Konoha: Tsunade, I am the Hokage

After clearing out all the D-rank items in Chapter 10, the C-rank items will naturally follow.

In no time, the water-fetching was completed.

"One more task!"

"what?"

Hamano Ritsu was stunned, but when he met Jiraiya's gaze, he immediately assigned him another D-rank mission.

This time it's chopping wood.

but.

It didn't take long either.

"One more, please."

……

half a month later.

"Lord Third Generation, this won't do! Why don't you tell him to stop? At this rate, we won't even have enough D-rank missions!"

Hamano Ritsu couldn't hold back any longer and went upstairs to complain to the Third Hokage.

no way.

It's not that he doesn't want to give it, but Jiraiya's team has already completed more than half of the village's D-rank missions in the past two weeks.

At this rate, the village's D-level missions will probably be cleared out in a few days.

What will happen to the other teams and ordinary genin then?

Does this mean my income will be cut off?

This is indeed a significant problem.

Hiruzen Sarutobi had a terrible headache and pondered for a moment.

Jiraiya's team is indeed one of the strongest.

The captain, needless to say.

Among the team members are Kakashi, who is already a Chunin; Kurenai Yuhi, who is skilled in genjutsu; and Yoshimine Kyohiko...

C-level missions are no challenge for them.

"Next time, let him take on a C-rank mission."

"Yes."

Hamano Ritsu breathed a sigh of relief.

C-level mission...

It's not that he's unwilling to issue the document, but rather that the current situation is still unclear.

Although the countries have reached a truce, peace has not been completely achieved, and there are still some minor frictions between them.

not to mention.

In addition, a large number of wandering samurai and bandits followed the war.

Performing a Class C mission now is far more dangerous than in peacetime.

Hamano Ritsu is only issuing missions on behalf of others and has no right to decide the mission rules for new recruit teams.

With the Third Hokage nodding, he naturally no longer needed to confront him directly.

……

As Hokage, you actively do practical things for the village, and your contributions are widely recognized.

[Reward: Water Release: Water Chaos Wave upgraded by 1 level]

what?

In the morning, Kyohiko, who was waiting to gather at the Hokage Building, was completely bewildered.

what's going on?

Where did the reward come from?

I've been grinding through D-level missions lately, and I even got a reward from who-knows-where.

He glanced at the panel.

Name: Ryōmine Kyohiko

Age: 7

[Bloodline Limit]: None

【Skill】:

Transformation Technique (Master), Clone Technique (Master), Substitution Technique (Master), Body Flicker Technique (Master), Water Release: Water Chaos Wave (Master), Water Release: Water Wall (Proficient)

Over the past two weeks, Kyohiko has mainly focused on training his taijutsu and two water-style ninjutsu, but he has only managed to improve them to the proficient level.

Now, the water turbulence has directly reached mastery.

In his mind, a lot of knowledge about water turbulence surfaced, a small part of which was about how to control water-style ninjutsu and better utilize water-style chakra.

Water turbulence is very basic and does not involve changes in enhanced properties.

but.

"Mastery" level techniques can greatly reduce the chakra required to cast spells.

Theoretically, with the same amount of chakra, one can expel 30% more water than before.

Moreover, many techniques of Water Release ninjutsu are interconnected.

Especially the turbulent water waves and the water column walls.

The standard version doesn't have any profound nature transformations. As long as you master the basic nature transformations and can extract water chakra, you can release it easily.

This is true for both of them.

Some of the knowledge that comes with "Mastery" of water turbulence can be applied to water array walls.

Jingyan was secretly pleased.

This is a huge improvement!

Although ninjutsu is not very useful in the later stages of the Gundam War, what he needs to consider more right now is the Third Shinobi World War.

At the level of ordinary ninjas, water-style ninjutsu is quite useful.

"Kyohiko-kun".

Behind them, a soft female voice approached from afar.

Kyohiko turns around—

Kakashi and Kurenai Yuhi ran quickly towards them, one after the other.

The three of them gathered together.

"You arrived so early?"

Kurenai was panting.

"Not long after, I was jogging by and decided to wait here."

Kyohiko replied.

Kakashi hesitated, about to speak, but a glance out of the corner of his eye made him swallow the question that was about to come out.

"Haha, everyone's here really early!"

Jiraiya arrived.

He held two sets of popsicles in his hand, broke them open one by one, and gave one to each person.

"Let's go, let's start today's mission. Let's collect enough as soon as possible so we can take on the more difficult C-level missions sooner."

Jiraiya was fed up with D-rank missions.

For an ordinary ninja squad, a D-rank mission might be helpful in terms of teamwork and skill development, but for their squad...

forget it.

As a Chunin, Kakashi understands all the necessary principles, but his inner conflict remains unresolved, and Jiraiya doesn't have a good solution for him yet.

Kyohiko——

This child is the one you least need to worry about.

Kurenai Yuhi only lacks ability, but she is still far from being a leader of a team.

For them, only by completing C-rank missions and actually fighting against wandering samurai, thieves, or even ninjas can they truly learn something that will improve them.

Since they won't let us accept C-level items, let's just clear out all the D-level items.

Jiraiya hardened his heart.

Upon entering the hall, he went straight to Hamano Ritsu.

"Give it to me..."

"Lord Jiraiya, the Hokage says you are now free to accept C-rank missions."

Hamano immediately reported.

Jiraiya chuckled, "Great, so we don't need to do D-rank missions anymore?"

"No need, you have enough D-level missions. Please take a look at the C-level missions."

Hamano Ritsu smiled wryly and picked up the new task board.

Jingyan glanced at it.

It seems that the previous rewards must have come from them.

Then, he looked at the task board.

Most of the jobs listed above are mercenary tasks such as escorting caravans.

Escort direction...

Generally, missions that go to chaotic places like the Land of Rivers and the Land of Waves, or to ninja countries like the Land of Earth, probably don't count as C-rank missions.

"That's it."

Jiraiya points to a line—

Head to Tanbata Street to protect the creditors and help them collect their debts.

A slight smile played on his lips.

"Who commissioned this task?"

"This task was just posted yesterday. You just need to go to the Blue and White Porcelain Hall in Tanabata Street and find a person named Matsuyama Koji."

Hamano answered.

He hesitated for a moment and said, "However, the reward offered by the other party is almost at the level of a B-level mission. I suspect that collecting the debt is not so simple."

"It's okay, as long as the money is there, I know how to get to Tanabata Street."

Jiraiya waved his hand, a smile spreading across his face.

Jingyan's expression was strange.

Tanabata Street, that's no good place.

If a ninja goes to a place like this, he might break the three ninja taboos.

It's hard not to have doubts—

My own teacher was pretending to accept the assignment, but really wanted to have some fun.

He couldn't help but mutter to himself.

Kakashi and Kurenai remained expressionless, whether they were unaware of Tanabata Street or simply indifferent.

In short, Jiraiya happily accepted the mission.

but.

As he walked out of the mission hall, a figure blocked his way.