Ninja career - part 1-

I'm looking curiously at my father, as it's not the first time I heard him talk about adventures, but until now I always thought it to be only the rumbling of a heroic middle-aged man boasting in front of his son.

He smiles at me proudly

Dad: 'this little shit-head finally asked I've been trying to boast for almost 2 years but he always ignores me... weren't kids supposed to ask a lot of questions and be very curious? why did I get such a defective product ?'

Mom: *cough* *cough*

Dad: "Ahhh!! yes.. let start by the basics then, do you know what are the Ninja ranks ?"

Kayle: "Yes, Genin, Chunin, Jonin and kage"

Dad: "Correct! Genins represent apprentices they are the graduate of the ninja academy you are currently attending, Chunin is the average ninjas that proved to everyone that they mastered the basics and got stronger fighting abilities and slight planning abilities, while the Jonins are the elite, they are the strongest foundation for any ninja village existing, you can determine a Ninja village's strength by the number of Jonin they have or can produce, and that's exactly why, Konoha is the strongest hidden village out there"

Kayle: "Well shouldn't we value a hidden village strength by the number of Kage or their strength"

Dad: "Well the thing is that there is very few Kage level Ninja and they are quite rare, for example, Konoha only have the Hokage and the three legendary sannin that have a Kage strength from what I know, and 4 people no matter how strong they are can't protect the village, fight for benefits and resources outside of it, collect information, etc... "

Kayle: "Okay I understand better, Jonins are the core of every village and are the ones able to share some of the responsibility for the well-being of the village, what does this have to do with adventurers?"

Dad: "Well now that we talked about ranks let's talk about the Ninja jobs"

Kayle: "Are you talking about missions"

Dad: "Missions are the most famous kind of job, they are quite popular as they are most of the time well paid, and unless we are at war, then they will be voluntary for most of them. but do you think the city gate's guards will go pick that mission every morning ?"

Kayle: "Ooh! that's true, it doesn't make sense to have such jobs posted in the mission section"

Dad: "Well, to tell the truth, they are always a few available spots as city gate's guards available on the mission board too but they are mostly additional spots for people wanting to rest after a long mission outside"

Kayle: "So adventurer is the same kind of job as the city's guards ?"

Dad: "Exactly! there is a lot of different jobs for ninjas, some of them are collecting information, where you are sent to different countries to live there and report any news you get they are mostly part of the village's spying network, some other examples of ninja's jobs are the teachers at the academy, the medical-nins, and even the adventurers"

Kayle: "I never heard of adventurers before, what do their jobs consist of?"

Dad: "Well adventurer is one of the less paid jobs, you get the bare minimum from the village, but as you live mostly outside, so that isn't really an issue as you can easily live out of natural resources"

Kayle: "But you still need money for your weapons, clothes, and whatever you want to buy"

Dad: "Then you will have to gain money by yourself, you can collect precious plants that can fetch quite the good price, or you can hunt the bingo book's targets and gain additional money. And most of the time before leaving, you pick a mission quite far away from the mission board this way once you are back you can also get quite the sum"

As I hear my dad explaining this to me I feel quite connected to the lifestyle he is describing, if I become an adventurer I could choose to live a slow life if I want, to explore this world, and this way I could become freer, that freedom that I didn't have in my last life could be easily obtained.

Kayle: "What rank do you need to become an adventurer? and wouldn't that make you a defecting Ninja ?"