In Konoha, Naruto lies down

Chapter 137 River Country Quest Line

"Then I want to be the team leader." Naruto made a request.

"No!" Tsunade refused without hesitation, "Team Three is made up of honest people. If you were to be the team leader, you would fool all three of them."

"If things go wrong, the reputation of the entire Konoha will be ruined by you alone."

"It's not that exaggerated, right?" Naruto scratched his face, "I'm also an honest man."

"Huh?" Tsunade narrowed her eyes slightly, walked over quickly and grabbed Naruto's collar, pressing her big balls against him so tightly that Naruto could hardly breathe, "You'd better not lie to them and do anything weird."

"If I find out, you're dead!"

"No, no!" Naruto laughed awkwardly.

Tsunade let him go, her expression still grim, and poked his forehead and said.

"Jiraiya took you to train, but you refused to go. How can you improve your strength if you don't do more missions? I picked out a mission for you in my busy schedule, and you're being picky."

"Next time I hear you say something like that, you'll be sent to the office to do odd jobs!"

"understood."

Seeing that Naruto had finally behaved himself, Tsunade threw him back onto the Hokage chair and poured herself a glass of water, her red lips slightly parted.

"This mission is a bit special," she said bluntly. "A mining village in Kawano Country has been taken over by people calling themselves the Kurochu clan. This involves the mining village and the Kurochu clan, one of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen."

"It is very likely that the man is Black Hoe Thunder Fang, one of the Seven."

"Is that guy very strong?" Naruto could no longer remember who the Seven Ninja Swordsmen were. In his impression, the previous generation of Seven Ninja Swordsmen were beaten into the Three Lucky Stars by Might Guy.

The one who I have a slight impression of is Itachi's former teammate Biwa Juzo, who was an elite jonin of Kirigakure, but was kicked into a nobody in the ninja world by Might Guy.

Whenever you meet a ninja from Konoha, they will ask if they know a Genin named Might Dai.

"Strong? I can't say." Tsunade thought for a moment, then tapped her head and said, "But that group of Seven Ninja Swordsmen escaped from the Blood Mist Period, and things here are generally not normal."

"Originally, I was planning to let Kai lead the team, but he was specifically asked by the Daimyo of another country to take on a protection mission, so I had no choice but to send you."

Hearing this, Naruto's face darkened and he crossed his legs while sitting on the Hokage's office chair.

"What do you mean they can only send me? Being a temporary worker is already tiring enough, and being a slave is fine, but there should be some practical benefits, right?"

"Hmm?" Tsunade frowned slightly.

"No, I mean... paid leave."

"What do you take me for? Even though I'm the Hokage, I still keep my public and private lives separate." Tsunade dragged Naruto to the door and threw him out. "If you can't complete this mission, don't go out on missions anymore. Come to the office and do odd jobs."

As soon as he finished speaking, the office door slammed shut.

Keep your public and private lives separate? Naruto was speechless. That wasn't what he'd been saying a while ago. Women are so fickle. Shaking his head, he stood up, dusted himself off, and left.

There were still two hours before departure, and he wanted to go home and pack his things, but the client was pressing him, and before he even left the Hokage Building, Xiao Li called out to him from behind.

"Naruto, wait."

"We are leaving now," said Xiao Li, who was wearing a green tights.

Hearing this, Naruto looked back.

Xiao Li stood in the sunlight with a serious expression, as if something big had happened.

Two figures appeared in the irregular shadows of the Hokage Building, and walked out slowly from the building, one on the left and one on the right. They were Hyuga Neji and Tenten, whom Naruto had seen before.

Both of them looked very unhappy and serious. Naruto could sense that this seriousness was not directed at him, but at this mission.

In other words, the preparation time for the task is cancelled.

"What do you mean by leaving now?" he asked with a smile. "Don't we still have two hours to prepare?"

"Sorry, Rokusuke is too worried about the village leader." A big man with a sturdy build and a simple look walked out of the Hokage building. He was dressed like a villager and had a beard on his face.

The man had a bandage on his face, as if he had been hit by a blunt object like a shovel.

Behind him, two other skinny men dressed as villagers came out. They looked to be around thirty years old, their hands covered in calluses from hard labor.

