Kakashi's pupils suddenly contracted.

Previously, he hadn't determined the two men's ultimate goal, and while unconscious, he was unaware that they had thoroughly searched Naruto inside and out.

Hearing that the two were plotting against the Nine-Tails, Kakashi immediately became alert.

If they dare to target the Tailed Beasts, is their claim of coming from a parallel universe just a smokescreen?

In reality, they were people sent by another ninja village?

I almost let my guard down because of them!

The message must be delivered to Konoha!

Countless thoughts flashed through Kakashi's mind.

Seeing Naruto feign ignorance, Daido couldn't help but look at Naruto with newfound respect.

"Oh my, you're still pretty stubborn!"

Just as Daido was about to continue his attack, Kakashi called out to him.

"Wait! He just graduated from the ninja academy and doesn't know anything!"

Chapter 22 Your mission is not people-oriented?

"Hmm? So you understand now?"

When it came to missions within the Empire, Kakashi and Daito also abandoned their nonchalant attitudes.

"Spare Naruto, and I'll tell you everything I know."

Since he's still alive, he can't afford to be discouraged; continuing to complete the mission assigned to him by the Hokage is the most important thing.

He also remembered that before Team 7 was handed over to him, the Hokage had subtly mentioned things about Sasuke and Naruto.

My most important task is to protect the two people!

Sasuke should be safe for now; the main concern is Naruto!

If their target is the Tailed Beasts

"Our world has a total of nine tailed beasts. Besides the Nine-Tails in Konoha, the One-Tails is in Sunagakure in the Land of Wind; the Two-Tails is in Kumogakure in the Land of Lightning; the Three-Tails is in Kirigakure in the Land of Water; the Four-Tails is in Iwagakure in the Land of Earth; the Five-Tails, Kokuo, is also in Iwagakure; the Six-Tails is in Kirigakure; the Seven-Tails is in Kirigakure; and the Eight-Tails is in Kumogakure."

Kakashi hesitated for a moment before revealing this secret, which was not really a secret at all.

He also deliberately misreported the Seven-Tails' location in Takigakure as being in Kirigakure.

Since their target is the Tailed Beasts, they must know these things, after all, they were able to find the Jinchuriki of Konoha in the first place!

Seeing the two lost in thought without questioning them, Kakashi couldn't help but begin to suspect that they might indeed be from a parallel universe.

"Could it be that they weren't sent by another ninja village? Then what's the use of the tailed beasts?"

In Kakashi's mind, the Tailed Beasts are like nuclear bombs, only serving a deterrent purpose. Since they come from another universe, what secrets do the Tailed Beasts hold?

Kakashi also fell silent.

Tailed Beasts of this World

Within the Empire, the Tailed Beasts act as guardian beasts in each province, serving as both a power bank and a testing ground for future challenges.

The empire's distribution is even because of the Emperor; besides, without war, most of the Tailed Beasts would have become "power banks" (i.e., energy banks).

But why are the tailed beasts so evenly distributed in this world?

The strength behind them still needs to be investigated.

Kakashi thought to himself

He never imagined that these "nuclear threats" were something a brilliant strategist was practically begging to be distributed to others.

"How are the five great ninja villages ranked? Are you the only five great ninja villages in the ninja world?"

"No, there are about ten ninja villages in total, but the ninja villages in small countries are basically vassals of the larger countries, so they can't really be called ninja villages in reality. Currently, the five ninja villages in our five major ninja countries are the strongest five ninja villages. Any one of them has the strength to challenge all the other ninja villages except for the five major ninja villages."

"As for the ranking of our five great ninja villages, they are actually quite similar. But if we have to rank them, only Sunagakure, with its One-Tailed Shukaku, is the weakest. Whether it's the tailed beast they possess or their geographical environment, they are the weakest."

Seeing that neither of them objected to his statement about the Seven-Tails' distribution being wrong, Kakashi fell into deep thought once again.

As for truthfully revealing the situation in Sunagakure, well, it's better to die for your friend than for me!

He also had the intention of shifting the blame elsewhere, since what business did he have with any other country besides Konoha?

