Naruto: Starting with Tsunade

Chapter 100 Carrying out a mission with Tsunade

really……

Aokiji muttered to himself.

Seeing his displeasure, Elder Itachi said to himself, "I recently came across some interesting information. Apparently, there's a place where there seems to be some kind of personality cult surrounding Uchiha Madara. Go and investigate."

"You can ask any other member of the clan to do this."

Elder Itachi said bluntly, "The clansmen are busy every day, but you seem to have a lot of free time."

"What a blunt truth..." Aokiji retorted, "I'm very busy, okay? I'm busy catching pets every day. Without me, pet owners in this country would be heartbroken if they couldn't find their lost pets."

"People usually call this situation 'being very free'."

"..."

Seeing that he couldn't move Aokiji, Elder Itachi pulled out his trump card: "The sword you mentioned last time, I think I do have one."

"A sword? What sword?" Aokiji suddenly realized, "The Kusanagi Sword?"

Elder Itachi stroked his white beard, his attitude ambiguous: "I intend to use this as a reward for outstanding members of the clan. If you, Aokiji, are willing to assist me this time..."

"There's nothing more to say."

Aokiji waved his hand, his eyes blazing with righteous indignation, the billiards-playing family portrait behind him gleaming in the sunlight: "Leave it to me, Elder Itachi. For the future of the Uchiha, this is my duty. I will find you even if it's not just a corpse, I will find you a living person."

Elder Itachi was speechless at Aokiji's fickle nature: "Uh, forget about living people, just help me find the corpse."

"OK."

Aokiji answered cheerfully.

Well, speaking of which, what exactly is this mission?

Elder Itachi briefly explained the situation to him: in addition to investigating the cult of personality surrounding Madara Uchiha, they also needed to find the Sharingan that had been lost during the war.

Being a ninja is a high-risk profession, and it is quite normal for some clan members to die while on missions.

If there are no teammates around, then these corpses will be left outside, including Sharingan.

In such cases, the Uchiha clan will send people to retrieve the items.

Even so, there were still instances in Uchiha history where Sharingan users ended up in the human world.

There seems to be a place where people are developing a personality cult of Uchiha Madara. Logically speaking, it would be natural for them to target the Sharingan, the source of Uchiha Madara's power, and try to get close to their idol, thus elevating fan behavior to idol behavior.

Therefore, when Elder Itachi sent him to search for Madara Uchiha's whereabouts, he also hoped that he could find the lost Sharingan.

Of course, this is only Elder Itachi's side of the story; he has other plans.

Aokiji, having received the mission, wanted to push his luck, claiming he wanted to increase the probability of mission completion.

Elder Itachi was not fooled by such a trick and refused outright.

The blue pheasant's teeth itched; the old man was quite clever.

Elder Itachi took out a scroll from his pocket and handed it to the other person.

"What is this? Could it be another ninjutsu?" Aokiji asked excitedly.

"This is a scroll about summoning beast contracts."

Elder Itachi's voice, whether his eyes were closed or open, was always so detached that Aokiji almost wanted to add a touch of salt to it:

"A summoning beast contract?"

Aokiji wondered why he was giving this thing away.

While he was confused, Elder Itachi said calmly, "When you're out and about, no one supervises you, so I'm going to send a summoning beast to keep an eye on you and prevent you from slacking off on your missions.

Without batting an eye or blushing, Aokiji said, "That's too much! Do you think I'm that kind of person?"

"Alright, enough chit-chat, let's put our handprints on."

Elder Itachi said without room for argument, "You don't need to summon it normally. Just summon it when I give you a specific mission location, and act as a witness."

Aokiji: ...

Despite Elder Itachi's distrust, Aokiji opened the scroll and pressed his hand seals, thus confirming that the summoning contract was essentially complete.

After signing the contract, Aokiji tried to summon a summoning beast. With a bang, the white smoke dissipated, revealing a dark black kitten. It picked its nose with its paw, looking quite arrogant.

This guy's name is Cool, that's how he introduced himself.

"Cool Music?"

A familiar name… Aokiji asked, “Do you have the Blindfold Sword?”

"The appendix sword, what is that?"

"It's nothing."

Aokiji shook his head, but he asked playfully.

This was a minor incident. After it was over, Elder Itachi pulled him aside to test his strength, just in case the kid became lazy.

After training, Aokiji was drenched in sweat and panting heavily. He thought to himself that he had officially entered the Jonin level, so how come his opponent still beat him like it was nothing?

However, he is confident that with the rapid growth of his physical development, he will usher in a period of growth in strength, moving towards becoming an elite Jonin, or even a Kage-level ninja.

Elder Itachi said with slight satisfaction, "Not bad," and announced the end of today's test.

Aokiji bid farewell to Elder Itachi and went to the special quest-giving area to see if there were any quests to catch pets, and also to do some fieldwork.

"Aokiji, you've come at the perfect time."

A familiar voice came from behind him. Aokiji turned around and saw a beautiful blonde girl with both A and B.

"What?! Tsunade?"

Aokiji showed little interest; he needed to prepare to go out, complete the task Elder Itachi had assigned him as soon as possible, obtain the Kusanagi Sword, and improve his strength. He didn't have time to play any romantic confession games with the other party.

"Come out for a moment."

Tsunade didn't intend to argue with him here.

Aokiji shrugged and followed her out, asking as they walked, "What's the matter?"

Tsunade cut to the chase: "I have a mission I need your help with."

"Is that rare? You actually called me out by name."

Aokiji stopped and looked at the other person: "You should know me, I don't like hanging out with people while on missions."

"There's no other way, this mission is rather special, and your abilities are very suitable."

Aokiji lowered his head, pondered for a moment, and guessed that Tsunade was pointing to Ice Release.

"What mission?"

I'll give her face and ask anyway, then I'll refuse later. If it were anyone else, Aokiji wouldn't even bother with them.

Tsunade briefly explained the mission: a monster had appeared in the coastal area of the Land of Fire, affecting maritime trade and the fishing industry. People who had come into contact with the monster had contracted strange illnesses, seriously affecting the people's peaceful lives. The Daimyo of the Land of Fire personally ordered that people be sent to kill the monster.

Because the task also involved treating illnesses, the Hokage assigned it to Tsunade, who had just finished training, and she personally selected the personnel.

Considering the fact that the operation was at sea, Tsunade set her sights on Aokiji, whose strength and abilities were a perfect fit.

Of course, besides that, she also had some personal ulterior motives.

Aokiji opened his eyes wide in disbelief after hearing this: "What are you talking about? I'm not going to do a mission that looks so dangerous."

As expected, Tsunade sighed, "Ah, is that so? Then you can continue catching pets. By the way, how much is the reward if this mission is successful? Let me think..."

She rattled off a staggering number to herself.

The blue pheasant swallowed its saliva.

Tsunade said nonchalantly, "Fine, if you're not interested, I'll find someone else. Once I'm done, you can just watch me count the money."

"etc……"

"what?"

"I think you need a trustworthy partner."

"A trustworthy partner."

Tsunade's eyes were questioning, as if to say, "Is that you?"

Aokiji presented compelling evidence: "Although I've never teamed up with you, you should know my strength better than anyone else."

Tsunade smiled and said, "Well, since you insist, I might consider it."

Aokiji said solemnly, "Please make sure we complete the mission together and get the reward."

"Since you've put it that way, there's no other way. You'll have to help me out, okay?"