A comic book journey to see the Eye of Antiquity

However, this seemingly low-level mission almost resulted in the complete annihilation of two squads, including two Jonin, highlighting the extreme danger involved.

Especially in the final stage, it touched on diplomatic issues between countries. No matter how unpopular Gato was, he was still a political figure in the Land of Waves, and he might even be the daimyo of the Land of Waves, but it was not explained in detail.

As a result, they had no choice but to kill him. According to normal mission rating, this would be at least an A or even S-level mission.

But if you look at the people who completed the task, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to rate them as Super S-class.

However, this has nothing to do with Kakashi, because the initial mission was only a C-rank mission. He and Asuma were left speechless by Tazna's threats, and since they were too lazy to come back, they simply continued with it. As a result, they don't know what to do now.

They only have the authority to record mission reports, not the authority to change the mission rating. If Kakashi were to fill it out, he could only write a C rating.

This shows Kakashi's intelligence; he deliberately reminded the Third Hokage that since he hadn't filled it out, it was up to him to decide how to calculate it.

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Of course, this also shows the cleverness of Asuma, Kurenai Yuhi, and Might Guy. They were given this kind of cunning task, and they stayed in the back pretending to be honest and simple, but in fact, they were the most cunning ones.

"I see."

The third generation leader nodded in agreement. There was no rush now; he would wait until he got back and carefully reviewed the mission report.

"Oh, right, it's Yang Lei."

Just as the dozen or so people were about to turn and leave, the third generation suddenly called out to Yang Lei and beckoned him over.

"Yang Lei, we'll go to the barbecue restaurant and wait for you." 720

No one there was stupid; they greeted Yang Lei and then left on their own.

"The third-generation grandfather."

Yang Lei approached the third generation's desk and asked, somewhat puzzled, "What do you need me for?"

That's how it is.

The third generation leader stopped keeping them in suspense and said, "The patriarch of the Demon Ape Clan, Ape Demon, has already told me that they have granted your request and allow you to go to Flower Fruit Mountain to cultivate with them at any time."

"Really?"

Yang Lei's eyes lit up, and he almost shouted with joy. This news was really too good to pass up. If he was not mistaken, many of the Third Hokage's skills were learned from Huaguo Mountain. This was because the Third Hokage's master, the First Hokage, knew the Wood Release bloodline limit, while his second master, the Second Hokage, knew Water Release and a large number of forbidden techniques. His main family, the Sarutobi clan, were only experts in Fire Release. So, how did the Third Hokage become a ninja expert?

The Third Hokage possessed an extensive repertoire of ninjutsu, boasting mastery of all five basic elemental ninjutsu and the ability to unleash mixed ninjutsu at any time.

So, where did he learn all those ninjutsu techniques?

Yang Lei boldly speculated that the Third Hokage learned many of his skills from the Demon Ape Clan of Flower Fruit Mountain. That's why he was so bold before, telling Sarutobi that he had revealed the Eye of Jigu to him, because he was betting that the Demon Ape Clan would definitely train him.

In retrospect, his choice was undoubtedly correct.

0133 News about the Chunin Exams

The news about the third generation is actually quite outdated, but unfortunately, Yang Lei has never thought about summoning a spirit beast while he's away, because he wants to train himself, so he doesn't know about it yet.

Before leaving the village, Yang Lei had only truly fought Sarutobi, which meant he had very little practical combat experience, which is why he didn't seek help from the Demon Ape Clan.

With Yang Lei's current chakra reserves, he can even summon Enma, a Kage-level powerhouse who was an old partner and comrade-in-arms of the Third Hokage.

But once he does that, although he can easily eliminate most of his enemies, how can he gain experience?

You must understand that you can only rely on yourself, and only your own strength can give you confidence.

To put it another way, if one day Yang Lei had to choose to betray the village and leave Konoha, he would only be able to rely on himself. He could no longer count on the Demon Ape Clan with whom he had signed a contract, and he wouldn't even dare to summon them. He would also have to be careful not to be sent to Flower Fruit Mountain by a reverse spirit communication.