The people of Sunagakure harbor deep hatred for the Hatake clan.

"If you abandon my three students now, I'm willing to go with you to seize the Tailed Beasts of Sunagakure!"

Kakashi made a decision

He let his three students leave, while he kept a close watch on the two others.

"Huh? Hey! Ninja-sama, what about my mission?"

Dazner got anxious

The construction of the bridge has come to a standstill. If they can't take these ninjas to deal with Gato's people, then the Land of Waves will be completely finished!

Although these ninjas seemed a bit difficult to talk to, Tazuna had no choice.

"Your task"

Kakashi was just about to say that the mission itself was beyond their capabilities when Daito spoke first.

"I heard a little about the mission you're on the way here. Could you tell me more about it?"

As a model young man, I enjoy smoking, drinking, and...

He's kind and compassionate, readily helping young women cross the street and offering his seat to burly men with dragon and tiger tattoos.

He's not much better than Nagato.

Of course, his compassion wasn't for Dazner's mission.

His thoughts were with the suffering civilians of the Land of Waves.

After all, putting the people first is the education they received from childhood when they became ninjas.

This involved the lives and economy of an entire nation, and the ruthless wandering ninjas they encountered along the way all convinced Daito to help them deal with the merchant named Gato.

After all, the Emperor himself said that he came here to bring peace to the world; if the world itself is peaceful, then the purpose is to cooperate.

It seems that completing the task in the former manner is more reliable now!

After all, the self in this world is dead!

This is supposed to be a peaceful market?!

"Are you talking about the mission Tazner commissioned? Oh, this one."

Kakashi was about to speak when Daido interrupted him.

"No, I'm asking about the specifics of this task assignment."

Within the empire, for example, the authority granted to them this time was extremely high.

Although this is a super S-level mission, the core content is actually very simple.

Article 1: Protect your own life and safety.

Article 2: Protect your own life while also protecting the lives of your companions.

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Article 3: Gather as much information about this world as possible.

On the foundation of these three points, one can then focus on collecting tailed beasts, finding people with bloodline limits and talents in this world, and building teleportation channels, etc.

Just as mentioned at the beginning, they had already accomplished a great feat by coming into this world; the tasks that followed were basically done based on their conscience.

"A mission request."

Kakashi's gaze became vacant upon hearing this.

Speaking of missions, the one that left the deepest impression on him was the father who abandoned the mission to save his comrade, and was ultimately blamed by everyone, including the comrade he saved, until he committed suicide.

Of course, there's also Obito, who died because he didn't cooperate with the mission immediately.

"Having accepted a mission, we must complete it, even at the cost of our lives and everything else. This is the responsibility and the meaning of existence for ninjas in this world."

"The village's mission takes precedence over everything else."

Kakashi paused here, not saying the rest of his sentence.

Besides companions

"what?"

???

Both of them had huge question marks appearing above their heads.

Not only was Daido stunned, but Kakashi was also stunned.

What kind of talk is that? Why are you so stubborn?

Don't you know that anything is possible with human effort? What does it mean to accept a mission and sacrifice everything, including your life, to complete it?

"So what are the criteria for judging the importance of this task? I'm curious who proposed this task system?"

"This mission system gradually formed along with the formation and development of the ninja village, and the criteria for judging its importance are naturally determined by the higher-ups."

"It not only ensures that ninjas can carry out missions in an orderly manner, but also effectively improves the quality and efficiency of mission completion. At the same time, the mission system is also one of the important means for ninja villages to manage and control ninjas. After all, if they all act according to their own will and their own ideas, many mission ninja villages will suffer huge losses!"

Seeing that Kakashi's mind had been brainwashed like this, the two of them were dumbfounded.

"If even ninjas don't have absolute judgment and decision-making power over missions, how can they be sure that the orders issued by higher-ups are correct?"

Kakashi asked in return

Yes, how can we be sure that what they say is absolutely correct?

Kakashi hadn't thought that far ahead.

For him, carrying out the mission was all that mattered; he was merely a tool.

"Relatively speaking, they definitely make more correct decisions than the ninjas, after all, bystanders see things more clearly than those involved!"

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