Ch 18 : Earthlings best available tactic

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A few days later, Sanada and the others were back at the village.

Kakashi said goodbye to the disciples and Sanada as he needed to report to the Hokage for the mission's progress and immediately left toward the Hokage's office.

* Knock-Knock*

A knocking sound resounded in Hokage's office.

" Come in.." Sarutobi said.

A man with white hair and a mask appeared.

" Kakashi, you are back!"

" I am here to report some details on the mission, as well as the MOU between Konoha village and the Wave Village regarding the bridge." Said Kakashi as he handled the MOU to the Third Hokage.

" Continue.." Said the Hokage while puffing his smoke.

" Like what I wrote previously in the letter, we met one of the Ninja Seven, Zabuza Momochi...."

Kakashi explained everything from start to finish without missing any single part. Including the part where Sanada and Sakura easily break the ice wall of Haku.

" Hmm, you have been through much, Kakashi. I have received your report, and you did your job very well in the mission. Now you are dismissed.." Sarutobi said.

However, contrary to his expectation, Kakashi didn't go and instead stayed silent.

He seemed pretty hesitant, but he still decided to speak in the end.

" Hokage, about Sanada... Don't you feel there is something weird about him?" Kakashi asked with a complicated expression. Sanada was his fellow Jonin comrade, and it was a bit weird to doubt him. But that power that he had displayed before, Sanada shouldn't have this kind of power.

Hearing this question, Sarutobi sat down and contemplated deeply, but he eventually sighed.

" Don't worry about Sanada. All his identity and background are clear, and about that power... He might have found an epiphany after becoming a Jonin instructor, and that helped him recognize his true potential."

" This.." Kakashi still felt something was a bit wrong with Sarutobi's answer, but since the Hokage had spoken, he could only bow and left the office.

Meanwhile, Sarutobi, who was sitting in the office alone, had a pretty complicated eye.

" Sanada.. I hope that trusting you is the right decision."

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Unlike Kakashi, who immediately reported to Hokage and disbanded his disciples, Sanada brought his disciples with him to a place.

" Sensei, where are we going? Shouldn't you report to the Hokage?" Said Sakura worriedly.

" Hahahaha, don't worry. Kakashi-senpai will take care of everything for me. And rather than that, I have a surprise for you guys." Sanada replied as if it was not his matter.

Seeing that Sanada has no intention to report to Hokage, Sakura didn't pursue this matter. She just followed Sanada silently with the two other disciples.

The group of four continued to walk for a few more minutes before they eventually arrived at a dilapidated shop in a hidden alley of Konoha.

" Here we are! So how is it? Are you guys surprised? I spend a pretty amount of Ryo on this! I'm sure without long, we would be able to develop this place into one of the most famous restaurants in Konoha!"

In front of them was a small restaurant which looked it hadn't been used for many years. The overall place was dirty and full of dust, and even beggars would be ashamed to stay in this place.

Hibachi and Ami looked at Ray with eyes as if saying, 'are you serious?' while Sakura's eyes, which she used to look at Sanada was now full of concern.

Sakura was afraid that her Sensei was scammed and didn't get his money's worth.

Sanada looked at the eyes of his three disciples and could only smile.

He knew it would be too bothersome to explain, so rather than spending too much time standing here, he just quickly brought his three disciples inside.

Sanada and the trio entered the building, and when he opened the door, the scenery inside was just like what they expected.

Dusty, Diry, and some cockroaches were playing on the ground.

" Sensei..." The three students looked at Snada at the same time as if giving him pity.

However, contrary to their expectation, Sanada's face was full of smiles and instead was looking at them with an evil smile.

They didn't know why, but they immediately got a bad feeling when they saw this smile.

Their intuition told them to run, but Sanada was faster.

Before the trio could even react, Sanada had already opened a storage scroll and summoned a few cleaning tools like a broom and Mop.

" Okay, now I leave everything to you guys here!" Said Sanada as he gave the cleaning tools to his three disciples, who were immediately frozen on the spot.

The three never expected this before, but now they knew why their intuition told them to run. Sanada brought them here was not without any intention. He wanted them to come here to help him up cleaning this trashy place.

Among the three, Hibachi was the quickest to react.

" What the heck, Sensei! Do you treat us like idiots?" Said Hibachi while throwing the broom to the floor.

The other two disciples didn't react as badly as Hibachi, but their silence indicated that they also agreed with Hibachi's view. Why should they help Sanada clean this dilapidated place?

Sanada saw this and didn't get angry. In fact, he had predicted how Hibachi would react and had already prepared a countermeasure.

" *Sigh* It seems it is still too early for this.. You three are my first disciple and the ones that I have acknowledged. The reason I brought you here with me is to share the joy of opening this restaurant together. But it seems I was wrong. I am the only one who thought our relationship is special." Said Sanada with a lonely look in his eyes.

For an earthling like him, one of his best available tactics was obviously guilt-tripping.

Don't underestimate the power of guilt-tripping. In fact, a woman could even guilt-trip their boyfriend to think that they are the one wrong even though the boyfriend didn't do anything when they are fighting.

Ami, Hibachi & Sakura: " ..... "