Chapter 22

"That's right! This is my disciple!"Sarutobi Hiruzen smiled satisfied when he saw Jiraiya accepting his fate, and then took out a quest scroll and handed it to Orochimaru."Orochimaru, this task is for you to complete.""Won't it be another task of picking big shit?"Jiraiya leaned over to Orochimaru excitedly to watch.It's okay if you don't look at it, but once you look at it, he is even more unlovable!Because the task Orochimaru got was to help people find lost puppies.It's just easier than his task, and the reward is doubled!There is actually a reward of 10,000 taels!"Orochimaru, shall we switch tasks?" Jiraiya asked Orochimaru, licking his face.Hearing this, Orochimaru didn't even bother to look at Jiraiya, turned around and went directly to the task.Finally it was the turn of Totsuka and Tsunade!Sarutobi Hiruzen handed the last quest scroll to Totsuka and said:"This task is more difficult, so I will leave it to the two of you to complete it!"Totsuka took the mission scroll and opened it with Tsunade.Unexpectedly, this turned out to be a mission to catch spies!The task is like this:There is a shop selling ninja tools on Konoha East Street. Someone from Konoha Shinobi found out that the owner of the shop is most likely a spy sent by Konoha from another hidden village, so he reported it to Senju Tobirama.According to the judgment of the Konoha Shinobi person, the shop owner is just an ordinary person on the surface, but in fact he is a ninja, not a ninja belonging to Konoha Village.According to the Konoha Shinobi's judgment, the owner of the ninja store will not be very strong, and should only be a Genin-level ninja.It is precisely because of this that the task of catching spies is classified as a D level.And there are two mission requirements!The first requirement is: to determine whether the owner of the ninja shop is a spy or not!If it is determined not to be the case, then this task is considered completed, but the task reward is only 20,000 taels.If yes, follow the second requirement!The second requirement is: After the identity of the spy is determined, the spy needs to be captured or killed without affecting civilians.If the spy is killed, the task reward is only 30,000 taels.If the spy is successfully captured and handed over to Konoha Anbu, then the task will be considered a successful completion, and the reward will be 50,000 taels, the most lucrative among D-level characters.The moment after finishing the task, Tsunade became excited!"It turned out to be the task of catching spies? Tuo Jun, that's really great!"Tsunade's big brown eyes sparkled at the thought of being able to fight spies.She seemed to have fantasized about herself fighting spies.Looking at Tsunade's excited look, Totsuka was not so happy.Because he saw the danger hidden in this mission at a glance!The first is the strength of the owner of the ninja shop!According to the judgment of that Konoha Shinobi, the ninja store owner should be a Genin level ninja.This should mean that he is not sure about the true strength of the owner of the ninja shop!What if the owner of the ninja shop is not a Genin, but a mighty Chūnin or even a Jōnin?While unlikely, it's not impossible.Once the possibility becomes a reality, he and Tsunade will be in a huge crisis.Of course, Totsuka also knew that Sarutobi Hiruzen could not allow himself and Tsunade to do this task, and he would definitely follow behind to protect him.But even if it is protection, there are times when it is too late to make a move, right?What if something unexpected happens?The second is the difficulty of catching spies.Mission requirements cannot affect Konoha civilians!And Konoha's East Street is the busiest street in Konoha, even at night there are people everywhere.Once fighting broke out on East Street, it was impossible not to affect civilians.In other words, as long as you fight within the range of Konoha, it is impossible not to affect civilians at all.So there is only one way to not affect civilians at all, and that is to wait for the spies to escape from Konoha Village before arresting them.But doing so increases the risk linearly.So no matter how you look at it, this is a D-rank task that is extremely difficult to complete and full of variables.Some people may ask, isn't it impossible for ninjas to appear in D-level missions, or even C-level missions?Totsuka can only say that this is the sixteenth year of Konoha!The ninjas of this era are not as 'fearful' of danger as the ninjas of the future.Totsuka has learned before that the task levels of this era are distinguished as follows:If a ninja appears, then it is a D-level mission.If more than one Genin or Chūnin appears, then it is a C-level task.If more than one Chūnin appears, then it is a B-level task.If a special Jōnin appears, then it is an A-level mission.As for S-level missions, at least Jōnin must appear.It's that difficult!Of course! D-level missions do not necessarily have ninjas, such as Jiraiya and Orochimaru's missions, it is impossible for ninjas to appear.After thinking about the task information in detail, Totsuka looked at Tsunade and said:"Tsunade, let's go home and change the clothes we usually wear, and then go to that ninja shop to investigate."Hearing this, Sarutobi Hiruzen nodded slightly, satisfied with Totsuka's arrangement.He knew Totsuka would not let him down!As for Tsunade?She looked at Totsuka in a daze and asked:"Why? Tuo-kun. Can't we go directly to investigate?"Hearing this, Totsuka explained helplessly:"If you go directly to investigate, it is easy to startle the enemy and arouse the vigilance of spies.And if we investigate it openly, as long as we are not stupid, we will not be able to easily reveal our flaws.Therefore, we have to pretend to be ordinary people to investigate, and we are most likely to judge whether he is a spy through the details that the ninja shop owner inadvertently exposed.Even if his identity is confirmed, we will not startle the snake because of this, and it will be easier to arrest him.do you understand? "Tsunade is still very smart, and immediately nodded to express his understanding.Totsuka smiled with satisfaction, said goodbye to Sarutobi Hiruzen, and took Tsunade home to change clothes.But Sarutobi Hiruzen did not leave, but quietly hid and followed behind them.Just as Totsuka expected!On the way back, Totsuka told Tsunade what he had just analyzed.After listening, Tsunade looked at Totsuka with admiration in his eyes."Tuo Jun, aren't you too good? You have thought of so much in such a short time!"Stop talking about Tsunade! Even Sarutobi Hiruzen, who secretly followed behind, recognized Totsuka's analytical ability very much.Because even he can't analyze more things!