That's why he preferred to fight the enemy to the death himself rather than seek help from the Demon Ape Clan.

Yang Lei will definitely seek help from the Demon Ape Clan in the future, but not now. His current enemies pose no threat to him whatsoever; they can only provide him with valuable experience for growth.

"That's right."

The Third Hokage made Yang Lei happy for a while before speaking again: "I'll secretly tell you in advance that this year's Chunin Exams are about to begin, so don't rush to Huaguo Mountain to train. You should first figure out how to participate in the Chunin Exams. After all, your team has four Genin, so one of them will have to give up participating in the exams or temporarily leave the team to team up with someone else."

Yang Lei suddenly realized that when he thought about the Chunin Exams coming soon, a vague idea had flashed through his mind, but he had never been able to figure out what it was.

Now, after hearing the Third Hokage's hint, it dawned on me: Yes, their Team 10 has one more person than the other teams, and that person is him. If they just participate in the Chunin Exams like this, it would be too unfair to the others.

Therefore, he either had to withdraw from the Chunin Exams or temporarily leave Team 10 and be assigned to another team by the Third Hokage.

"I understand."

Yang Lei nodded to indicate that he understood, and then asked, "Well, if there's nothing else, I'll be going now."

"Go."

The Third Hokage nodded, and after Yang Lei left, he lowered his head and opened Kakashi's mission report, taking occasional puffs of his pipe as he silently read it.

. . . . . .

Looking at Yang Lei's side, after coming out of the Naruto Building, Yang Lei couldn't help but feel a bit troubled.

Actually, for Yang Lei, the titles of Jonin or Chunin are completely useless. Just like Naruto in the original work, he was only a Genin until the final battle. So, who in the Allied Shinobi Forces dared to look down on him?

Originally, Yang Lei, as a transmigrator, didn't care at all about the Chunin Exams, because his strength was undeniable. He had even killed several Jonin, so why would he care about becoming a Chunin?

But this year's Chunin Exams are too classic. Unless you can't participate, I reckon any time traveler would choose to participate because there are so many scenes they want to see.

If you were to ask Yang Lei which scene from the Chunin Exams he most wanted to see, he would definitely tell you it was the battle between Naruto and Kiba Inuzuka.

It's not the scene with the fart, but Naruto's way of intellectually crushing Kiba Inuzuka in their response.

For example, he could use a transformation technique to look like Kiba, and when it was discovered that he was fake, he would not only not undo the transformation technique, but would also transform into Akamaru's appearance, causing Kiba to be fooled and punch the real Akamaru away.

This unexpected idea is truly brilliant.

It was because of Naruto's influence that Yang Lei thought of something Sarutobi hadn't considered: when combining the Transformation Technique with Vajra Indestructible, only a part of the body could be changed, such as turning the left hand into a shield, thus gaining both defensive and offensive capabilities.

If this were Sarutobi, he would definitely turn himself into a shield. How could he then retaliate or dodge? Wouldn't he just be forced to passively take hits?

That's the difference between ideas and inspiration.

It has to be said that Naruto's reputation for being the most unpredictable character is no exaggeration.

Another thing to note is that Orochimaru has infiltrated this year's Chunin Exams, and there's also that dangerous Gaara. Yang Lei really wants to protect Hinata throughout the entire process, fearing that she might encounter danger.

Of course, there was also some concern for Sakura. After all, compared to Hinata, the chances of Sakura encountering Orochimaru were much higher; it was practically a 100% certainty.

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So, to be honest, Yang Lei really wanted to participate in the Chunin Exams.

However, how could he let the Ino-Shika-Cho duo break up? It wasn't because Shikamaru and the others didn't know that he had already learned their clan's secret technique; it was mainly because they were all friends, and he was embarrassed to reveal his thoughts.

How so? Choji is the gentlest to his friends, even better to him than to Shikamaru. Are you suggesting that Yang Lei say to Choji, "...Choji, since you don't have any great ambitions anyway, let me take the Chunin Exams in your place?"