One was wearing a deep blue suit, had thin lips, and his face showed he was not easy to fool. The other had narrowed eyes and looked like the kind of gentle, honest person who was easy to talk to.

He glanced over, and considering what Xiao Li had just said and what the bearded man had said about Rokusuke being worried about Kanpachi, Rokusuke must be the one with the thin lips, and Kanpachi... probably a villager in danger.

He didn't remember some details clearly, but he remembered that the third team seemed to have been on a mission to eradicate the Black Hoe Thunder Fang. The whole process was a bit uncomfortable to watch.

As for the source of the disgust... Naruto looked at the three villagers who had been entrusted with the task and subconsciously frowned.

The special thing Tsunade mentioned was actually waiting for him here.

"Let me explain." Hyuga Neji walked over and said without any emotion, "Their village is being oppressed. Anyone who offends the Kurochu family will be nailed to death and buried alive in a coffin."

"The three of them desperately escaped and sought help, hoping that Konoha could help them eliminate the Kurochu family and help them escape the fear of death they lived in all day long."

"Their comrade Kanpachi was buried alive. We might have to leave early."

"That's right!" Xiao Li agreed enthusiastically.

Tenten didn't seem to have any objection. The three of them looked at Naruto, as if waiting for him to say something like "Let's go now!"

but........

"I disagree."

Naruto's words were beyond everyone's expectations, and the atmosphere froze instantly. Most of the resentment and dissatisfaction came from the thin-lipped villager, Rokusuke, while Lee, Tenten, and Neji were more stunned.

"Why?" Neji asked, without any intention of accusing anyone, just asking a simple question.

"I haven't prepared anything for the trip," Naruto explained, "Besides, Lee had obviously just finished training, so he wouldn't be able to travel for long without rest."

Xiao Li scratched his head: "I can hold on."

Hearing this, Neji didn't say anything. He thought seriously for a few seconds and nodded.

"Then we'll depart at the normal mission time and cancel the advance."

Tiantian showed a helpless smile, with an expression that said anything is fine.

Only the thin-lipped villager Rokusuke, who had been silent all this time, suddenly became excited and shouted, "Are you kidding me?"

"My companions are still buried underground, their fate uncertain. You cold-blooded ninjas have no heart at all!"

Chapter 138 Are you a villain?

Looking at the hysterical villager Rokusuke crying and accusing the four people, it seemed as if the ones oppressing them and burying them alive were not Kuroko Raiga, but Team 3 and Naruto.

"Hurry up and set off once you receive the mission! What are you waiting for? Aren't you ninjas?" Rokusuke seemed to be crazy, and the bearded man couldn't stop him no matter how hard he tried.

"Two hours, are you kidding me? Are you trying to tease us on purpose? Asshole!"

Seeing the situation getting out of control, the client was furious.

Perhaps because he'd never encountered such a difficult client before, the man, worried about his companions, couldn't accuse him too much. Xiao Li froze and quickly admitted his fault, bowing and apologizing repeatedly.

"sorry!!"

"Um... calm down for a moment." Tiantian smiled awkwardly, placed his hands on his chest, and soothed, "The specific departure time... is the normal scheduled time. I think you also listened to the instructions when you were commissioned."

"What's the point of saying so much? How can you ninjas possibly understand my pain? Kanpachi is still buried underground. He must be in great pain. I have to go back and save him!"

Seeing the thin-lipped villager Rokusuke crying so sadly, Tenten didn't know what to do. Neji looked at everything happening at the moment, frowned slightly, and looked embarrassed.

Suddenly, the villager Liuzhu stopped crying, wiped his tears, and said with a determined look.

"If you don't leave now, I will..."

"Changing the commission, right?" Naruto stood aside with his hands in his pockets and watched for a long time, interrupting the spell and asking.

Villager Rokusuke was obviously stunned for a moment, but seemed to quickly remember that he was the client, and immediately shouted with a red face.

"Yes, so what?"

"Excuse me for being blunt, but you don't care about the life or death of your companion Kanpachi at all." Naruto stared at Rokusuke and said, then paused and stopped talking, as if waiting for Rokusuke to refute.

"What did you say! Kanpachi is my brother. If I don't care, do you cold-blooded ninjas care?"

