much better than those on the market. They have been sold well in several surrounding countries and have made a lot of money."

"Yes, the caravan escorted this time is the delegation of Shionhua Company. They plan to open a branch pharmacy in our Konoha, and this matter has been approved by the Daimyo and the Hokage."

"It's really amazing. It seems that this company has been established for less than half a year."

The chuunin said with emotion.

"This is a person's skill. If the medicine they develop is very ordinary, it will not get the consent of the Daimyo and the Hokage."

Of course, the neutral status of the Kingdom of Ghosts also provides a lot of conveniences.

If the backstage of Aster Flower Company is the Kingdom of Earth, Kingdom of Wind and other big countries, the Daimyos of the Kingdom of Fire, and their Hokage-sama, they will not agree to anything no matter what they say.

This is just like the Kingdom of Iron can open a ninja tool shop in Konoha. Neutral countries do not participate in the Ninja War. In addition, the reputation of the Kingdom of Iron has always been recognized by other countries, so Konoha will open the door of convenience.

Not only that, many ninja villages have weapons dealers from the Kingdom of Iron settling in, opening branches, and providing sophisticated weapons.

The current business method of Ziyuanhua Company is just the same as that of the Iron Kingdom.

Good reputation, neutral status, and strong drug research and development capabilities are the important reasons for getting permission to settle in.

"I heard that the monthly turnover of this company is very scary. It must be a figure that ordinary ninjas like us can't even imagine."

"Then work hard to complete the task."

The leading Jonin encouraged him.

"Captain, how much does it cost to do a mission?"

The chuunin complained.

Not to mention D-level and C-level missions, the rewards are several thousand or tens of thousands taels. After accumulating them and replenishing the ninja tools, there is not much money left.

"Then I have no choice. Maybe in normal times, you can find a place to work part-time."

"It's impossible to do it. You still have to practice in normal times. After all, ninjas need to exercise their strength before they can choose higher-level tasks. Then the rewards will be higher."

Kakashi said at this time.

"makes sense."

The leading jounin nodded.

Vice versa, the lower the strength of a ninja, the lower the level of tasks he can receive, and the rewards and other things, he can barely live on his own.

If you think about it carefully, the profession of ninja really has no money.

Only when you become a jounin can you change your perspective.

For an A-level mission, the minimum cost is hundreds of thousands taels.

As for completing an S-level mission, you will be rewarded at least several hundred thousand taels.

"Okay, let's speed up. We have to get to the meeting point in the Kingdom of Rain as soon as possible. Be careful when you get to the Kingdom of Rain, the environment there will be very chaotic."

"yes."

After the leading jounin said this, Kakashi and the three of them were all in awe.

Although they have not yet gone deep into the Kingdom of Rain, they also know that the current domestic situation in the Kingdom of Rain is turbulent, bandits are rampant, and there are even rebel ninjas and wandering ninjas mixed in, including all three religions and nine schools.

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The Land of Rain, the northern border.

When the Konoha ninja team arrived here, it was already around three o'clock in the afternoon the next day.

At the entrance of a rainy town, I saw a caravan delegation from the Aster Flower Company from the Kingdom of Ghosts.

There were a total of twelve carriages used to transport medicines, and each carriage was filled with precious medicines.

After handing over the mission with the four-man Iwagakure team, Konoha's leading Jonin signed the document, and the Iwagakure Jonin left with his three Iwanin teammates.

Then, the leading jounin looked at the representative of the Ziyuanhua Company's caravan.

He is a short young man, about 23 or 24 years old, wearing round-framed black sunglasses, a spotless black suit, and holding an umbrella in his hand.

The young man's name is Kado.

The president of Ziyuanhua Pharmaceutical Technology Company, a big businessman with extremely powerful business methods.

In less than half a year, he went from an unknown person to a popular businessman in the world. No one in Konoha dared to look down on him, an ordinary person who was not a ninja.

As a rising star among businessmen, a reward of five million taels has been placed on his head on the underground black market.

For an ordinary person, this is already a very expensive reward price.

Presumably as Ziyuanhua Company's rolling capital grows, his head price will also rise, rising to more than tens of millions of taels.

Because of the sudden entry of Ziyuanhua Company, many small companies in the pharmaceutical industry were on the verge of bankruptcy and squeezed out the interests of others. It was natural for Cardo to be rewarded in the black market.

"Everyone in Konoha, let's rest in this town tonight. I have already booked a hotel. How about we set off early tomorrow morning?"

After Kado shook hands with the leading Jonin in a friendly manner, he pushed the black sunglasses on the bridge of his nose with his fingers and smiled calmly.

"That's fine. It's really not appropriate to walk at night at this time."

What's more, the carriage is full of precious medicines, so it would be bad if an accident happened.
To be continued...