Then there's Ino. This girl is like a little adult, always thinking of others. She's more like an adult than him. Yang Lei is too embarrassed to mention her to Ino.

As for Shikamaru, they didn't dare let him sense even the slightest hint of it, otherwise Shikamaru would definitely use the excuse of being too lazy to participate and then forcefully give him the spot.

Yes, Choji might not have wanted to participate, Shikamaru might have been too lazy to participate, and Ino might have been afraid of the danger and dared not participate, but they still participated in the end because they didn't want to embarrass Asuma or their own families.

How could he possibly ask to replace them? He'd have to owe them such a huge favor!

Besides, Ino-Shika-Cho is a group after all, what's the point of him forcing his way in?

"This is really troublesome."

The more Yang Lei thought about it, the more agitated and conflicted he became. He couldn't help but grab his hair and scratch it hard, only to find that his hair seemed to have grown quite long, almost reaching past his ears.

"By the way, my ability to veer off-topic has improved quite a bit."

Talking to himself, Yang Lei stopped thinking about the troublesome matter that he didn't know how to deal with no matter how he thought about it. He muttered that he should get a haircut and then walked quickly toward the barbecue restaurant.

When Yang Lei arrived at the barbecue restaurant, he was quite surprised to find it almost full. Besides the sixteen of them, many of the genin's parents had also come. As more and more people arrived, they gathered their friends and family to get together, and the barbecue restaurant was soon overflowing with people.

Unlike the people inside the house who were happily eating and drinking, Asuma and Kakashi, sitting in one of the private rooms, had increasingly dark expressions. They were the ones paying for this meal; were they trying to bankrupt them?

0134 Asma Education Yang Lei

Originally, because it was almost lunchtime, some people had already come to the barbecue restaurant to eat.

Because of Kakashi and the others' arrival, the families of the four genin squads couldn't resist coming to see their children ahead of time, which made the barbecue restaurant quite crowded.

We can't just let the adults see their own children and leave, after all, we're all from the same village, and it would be too embarrassing.

Kakashi and Asuma decided to just book the entire barbecue restaurant, since their large group would be too noisy and disruptive to the owner's business.

Kakashi and Asuma hadn't expected that the entire yakiniku restaurant would be booked out. To avoid wasting the money, they simply invited everyone they saw, which made the restaurant packed and left them feeling like crying.

They clearly just booked the entire venue, which only incurred some extra venue fees. When it came time to settle the bill, they would still charge based on the amount of food they ate.

As a result, others misunderstood and thought that they had bought everything at the barbecue restaurant. In order not to waste anything, they ate to their heart's content.

"Kakashi, Asuma, thank you for your hospitality. We have work to do this afternoon, so we'll be leaving now. We'll treat you next time."

Some people who still had work in the afternoon left after eating, and in the end, only 237 people from the four shifts who had just finished their tasks and returned to the village were left at the barbecue restaurant.

"Looks like I'll have to be more frugal this month."

Asuma sighed helplessly, picked up his wine glass and clinked it with Kakashi's, saying casually, "Hey, Kakashi, you'll have to lend me some money later. You hardly ever spend any money, you must have secretly saved up quite a bit over the years, right? I can't do that, although I have some savings too."

At this point, Asuma subconsciously glanced at Kurenai Yuhi and continued, "But there are still some budgets to set aside, you know."

"Pooh."

At the same large table, Kurenai blushed and couldn't help but mutter a curse under her breath. Rolling her eyes, she looked exceptionally cute. No wonder Asuma was infatuated with her.

Actually, it wasn't just because Kurenai was beautiful; Asuma and she were childhood sweethearts. It's just that Asuma ran away halfway through and went off to wander, otherwise they might have been together long ago.

Actually, it's not too late now. Judging from the looks of it, they seem to have made some progress, which makes Yang Lei genuinely happy for the two of them.

"That's right."

Using his chopsticks, Yang Lei snatched a piece of freshly grilled beef from Choji and popped it into his mouth. He then turned to Asuma and Kakashi, thought for a moment, and said, "I stole a gold brick from the Cadogan family earlier. I was planning to keep it for myself, but then I felt a little guilty. Why don't we use it to settle the bill today?"