"Kanpachi died a long time ago. He died the moment you left." Naruto's rhetoric was steady. "He was nailed to death in the coffin. He's been buried for so long that his body has begun to rot."

"You're talking nonsense! Kanpachi is clearly still alive!" Rokusuke suddenly became excited, and the two villagers beside him hurriedly stopped him.

"Naruto..." Tiantian wanted Naruto to speak less. It seemed impolite to provoke the client again.

"He should still be alive, living in your heart." Naruto stopped pretending, his face darkened and he pointed at Rokusuke and said, "Kanpachi was already dead when you escaped and asked for help. You should blame yourself if you want to."

"It's not me! If we don't escape and ask for help, the whole village will die!" Rokusuke said in despair.

Hearing this, Naruto was speechless and said, "You clearly know this truth, but now you take it out on us. You are such a beast!"

"Cough cough!" Tenten coughed, reminding Naruto to pay attention to his ninja qualities.

Seeing the simple-minded Xiao Li being inexplicably scolded, Tiantian was also a little angry, so he stepped forward to speak up for Xiao Li. They were indeed following the normal procedures and there was no deliberate delay.

If Lee's reaction was to apologize and Tenten's attempt to reason, Neji's attitude was to ignore the villagers.

Naruto was simply murderous. Even though Tiantian was an outsider, he felt that Naruto's words were scary and sharp.

It was cool, but it seemed like the person on the other side was about to collapse. Some people, with just a little effort, reached the limit of the polite segment.

"You... aren't you ninjas?" Rokusuke said tremblingly.

"You know we are ninjas. We can't make wishes at shrines or resurrect the dead." Naruto calmed down and spoke politely.

"We have our reasons for preparing this, please understand."

"But I don't understand why you're making such a fuss about changing the commission. Are you worried that your brother Kanpachi didn't die thoroughly enough?"

"Team Three is currently the best ninja team in Konoha. It would take you at least three hours to coordinate a single commission. What are you trying to achieve?"

Naruto has developed a good habit after years of immersion in the forum. He habitually says "dog head protects me" first.

"You making a fuss here will only delay our preparations."

"I...I don't know this." Rokusuke said with all his might, "I'm just eager to save people. No one told us this."

"It doesn't matter if you don't know. I'm explaining it to you in a nice and gentle way." Naruto said, "If you still don't understand, I can explain it more clearly."

"I don't need to prepare. You have plenty of time. Only your good brother Kanpachi is buried underground."

"We all have bright futures, except Kanpachi."

Rokusuke stood there trembling all over, his lips shaking for a long time, and he couldn't say a word.

Tiantian was dumbfounded. She didn't understand what sarcasm was, but she felt like she had already won.

Xiao Li didn't understand, and his CPU was spinning for a long time, but he couldn't figure out who was right. Naruto didn't seem to say anything irrational, but it sounded a bit excessive.

Neji turned his head to the other side and no longer paid attention to the farce.

Tsunade stood by the fifth-floor window, her arms folded as she watched, her red lips pursed slightly, as if she had remembered something interesting. That guy was being venomous again, and it looked like someone was about to get hurt again.

The summer that people long for is almost over, and autumn is here in the blink of an eye.

The autumn wind blows in through the window, blowing up the beauty's hair.

In the lounge on the other side.

Rock Lee was catching up on his sleep, Neji was checking ninja tools, and Naruto was drinking water with his neck tilted back.

"Naruto, did I speak too harshly just now?" Tenten asked with a worried look on her face.

"No, that's just the beginning." Naruto glanced at Neji and said in a low voice, "It would be great if that man was actually reasonable. I'm afraid he'll be a problem once we go on a mission."

"It shouldn't be..." Tiantian thought about Rokusuke's appearance just now, and suddenly he felt unsure.

"How does the saying go? I'm not afraid of opponents who are like tigers, but I'm afraid of teammates who are like pigs."

"If that person likes to seek death, even gods can't save him."

As soon as the words fell, the lounge fell silent.

The client this time is really not an easy person to deal with. If he causes some trouble or does something stupid, they might really be faced with a dilemma.

"What should we do then?" Tiantian asked.

Naruto didn't answer immediately, but looked up at Neji, who shook his head and said something.

"We can only take one step at a time."