"Can't you just have a good meal?" Asuma has experienced Mizuki's sharpness many times, and now he feels it is natural every time he is called out for his thoughts.
"That's the best. Eating is the most enjoyable thing, especially when someone is treating you."
My expenses have been a bit high recently, and I'm really spending more than I earn. I also hired a temporary worker, who is responsible for his food, clothing, housing and transportation. It's really troublesome.
"Boss. Add another plate of barbecue." Asuma was generous enough to order some more dishes. As a member of a family and the son of a former Hokage, he had plenty of money.
"Thank you very much." Shuimu said unceremoniously: "You are so polite, things may not be easy. What's wrong? Are you in trouble?"
"Hmm." Sarutobi Asuma picked up the small wine glass in front of him, took a sip, and then replied: "Some things are more difficult to deal with. Is it about Hong?"
"Your 'secret' girlfriend?"
"If you don't say anything, you really look like a good person." Asuma smiled and said, "I just went to see Lady Tsunade. She was very irritable and seemed to be in a bad mood. What did you say?"
"How do you know it was me?" Mizuki remembered that he had never met Asuma.
"Shizune told me. And how did you offend even the good-tempered Shizune?"
"I think it's a woman's jealousy." After thinking about it, Shuimu couldn't find a more suitable adjective. "And when you went to meet them, did they not embarrass you?"
Asuma Sarutobi can be considered a winner in life now.
"No. How could that be?" Asuma was confused and didn't understand what Mizuki was referring to, but he didn't care much.
"Oh, then let's talk about your secret lover."
"Secret lover? I'm an unmarried single ninja, how can there be a secret lover? The more you say this, the more unpleasant it becomes." This sentence made Asuma choke and almost spit out the wine.
"And if you hadn't been so nosy, maybe we could have kept it secret."
"Hide it? You are still too young, Asuma." Without Shuimu, Asuma's performance would not be able to hide it. He was discovered a long time ago and still pretended to be confused. Only I exposed the matter when I disagreed with it. Speaking of it, Asuma might have to thank me for this. If it hadn't been exposed too early, Asuma, the bearded man, would have been embarrassed for who knows how long.
"So, the reason you're going to see Lady Tsunade today is also because of this matter?"
"Well," Asuma said, "it seems you guessed it."
"You've noticed something." As for Kurenai Yuhi, apart from her injuries, she only had to fulfill her duties. Tsunade was better at healing than Mizuki, so there was no need for a half-witted Mizuki to do it. The rest was naturally the trouble of her being unable to fulfill her duties as a jonin and a team leader.
"This is the situation. As you know, the three Genin of Team 8 haven't had a Jonin teacher lead them on a mission for a while. This situation can't continue. However, Kurenai's current situation is not suitable for continuing to lead Team 8, and Konoha's Genin must have enough missions to gain experience in order to improve, so..."
Although he was prepared, it happened too quickly. Besides, Shuimu didn't really want to get involved in this kind of thing.
In fact, there are not many people who become the head teacher of the Genin class right after being promoted to Jonin. The fact that Kurenai Yuhi was able to serve as the instructor of the Genin class not long after being promoted was not only due to her own excellence and hard work, but more importantly, it was because of the specialness of Team 8.
Whether it is Hinata Hyuga, Kiba Inuzuka or Shino Aburame, they are all blood ninjas with very obvious characteristics, or inheritors of family secrets. The strength requirements for guiding the jonin are slightly lower, on the contrary, the requirements for cultivating spirit and will, as well as identity and loyalty are extremely high. For the next generation of the ninja family, cultivating their sense of belonging to the village and tempering their character are more important than teaching ninjutsu. As a female ninja, Kurenai Yuhi is indeed very suitable.
However, with Kurenai Yuhi's serious injury, this good momentum came to an abrupt end. Although she is much better now, the physical problem cannot be solved in a day or two. The three Genin of Team 8 cannot wait for Kurenai Yuhi to recuperate. Moreover, as new Jonin with relatively weak overall strength, they can still handle things with ease in peacetime, but now that the ninja world is obviously turbulent, it is unknown whether they can effectively protect the Genin students when they go out on missions. Not being injured originally made people doubtful, and now because of the physical deficit, their own strength will fall into a low period for a long time, which makes people even more worried. So whether it is a direct replacement or a temporary replacement, someone must take over this job.
Unfortunately, Shuimu is not a very patient person. Children's affairs are too troublesome, not to mention that he has more than just one or two things to take care of.
"What do you mean, Lady Tsunade? You don't agree, do you?"
"There was no explicit refusal," Asuma said with a wry smile.
"I knew it was like that, Asuma." Mizuki shook his head and said, "Please, it's Hong who should worry about these things, right?"
"No, I just saw Hong was frowning, and I wanted to help."
"Well, it's all the same." Mizuki smiled. Being recognized by Asuma as a teacher for a group of ninja family children showed that Mizuki's ability was still highly valued, at least for now.
Unfortunately, the team leader needs to pay attention to not only these, but also some other factors.
As the future of Konoha, a talented Genin, it is natural to train him to become a supporter of the Hokage. Logically speaking, with Mizuki's ability, it is not a problem for him to play the role of a teacher. Mizuki was not very successful under the Third Hokage. He became a famous ninja after Tsunade became the Fifth Hokage. The Fifth Hokage label is very obvious. In terms of standing on the side, Mizuki has already established a relationship. For some unimportant matters, Tsunade can tolerate this first promoted Jonin since she came back.
As a member of the Hokage's official power, his identity was not a problem. The only problem was Mizuki's reputation. A reputation as a kidnapper was fine, and those who knew about this kind of rumor would just laugh it off, but at least a ninja with a bad reputation coming to teach a promising Genin team would be a bit of a concern.
More importantly, many people knew that Mizuki had a criminal record. Abandoning teammates during a mission was a terrible thing. This stain would definitely cause Mizuki to attract a lot of criticism when he served as the team leader. Especially when Mizuki was at odds with the two advisors and Shimura Danzo, this additional repulsive force had a considerable impact.