There's a lot of truth and falsehood in this statement. First of all, Yang Lei took more than just a gold brick; he just couldn't say it out loud.

However, he did feel a pang of conscience. Although he had already left a lot of money to the Land of Waves, Yang Lei still felt that Gato's money was all obtained by exploiting the people of the Land of Waves, and that it was really too much for him to take so much.

But if he doesn't take it, he can't get past his own conscience. He's not some saintly hypocrite; he feels that he should get something in return for his efforts.

Don't be fooled by the fact that Kakashi's mission report didn't specify the mission level. The Third Hokage might assign it a certain level after reading the report, but even if it's Super S-rank, so what? The money still has to come from the person who commissioned the mission. We can't expect the village to cover the cost, can we?

In other words, regardless of the final rating of this mission or what they experienced, the reward they received was only a meager C-level reward, which had to be split equally among the seventeen people. Otherwise, the village couldn't possibly pay for the support mission, could it? If there's no support next time, they shouldn't blame others.

So please don't blame Yang Lei for going too far. He's not a saint; he took what he deserved.

I just felt that they had taken too much, so I took out a gold brick. I didn't dare to take out too much. I briefly pointed out what I had done before, which made me feel a little better.

It wasn't a big deal that he took one piece; people just assumed it was because the child was young and didn't understand, or that he was just momentarily greedy.

But once others find out that he dared to embezzle so many treasures, not to mention his personal space will be exposed, his character will be questioned, and people will write his unclean deeds on his ninja register.

The village might even confiscate his illegally obtained property, and then criticize and re-educate him.

After all, there are professors in the ninja academy who teach ninjas to keep their hands, feet and thoughts in check when they are on missions. First of all, they are not allowed to have any bad ideas about their clients, such as using their clients' brains to make money, or trying to seduce their clients after seeing that they are beautiful women. These are all unacceptable.

Then there's the client's property. No matter how rich the client is, or how stingy the payment is, Konoha ninjas are not allowed to have any ill intentions towards the client's property during a mission. If theft or robbery occurs, they will be caught and imprisoned without exception.

Even after the mission is over, you can't do that unless you don't get caught, or you'll be arrested.

Well, Konoha is, after all, the number one ninja village in the ninja world, so it has to be careful about its reputation.

Besides, ninja robbery and theft can only make individuals rich, but as long as the village's reputation improves and there are more missions, even more people will become wealthy. Isn't this calculation easy to understand?

At this moment, although the gold bricks that Yang Lei took out made the four Jonin frown, they thought about the dangers they had encountered in this mission, as well as Yang Lei's merits, potential and current strength, especially since he was only a twelve-year-old child. In the end, they looked at each other and said nothing.

"Yang Lei."

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However, while others remained silent, Asma had to speak up, whether to make an example or to educate others.

"Let's let it go this time."

Asma pushed the gold brick back to Yang Lei and said, "Consider this your reward for your hard work this time. But remember, this is the first and the last time."

"A gentleman loves money, but he acquires it in a proper way. Your behavior is no different from that of thieves and swindlers. You will be criticized and despised by others, and you will be punished by the village."

"So remember this: from now on, you can only take the rewards for your missions, your own spoils, and unclaimed items. Under no circumstances should you steal or rob. Do you understand?"

Seeing the serious look in Asma's eyes, Yang Lei nodded and said, "I understand. But what counts as unclaimed property? Doesn't this count? After all, Kado is dead. In fact, if you look at it that way, this should be considered my spoils, right?"

"This one."

Asma thought for a moment and said, "It's hard to explain with so many people around. I'll explain it to you privately tonight."

As he spoke, Asuma winked at Yang Lei, while the other three Jonin rolled their eyes. They had already guessed that Asuma would never turn Yang Lei into a gentleman.

But it doesn't matter. They are ninjas anyway. As long as they don't violate principles, it doesn't matter whether they are gentlemen or not.