"This mission itself is A-level, and there are some secrets in it that are not written in the mission terms. I personally think that the assessment of the mission is underestimated... So this time, as an elite jonin of the country that receives the mission, I can participate in the second half of the mission free of charge. What do you think?" Kakashi said sincerely.
Guan Liyuan looked at him in surprise, and then immediately understood.
Ten years ago, Kakashi, who was still a member of the Anbu, went to the Snow Country once, and his mission at that time was to remind the royal family of the Snow Country about the unusual movements of the Snow Hidden Village...
However, when Kakashi arrived at Snow City, the king's younger brother Fenghan Nutao had already joined forces with the Snow Ninjas to launch a coup, and Kakashi, who was only sixteen years old ten years ago, was defeated by the three jonins of the Snow Hidden Village, and had to rescue the seven-year-old princess of the Snow Country and then fled in embarrassment.
Later, because the Snow Country and the Five Great Countries did not directly border each other, and since Fenghua Nutao's coup had succeeded, the Fire Country could not intervene across the border, so it only raised Princess Fenghua Xiaoxue until she was sixteen years old, and had no chance to intervene in the Snow Country during this period, and the Fire Country gradually forgot about this person.
The sixteen-year-old Fenghua Xiaoxue, under the pseudonym Fuji Fuyuki, starred in the popular movie "Princess Fengyun" in the Fire Country and became famous overnight...
A year later, "Princess Fengyun" was going to shoot the second part, and the location was chosen in the Snow Country at the suggestion of Fuji Fuyuki's agent Asama Santaifu.
For safety reasons, the crew hired Konoha ninjas as guards, and they were very generous and directly issued an A-level mission!
Of course, if they knew the true identity of Fuji Fuyuki and what she would face when she returned to the Snow Country, they would understand that the rating of the A-level mission was far from enough.
At the beginning, Kakashi did not realize the true identity of Fuji Fuyuki Ei. After all, when he met her, the princess was only seven years old...
It was not until Fuji Fuyuki Ei repeatedly resisted going to the Snow Country and escaped several times that Kakashi brought her back to the team, and found that her pendant was the one he had seen on Fenghua Xiaoxue that year, that Kakashi finally understood!
Therefore, Kakashi was extremely worried about the mission of the "Princess Fengyun" crew...
"Eh? Do we still have to follow that troublesome actor?" Naruto complained.
Because Xiaoxue tried to escape and terminate the trip to the Snow Country all the way, she was very willful, which made Naruto, who originally liked the role of "Princess Fengyun", dislike Fuji Fuyuki Ei.
"No, there is no need... Since Mr. Kakashi is so worried, we will attach importance to this mission and provide it with super-standard ninja equipment. Don't bother the "First Technician of Konoha." Guan Liyuan refused.
"Yeah!" Naruto nodded seriously on the side.
Kakashi stared at Guan Liyuan with dead fish eyes, always feeling that when the other party called his title, there was some bad intention in his tone? Is the title of "Konoha's No. 1 Technician" strange?
"Don't you know something?" Kakashi said meaningfully.
"I only know that the mission this time is to send the crew of "Fengyun Princess" to the Snow Country, well... including every person and every 'item' of the crew, to be sent safely and 'completely'!" Guan Liyuan also nitpicked on the words.
Naruto looked at Kakashi and Guan Liyuan who were staring at each other in silence with confusion, not knowing what they were talking about.
However, just when Kakashi wanted to say something else, a ninja bird flew towards Kakashi and landed on his shoulder.
"Hmm?" Kakashi untied the cipher letter on the ninja bird's feet and read it. It seemed to be a letter from Konoha.
After reading it, Kakashi looked like he had a headache. He looked at the letter, then at Naruto, and sighed, saying, "Okay! The second half of the mission will be handed over to you... Don't forget, it is stipulated in the agreement that if Tianyin Village cannot complete the mission or cannot bear the consequences of breach of contract, the agreement will be invalid!"
"Don't worry, I will personally supervise this mission." Guan Liyuan said with a smile.
"Let's go, Naruto, Sakura, let's go back to the village." Kakashi said hurriedly.
"Eh? Aren't you going to rest in Tianyin Village?" Naruto asked in confusion.
"No time..." The letter just now seemed to have something urgent.
