Chapter 63 Main Mission 3: Effective Utilization of Resources

"Three cups of milk tea." Zhenyan began to put forward conditions. Ever since he was ruined by his shadow clone, he no longer dared to spend lavishly.

Kakashi was unmoved, not because the milk tea was not fragrant, but because this matter could not bypass the Hokage.

"Please help me find the Hokage to give me a training mission." Zhenyan changed his request.

Kakashi turned and left, saying he could do nothing to help.

"Oh." Zhenyan couldn't help but sigh.

"Brother Shingon." Naruto, who was listening in, suddenly spoke up, "Can I meet Sasuke when I go to the Sound Village for training?"

"Yeah." Shingon looked at Naruto, and thinking of the main mission this time, he added, "The training is for you to learn from each other."

Hearing what Zhenyan said, Naruto immediately perked up, his eyes lit up: "I'll go talk to Granny Tsunade!"

Before, when Naruto followed Shingon to the Sound Village to meet several Hokage, he knew that Sasuke was going to leave.

Naruto didn't quite understand why he had to leave the village for training, but after Sasuke left, he felt an indescribable sense of loss in his heart, as if he had lost something important.

Normally, he and Sasuke would practice together, and then compete with each other. Now that Sasuke is gone suddenly, there is no one left who can compete with him.

Naruto had no interest in doing anything these days, until he heard that he could still spar with Sasuke, and he felt like he was alive again.

Seeing Naruto like this, Shingon suddenly had an idea. However, Naruto couldn't go alone. Shingon thought about it and said to Naruto: "This is a team training. In addition to you and Sasuke, we need to find a few more people."

"Who are you looking for?" Naruto asked subconsciously.

The first thing Shingen thought of was the Chunin Exam that took place not long ago. Several of the participants in the Chunin Exam were classmates of Naruto and Sasuke. According to the mission requirements, they had to fight to get Sasuke back, so friends who were in the same class as the two would be very suitable.

After all, Sasuke defected, and his former friends couldn't remain indifferent.

Although Shingon had completed the formal procedures with the Hokage for Sasuke's study abroad, Orochimaru was still a traitor to Konoha, so Sasuke could not go to the Sound Village openly. So Sasuke went there with a secret undercover mission, that is, as an undercover agent, and the identity of the undercover agent needed to be kept secret, so in the eyes of most people in the village, Sasuke was a defector.

"Find a few classmates who are close to you and go to the Sound Village together. This time, we will treat it as an actual combat exercise." Shingon said to Naruto, "Sasuke went to the Sound Village for a secret undercover mission. We cannot expose Sasuke's undercover identity, so the purpose of this exercise is to defeat the Sound Village ninjas and bring Sasuke back."

Naruto's eyes lit up again after hearing this, and he asked, "Can you bring Sasuke back?"

Shingon looked at Naruto. Naruto and Sasuke were always quarreling when they got along. They wanted to decide the winner in everything. The two were more like competitors than friends. But he also knew that the one who least wanted Sasuke to leave was Naruto.

Although Naruto and Sasuke have always been competing over the years, they have also been training and making progress together. Although they are not blood brothers, they are as close as brothers, just like a person's left hand and right hand playing against each other. If one is missing, the other will be incomplete.

Compared to Naruto, Sasuke is very introverted, but he cares for Naruto just as much as Naruto, but he rarely shows it.

Becoming stronger and catching up with Itachi was Sasuke's obsession, but Sasuke left so decisively, probably because he felt a sense of urgency when he saw Naruto's progress.

Like Naruto, Shingon also doesn't want Sasuke to leave. If there were no main quest, he would find a more foolproof way to let Sasuke stay in the village to train, but the quest requires this, and the current situation is already the best outcome.

Shingon knew that Naruto had doubts about Sasuke's departure, but the complexity of the situation could not be explained in a few words. He could only say: "Sasuke can't come back now."

Seeing Naruto's lost expression, Shingon said, "But you can always go to Oto Village to spar with Sasuke, just like this time."

"I will win!" Naruto said suddenly, and his lost look turned into determination.

"This time I will rely on my own strength to defeat Sasuke!" Naruto repeated again.

During the Chunin Exams, Naruto and Sasuke had agreed to have a match, but due to various accidents, their match never took place.

This time Naruto was determined to defeat Sasuke, because in his opinion, the winner has the final say. He thought that if he won, he would try to persuade Sasuke to come back and practice.

Naruto ran out to find his friends. When he was in the ninja school, those who had a good relationship with Naruto included Nara Shikamaru, Inuzuka Kiba and Akimichi Choji. The four of them could be said to be a naughty squad and they often caused trouble for teacher Iruka.

Hearing Naruto say that he was going to Oto Village to retrieve Sasuke, Inuzuka Kiba, who had already heard about it, still couldn't help but wonder: "Did that Sasuke guy really defect?"

"Yeah." Naruto didn't explain much, just said, "I will try to convince that guy to come back."

"This kind of thing requires the Hokage's consent." Nara Shikamaru said in a very cowardly tone.

"Let's go find Granny Tsunade together. Granny Tsunade will agree." Naruto felt very motivated when he thought about meeting Sasuke next.

"This is so troublesome." Whenever Nara Shikamaru thought about what would happen next, he wanted to lie down on the spot.

"Shikamaru, please." Naruto knew that Shikamaru was very smart. When they were in the ninja school, they were able to skip classes successfully mostly because of Shikamaru's ideas. This time they were going to Sound Village, and there would be ninjas from Sound Village who would come forward to stop them. He needed Shikamaru's help.

"This is really troublesome." Although he said this, Nara Shikamaru did not say no.

Naruto, who knew Shikamaru's personality, immediately smiled and said, "Thank you all for coming this time. I'll treat you all to a barbecue when I get back!"

