"Practice well, there will be many opportunities to do missions together in the future." Looking at Jiraiya, Rei couldn't help but say.
Sarutobi Hiruzen glanced at Rei, and didn't say much, just continued.
"Talk about the target of this mission. Everyone has seen it. Land of Hot Water Branch, Muraku, a strong man who shined in the first war, good at lightning chakra mode, and was once one of the candidates for the AB combination."
"Is there only one team?" Rei asked Sarutobi Hiruzen after hearing this.
If this team did this mission, it would be tantamount to suicide.
"Of course not, Kumogakure has issued tasks to Sand Village, Iwagakure, Konoha and Kirigakure." Sarutobi Hiruzen said to Rei after hearing this.
"Is that so..." Rei nodded after hearing this.
It must be said that no one is a fool. Konoha chose to let Muraku return to the village in order to increase bargaining chips at the negotiation table between Rebels and Kumogakure.
Now, Konoha's goal has been achieved. If Kumogakure wants to get rid of Rebels without killing too many people in the village, it must seek help from outside.
By issuing tasks to the four hidden villages at the same time, the benefits will be evenly distributed, and there will be no village that completely surpasses Kumogakure.
However, overall, Konoha still makes money, it's just a matter of how much money they make, and how much money is too much?
"Mission Rank, S." Finally, Sarutobi Hiruzen said the level of this task.
And this is also the reason why Hiruzen is unwilling to take Jiraiya out of the village.
Tsunade's current strength is no weaker than that of a special jonin, and her medical ninjutsu can play a vital role at a critical moment.
Orochimaru is very skilled in ninjutsu. He may still be a little behind the special jonin, but for ordinary chunin, it is conservatively estimated that Orochimaru can beat three of them.
Rei's strength is even more than the special jonin. If we ignore the experience, Rei can be regarded as a jonin.
Only Jiraiya...….. Perhaps in other teams, Jiraiya can play a significant role now.
However, in such a team, Jiraiya seems a little inadequate.
Letting Jiraiya stay in the village is, on the one hand, to enable Jiraiya to grow better, and on the other hand, it is also a kind of protection for Jiraiya..
Therefore, Sarutobi Hiruzen can only arrange it this way.
"So, everyone will rest for two days, adjust your state, and set off in three days." Sarutobi Hiruzen stood up and said to everyone, then turned and left here.
"We won't practice today, right?" Rei looked around, at Tsunade beside him and Orochimaru across from him.
"I've been practicing for half a year, and I'm almost dead tired..." Jiraiya suddenly lay on the ground.
"I want to rest for a while, too." Tsunade sighed faintly and fell on Rei.
"What are you doing today if you don't practice?" Orochimaru asked Rei when he saw this.
"Buy some food, eat something here?" Rei stroked Tsunade's hair lying on his legs and said to Orochimaru.
"Okay, then I'll go buy it." Orochimaru glanced at Tsunade and said to Rei.
"Thanks." Rei smiled and said to Orochimaru.
"I'll go too!" Jiraiya stood up and said to Orochimaru.
Jiraiya could be alone with Rei or Tsunade, but he didn't want to be alone with Rei and Tsunade.
It was so annoying.
........
Soon, Jiraiya and Orochimaru came back with a lot of food.
Jiraiya was holding a small table in his hand.
Reii patted Tsunade on the back, and Tsunade climbed up from Rei's body with sleepy eyes, frowning slightly, and looked around in confusion.
After helping Tsunade to tidy up her hair, Rei pulled Tsunade to sit at the small table.
Just when everyone was ready to start eating, Rei suddenly looked at Jiraiya beside him.
"Do you want to become stronger?" Rei asked Jiraiya.
"Yes." Jiraiya was holding a meatball in his hand, the kind fried in oil and coated with a thick layer of salty sauce.
Hearing Jiraiya's words, Rei directly took the meatball from Jiraiya's hand that he had not had time to eat.
"Then why don't you practice hard while we're eating?" Rei asked Jiraiya in confusion while taking a bite of the meatball.
"Ah?" Jiraiya was stunned, looked at Rei, and then looked at the rich food on the table.
"Don't you have any pressure at all when everyone goes out to do the mission and you're the only one staying at home?" Without waiting for Jiraiya to finish his words, Rei continued to ask Jiraiya.
"I..." Jiraiya felt as if his chest was stabbed by a knife. He wanted to refute something, but he couldn't find a point to refute.
"Alas... If I were you, I would definitely not be able to eat this meal." Rei sighed and said with a sigh.
"But..." Jiraiya said unwillingly, even if it is practice, at least you should eat before practicing, right?
"I'm twelve years old, and I haven't even mastered a B-level ninjutsu. If I were in the Uchiha family, I might not even have food to eat, right?"
"You can't eat in the Senju family either."
Tsunade held a rice ball in one hand and put her chin on Rei's shoulder. While chewing the rice ball in her mouth, she looked straight at Jiraiya.
"After we leave, Jiraiya won't just stop practicing, right?" Orochimaru said silently after taking a bite of the skewer.
"Why..."
"Ah... who said it wasn't? Compared to enjoyment, practicing is really too tiring." Rei shook his head helplessly after hearing this.
"Don't understand? If I were Jiraiya, I would definitely choose to practice. After all, resting at home is not as interesting as practicing the taijutsu."
After the voice fell, the three of them stopped talking and just looked at Jiraiya silently.
After a long time...
"Ah... you guys rest first, I'm going to practice." Jiraiya stood up resignedly.
"Let's go right here. We'll help you take a look." Rei nodded and said to Jiraiya with a smile on his face.
