Putting away the thoughts in his heart, Peng Yan asked Sakai, who had been smiling beside him, looking at Baicha and Xiao Nandou, "Teacher, is this all for today's cooperation training?"

"Well, let's stop here for the time being. ”

"It's over?"

Hearing the conversation between Tomohiko and Sakai, Baisha hurriedly asked, "Then what are we going to do next?"

"What's next......"

After selling the pass, under the probing eyes of the three of Pengyan, Sakai held the scroll on his waist with his right hand and said with a smile: "Next, I will take you to pick up the mission." ”

"Pick up a task?"

Baicha was pleasantly surprised, "Are you going to start taking on the mission? Great! Finally, I don't have to do all this endless training." ”

Speaking of this, Baicha was excited, and he pulled out the ninja knife on his waist, pointed the tip of the knife forward, and shouted loudly: "Go! Target, Hokage Office!"

"Idiot ......"

Xiao Nan first scolded Baichao with twitching corners of his mouth, and then put his hands on his forehead and said in a low voice: "Hokage-sama's office is over there......"

"I don't know what you're excited about...... Xiao Nan's voice just fell, and Peng Yan made up another knife next to him: "We can also take on a D-level task, I really don't know why you are so excited." ”

"Hmph, you know what! All the legends of great ninjas start with these inconspicuous D-class missions. Look at it, my name will be remembered by the entire ninja world. And at that time, when people talked about me, they would say, 'Remember this moment, this mission, the beginning of the legend of the great Mr. Oni Baicha.' ’”

"Remembered by the whole ninja world? I think it's almost as good as being remembered by the memorial monument...... Don't worry, I'll see you then. ”

"Bah, Pengyan, you bastard, don't say anything good, curse me to die early, I won't die if you die. ”

"Hmph, I didn't say anything like that I want to be remembered by the whole ninja world. ”

"That's because you don't have ambition! ”

"Sure enough, he has a simple mind, developed limbs, and it is simple to think about problems. ”

"Alas, who made you less talented than me, this kind of thing, a mortal like you really doesn't need to think about it. ”

"Alright, alright! You two, really, you don't do anything right when you talk about it. ”

looked at Peng Yan and Baicha, who were walking in the front and kept arguing, and then glanced at Xiao Nan, who was following behind the two and kept fighting. There was a smile in Sai's eyes.

This scene seems to be a bit familiar.

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In the Hokage's office, the current sixth generation, Kakashi Hachiki, is handling today's official business. After a while, a report caught his attention.

"Iron Country...... The Land of Craftsmen ......"

Smacking the names of these two countries, Kakashi's exposed right eye narrowed slightly, thoughtfully.

"Although the relationship has always been good, it is true that business activity has been too frequent lately... When did it start? Well, it's really old, and I haven't noticed such an obvious abnormality. ”

Laughing at himself, Kakashi put down the report in his hand and began to look through the previous information.

"Six years ago...... It was so coincidental that it was not long after the teaching reform in the village...... Well...... What exactly is it because ......"

"Wow. ”

At this moment, there was a sudden knock on the door, interrupting Kakashi's thoughts.

"Please come in. ”

With a greeting, Kakashi first sorted out the materials in his hand, bound them together with today's report, and put them in a drawer, before he raised his head and looked at the passer.

"Oh, it's Sakai. And the three little ones of you. At this time, you came to me, are you going to start taking on the task? ”

"Yes, Hokage-sama. ”

Sakai took the three of them into the office, first saluted, and then continued: "Judging from the training results of the past few days, I believe that Class 11 has the ability to shinobi, so I am here to take over the task." ”

"Coming to the first assignment so soon? Looks like the three of them are satisfying you. Kakashi smiled, took out a scroll from the drawer, and said to the three of them, "So, Oda Tomohiko Shinobu, Oni Hyakacha Shinobu, and Watanabe Minamishinobu, are you sure to take this D-class mission?"

"Die to complete the mission!"

Ninja missions are divided into super S-level, S-level, A-level, B-level, C-level, and D-level from high to low, six levels, of which the number of super S-level tasks is very few, but once it happens, it often means a war that affects the entire ninja world.

Of course, this has nothing to do with the three of them. During this non-war period, as rookies who have just been promoted to Shinobi, they are only allowed to take on two missions, the C and D levels. Only when the number of C-level and D-level missions completed has reached a certain number and they are promoted to the rank of mid-ninja will they be able to access the B-level missions of the next level. As for the S-class and A-class, it has to be after Tomohiko and them become the upper ninja.

Often, as the lowest-level category, D-class missions are far from qualified for the Hokage to deliver them personally. Generally, the leading teacher gives it directly to the students in his class.

But there is one exception, and that is the first task that each ninja school student takes on after officially becoming a ninja.

Only this task was requested, and it was required that the Hokage personally hand over it to Shinobu who was carrying out the mission, and asked if they would like to take it.

And when he heard the Hokage's question, Shinobi, who carried out the mission, had to answer without hesitation, just like the three of Tomohiko: "Swear to complete the task!"

Whether or not the process is too formal, or whether it is a cover-up, the benefits are obvious.

For example, through this process, the new ninjas can meet the top leaders of their ninja village with their own eyes, giving them a chance to communicate.

For some ninjas, this will be their first and last contact with the Shadows.

For another example, through this process, the new ninja rookies can clearly feel the importance of the task, and between the questions and answers, they can understand a truth: ninjas live for the task, and ninjas die for the task.

For another example, you can give every "Shadow" the opportunity to observe the new ninja, or conversely, let the new ninja feel the strength of the "Shadow" and establish a goal to strive for.

Of course, some of these things were conceived by the predecessors of the ninja world who formulated this rule at the beginning, and some were summarized and diverged by later generations.

So, although many things have been covered up under the dust of history over time, this rule, or tradition, has been preserved until now.

"Before I knew it, another batch of seeds had grown and sprouted. I hope you can all grow into towering trees eventually......"

Looking at Tomohiko and his party as they walked out of the office, Kakashi muttered to himself.

Where Konoha flies, the will to fire will surely ignite!