The third generation took a puff of his pipe and sighed: "It's a pity that the major businessmen and consortia do not plan to give up their armed forces, but choose to supplement the deficit in another way. ”

"Another way? Is it about robbing civilians?" The rope tree and the ninjas in the hall were curious.

The third generation shook his head and said, "It's even more cruel and terrible than this!" They captured young children, trained them into slavery, and sold them to the nobles of various countries as servants. ”

Now the Warring States period of the ninja world has only ended for more than 20 years, so there are many habits that are still continuing, such as the aristocracy and the slave system, the nobles can have their own slaves and decide their life and death, but the slaves do not have any right to resist. For example, there are a small number of domestic servants in the Thousand Hands clan, but now few commoners are willing to serve as servants for the nobles, so most of them rely on the children of their own servants to supplement, so there are naturally fewer and fewer servants.

"What? If the major consortia dare to act like this, they must have the tacit approval of the nobles and the daimyo? No wonder the daimyo turned a blind eye to this! It's really dirty politics to reach a tacit understanding with bandits and bandits! Rope said with a look of disgust.

The third generation sighed again: "It is impossible for the daimyo himself to completely control the country, and he has to make compromises under the pressure of the major nobles. ”

Rope Tree said with a serious face: "No matter what, this matter started because of the village after all, since someone has already commissioned it, why hasn't it been resolved?"

"Because of the difficulty of the mission, it is very difficult to eliminate the rebels among these bandits and the use of civilian children as hostages. However, these victimized civilians were not wealthy, and the remuneration they scraped together barely reached the minimum standard of 50,000 taels for B-level missions. And there are many more victims who can't afford to be paid, so no ninja in the village is willing to take on these tasks, after all, ninjas risk their lives. Miyo said in a harsh voice, obviously sympathetic to the civilians, but he couldn't force the ninjas in the village to accept these tasks.

Rope Tree looked at the other members of the team, and then said with a resolute expression: "Since everything is caused by us, we must seek justice for these victimized civilians, I have decided to accept these crusades to rescue all the hostages and remove these cancers for the Fire Country!" Because Konoha is the guardian of the Fire Nation! I ask for your support! ”

"No problem! These bandits are so hateful! Shinnosuke was the first to support.

"For the sake of the faith that we are accustomed to protecting, let's fight!" The Uchiha also agreed with Rope Tree's opinion.

"For the sake of Konoha, let's show our youth and blood!" Dai, of course, had to support the teacher's decision.

"Now that you've decided, of course I can't stop it as a guide." Akido also nodded in agreement.

With everyone's support rope tree confidently said, "As long as everyone works together, we will definitely be able to complete these tasks!" Hokage-sama, leave these tasks to us! ”

"You have to think clearly, the specific strength of these bandits is not very well known in the village, and there may be the existence of the strength of the upper ninja hidden in it! Even then, do you have to take on the task?" The third generation asked with a serious face.

"Hokage-sama, I once said that with great power comes great responsibility, and it is our responsibility to protect the Fire Country, isn't it? Since the daimyo and nobles can't fulfill their responsibilities, let Konoha take their place! Rope tree said meaningfully.

Hearing Rope Tree's pun words, Miyo and Akido took the wind in their eyes, and remembered Rope Tree's plan to replace the Daimyo to rule the Fire Country, maybe this time Konoha could take the opportunity to win over the civilians of the Fire Country and hit the popularity of the Daimyo and the nobles? Rope tree is really sharp about the big picture.

"In that case, these tasks are entrusted to you, and you must try to ensure the safety of the hostages!" The three generations said solemnly after exchanging a look with Akimichi Tokaze.

"Yes! Hokage-sama! Rope tree and the others led in unison.

Akido took the task list from Rope Tree, looked at it and replaced it, "This time Rope Tree will make a plan, and his IQ can be compared to the Nara patriarch!" I'll just cooperate with it! ”

With the support of Autumn Road Wind, Rope Tree directly ordered: "In this case, everyone will go home to prepare, remember to bring your own forbearance, wear you to unload the burden, this time the task is arduous and you must go all out." Prepare for everyone for an hour, and gather at the village gate in an hour! ”

"Yes!"

Whoosh, the crowd quickly disbanded and left. Only the chattering shinobi class remained.

Seeing that they were making a fuss, the three generations frowned and tapped their pipes hard, "Quiet! Are you guys idle? Once you've taken the task, go ahead and finish it, don't waste time here! ”

Not everyone has the same confidence to disobey the Hokage as Rope Tree and Shinnosuke, these shinobi are very in awe of the three generations, and when they saw him reprimanded with a majestic face, they all retreated to complete the task according to their words.

Looking at the obedient departure of the people, the third generation nodded with satisfaction, how good would it be for everyone to be so obedient? Thinking of someone, he had a headache again, "Go and arrange a dark team, set off with them in an hour, remember to make sure they are safe!" Especially the rope tree, even if you sacrifice everyone, you have to make sure that he stays alive! ”

A masked shadow came out of the shadows and got down on one knee: "Yes! Hokage-sama! After that, he used the teleportation technique to leave.

"Hope everything goes well." Three generations looked at the sky outside the window and muttered to themselves.

An hour later, all the members of the Rope Tree Team gathered at the entrance of the village.

"Head north, talk as you go." Seeing that everyone had arrived, the rope tree was the first to gallop north, followed by the others, who jumped on the branches at high speed, and soon disappeared into the depths of the dense forest.

Shortly after they left, a group of shadows pursued them in the same direction.

The trees around the "swishing ......" disappeared rapidly, and the rope trees shuttled dexterously above the trees, and even the "plump" autumn road was extremely flexible.

"Rope tree, where are we going?" Shinnosuke, the most straightforward of all personalities, couldn't help but ask.

"Through mission information, we already know the specific location of these dozen bandits, and the one closest to us is hundreds of miles east of the village." Rope Tree replied.

"Then why don't we just go east? But you're going north?" Shinnosuke asked, puzzled.

"Hokage-sama once said that there are far more bandits in the Fire Nation than these dozen gangs on the mission. So I speculate that these bandits have their own territory, and they are entrenched near various communication arteries in the Fire Country, so that it is convenient for them to rob caravans. And after a long confrontation, the bandits and bandits of the major merchant groups should have reached a tacit understanding, and even if they are not in contact with each other, they should send people to keep an eye on the neighboring gangs. Rope tree patiently explained.