"Then Kakashi-sensei can go back first, and Sakura and I will..." Naruto looked expectant.
Well, knowing that Sasuke is not in danger now, Naruto seems to be very keen on poaching instead of looking for gay friends!
"No!" Sakura didn't appreciate it.
Kakashi also said flatly: "No, it was the Hokage who asked you to go back... There is something important!"
"Eh? That guy..."
"Naruto! Be respectful to the Hokage!" Kakashi said seriously.
"Yes..." Naruto said without sincerity.
It is probably because Uchiha Itachi is completely an "airborne Hokage" for the new generation of Konoha ninjas, and because of Sasuke, Naruto still has some natural resentment, so he doesn't seem to be interested in the fifth generation Hokage...
Guan Liyuan also noticed that when Kakashi took Naruto and Sakura away, he passed by a young woman and threw a small object to her.
After seeing it, the woman was puzzled at first, and then angrily smashed the pendant hanging around her neck, and then put away the thing Kakashi gave her...
Guan Liyuan naturally knew that this was the key to open a "mysterious facility" in the Snow Country. Kakashi had understood the identity of Fuji Fuyuki E because of this pendant before, and just in case, he replaced the hexagonal pendant and kept the real one for himself.
But now that she is no longer involved in the next mission, Kakashi returns the pendant to her.
And Fenghua Xiaoxue only then knew that the pendant had been replaced, so she was indignant...
At the same time, Guan Liyuan was also a little curious about the reason why Uchiha Itachi was in a hurry to call Naruto back, and thought to himself: Could it be that the "Akatsuki Organization" has started to act? It doesn't make sense...
Now because of the joint initiative of the Fifth Hokage and the Fifth Mizukage, although no one wants to get involved in the mess of the Hidden Rain Village, the major ninja villages have become quite wary of the "Akatsuki Organization"!
If Guan Liyuan were Nagato, he should choose to keep a low profile now.
Although the "Akatsuki Organization" is very strong, and even has the strength to subvert the major ninja villages if it "attacks by surprise", it is not enough to confront the five major ninja villages head-on.
Therefore, their "tailed beast capture" plan must capture most of the tailed beasts at the beginning, before the five major ninja villages can react, and only then can they consider forcibly taking the remaining ones that have escaped the net...
If the order is reversed, and the major ninja villages are prepared and hide their own Jinchūriki, and at the same time they encircle and suppress it, the "Akatsuki" will not be able to withstand it.
Therefore, Guan Liyuan has been speculating that due to the influence of Uchiha Itachi's rise to power, the time for the "Akatsuki Organization" to attack should be delayed... unless Nagato's physical condition deteriorates further!
"Everyone is the crew of "Princess Fengyun", right? A total of 43 people... Let's rest in Tianyin Village for one night today! We will set off tomorrow morning, take the seaport of Taki Country, and then go to Snow Country by water." Guan Liyuan said.
"As long as we can reach Snow Country within the contract period, we will follow the arrangements for the rest! After that, I'll take care of your safety along the way and in Snow Country!" Director Takase said.
If there was no "Northern Mission Outsourcing Agreement" with Tianyin Village, Konoha would probably send them out to sea directly from the southeastern seaport of Fire Country, and go to Snow Country at the northernmost end of the continent by water... Even if we
come to Tianyin Village by land now, the straight-line distance from Snow Country is not very far, but if we go by land, we still have to go through "Iron Country" or "Soup Country". In order to avoid complications, Guan Liyuan still chose the waterway.
That night, the entire crew rested in Tianyin Village. During this time, Fuji Fuxuhui lived up to everyone's expectations and sneaked out again. She even successfully left the scope of Tianyin Village. Even she herself couldn't believe that the defense of this ninja village was so poor?
"Don't run forward! There are bears in the forest ahead." Suddenly a voice came into the ears of the girl.
"Who!" Fuxuhui seemed very nervous.
At this time, Guan Liyuan walked out from the shade of the trees beside her...
"You have been following me?" Fuxuhui seemed to have guessed something.
"Yes, otherwise you can't leave Tianyin Village."
"Why?"
"You are about to return to the Snow Country. You should be very nervous, right? Then let you take a walk and relax... But don't go too far!" Guan Liyuan said with a smile.