Konoha: Uchiha, I get stronger by causing trouble.

Chapter 28 C-Rank Mission

Kushina had wads of paper stuffed in both of her nostrils to avoid being overwhelmed by the stench, and sat to the side, watching Chiga walk on the water and pick up trash with great boredom.

Taking care of children, finding a lost kitten, picking up trash, and weeding.

Kushina took Chiga through all sorts of D-rank missions, and surprisingly, Chiga didn't complain at all.

They can even find joy in hardship.

She originally thought that a young man like Chiga would be impatient and would start asking her to do higher-level tasks after only a few days.

Kushina also took the opportunity to teach Chiga not to be overly ambitious, but to take things one step at a time.

Being a role model for students adds another achievement to that.

Surprisingly, Chiga was able to slack off so calmly, unlike a typical energetic young man.

As Chiga played that unfamiliar but strangely pleasant tune, Kushina grew increasingly impatient.

Finally, Kushina suddenly stood up, shut her mouth and snorted, shoving the crumpled paper out of her nose, completely unconcerned about her image.

She shouted at Chiga, "Chiga, you won!"

Upon hearing this, Chiga looked up, confused. "Kushina-sensei, what did you say?"

Kushina said resentfully, "Chika, did you already know I would use these low-level tasks to train you?"

"Isn't this the kind of work a genin like me should be doing?" Chiga said, tilting her head.

Chika didn't care about these low-level tasks; the work was easy, and she could even slack off occasionally.

Although the reward for a D-rank mission isn't much, don't forget that Fugaku Uchiha also pays him 5 ryo every month.

So Chiga was happy to continue like this.

Seeing that Chiga's expression didn't seem fake, Kushina understood.

Sure enough, that dream of lying flat for life wasn't just empty talk.

Kushina waved her hand dismissively at Chiga: "Get out of the way, leave the rest to me."

After she finished speaking, she began to form hand seals.

Multiple Shadow Clone Technique!

As a cloud of smoke appeared, hundreds of Kushina's shadow clones appeared around her.

Chiga's eyes lit up. "Kushina-sensei, when are you going to teach me this ninjutsu?"

"No"

Kushina was about to refuse, but then she thought that Chiga's chakra reserves were quite large. However, Chiga was still young and there was still a risk of danger. So Kushina said, "Let's wait a while."

"All right."

Chiga nodded, understanding what Kushina meant.

While the two were chatting, Kushina's shadow clones had already finished picking up all the trash in the sewer.

"Done!"

Kushina looked at the mountain of garbage in front of her, clapped her hands, and said to Chiga triumphantly, "Come on, you've done so many D-rank missions, it's time to take on a C-rank mission to practice."

Looking at the spotless, clean sewer opening, Chiga thought for a moment and said, "Kushina-sensei, I forgot to tell you, this mission is paid by the hour, 100 ryo per hour!"

Upon hearing this, Kushina retorted, "Which idiot posted this mission? If they only hired people like you who dawdle, they'd go bankrupt!"

Chiga explained with a smile, "Kushina-sensei, this is for us genin newbies to practice water walking during missions."

Kushina's expression froze for a moment, then she said disdainfully, "Hmph, cultivation is a personal matter, why would I need to resort to such despicable methods?"

Kushina had already cleaned up all the trash, so there was no point in the two of them staying any longer. They decided not to worry about the money and went to the Konoha Village mission hall to complete the mission.

Kushina, accompanied by Chiga, hurriedly pushed open the door to Hiruzen Sarutobi's Hokage office.

Hiruzen Sarutobi, who was busy with his business, didn't even look up before saying in a disgruntled tone, "Kushina, you've already become a Jonin instructor, how come you're still acting like a brat!"

Currently, the only people in Konoha who can enter without knocking or getting Hiruzen Sarutobi's permission are Kushina and Tsunade.

Tsunade is currently addicted to gambling and will definitely not come looking for him, so it can only be Kushina, the Red Hot Chili.

Ignoring Hiruzen Sarutobi's reprimand, Kushina slammed her hand on her desk and roared, "Third Hokage, stop with the nonsense and give me the list of missions ranked C or higher!"

Hearing this, Hiruzen Sarutobi reluctantly raised his head, glanced at Chika behind Kushina, and then said, "Are you planning to take Chika out for some training?"

After saying that, he took a puff of his pipe and exhaled a large cloud of smoke with satisfaction.

Kushina, showing no respect whatsoever as she watched Hiruzen Sarutobi soar through the air, snatched the pipe from his hand and said disdainfully, "I'm telling you, Third Hokage, smoking in front of ladies is very impolite."

Hiruzen Sarutobi: "It's quite surprising to hear the word 'politeness' come out of your mouth."

Looking at Hiruzen Sarutobi's frustrated expression.

Chiga was astonished. Don't let the old man's cheerful and kind appearance fool you; if anyone could handle things like Kushina, they'd be dead by now.

With no cigarette in his hand, Hiruzen Sarutobi smacked his lips and began sifting through the numerous documents, finally finding a C-rank mission suitable for Kushina after a long search.

He handed the quest scroll to Kushina and said:

"This was just delivered yesterday. It's from a small village not far from Konoha. They said a man-eating creature has appeared near the village, and several people have already died. They hope we can send ninjas to deal with it."

Although Kushina cannot go to the front lines, she can still do missions within the Land of Fire.

"That's it? No missions to go to the Land of Lightning?"

Kushina is quick-witted. Minato is on a mission at the border of the Land of Lightning. If she's lucky, she might even get to meet him this time, and she can also hang around the front lines for a while.

Once she's outside, who can control her, Blood Red Chili Pepper?

Hiruzen Sarutobi secretly glared at Kushina. The only reason Kushina was allowed to leave the village was because the war was over; otherwise, Konoha wouldn't have allowed her to leave.

Hiruzen Sarutobi earnestly said, "Kushina, this mission is only meant to broaden your disciple's horizons. If it's too dangerous, don't you consider your disciple's safety?"

"Hey, Third Hokage, are you looking down on me, Kushina, or on my disciple? If it weren't for the fact that I am..."

"cough!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi interrupted Kushina's words with a light cough. Few people in Konoha knew that she was a Jinchūriki.

Kushina knew she had almost let something slip, so she kept quiet and just glared at Hiruzen Sarutobi.

Fearing that Chiga might notice something, Hiruzen Sarutobi changed the subject, saying, "Alright, Kushina, this C-rank mission has the highest reward of all C-rank missions."

Upon hearing this, Chiga's eyes lit up.

"Hokage-sama, how many are there?"

(End of this chapter)