"I'll give you some advice." Tsunade nodded.
"After all, we're all teammates." Orochimaru also said to Jiraiya with a smile on his face.
Jiraiya:-- Hehe... Thank you so much!
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Three days later, they left konoha.
Land of Hot Spring
In a hotel, Orochimaru and Rei shared a room, while Tsunade and Hiruzen each had their own room.
Now everyone was gathered in Hiruzen's room.
Holding a cup of steaming hot tea, Rei asked Sarutobi Hiruzen. "Teacher, what should we do next? Should we sneak in directly, or try to lure them out?"
"It's OK." Hiruzen rubbed his eyebrows after hearing this and said to Rei.
"Then where is the location of the Rebel branch of the Land of Hot Springs? " Orochimaru asked Hiruzen .
"What makes you think I know where their branch is?" Hiruzen smiled and asked Orochimaru back.
"You don't know?" Orochimaru's pupils dilated slightly. He really didn't expect Hiruzen to say such a thing.
"Did the Hidden Cloud Village not provide relevant information?" Tsunade blinked and asked Hiruzen.
"Do you think Kumogakure will give Konoha detailed information?" Hiruzen asked Tsunade.
"Is our target just the ninja Muraku, or the organization behind Muraku?" Rei interrupted this meaningless conversation and asked Hiruzen.
"Using Muraku, we exchange rewards for him." Sarutobi Hiruzen said to Rei.
"In other words, we are in a competitive relationship with other hidden villages?" Rei continued to ask Hiruzen.
"You can understand it this way." Hiruzen nodded.
"Then what do you think we should do next?" Rei nodded and asked Hiruzen.
"What do you think we should do?" Hiruzen asked Rei with interest.
"I think Muraku should know that Kumogakure issued a task to the other four hidden villages to wipe out the Rebel Branch of Land of Hot Spring." Rei really didn't expect that Hiruzen was going to let this team carry out the task independently after only the second mission.
However, since Sarutobi Hiruzen dared to do this, Rei began to think about it.
It doesn't matter whether the Hidden Cloud Village knows the location of the Rebel Branch of the Land of Hot Springs.
After all, the reality is that the Hidden Cloud Village did not provide any relevant information, but only issued a task to assassinate Muraku
But who is Muraku? The leader of the Rebel Branch of the Land of Hot Springs, such a person must be surrounded by more than one Jonin.
In order to get rid of Muraku, the people around him are also a group of forces that cannot be ignored.
After all, they are a group of ninjas who have either experienced the First Ninja World War or have been struggling in the Ninja World for so many years.
Whether it is the former or the latter, their strength should not be underestimated. In addition, because there is only one Muraku, there is basically no possibility of win-win cooperation.
Therefore, what Kumogakure wants is not only to use the power of Konoha and other big hidden villages to get rid of Muraku, so as to reduce the pressure of Kumogakure facing Rebels .
They also want to consume the energy of Konoha and other big hidden villages here. It is best to let the elite teams sent by Konoha and other big hidden villages lose a few ninjas here.
"If the Muraku knows that we are coming for him, what will he do?"
Orochimaru held his chin with one hand and was also thinking about this question.
"I think it is not important what the Muraku will do, what is important is what we will do." Tsunade frowned and said softly.
"What will we do? We don't know where the Rebel branch is, let alone where Muraku is, but we do know what Muraku's goal is." Rei said to Tsunade.
"Is Muraku's goal to support Rebel headquart
ers? No, we are here for Muraku, and Muraku knows this very well. If he gives up everything in the Land of Hot Water and goes to the Land of the Moon for support, the only result is to lead us to the Land of the Moon, which is meaningless."
Orochimaru said tentatively, but after he finished speaking, he realized something was wrong and quickly changed his words.
Sarutobi Hiruzen, looked at the three people who were discussing enthusiastically in front of him, and a slightly relieved smile appeared in the corner of his eyes.
Although Jiraiya was gone from the team, it was less lively, but it must be said that the efficiency was really improved.
However, whether it was Jiraiya or Rei, or Tsunade and Orochimaru, these four people together were a complete team.
Sarutobi Hiruzen knew one thing very clearly. If there was no Rei in this team, then, with the personalities of Orochimaru and Tsunade, they would not pay too much attention to Jiraiya.
Because no matter what, Jiraiya is also very weak, which is a fact that exists without any dispute.
But with the addition of Rei, the atmosphere of the team has changed.
In this team, whether it is Orochimaru, who was born in an ordinary family but has outstanding talents, or Tsunade, who was born in a prestigious family and has strong strength, they are not as good as Rei. Rei completely suppressed the brilliance of Tsunade and Orochimaru by himself.
And Rei is an extremely gentle person. Whether he treats Orochimaru or Jiraiya, his attitude is the same.
This also makes Orochimaru and Tsunade willing to face Jiraiya, so that the atmosphere of the whole team becomes harmonious.
Now Sarutobi Hiruzen really admires his teacher's vision.
From the founding of Konoha Village to now, Hiruzen has seen many Uchiha, but there is really no Uchiha as gentle and friendly as Rei.
Even the arrogance that all ninja children have more or less has never appeared in Rei.
And because of some of Jiraiya's unique characteristics, the atmosphere of the whole team has become lively.
Such an atmosphere will change every member of the team unconsciously.
This is the bond.
These four children may still be new leaves now, slowly sprouting.
But this fallen leaf that has floated into the air will willingly blend into the firelight, providing warmth while lighting the way forward for them.
{End of chapter}