Chapter 121: Departure to the Land of Tea

"Ah? Why is it another C-rank escort mission?"

After receiving the latest mission, Tenma complained with a headache. Over the past half a year, they had already reached the strength to carry out B-rank missions. Now, he really looked down on the C-rank escort mission, not only because the reward was less, but also because it was a waste of time.

"Escort missions are often the most difficult type of mission. Don't underestimate it just because it's a C-rank mission."

Hatake Satoru said with a serious expression.

"You've been doing missions for so long, you should know that it's normal to level up during the mission. And escort missions are often the easiest to level up and the most likely to have accidents."

"Yes, Satoru-sensei, I know I was wrong."

Hearing Hatake Satoru's reprimand, Tenma lowered his head and apologized very sincerely.

"Because we are not sure if the mission person has hidden anything, and we are not sure if we will encounter other enemies on the way."

Hatake Satoru continued to speak.

"Yes, Satoru-sensei, I won't do it next time."

Hearing Tenma say this, Satoru shook his head helplessly. This situation had happened many times.

But this is Tenma's character. If he doesn't experience something unforgettable, it's hard for him to change.

"Alright, go home and rest, and gather directly at the village gate later. The mission person has been waiting for us there."

"Yes."

Then the three people in front of him dispersed, leaving only Hatake Satoru standing in place.

"You really look more and more like a teacher now."

At this time, a voice suddenly sounded, and a white-haired figure who was a little shorter than Hatake Satoru appeared next to him.

"After all, time can change a person. Kakashi, how about it, do you want to try being a teacher too? Seeing your disciples becoming stronger and stronger, it feels really good."

The person who came was Hatake Satoru's younger brother, Hatake Kakashi.

"Forget it, I'm not suitable for this kind of thing with my personality."

Without even thinking about it, Kakashi directly refused. He had long been accustomed to the life of Anbu. If he were to live on the surface like an ordinary person again, he might have to adapt for a long time.

"I told you, time will always change a person. Maybe you will inherit my mantle in the future?"

Hearing this, Kakashi gave Satoru a white look. The word "inherit the mantle" didn't seem to be used very accurately.

"It's better to retire from Anbu early. Although Anbu is very good for training people, with your current strength, you don't need to stay in Anbu anymore."

Now Kakashi has mastered the perfect Sage Mode, and his strength has long reached the shadow level. Staying in Anbu will not help his cultivation at all.

"But after all, some things always need someone to do, right?"

Kakashi spoke. The purpose of their Anbu is not only to protect the safety of Hokage, but also to deal with some things that the village can't handle on the surface.

"Kakashi, you have really grown a lot in every sense."

Satoru sighed and said, at this time, the scene of Kakashi's childhood also appeared in his mind, a kid who was both tsundere and competitive.

Now Kakashi's own sharpness has converged a lot, and it feels a bit more rounded.

"After all, as you said, time will always change something."

Now Kakashi is already the captain of Anbu, with a very high position. Except for Hokage, all actions of Anbu must listen to Kakashi's command.

And because Kakashi is his own disciple, Minato is very relieved to give him such an important position.

And Kakashi also has the qualifications, status, and reason to deal with the village's dark Anbu for Namikaze Minato.

"Well, I won't force you, but I still hope you can leave Anbu sooner and experience the life of a normal person."

Hearing this, Kakashi pondered for a while.

"I will, but brother, you should go on a mission now, otherwise you will be late again, and then you will inevitably be complained about by your students."

"Heh, isn't it normal for me to be late? If I arrive early, that would be a surprise."

But even though he said that, Satoru's figure disappeared in front of Kakashi the next second.

When he arrived at the village gate, Hatake Satoru was indeed the last one to arrive.

"Teacher, you are late again, when can you arrive early and wait for us?"

"You even want me to wait for you, you guys have a high status, huh?"

Satoru directly grabbed Tenma's ear and said in his ear.

"No, no, no, no, Satoru-sensei, I was wrong, we will wait for you, we will wait for you."

Feeling the severe pain in his ear, Tenma quickly admitted his mistake.

A man can bend and stretch, when he should admit his mistake, don't be tough, just like now.

"Everyone, can we set off now?"

At this time, a middle-aged man with brown hair appeared next to Satoru and said with a smile.

"Sorry, then let's set off now."

"Okay."

Hearing Hatake Satoru's promise, the brown-haired middle-aged man ordered the caravan to set off. There were three carriages, and the things they were escorting were the goods loaded on the carriage.

It's just some cloth, decorations and the like, not something very valuable, otherwise it wouldn't be a C-rank mission, after all, few people would target such things.

And their destination this time is the Tea Country. Although the Tea Country borders the Land of Fire, Konohagakure Village is quite far from the Tea Country.

Because Konohagakure Village only occupies a part of the land area of the Land of Fire, and the location of Konohagakure Village in the Land of Fire is very far from the border with the Tea Country.

And it's also traveling by carriage, so just going there, Hatake Satoru probably calculated that it would take about twenty days.

And using nearly a month's time to do a C-rank mission is indeed a bit of a loss.

"Satoru-sensei, do you think some powerful ninjas will attack us?"

Tenma looked around and said excitedly.

"How could it be possible, don't be silly, Tenma."

Before Satoru could answer, Shinko spoke first.

"If it were you, would you target these cloths, decorations and the like?"

"No."

"So I think other people won't target such things either."

"Ah, it looks like another plain C-rank mission, there's no challenge at all."

Tenma looked up at the sky and sighed.

"But nothing is absolute, we still need to be careful and vigilant around."

Itachi, who had been silent, also spoke.

(End of this chapter)