Rewards

The death of Chiyo's son and daughter-in-law, Sunagakure's senior advisor, by Team Sakumo caused quite an uproar among the senior leaders of Konoha.

This is Konoha's only significant battlefield victory since Sunagakure declared war on Konoha more than two years ago.

It can be said that this victory was decisive.

As the son and daughter-in-law of high-level consultants, they are also the best masters in the sand puppet troops. The secret information and techniques engraved in their minds are essential and are of great value to Konoha.

So when he received the news through the Anbu, the Third Hokage notified the Sakumo team to return to the village immediately and rest.

The most important thing is to get some secret information, and puppet secrets from the two puppet masters and find a way to target the puppet troops.

This is very important to Konoha right now.

So, after receiving the Hokage's order, Sakumo took the three of them and returned to Konoha village, which had already been gone for several months.

"I'll send the assignment, you three are free to move."

"Yea."

At the Konoha village gate, the four began to part ways. Sakumo was heading to the Hokage Building to send the task. The three of them had nothing to do and first went looking for a place to fill their stomachs.

I've been running at full speed since this morning, and I was so busy that I didn't even have breakfast. The three were already hungry. Of course, at this time, they had to eat a meal in the village.

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"Master Hokage."

Sakumo knocked on the door and entered and bowed slightly to the Hokage at the table.

I later found out that the two consultants, Koharu and Homura, we're also here, and he kindly waved at them to show his courtesy.

The two consultants went to Daimyō Mansion a few days ago to order war supplies and returned safely with those supplies yesterday.

However, due to the extraordinary mission completed by Team Sakumo this time, the two of them sat here as spectators to witness.

"Thanks for your hard work Sakumo, you did a good job, there shouldn't be any major security issues inside the Land of Fire. The rest is left to the Anbu."

"Yea."

Considering that the sand suffered heavy losses this time, it is not a wise move to continue sending elite troops into the land of fire to carry out covert destruction.

Therefore, the next security job in Tierra del Fuego is left to the Anbu and other outposts.

The Sakumo team's month-long task ends here.

"Was the body turned over to the torture department?"

"It was delivered. No enemy survived.

Although Shiraishi and Ruri made a big contribution that day, the rest of the sandy ninja who fled, as well as the suspected ninja from the village of Iwa, were pursued and resolved by Sakumo and Ayane. Among them, Take also contributed.

At this point, the team hiding in the sand that caused Konoha's headaches were completely wiped out.

The difficulty and importance of this task can be set to S level.

Hiruzen nodded, looked at consultants Koharu and Homura, and said, "Next, let the Yamanaka clan ninjas investigate carefully, and you will be able to obtain the enemy's secrets."

"Just do this, the weaknesses of the puppet troops must be discovered as soon as possible so that the sand also knows how good we are."

Koharu and Homura were also very pleased with the Sakumo team's performance.

"Your Sakumo team is doing well this time. The rewards for tasks in the last few months will be calculated based on one S-level and five A-level tasks."

Hiruzen said with a relieved smile.

Sakumo has no comments.

One S-level task, five A-levels, even if it's Shiraishi and the three, each can get at least one million taels of rewards.

Of course, the financial reward is second only.

This time, the Sakumo team made a big contribution. Funds are just the most basic reward and there will be more generous rewards in the future.

For a while, Sarutobi himself didn't know what the rewards would be, so this matter could be put off for two or three days before the rewards were implemented for everyone on the Sakumo team.

"Master Hokage, share the reward directly with the three of them. They need these things more than I do."

Said Sakumo.

"You're still the same, Sakumo."

When Hiruzen heard Sakumo's request, he gave him a helpless look.

"After all, I didn't solve the two puppet masters, did they?"

Sakura smiled.

The task was already understood by Hiruzen, although the person who solved the two puppet masters wasn't Sakumo, if it weren't for him hurting both of them, no one else would get the credit.

But now that Sakumo said that, Hiruzen could only let him go. Because he has nothing to reward Sakumo with.

Even if Sakumo was invited to watch the sealed book before, he was rejected by the other side with a smile.

He's Konoha White Fang, and swordplay is all he's got.

Ninjutsu, illusion, and the like will only affect his speed and sword power.

But that doesn't mean that Sakumo can't understand ninjutsu, on the contrary, he is excellent at ninjutsu, but he is a pragmatist.

For him, as long as he can use the white tooth sword technique to kill the enemy before he can use ninjutsu.

The white-toothed short knife in his hand is his strongest ninjutsu!

After reporting the task, Sakumo left.

"I feel very old when I see excellent younger generations constantly appearing in the village."

Koharu suddenly said with emotion.

"We're only over forty and we haven't reached decadence yet", said Homura unconvinced.

"That said, I could still be in that position for about ten years."

Hiruzen also inserted the topic between the two.

"Sarutobi, have you decided who will be the next Hokage?"

Koharu asked.

Hiruzen was silent for a while, he still hadn't decided on this matter.

The so-called Hokage is to select the most prestigious, strongest, and most humorous ninja among many ninjas.

Currently, Sakumo is the closest to the position of Hokage, his reputation is higher than that of Sannin, his strength is stronger than Sannin, and his character is even less questionable.

He is cold-blooded and ruthless towards the enemy and cares about his peers, but he is not very good at expressing himself, no matter who he is, he can treat you equally.

He can be considered a qualified candidate for Hokage.

The most important thing is that Sakumo's strength is still advancing by leaps and bounds, and he is far from reaching the maximum age of a ninja.

Even so, he is now a great Shinobu in the village.

Ten years later, it will be even more terrifying and, for the enemy, it will also be a persistent nightmare.

"He's not suitable for Hokage."

Koharu and Mitokado looked at Hiruzen in surprise.

"It's good if you know it in your heart. After all, he now has the Uchiha ninja on his team. Not only did she reach the level of Shinobu at a young age, but she is also an Uchiha. You must be careful."

Hearing Homura and Koharu speaking against the Uchiha clan again, Hiruzen took a drag on his cigarette again in melancholy.

"Okay, I'm ready for that, so let's go back first."

He doesn't want to fight them both on that sort of thing. Compared to that, he still has to finish today's work.

And how to reward the Sakumo team is also a relatively important question.

This time, the annihilation of the hidden forces of the sand is of great importance. As long as the Yamanaka clan's secret techniques work, not only can we get all kinds of confidential information into the enemy's brain, but also many secret techniques hidden in the sand, including information from the puppet troops, can be obtained.

Just for stabilizing the internal situation in the land of fire, the Sakumo team deserves praise.

However, thinking about the two girls on Sakumo's team, one from Uchiha and one from Hyuga... it was a little difficult for Hiruzen.

The girl from the Hyuuga family came from the branch, but he had some ideas. The key was that Ruri, who was highly regarded by most of the ruling elders of the Uchiha clan, certainly had no shortage of resources.

If she wants to be rewarded, she can only open the seal book once.

However, after opening the Book of the Seal to the Uchiha clan ninja, Hiruzen could imagine that Homura and Koharu would come and preach to him with two long faces.

After that, Sarutobi took Shiraishi's data book again. Well, this one is easy to reward, more advanced medical collections, etc can serve as a reward.