"Can I eat whatever I want?" asked Choji Akimichi.

"Eat as much as you want!" Mingren had plenty of pocket money, so it was no problem for him to treat his friends to a big meal.

"When do we set off?" Akimichi Choji couldn't wait to eat barbecue.

"Let's go see Granny Tsuna and then we'll set off." Naruto said.

Several people were preparing to go to the Hokage's office, but at this moment, Hyuga Ningci came over and said, "I'll go with you."

"You..." Naruto's understanding of Ningci still remained at the Chunin Exam. During the preliminaries, Ningci said some excessive words to Hinata, so Naruto was a little suspicious of Ningci's appearance, "Why did you go with us?"

Ningji was thinking about the Chunin Exams at this time, and his battle with Sasuke, in which Sasuke defeated him and told him that there was no such thing as fate.

After that, Ningci thought a lot and consulted his instructor, Matt Guy, about it. During this period, he also witnessed Rock Lee risking his life for treatment in order to continue being a ninja.

In the past, Ningci never noticed that there were people around him who had escaped the trajectory of fate. They did not know ninjutsu or illusion, but became excellent ninjas by relying only on physical skills. Isn't this the greatest rebellion against fate?

But because someone drew a cage for him, he believed that he could never fly out again.

But the reality is not so. Through his own efforts, he realized the way to restore the world that only the clan can learn.

What is the main family? What is the branch family? Ningci looked up at the birds flying in the sky. The bird in the cage might be an unbreakable curse, but the moment he learned to return to the sky and broke the boundary between the branch family and the main family, the cage door that once bound him had already opened.

Ningci was very grateful for the previous battle with Sasuke. It was also thanks to Sasuke's words that he realized that fate was not unbreakable.

"Sasuke once helped me." Ningci answered Naruto. He didn't understand why Sasuke suddenly defected, but as someone who had been helped before, he also wanted to do something for his companion.

Naruto was not the type to hold grudges, and when he heard Ningci say this, he immediately accepted it. The team had one more person added, and just when they were getting ready to leave for the Hokage's office, Haruno Sakura came over.

"Naruto, Sasuke really..." When Haruno Sakura heard the news of Sasuke's defection, her first reaction was disbelief.

As teammates, Haruno Sakura understands Naruto and Sasuke better than her classmates of the same period.

The two were celebrities when they were in Ninja School, and their most famous feat was a sparring match in class, where they both used their mouth-to-mouth skills at the same time and stunned the entire class.

Before that, Sasuke, a talented and even more handsome Uchiha, was the object of admiration of many girls in the class. Although the new school rules of the ninja school did not allow dating, everyone still secretly paid attention to Sasuke in private.

But ever since that verbal fight, the dreams of all the girls in the class were shattered, and Haruno Sakura was one of them.

No matter how beautiful Uchiha is, every time I see her, bad memories will come flooding back, and my head will be buzzing.

After graduating from the Ninja Academy, when Sakura Haruno learned that she was assigned to the same team with the two, she refused. However, after several missions, Sakura Haruno found that her two teammates were actually very reliable, and she was often taken care of by them.

Until now, when Haruno Sakura learned that Sasuke had defected, she found that she could not do anything...

"Sakura, leave the matter of that guy to me." Naruto made a promise.

Naruto's determined look resolved the uneasiness in Haruno Sakura's heart, but looking at Naruto's leaving back, Haruno Sakura couldn't help but feel lost. She was also a ninja, but she always saw her two teammates walking in front.

Looking at the figures walking away, Haruno Sakura suddenly clenched her fists. At this moment, she made up her mind that she would also work hard on her cultivation and would never be the one who stayed behind next time.

Naruto and the four teammates he found came to the Hokage's office together.

Seeing the Hokage working at his desk, Naruto was the first to greet him: "Grandma Tsunade."

Tsuna has been working on Kimimaro's hematuria lately, and when she heard Naruto's voice, she looked up from the data with an expression that said, "You'd better be in trouble."

Naruto swallowed subconsciously, but thinking of Sasuke, he said bravely: "Granny Tsunade, we want to go to Oto Village to get Sasuke back."

Tsuna was stunned for a moment, then narrowed his eyes and looked at Naruto: "Do you know what you are talking about?"

Sasuke defected to lead an undercover mission. Although most people in the village were unaware of this truth, Tsuna knew that Naruto knew it.

"I just want to give it a try." Naruto said. Perhaps he had already made up his mind. Facing the dangerous gaze of Tsuna, he was not afraid anymore. "And Shingo-nii said that this is an experience."

When she heard the name of Shingon, Tsuna understood immediately. She did not respond to Naruto, but said: "Where is Shingon? Let him come to see me."

Shingen had been waiting outside the Hokage's office. When he heard the call, he pushed the door open and walked in.

Tsuna waved his hand and told Naruto and the others to wait outside the door. Seeing this, Shingon stood by the door, leaning against the wall.

Seeing the truth, Tsunade suddenly laughed, not knowing whether she was amused or angry. She asked, "Is your mission as a ninja to compete in games?"

"I just think this is an opportunity to train the newcomers." Shingon explained, "So I want to organize a real combat exercise in the Wanon Village."

"Orochimaru is still a traitor." Tsunade said. It would be fine if he just sent Sasuke over, but now he wants to bring Konoha's ninjas to the door. "Do you know what kind of behavior you are doing?"

"I think Konoha's rebel ninjas are also Konoha's resources." Shingon said as a matter of course, "My actions are an effective use of Konoha's rebel ninja resources."

Master: “…………”

"The rebel ninjas we sent out have become successful outside, and it's time to recycle them." Zhenyan said, and his expression suddenly turned into regret. "It's a waste to leave such a good resource unused!"

Master: “…………”!