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Chapter 517 Trap

The three kids graduated smoothly in the end, with Taiichi personally applying to the Fourth Hokage; even the process went very quickly.

Of course, the village's assessment is still necessary, but to be able to defeat Kurama, even if Kurama holds back, is not something an ordinary assessment ninja can handle.

All three children passed the test smoothly, which was much easier than the three of them fighting the Nine-Tails.

On that very day, the three of them finally obtained the ninja certificates and Konoha headbands they had longed for, becoming true genin.

The three of them became genin together and were naturally assigned to the same team, and their team leader, jonin, was naturally assigned to Taiichi.

The sudden appearance of three new genin in the household is certainly a joyous occasion.

Overjoyed, Tsunade waved her hand and led all her people in a grand procession toward Q-Style Barbecue Restaurant.

Lady Tsunade paid for the entire meal.

The kids were happy, and everyone else was just as excited. Q-Kee BBQ wasn't cheap; even the most hardcore ninjas only dared to splurge occasionally.

Taiichi then walked over and sat down next to Tsunade. Seeing that his teacher's wine cup was empty, he picked up the wine pot and filled it for her.

"Shouldn't we invite Lord Orochimaru too? It's no fun drinking alone."

Tsunade glanced at her husband, picked up her wine cup, and drank it all in one gulp.

"What do you know, you brat who's never even drunk alcohol before? I call this drinking alone, and that's the kind of atmosphere I'm looking for."

Taiyi picked up the wine pot again and continued to fill the wine cups.

"Yes, yes, you're absolutely right."

Taiyi curled his lip, but inwardly he thought: "What a stubborn mule. What you call drinking alone? It's more like loneliness."

Tsunade, as if her eyes had grown a ruler, precisely grasped Tai's micro-expressions. She slammed her wine glass on the table and said unhappily, "You brat, are you thinking about something rude?"

"Ah, how could that be?"

Taiyi turned his head away guiltily, looking at the three little ones laughing and joking, as if their laughter could cover up the embarrassment on his face.

Just then, a joyful shout came from outside, finally pulling Taiyi out of his guilt.

"Taiichi, I didn't expect to run into you here again."

It was Guy who spoke, and standing next to him was Kakashi, whose eyes were shining brightly.

"Yes, my three disciples graduated early and became genin. I brought them out today to celebrate."

Taiyi turned around, pointed to the three little ones in the crowd, and explained with a smile to the two of them, "You two, did you just finish your training and come back?"

Before Kai could reply, Kakashi quickly took over the conversation.

"Yeah, I've been training all morning and I'm starving."

Taiichi glanced at Kakashi with amusement, knowing perfectly well what he was thinking.

He's trying to get revenge for the time he was tricked last time.

Taiyi's lips curled up almost imperceptibly, and a smile immediately bloomed on his face. He stepped forward and pulled the two of them inside, not forgetting to greet them as he did so.

"Then what are we waiting for? Come in and eat together! It'll be more lively with more people."

Kakashi's face stiffened, instinctively sensing that something was amiss.

Tai is generous, but he won't treat his friends to a big meal in Ping, though there will definitely be no shortage of little squabbles between them.

This time, the response was so swift; there's probably something fishy going on.

Before Kakashi could refuse, he and Guy had already been pulled to Tsunade's side by Taichi.

"Teacher, it's Kakashi and Guy. They just happened to be passing by, so I invited them to join us for a meal."

As he spoke, Taichi turned to Kakashi and Guy, his face beaming with smiles.

"This meal is on the teacher's treat, so please don't be shy."

Kakashi could only smile awkwardly, his eyes glaring at Taiichi as if he wanted to kill him.

Guy, on the other hand, was quite happy and bowed to Tsunade to express his gratitude.

The addition of the two brought the atmosphere to a new climax.

Kakashi and Guy are both well-known ninjas in Konoha, and they both participated in the Third Shinobi World War. Their experience is far beyond what the three young ninjas, who have just been promoted to genin, can compare to.

The three of them surrounded Kakashi and Guy, chattering away and asking them a lot of questions about their experiences as ninjas.

Kakashi and Guy did indeed share a lot of their experience with them, but these experiences were carefully selected, representative, and very interesting, which made the three little ones exclaim in admiration.

However, Taiyi's lips curled up even more.

Enjoy yourselves now, but you'll find out tomorrow how boring doing quests really is.

The next day, the three little ones officially began their ninja careers.

Under Taiyi's leadership, the team took on their first task: sowing seeds.

