Chapter 20: Another C-Class Mission
"Really, haven't you come yet?"
Somewhere in the Daimyo's mansion, a girl with light makeup was angry at the guards.
"Your Royal Highness Princess, according to estimates, the ninjas of Konoha are almost here."
Far from satisfying the arrogant princess, the guard's appeasement made her even more annoyed.
"Really, why do you have to hire ninjas, it's just a vacation to Miyoshi Town, and you can just send some people to protect you."
Seeing this, the guards also tried their best to appease.
It just so happened that Kakashi and Sasuke had just arrived at the door of the mansion.
"Hello, we are the ninjas of Konoha and are here to serve as the guards of Her Royal Highness Keiko."
"Oh, is it a ninja from Konoha, please come in, Her Royal Highness the princess has been waiting for a long time."
When the guard at the door saw the forehead guards on Kakashi's heads, he immediately invited them in.
"Your Royal Highness Princess, the ninja of Konoha has arrived."
When Keiko heard the guard's message, she ran over in a rage.
"I said, why are you so slow, I've been waiting for you for a long time."
"I'm sorry for the long way."
Kakashi smiled slightly and apologized.
"Also, it's okay if it's slow, what's the matter with this little man?"
Keiko pointed at the small Sasuke with a displeased expression.
Keiko, who is almost thirteen years old, is naturally much taller than Sasuke, who is more than seven years old, so Keiko inevitably feels sluggish when she sees that the ninja she guards is actually a child.
"Your Royal Highness Princess, don't look at Sasuke's age, but after all, he is a genius of the Uchiha, and in terms of strength, Sasuke is not inferior to other shinobi."
Although he felt troublesome, he was an employer after all, so Kakashi had to explain patiently.
"Hmph, forget it this time, let's go quickly."
After saying that, Keiko got into the carriage and the group set off towards Miyoshi Town.
"This guy is really annoying."
Sasuke is very upset about being accused for no reason, but as a ninja, he can't get angry with his employer.
"Well, it's good to get used to it."
Kakashi didn't care about this, after all, ninja is still a service industry, and this kind of thing is much more common.
Hearing Kakashi say this, Sasuke didn't have a good opinion either, so he simply didn't say a word and followed the team as a wooden man.
…
As he walked along the road, Sasuke could often hear Keiko's casually angry shouts.
"This guy is even more troublesome than Naruto."
"Well, the children of the daimyo will always have all kinds of differences."
Kakashi had been through a lot after all, and this kind of childish noise was nothing in his eyes.
But fortunately, there were no eye-opening bandits along the way, and the group arrived at Miyoshi Town without danger.
Miyoshi Town is a famous tourist town located in the land of fire, and although it is not the capital of Yunokuni in name, the specific facilities are not much worse.
"It's finally here."
After arriving at Miyoshi Town, Keiko finally let go of her guards and ran out happily.
Seeing this, Sasuke and Kakashi glanced at each other and followed silently.
The job of a guard is not complicated, and when there is no enemy to attack, you just need to keep an eye on the employer.
In addition, Miyoshi Town is a tourist city, and street food is not uncommon.
"Hello, two takoyaki."
While Keiko came to eat at the snack street, Sasuke also ordered a snack.
After paying the money, Sasuke took out one and handed it to Kakashi.
"Thank you."
After Kakashi took the takoyaki, he pulled down the mask and ate it.
"Is this going to be the case for the next week?"
Sasuke asked the lazy Kakashi as he ate.
"Almost, after all, it's a C-rank mission, and it's rare to encounter an enemy ninja like last time, and many times a guard mission like this won't run into an enemy at all."
Kakashi explains some of the rules of the mission to Sasuke.
"I see, I thought every mission would be so difficult."
"Well, after all, it's a time of peace, and it won't be as cruel as it was in war."
“……”
Sure enough, as Kakashi said, the next few days were uneventful until the last night.
Keiko, who was about to go to the hot spring to relax, looked at Sasuke who followed closely with displeasure.
"I said, I'm going to the women's bath next, do you want to follow me too?"
Keiko, who crossed her waist, had an angry face.
"To be on the safe side."
"Huh? What, you're going to follow up? ”
Keiko's eyes were extremely dangerous.
"I'll stay outside."
The unreliable Kakashi made Sasuke feel a stomachache.
Suddenly I was in a bit of a hurry to leave, and I just went away.
"Hmph, it's better not to peep, or I'll find out."
After a warning, Keiko immediately walked into the hot spring bath.
"Cut, who's going to see you."
Sasuke doesn't think so, not to mention his character, just the name of the Uchiha is destined to not do this kind of thing, right?
The waiting time is always boring, so Sasuke pulls out the chakra ninja knife he bought from Granny Cat.
Looking at the sharp ninja knife, Sasuke couldn't help but recall what Kakashi had said the other day.
"The ninja knife is just for ninjas to be more convenient for slashing, so the ninja's swordsmanship is just like that, but the Qimu clan was originally a samurai family, so I have a bit of swordsmanship here, do you want to learn it?"
"Do you want to learn?"
Sasuke was a little hesitant about whether or not to specialize in swordsmanship.
After all, the number of copies of the system is occupied by Yin Escape, so if you want to practice swordsmanship, you will inevitably have to delay the cultivation of other aspects a lot.
"I'm making a decision after this mission."
But just as Sasuke was thinking about his cultivation, a scream suddenly came from the direction of the bath.
"Ah, help."
"Not good."
The moment he heard the cry for help, Sasuke immediately rushed in, and he could only see the back of the person who had taken Keiko.
"Ninja?"
After seeing the other party's escape methods, Sasuke knew that something was wrong.
"Where is the ninja who would kidnap the daughter of the Daimyo? For money? ”
But no matter what Sasuke thinks, the first thing to do is to catch up and recapture Keiko.
Sasuke, who was jumping between the trees after him, found that the other party's speed was not slower than his, which means that the other party was at least a middle ninja.
"Why do you feel a little unlucky? Such a simple C-class mission can also go awry. ”
After being unable to complain, Sasuke saw that he couldn't delay any longer, otherwise who knows if the other party would just bring him into the enemy's base camp.
"Whew."
After Sasuke took a deep breath, he began to use the Thunder Chakra to stimulate cell activation.
"Although the damage to the body is not so great now, and it can last for a while, I still feel as sour as ever."
Unlike in the past, when he could only use Thunder Escape to make his speed explode instantly, Sasuke can continue to activate the cells in his body.
Creak.
After the thunder and lightning flashed on Sasuke's body, the speed of the whole person was qualitatively improved.