On the fourth day after being promoted to Chunin, Hyuga Kaze and Mitarashi Anko were engaged in a new round of battle at Training Ground 14.

"The Sixteen Chapters of the Eight Trigrams"

"Hidden Shadows and Many Snake Hands"

"I told you not to use such disgusting ninjutsu during training!"

"Shadow Serpent Hand, I'm helping you overcome your weaknesses."

Although their attitudes had calmed down considerably, the intensity of their fight was by no means low.

In the past few days, Kurenai Yuhi and Anko Mitarashi have been taking turns challenging Hyuga Kaze to a duel more than ten times, under the guise of increasing understanding and practicing together to improve each other.

Both Mitarashi Anko and Yuhi Kurenai are proud and arrogant. They were both unwilling to accept their crushing defeat in their first meeting and always wanted to win back.

"Red Bean, Wind, stop! We have a mission," came Kurenai's voice from the sidelines just as the battle was raging.

Upon hearing that there was a mission, Hongdou, who had been attacking for a long time without success, stopped in frustration and went to meet Xi Ri Hong.

What kind of mission is this time?

"A B-level escort mission. The tax collector from Sugu City in the southern part of the Fire Kingdom was on his way back from reporting to the capital. Although his guards fought off the bandits, most of them were killed."

Hinata Kaze couldn't help but ask curiously, "Weren't they already driven back?"

"The tax official is afraid of retaliation from the bandits, so he applied for a mission to receive protection from ninjas until the guards are replenished. The mission is expected to last for half a month," Kurenai Yuhi said helplessly. This kind of protection mission is long and tedious, and it has very limited effect on improving strength. She doesn't actually like it either.

"By the way, is the escort mission very dangerous? What happened to your previous teammates?"

"What nonsense are you spouting, brat?" Mitarashi Anko rolled her eyes at Hyuga Kaze. "Let me, your senior, give you some pointers. It's normal for ordinary tax officials to be robbed by bandits, and it's very rare for them to send out ninjas. Besides, this escort mission is within the Land of Fire. In peacetime, ninjas from other villages won't come. At most, there will be some wandering ninjas and rogue ninjas."

Hearing this, Hinata Kaze was even more puzzled. As far as he knew, the missions that Anko and the others had carried out before were bandit suppression and protection. How could they have lost teammates?

Kurenai sighed and said helplessly, "Actually, the missions Anko and I have carried out before have been relatively safe. Apart from thieves, we haven't encountered many hostile ninjas. The missions that went too smoothly made us careless. Our teammate Nanase Moriko had an accident during a C-rank bandit suppression mission. Anko and I were both careless at the time and didn't expect that there would be several wandering ninjas on a C-rank mission. We got entangled and didn't have time to rescue Moriko."

"I will approach each task carefully and diligently, don't worry."

Hinata Kaze responded verbally, but in his mind he was extracting the key points.

First, previous missions were generally not very dangerous, and this mission also seems to be one of them;

Second, my teammates are either female, or members of the Hyuga clan like me who do not marry outside their own family.

Third, as the story progresses, Mitarashi Anko clearly holds a certain position and is able to oversee some parts of the Chunin Exams.

Fourth, among the Konoha Twelve, Sarutobi Asuma led the new generation of Ino-Shika-Cho, whose three clans have always been vassals of the Sarutobi clan; Yuhi Kurenai led the children of the Hyuga, Aburame, and Inuzuka clans, three of Konoha's most prestigious families. Together with the Sarutobi clan and other clans such as Utatane and Mitomon, they basically encompassed most of Konoha's major clans.

Therefore, the conclusion is that Hiruzen Sarutobi has been keeping Kurenai Yuhi under his wing as a potential daughter-in-law, allowing her to come into contact with as many men as possible with whom she could develop feelings, while secretly allocating mission resources to her to accumulate experience so that she could lead a team in the future.

Even though Asuma had been away from the village for several years, Kurenai was eventually won over.

"Tsk, evil old monkey," Hinata Kaze muttered to himself. He looked at Kurenai Yuhi in front of him. Her hair was thick and black, her features were delicate and pretty, her makeup was light and elegant, and her temperament was gentle and graceful yet intelligent and confident. She was truly a great beauty.

Then look at Mitarashi Anko next to her. Anko is still a great beauty now, with both beauty and cuteness, and a sexy and charming air about her.

Although he has a sharp tongue, he can be quite amusing at times, whether he stubbornly spews venom or obediently begs for mercy, which is quite unusual.

This has nothing to do with age. Kurenai is 10 years older than me, and Anko Mitarashi is only 6 years older. As long as they take good care of themselves, there won't be any problem. Not to mention, I might receive a reward of eternal youth from the system in the future!

"You are all my wings," Hyuga Kaze thought to himself. Having arrived in the ninja world and gained sufficient strength, he wouldn't let these beauties slip by. He should still thank Hiruzen Sarutobi; you allowed me to meet them ahead of time.

Therefore, the Sarutobi clan has no future!

"Come to your senses, don't be afraid," Kurenai Yuhi said, tapping Hinata Kaze on the forehead with her hand as she took the opportunity to vent her anger, seeing that he still hadn't reacted. Then she continued, "The mission is urgent, so you two shouldn't fight anymore. Conserve your energy. Go back and pack your things; we'll meet at the village gate in an hour."

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Just as we had initially estimated, the escort mission went very smoothly. Everything went as we had anticipated. No bandits returned to retaliate, and there were no unexpected incidents such as rogue ninjas or wandering ninjas.

Hinata Kaze and his two companions infiltrated the tax official's residence for more than ten days. Once he had replenished his guards, the mission was successfully completed, as smoothly as a meticulously choreographed drama.

During this mission, Hyuga Kaze finally had the opportunity to witness the luxurious lives of the high-ranking officials and nobles in the ninja world.

The tax collector's mansion was exquisitely decorated, every brick and tile a testament to craftsmanship. He ate comfortably, leaning against two maids, while a group of maids took turns feeding him food at the perfect temperature. Dancers and musicians provided entertainment during his meals. Of the delicacies on the table, the tax collector ate only a dozen or so bites of each dish to avoid repetition. The remaining food became a coveted treat for the servants and attendants, but often they couldn't get any, as it was given to the tax collector's vicious pet dogs.

Whenever this guy went out, he was always surrounded by a large entourage, with carriages, servants, and a guard of thirty or forty men forming a long procession. Compared to the emaciated, ragged commoners outside, their living conditions were worlds apart.

Hinata Kaze couldn't stand the difference. So, after completing the mission, he left his Blood Shadow Clone behind and had it go into hiding.

Half a month later, at night, Hyuga Kaze activated his skill, swapped positions with his Blood Shadow clone, and then transformed into a masked phantom thief to personally carry out his righteous deeds, robbing all the rich and heartless people in Sugu City. The gold, silver, jewelry, cloth, food and other supplies piled up in the training room space were like a small mountain.

This incident caused quite a stir, adding many protection and bandit-suppression tasks to Konoha, which can be considered Hyuga Kaze's contribution to Konoha.