That's right, it's about helping villagers grow grain.

The three children were stunned on the spot. No one had told them that Konoha had such a mission.

The three looked at Taiyi with puzzled expressions, hoping for an explanation.

"That's perfectly normal. A large portion of Konoha's D-rank missions are of this type."

"A lot?"

"Still this type?"

Exclamations rang out, as if the three little ones had already foreseen their future lives, which consisted of either farming or weeding.

"What's so surprising? All ninjas have come this far step by step. The most important thing for a ninja is not to be overly ambitious."

Taiyi seized the opportunity and gave the three little ones a good talking-to. This kind of opportunity won't come around often; every time he educates them now, it's one less chance he'll get, so he has to cherish it.

Fortunately, all three were sensible children, and since this was their first mission, the novelty of becoming ninjas hadn't worn off yet, so they were still very interested in carrying it out.

then----

The second task: to clean the riverbed. The three of them were somewhat looking forward to it.

The third task: repair the house. The smiles of the three gradually faded.

The fourth task: to drive away the birds. The three remained calm.

The fifth task: Find the cat. The three looked distressed.

On a new day, Taiichi, beaming, led three frowning little ones to the mission hall, where an ANBU ninja had been waiting for a long time.

Upon seeing Taiyi arrive, he immediately turned and walked towards him.

Upon seeing this scene, the three children's eyes lit up instantly. They were all too familiar with this scene; countless times, it was members of the secret service who came to their teacher to carry out special missions.

The three exchanged a glance, each seeing a glint of excitement in the other's eyes. Several days of tedious D-rank missions had completely extinguished their initial enthusiasm for becoming ninjas; they needed some high-difficulty missions to rekindle their passion.

For the passion of ninjas.

"Lord Taiichi, the Hokage has something to discuss with you."

Taiyi glanced at the ANBU member in front of him, then turned to look at his three disciples behind him.

"Teacher, you should go quickly. The Hokage's affairs are important. Don't let us delay things."

Jiang Tai's words were so pleasant to hear; she was sensible and knew what was important. Even the aura of "keep away" that usually emanated from the Dark Guard seemed to have faded considerably.

Taiyi knew exactly what they were up to; these were all things he had done back in the day.

He raised one hand and formed a hand seal, and a shadow clone immediately appeared beside him.

"The Hokage's affairs are important, and your missions are equally indispensable. Today, I will have my shadow clones lead you. I will come to find you after things are settled here."

Jiang Tai's smile froze instantly, but he couldn't bring himself to object.

Taiyi watched as the three little ones were taken away by the shadow clones before following the Anbu out.

The Hokage's office.

Not only were Hiruzen Sarutobi (the third generation) and Minato Namikaze (the fourth generation) present, but Taichi also saw an unexpected person.

The Fourth Raikage, A, appeared in Konoha without any warning. What was even more surprising was that he didn't bring his Shadow Guard, nor even his secretary.

"Lord Raikage, you truly possess—commendable courage!"

Taiichi gave the Raikage a thumbs up; this guy really wasn't afraid to leave his life in Konoha.

"Hmph, you, Taiyi, dare to enter our Hidden Cloud Village alone, so why shouldn't I dare to come to your Hidden Leaf Village alone? Do you think your Hidden Leaf Village is planning to keep me here?!"

Taiyi chuckled twice and then fell silent. If he were the Hokage, he might have actually kept the Fourth Raikage alive.

Unfortunately, the current Hokage is Minato Namikaze.

"Ahem." Minato coughed lightly, interrupting the brief banter between the two. He looked at Taiichi and gestured to the Raikage, "The Raikage has come here secretly to discuss with us how to jointly deal with the Akatsuki."

"That's right. Now, apart from the Eight-Tails and the Nine-Tails, the other nine tailed beasts are all in the hands of the Akatsuki. Their next move will definitely be aimed at our two villages."

In my opinion, rather than passively defending ourselves, living in constant fear of Akatsuki attacks and causing chaos in the village, we should take the initiative and find a way to wipe out Akatsuki in one fell swoop.

"A good idea." Hiruzen Sarutobi took a drag of his cigarette. "I just don't know if Kumogakure has already tracked down Akatsuki. Actually, we've wanted to wipe out Akatsuki for a long time, but we've been struggling to find any trace of them."

The Fourth Hokage, A, shook his head bitterly. The entire ninja world was searching for the Akatsuki, but they couldn't find a single trace of them.

