I, who just wanted to be lazy, was forced to become the Hokage.

Chapter 103 Trial Mission! (Fourth update, 1.3 words)

"One serving of tonkotsu ramen with egg costs 65 ryo, vegetable ramen costs 65 ryo, rice costs 15 ryo, and there are also... 29 large bowls of pork miso chashu ramen."

The owner of Ichiraku Ramen wiped the sweat from his forehead and quickly calculated the total price in his mind.

"A gift of 2465 taels."

This amount...

Nara Ranka frowned and asked, "Boss, do you have any items priced at 35 taels each?"

"Please wait a moment, guest."

The shop owner walked to the beverage cabinet on the side and came over with four bottles of soda.

"Four bottles of Ramune soda."

"Including the previous amount, rounded down, the total is 2500 taels."

"Thanks, boss."

Nara Lan Gui's brows relaxed, and he readily paid the bill.

The four members of the team each took a bottle of Ramune soda and walked out of Ichiraku Ramen.

"team leader."

Uchiha Shisui looked down at the Ramune soda in his hand, his round, chubby nose reflected in the translucent glass bottle.

"Are we just going to the Hokage Building like this?"

"Um?"

Nara Rinka, carrying a soda bottle, looked at him with some confusion.

"Do you have anything else to take care of? We could actually rest for a bit before we go."

"Or we can go tomorrow."

No, no.

Uchiha Shisui waved his hand, pointing to the soda in his hand.

"I mean... would it be inappropriate for us to bring soda to the Hokage Building?"

Upon hearing this, Hyuga Rei and Shizune glanced at Uchiha Shisui simultaneously.

This guy... his OCD is even more perverted than the captain's.

"What's wrong with that?"

Nara Rinka also felt a bit speechless.

"If you really don't like it, you can go to the bookstore next door and buy a copy of 'The Tale of the Rooted Ninja' to give to the Hokage."

"However, I suggest waiting until Jiraiya's next book comes out before buying the new book."

"After all, new works are generally more appealing."

During a casual chat.

The four-person team arrived at the Hokage Building.

Nara Ranka casually stuffed the Ramune soda into his pocket and took the lead as he headed to the top-floor office.

In the Hokage's office.

What remains unchanged for ages is the scene of Hiruzen Sarutobi handling official business.

Upon seeing Nara Rinka and the others arrive, Sarutobi Hiruzen temporarily put aside his current affairs and intelligence work.

"Nara, how are things going with your team members?"

"Very good, each team member has a very high level of skill and overall quality."

Nara Rinka did not hold back his praise, and then got straight to the point.

"Lord Hokage, we're here to accept a mission."

"Accept the quest...?"

Hiruzen Sarutobi pondered for a moment.

As the Hokage, he naturally knew the approximate strength level of Nara Rinka's four-person team.

Nara Rankei, as the team leader, needs no further introduction.

Uchiha Shisui was a descendant of Kagami, and perfectly inherited Kagami's personality and strength, awakening the three-tomoe Sharingan at a young age.

Hyuga Rei comes from the Hyuga main family and is the most outstanding Hyuga descendant of this generation. He is very skilled in both Byakugan and Gentle Fist.

As for Shizune, her medical ninjutsu skills are among the best of her age, so she won't hold the team back.

For teams with this kind of coordination, which is almost like "two Jonin and two Chunin", A-rank or even S-rank missions are where they can show their strength.

If we take into account Nara Rangsuke's aerial control capabilities demonstrated in the previous Battle of Kikyo Castle, we can consider that...

This highly mobile and versatile squad should be able to become a spearhead force operating on the front lines, just like White Fang back then and Minato now.

This was also Hiruzen Sarutobi's original intention in forming this team.

However, Hiruzen Sarutobi also knew that this team was still in its infancy, and the teamwork and coordination among the members needed to be continuously developed. In addition, the age of the team members was also a problem...

After much deliberation, Hiruzen Sarutobi decided to give the choice to Nara Rangsuke.

"Nara, is your team planning to take on a high-level or low-level mission?"

The four-person team had already discussed this issue in detail on their way to the Hokage Building.

Nara Rinka replied, "To be on the safe side, we plan to take on some low-level missions first."

"it is good."

Without hesitation, Hiruzen Sarutobi quickly selected a suitable low-level mission from the mission list scroll.

"This is a mission request sent by the Ibrahim tribe, who live in the northeast of the village."

"Searching for missing children, difficulty level D."

"However, considering the surprise attacks by Iwagakure and Sunagakure in the past two days, the difficulty of this mission could increase at any time."

"You can carry out this task first."

A D-level mission?

D-rank it is, anyway...

This is just a trial.

Nara Rinka stepped forward and took the mission scroll handed to him by Sarutobi Hiruzen.

[A D-rank ninja quest has been detected]

[Rank D Mission: Find the Child]

[Mission Objective: Locate the two missing children of the Ibri clan and escort them back to their homeland.]

[Mission Reward: One D-Rank Ninja Scroll]

The team left the Hokage Building together.

After a short rest and resupply in the village, we headed northeast of the village.

"About the Ibri clan."

During the journey, Nara Rinkei handed the mission scroll to Uchiha Shisui and the others for them to read.

Do you have any relevant intelligence?

Both Hinata Rei and Shizune shook their heads.

