Picking a Mission

He finally meet his teacher, Shikaku Nara!

It seems that the Third Hokage really spared no effort in attracting the Ino–Shika–Cho family. Now, he will entrust his youngest son, Asuma, to the hands of Shikaku Nara. In the future, he will hand the successor of these 3 families into his own family hands, it seems that the Third Hokage has fully realized the value of these Clans.

Maybe it's because the noble Clans like Uchiha and Hyuga are not so easy to draw, so the Third Hokage is targeting the Yamanaka, Nara and Akimichi Clan.

However, it's obviously not the time to consider this issue. Junrei is feeling the pressure of facing this Shikaku, which is called 'The Brain of Konoha'. Perhaps this guy is far behind Orochimaru in strength, but in terms of brain, he's definitely stronger than Orochimaru.

Relying on his acting in front of this guy is too risky.

Almost the moment when he saw Shikaku's figure for a split of a second, Junrei decided. In the future, in front of this guy, he will try to perform as little as possible, as long as he keep his attitude of caring for his companions and loving Konoha is maintained there should be no issue.

"Junrei! We meet again!" Shikaku greeted him first.

"Hello Teacher Shikaku!" Junrei said indifferently.

"Good morning Teacher Shikaku!" Asuma and Kurenai both stood up.

"Well! Looks like you're all familiar with each other, so there's no need to introduce yourself." Shikaku said casually.

"Teacher Shikaku..." Asuma said with reddish eyes.

"I'ts ok." Shikaku sighed and whispered softly: "Since the moment we choose becoming a ninja, we must be aware that we could end up sacrificing at any time. Junrei should already have such a realization!"

After a period of time talking, Junrei understood the reason Asuma's former teammate sacrificed.

Shikaku went to the frontline to battle with Sunagakure during this period of time. And so Asuma's team made a mission with a Chunin. Originally it was just a simple C-Rank Mission. They didn't expected an accident to ocurr. They got an encounter with a Hidden Sand Ninja team. The two sides had a big battle. Asuma's teammates were unfortunately killed.

"If you want to keep your life, you have to work hard to become stronger." Junrei said.

Kurenai hearing this glanced at him, thinking of what Junrei had said while training. Indeed, when they meet that Sunagakure's team at the time, maybe if they were stronger, their teammates wouldn't have had to die.

"I already have a certain understanding of Junrei's strength. I believe he also knows me better. So if you want to test me, please let's avoid it first. Just follow me to take a mission." Shikaku indifferently said.

After a period of time of contact, Junrei found that Shikaku, like his son Shikamaru, was a bit afraid of trouble, but was a bit more cold and less naive than Shikamaru.

Such people are undoubtedly more terrifying. Shikamaru may still be emotional at some point, but Shikaku will not. Many years of ninja career has long hardened Shikaku Nara's heart.

In other words, with Shikaku's intelligence, he has seen some things, so he doesn't take many things too seriously.

Thinking of this, Junrei became more vigilant. In front of this person, he must be very careful.

Actually, Junrei has never done anything detrimental to Konoha since the beginning, and even so far, no such idea has appeared on his mind. But compared to these original Anime characters, Junrei's love for Konoha is fake, and his love and care for his companions is also fake .

Especially Junrei is still doing human experiments with Orochimaru. If this incident is discovered by the Third Hokage, it could be almost fatal to his current situation.

Soon, a group of four people came to pick up a Mission.

After Konoha's victory over Sunagakure, their prestige in the Shinobi World has greatly increased. Many clients will consider first Konoha's ninja when they issue a mission.

Seeing that there is still a lot of unfinished in the C-Rank Mission, Junrei can easily guess how busy Konoha Ninja is now.

Mission commissions have increased, which is both a good thing and a troublesome thing for the Village.

If Konoha refuses these missions, it will give people a view that they lost too much strength in the battle against Hidden Sand Village, which will greatly reduce the Hidden Leaf's credibility.

But if they accept these missions, they must send ninjas to complete it. The Third Hokage must be having a headache at this moment over this matter!

However, compared to Konoha, the defeated Sand Hidden Villages may be even worse. Hidden Leaf is happy and miserable after all, meanwhile Sunagakure is just miserable right now.

Losing the Shinobi World War means a decrease in credibility. The Hidden Sand Village's missions must have probably been reduced to the lowest point in recent years.

"Escort goods and merchandise! What do you think?" Asuma chose a mission of escorting and said to everyone.

"Too far away!" Junrei said.

"Not a good choice!" Shikaku also refused.

"Why?" Asuma wondered, blinking at Junrei.

He immediately understood why Asuma choose a mission to escort goods, and the distance was very long. He probably wanted to enjoy the road with Kurenai and develop their relationship on the way!

However, this kind of Escort Mission, if there is no ninja battle, will be of little help to Junrei, and it will waste a lot of training time. He would never willingly choose such a mission.

As for Shikaku's reason for rejection, it's even simpler, it's because he's lazy and unwilling to go too far.

"It's better to do this mission!" Junrei pointed to a B-Rank mission and said, "Go to the border of Hidden Mist Village to spy on the movement of Kirigakure."

This is a good mission, short time, and there is even a possibility of getting involved in combat with the Hidden Mist.

"No!" Shikaku still refused.

This mission is too dangerous for Asuma and Kurenai, especially since Asuma is also the younger son of the Third Hokage, and he shouldn't go on these missions. And Kurenai is also a ninja from a famous Genjutsu clan. During this rookie stage, the Village will never arrange dangerous missions for them.

It's unlike Junrei, who performed spying missions just after graduation, and also went into combat with Ninjas of Sunagakure.

"This one!" Shikaku finally made a decision and chose a simple C-Rank Mission to help the residents of the Land of Fire drive out wild beast.

It took less time, no difficulty, and so Junrei did not refuse.

To be honest, Junrei really has a feeling of being underwhelmed now. Following accomplishing two dangerous missions, this mission is just a waste of time and has no chance to help his experience. It does little to help Junrei's strength.

Fortunately, under normal circumstances, such a team will not encounter any danger, and will usually just have more free time to learn more with Tsunade.