"Anyway, let's return to Konoha first. We need to re-verify this mission before assigning personnel. Missions involving ninjas from other countries must be at least B-level or above."
Kakashi said.
"Yes, yes, it seems a bit early for us to undertake a mission of this level now."
Sakura also helped at this time.
She didn't feel it at first, but when Kakashi mentioned that this kind of mission might lead to injury or even death, she backed down.
After all, she had just graduated from the ninja school. She was essentially just a teenage girl. A few days ago, she was doing some small tasks like running errands and digging the ground. Now she was suddenly involved in such a task that even involved ninjas fighting. The gap was a bit big.
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Dazna lowered his head lower and lower, clenched his fists tightly, and wanted to speak several times, but he didn't know how to refute.
But at this time, Naruto spoke.
"Hey, Kakashi-sensei, don't you think this uncle is pitiful?"
"I don't care whether it's a C-level mission or a B-level mission. I just want to do challenging missions, and wouldn't completing a B-level mission prove my ability even more?"
Naruto's expression was very serious at this time. He looked directly at Kakashi and continued:
"I should be stronger than before. I do special ninjutsu training alone every day where you can't see it, but Sasuke's performance just now..."
When he said this, he paused, and he recalled the look Sakura looked at Sasuke just now.
Naruto admitted that he was a little envious and even jealous.
"If I just keep doing those simple tasks, there is no way I can prove that I am better than him."
"I will not be frustrated, nor will I run away."
"I don't want to lose to Sasuke, I want to prove myself."
"No matter how powerful the ninja I encounter on this mission, I will not be afraid. I will protect this uncle."
"Hey, Sasuke, you don't want to be a coward who avoids the mission, do you?"
Tatsuna suddenly raised his head and looked at Naruto in surprise.
Naruto's words also made Sasuke look sideways.
"Hey, how is that possible? I won't let the crane tail look down on me."
Sasuke said this and stood next to Naruto.
Like Naruto, those D-level missions had long made him vomit, and he also longed for worthy opponents.
The look of Naruto and Sasuke gave Kakashi a headache.
Should I say that a newborn calf is not afraid of tigers, or that it is young and frivolous?
"What about you, Sakura?"
"Ah I……"
"I have no objection."
Sakura herself didn't have any opinions, so when she saw that both Sasuke and Naruto wanted to continue the mission, she just followed the crowd.
Since the three genin all agreed to continue the mission, Kakashi had nothing to say and chose to continue the mission.
He also noticed something unusual about this mission.
It stands to reason that this kind of task should have someone specifically to verify it. There is no reason to let Dazna get away with it so easily, but this task was still assigned.
Not very reasonable.
Could it be...
Kakashi concentrated and felt his surroundings carefully.
Sure enough, in addition to Kakashi, there were also the two Kirigakure members who came to assassinate him, as well as the aura of ANBU members. As Kakashi had worked there before, he was very familiar with this feeling.
Is such a small mission worthy of the attention of the Hokage's special guard ANBU?
He felt like he couldn't understand it more and more.
However, the aura of those Anbu gradually faded away. They must have gone back?
Is it because of Naruto?
After all, he was a Jinchuuriki who left the village to perform a mission, so some special treatment seemed justified.
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In the office of the Hokage of Konoha Village, the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen listened in silence to the report from the ANBU.
"They chose to continue the mission? That's fine."
"Keep an eye on Danzo's side and report any changes to me as soon as possible."
After stating the order, he waved away the reporting ANBU ninja, picked up his pipe, and started smoking a big cigarette.
Now that he has obtained the information, based on his understanding of Danzo, Uchiha Sasuke's information will soon appear in front of Danzo.
Like Kakashi, he immediately realized the potential of Uchiha Sasuke, and as the Hokage of Konoha and a high-level authority, he knew more clearly how many compromises had been made behind Konoha's current temporary stability, and how many burdens he had to bear.
There is a lot of darkness that cannot be known to the world.
Regarding the Uchiha matter, Sarutobi Hiruzen asked himself, Konoha has definitely failed their clan, and Sasuke is the orphan entrusted to him by Uchiha Itachi.
No matter what, he couldn't make any more mistakes in this matter.
Now that Sasuke's young eagle has initially shown its strong wings, what he can do is to protect this young eagle from growing into an eagle in Konoha and protecting Konoha, instead of blowing strong winds to destroy Konoha.
At the same time, at Konoha's 'Root' organization base, just as Sarutobi Hiruzen predicted, Uchiha Sasuke's information appeared in front of Danzo.
"The evil brat of the Uchiha family actually has such a talent?"
He cannot trust the Uchiha clan, not only because of the influence of the second generation Hokage Tobirama, but also because he already has a wall of Sharingan and is very afraid of the power of the Uchiha clan, and because he is the culprit of the annihilation of the Uchiha clan.
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The bandaged hand rubbed his chin with an 'x' on it, and he also gave the order.
"Pay more attention to Uchiha Sasuke. If he makes any changes, report to me as soon as possible."
He has always felt that Uchiha was an unsettling factor in Konoha. Except for Uchiha Kagami, who once blocked a knife for him, he did not recognize any Uchiha clan members.
Even though Uchiha Shisui is a descendant of Uchiha Kagami, he doesn't have any worries when he acts.
Not to mention Uchiha Sasuke.
Danzo is extremely suspicious, cautious, insidious, tough, distrustful of others, and intolerant of any possible omissions. He must act according to his own ideas before he can rest assured.
Obviously, the talent displayed by Sasuke at this time has attracted his attention. If it were not for Sarutobi Hiruzen and Uchiha Itachi, he would have already planned to strangle Sasuke in his infancy.
"That weak guy Hiruzen must be eradicated. He still serves as the Kage, which really makes people feel that he is in the way."
"He actually allowed the Nine-Tails Jinchuuriki to leave the village to carry out tasks. This kind of weapon should be monitored, brainwashed, strictly guarded and then used as a war weapon. If something goes wrong this time, huh..."
If he had been allowed to serve as Hokage, Konoha would have become bigger and stronger and achieved greater glory.
What a pity.
Why didn't I raise my hand more decisively when I was on a mission with the Nidaime Hokage?
Naturally, he would not admit that he, who often talked about "ninjas needing to sacrifice themselves", couldn't do it when it was actually his turn.
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One day later, Kakashi Ban had protected Tatsuna and arrived in the Kingdom of Waves.
Because he was out on a mission, Sasuke was afraid that he would show any abnormality and did not choose to enter Teyvat.
The next day, they met the second ninja who came to carry out the assassination mission.
Although Kakashi had already predicted that he would be chased by chuunin-level ninjas as soon as he left Konoha. If anyone else came to perform the mission this time, it would at least be a large group of chunin-level or jounin-level ninjas.
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It was only when Mochi Zabuza actually swung his decapitating sword that he realized that he had underestimated the difficulty of this task.