"I know a little."

Uchiha Shisui spoke up.

"That's a family with a bloodline limit whose abilities are quite unstable."

"An unstable bloodline limit?"

Nara Rinka became interested, and the two people next to him also perked up their ears.

"Tell me more about it."

"The bloodline limit of the Ibri clan is somewhat like a physical constitution, and also somewhat like a ninjutsu."

Uchiha Shisui said somewhat hesitantly.

I'm not sure about more specific information.

"However, the ninjas of their clan rarely go out because their physical condition is very unstable and they are prone to accidental death."

"Easily leads to accidental death..."

Nara Rinka put aside his other thoughts and looked at the mission scroll in his hand.

"So, our mission might unexpectedly fail, right?"

Before we realized this problem, everyone was quite relaxed.

With one Jonin and three Chunin, completing a D-rank mission would be a piece of cake.

After hearing Uchiha Shisui's words, everyone realized that while things seemed fine on their end, the client might be causing problems...

With this in mind, Nara Langui decided to stop.

"Wait, let's find a faster way to get there."

Several team members stopped almost simultaneously, looking at their captain with some surprise.

Faster? Do we need to use the Body Flicker Technique to get there faster?

That's too extravagant—extravagant—

In the eyes of Uchiha Shisui and the other two, a jet-black eagle suddenly emerged from the shadows beneath Nara Rangatsu's feet, carrying him into the air.

"Come up together."

The words of Nara Langui came from the sky.

The three Uchiha Shisui looked at each other, then leaped onto the back of the Shadow Hawk in an orderly fashion.

"Team leader."

Shizune glanced at the shrinking Konoha below and couldn't help but swallow hard.

"How can you fly?"

"It's not that I can fly, it's that the Nara clan can fly."

Nara Rinka sat in the front seat of Kagetaka and spoke without turning his head.

"The Nara clan has recently developed a special technique that allows them to manipulate shadows and change their shape."

"I imagine you'll encounter Nara clan ninjas like me who fly on eagles in the future."

During the previous Battle of Kikyo Castle, Nara Kano had openly used the [Shadow Beast Imitation Painting] in front of everyone.

Therefore, Nara no longer had the idea of ​​concealing it.

Although his technique is the S-rank [Shadow Transformation], his family's is the B-rank [Shadow Beast Imitation Painting]...

But in terms of outward appearance, they are all pretty much the same.

No one else noticed anything unusual.

"That's amazing..."

Uchiha Shisui remarked with emotion.

Hinata Rei, standing to the side, couldn't help but nod silently.

In the eyes of super-powerful clans like the Uchiha and Hyuga, the Nara clan is considered to be "not good enough, but not bad enough either."

If we also consider the nature of the Nara clan ninjas...

Their overall status could be even lower.

However, the Nara clan has now developed this secret technique of shadow flight.

The importance and strategic significance of flight capability are self-evident.

The Nara clan is about to soar to new heights...

Shizune didn't think as deeply as her two companions; her only thought right now was, "The captain is amazing."

With the help of Shadow Hawk.

Nara Rinka and the others flew out of Konoha Village at lightning speed and arrived in the northeastern part of the village.

Following the location recorded on the mission scroll, Nara Rinkei maneuvered the Shadow Eagle to a low-lying cave, where it was so quiet that almost no wind could be heard.

The four members of the team jumped off the back of the Shadow Eagle in an orderly fashion and landed on the ground.

"It seems that the living conditions of the Ibri clan are even harsher than I imagined."

Looking at the desolate and primitive caves around him, Uchiha Shisui couldn't help but speak.

"They actually live in a cave like this..."

Nara Rinka glanced at her reddened eyes.

He inexplicably thought of Chino and the Blood Pond Clan to which she belonged.

Like the Blood Pool clan before him, this Ibri clan was an existence he had never heard of before.

But at the very least, the living conditions of the Ibri clan are much better than those of the Blood Pool clan.

The tragic fate of the Blood Pond clan is inextricably linked to the Uchiha clan...

Uchiha Shisui was puzzled by Nara Rinka's gaze. Just as he was about to say something, a voice came from the cave.

"A Konoha ninja?"

A middle-aged man dressed in coarse brown clothes and with a thin build emerged from the shadows of the cave, looking at Nara Ranka and the others with wary eyes.

Only after he saw the Konoha headband on the other person did he reluctantly lower his guard.

"Were you sent by Lord Orochimaru?"

Orochimaru?

Nara Rinka raised an eyebrow, took two steps forward, and handed over the mission scroll in his hand.

"We received orders from the Third Hokage to assist the Ibri clan in finding their missing child."

"So it was an order from Orochimaru-sama's teacher."

After the middle-aged man took the scroll and confirmed that it was correct, he completely lowered his guard and invited everyone into the cave.

"I am Ibriwutai, the leader of the Ibri clan."

The Ibrahim clan.

It originates from the ninja clan that appeared in the anime original arc "Kakashi Anbu Arc".

By mastering the ability of "smoke transformation," one can enter another person's body and control their actions.

In the anime-original storyline, the Ibri clan received a favor from Orochimaru. (However, due to Orochimaru's attack, only one survivor remained of the entire clan.)

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Fourth update.

There will most likely be a fifth update around 12 o'clock.

(End of this chapter)