Raise...

In the Hokage office...

The third Hokage took a puff of smoke waiting for Sora to come to his office.

The third Hokage closed his eyes, he remembered the conversation with Riku.

" Have you made up your mind about this, Riku?" asked the third Hokage looking at the injured Riku in the hospital.

"Yes, Lord Hokage I have already thought about it. I resign the job of being the captain of my team," said Riku with an uncomfortable face.

The injury he received during the mission was quite serious.

The third Hokage sighed, his face heavy, feeling sad about the mishap about the mission Riku took.

Riku was sent to investigate the intelligence of the village hidden in the sand due to the recent movements. During the mission, Riku had an encounter with Rasa, the successor of the third Kazakage. While he managed to survive, it was a tough fight, the sequelae of the hard battle have worsened the already injured body of Riku.

" Do you have any opinion on the next captain candidate?"

Just like in the anime, after Kakashi was seriously injured, Yamato was made the captain of team 7, The Hokage will replace the seriously injured captain with another one.

Riku looked at the Hokage and said," Lord Hokage, I propose that Sora will be the new team leader!"

The Hokage was a little surprised," Sora is still young, though he is very strong, he still lacks adequate experience, Wouldn't it be a hasty decision.?"

Riku shook his head and said," Sora can already defeat Jonins and now there is a lack of personnel to guide them, so I think it is more appropriate to choose him."

The third Hokage didn't refute, the occurrence of war is already certain and all the Jonins are busy with high-level missions.

The village seems to be calm but the undercurrents are surging beneath.

There is really not much manpower, otherwise, Riku will not be sent to another mission while guiding the genins.

Seeing that the third Hokage was in thought, Riku took a deep breath," Lord Hokage, Sora is a calm child, able to discern the situation and make accurate judgments. I think a talent needs more experience leading the team. Time waits for no one, there is no easy path to smoothly make them stronger."

This is one of the reasons that Sora graduated early. Although it is dangerous to participate in the mission, the degree of the danger can be controlled and it also further enriches his combat experience.

The thinking of The Third Hokage was interrupted by a knock on the door.

" Come in," said the Hokage as he sat down on his chair.

Sora entered the office and saluted the Hokage.

" How is the training of the Hiraishin going?" asked the third Hokage not delving into the matters regarding the raise immediately.

" Lord Hokage, I am just getting started on the Hiraishin, I have a long way to go." Said Sora. This was the true thought of Sora.

" I didn't expect you to be able to learn this technique. Don't be so humble, after all, only five shinobi have ever learned this technique." said the third Hokage with words of encouragement.

"It's thanks to the teaching of the senior Minato, I was able to learn this technique," said Sora.

" Well today, I have called you here specifically to raise your ninja rank." said the third Hokage.

Sora was a bit surprised albeit he quickly kept his face calm.

The third Hokage nodded his head seeing the behavior of Sora, after all, ninjas can gather a lot of information from the facial expression.

" From now on you are a special Jonin. You will lead your team from now on."

"But Lord Hokage about Riku sensei?" asked Sora.

" He has acquiesced with my decision, from now on you are the team leader of the new Team Sora. You can collect your uniform from the registration desk." said the third Hokage.

" By the way lord Hokage, I have something to report to you."

" Let's hear it."

Sora explained about the encounter with the Jinchuruki and the Third Kazekage.

Sora didn't think he could keep the matter a secret so it is better to tell the lord Hokage now. This information can the village more flexible about the upcoming battles.

" You said that you encountered a ninja who turned into a giant sand beast and later the third Kazekage appeared to stop the beast.?"

The third Hokage was stunned by the information. The sand beast was undoubtedly one tail and it must have escaped from the seal. The Kazekage must be resealing the beast.

This information is very important, the Jinchuruki of one tail has problems, the tailed beast is one of the major foundations of the village, Konoha can be more assured about the war from this information and this can be regarded as one of the weaknesses of village hidden in the sand.

" Sora, your information is very important to the village!."

The third Hokage was overjoyed and was more assured of his decision to promote Sora.

" It is the duty of ninja, Lord Hokage," said Sora modestly.

The third Hokage was more and more satisfied looking at Sora.

"Since you provided such important information, the village will reward you. Tell me, what reward do you want?"

Sora thought about it in his heart and realized that he just brought some information about the tailed beast and it is still not properly verified. If he asked for a reward now, he might seem like a greedy person.

So, he said," Everything is up to Lord Hokage."

The third Hokage then said," How about I teach you the multi shadow clone jutsu? I remember you use shadow clone jutsu quite a lot."

Sora smiled and agreed.

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