They, the Hidden Cloud Village, also lost the Two-Tails, and naturally spent a lot of manpower on this, but the results were still meager.

"Now that things have come to this, I won't keep you in suspense any longer. I plan to set a trap, wait for the Akatsuki to come to us, and then we'll work together to capture all the Akatsuki members who make a move—"

The idea is good, but since it's a trap, there must be bait.

At this point, the only bait can be the Eight-Tails and the Nine-Tails.

The Eight-Tails Jinchuriki is Killer Bee, but the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki is now the Fourth Hokage.

"The Raikage is trying to use Killer Bee as bait. Konoha will remember Kumogakure's contribution to the ninja world."

Taiyi took the initiative to strike up a conversation, his words filled with admiration for Taiyi's selflessness.

The fourth generation of Ai was momentarily stunned by Tai's flattery, and after a half-second pause, he glared at him fiercely.

"Why can't we use the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki as bait? The Nine-Tails should be stronger than the Eight-Tails, and it would be safer for them to carry out this mission."

Taiichi chuckled and glared back at Raikage without backing down.

"Does the Raikage even know who our Nine-Tails Jinchuriki is, yet he dares to say such things? Isn't he afraid of turning Konoha and Kumogakure against each other?"

Face."

After recalling the events, the Raikage found that he did not have any information about the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.

Konoha's protection of its Jinchuriki was quite thorough. Apart from knowing that the first Nine-Tails Jinchuriki was Mizuki Uzumaki, the wife of the First Hokage, the ninja world knew nothing about how many Nine-Tails Jinchuriki Konoha had or who they were.

Throughout the various Shinobi World Wars, Konoha has never sent a Jinchuriki to the battlefield. It is unknown whether this was because their Jinchuriki were incompetent or because they simply lacked Jinchuriki in later stages.

The Raikage had nothing to say, but for Killer Bee's sake, he still had to try.

He said sincerely, "Fourth Hokage, it's not that I don't want Killer Bee to go, it's just that I think the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki is more suitable than the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki."

Minato and Hiruzen Sarutobi exchanged a glance, Hiruzen nodded, and Minato immediately understood.

"To be honest, Raikage, I am the current Nine-Tails Jinchuriki of Konoha. It's not that I don't want to be the bait, but my duties prevent me from taking the risk myself."

Minato spoke very sincerely and truthfully.

As the Kage of a village, especially the Kage of Konoha, Minato should not leave the village to fight unless absolutely necessary.

That would be irresponsible to the village and distrustful of the many Konoha ninja.

Konoha has a lot to say on this matter.

The Second Hokage died in battle outside the village. Konoha was in such chaos during that time that it was on the verge of collapse.

If it weren't for Mito Uzumaki's crucial intervention at the critical moment, supporting Hiruzen Sarutobi to become the Third Hokage, Konoha would probably be gone by now.

Therefore, during the Third Hokage's reign, aside from participating in wars in the early stages when he needed military achievements to secure his position, he mainly stayed in Konoha to stabilize the rear in the later stages.

The same applies to Minato now; the Hokage should not act rashly unless absolutely necessary.

Clearly, Raikage understood this principle as well, and he opened his mouth but couldn't utter a word for a long time.

After a long while, the Raikage had no choice but to accept the reality—the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki was truly unable to move.

"Using Killer Bee as bait isn't out of the question, but—"

"—" The Fourth Generation Ai looked at the three people in front of him, a rare hint of pleading in his eyes, "Can you all guarantee Killer Bee's safety!"

How can anyone guarantee this?!

Minato and Hiruzen Sarutobi looked at Taichi; this kind of mission definitely required Taichi's help.

Taichi rested his chin on his hand, thought for a moment, and said, "I really can't guarantee that. There's always the possibility of unexpected events in any mission. I can only say that if the Tailed Beasts are really extracted by the Akatsuki, as long as it doesn't take long, I'm confident I can save Killer Bee's life."

return."

This was said by Taiichi; if anyone else had said it, the Fourth Generation A wouldn't have believed a word of it.

He had never heard of a Jinchuriki surviving after having their Tailed Beast extracted.

"In that case, Killer Bee will be in your care, Lord Taiichi."

The Raikage's words clearly indicated his agreement to the mission.

The next step is to discuss how to set up this trap.

After all, the Akatsuki aren't stupid; if it were an obvious trap, they wouldn't actually come to their deaths.

"What does the Raikage think of our Konoha's previous proposal?"