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

Chapter 498 Might Guy!

"The Fourth Generation Lord!" x4

The four-person team led by Might Guy wanted to kneel down and bow their heads to greet Nara Rangsuke the moment they saw him.

"When you're out on a mission, you don't need to worry about these formalities."

Before the group could kneel down, Nara Rinka released shadow tentacles that caught them in time.

"Captain? Bring me the mission scroll so I can take a look."

Nara Rinka had only assigned the task of "delivering the letter" to Nara Shikaku, without knowing the specifics of the other party's arrangements.

He originally didn't really want to deal with this ninja squad left in the Fire Temple, and planned to send them away after meeting them once.

However, Nara Rinkei did not expect that the composition of this ninja squad would be so "interesting".

The most standard and basic ninja team in Konoha is a four-person team consisting of a Chunin as the leader and three Genin as support.

The composition of this team is also the same.

The green vest Might Guy was wearing revealed his true identity—he was the captain of this team.

Izumo and Kotetsu, these two "future gatekeepers"—who have been dedicated to guarding the gates of Konoha for decades—look quite young now, probably just genin who have graduated from the Ninja Academy.

But the last one, Nara Ranka, was the one he was most interested in—

Matt Dale!

In a team, the son is the captain, and the father is a team member...

It's really quite interesting.

Nara Rinkei then had the idea of ​​testing this team.

Might Guy, who is currently only a Chunin, is not yet within Nara Rinka's purview.

What he cares about is Matt Daly.

Upon receiving the Fourth Hokage's order, Might Guy, looking slightly excited, immediately took out a scroll from his ninja tool pouch, rushed over to Nara Rinka in a few quick steps, and presented the scroll to him with both hands.

Nara Rinka took the scroll, opened it, and immediately raised his eyebrows.

The team stayed at the Fire Temple not of their own volition, but because the Jonin squad leader instructed them to stay and wait for news from the Hokage.

This is irrelevant.

However, what Might Guy's squad had done before left Nara Ranke feeling inexplicably upset.

"Sarutobi Asuma..."

Nara Rinkazu closed the scroll in his hand and read out the name of yet another familiar face.

"Is he currently in the daimyo's residence in Kyoto?"

Might Guy's team came to Kyoto to deliver a message for the Fourth Hokage, but that was just an extra mission.

Their real mission was to escort Sarutobi Asuma.

"Yes! Fourth Hokage!"

Matt Kai responded loudly.

"Sarutobi Asuma has completed his mission and become a reserve member of the Twelve Guardian Ninja!"

The Twelve Guardian Ninjas...

Looking towards Kyoto from Nara, one can see the cassia tree in the distance.

In the original work, Sarutobi Asuma also became one of the Twelve Guardian Ninja.

As for why the son of the Third Hokage would join the bizarre organization of the Guardian Ninja...

I didn't pay much attention to Nara Langui.

What he didn't expect was that despite the significant shift in Konoha's situation under his influence, Sarutobi Asuma still left the village, came to Kyoto in the Land of Fire, and joined the Twelve Guardian Ninja.

Nara Rangsei has a strange sense of "the world lines being forcibly brought together".

Shaking her head to banish these unimportant thoughts, Nara Rinkashi withdrew her gaze from Kyoto.

Nara Rankei remembered that when he went to Kyoto with the old clan leader last time, he had a conflict with a certain guardian ninja, and Sarutobi Asuma seemed to have been quite affected by that incident...

But Sarutobi Asuma's background speaks for itself.

Nara Rinka had no concerns about the other party's safety.

Since Sarutobi Asuma is willing to become one of the Twelve Guardian Ninja, let him do it!

Nara Rinkazu and Sarutobi Asuma had only a casual relationship, and Nara Rinkazu didn't even have the thought of visiting him on his way to Kyoto.

After handing the mission scroll back to Might Guy, Nara Ranke exchanged a few more pleasantries with him and got a general understanding of the situation.

Might Guy's squad had completed the mission of "escorting Sarutobi Asuma" two days ago, and this was their second day staying at the Fire Temple.

The squad was unaware of Nara Rinka's sudden arrival.

When Might Guy and his companions arrived at the Fire Temple in Nara, they were in the temple's training grounds, rubbing their bodies together with the ninja monks and practicing their taijutsu as a daily pastime.

It was only after Master Zhongjue sent someone to inform them that Mature and the others knew of Nara Rangsuke's arrival, and thus they made a request to pay their respects.

Nara Rinkazu chatted with Might Guy's team for a few words, then waved for two of them to leave, leaving only a father and son behind.

"Come with me."

Nara Rinka waved to the green-skinned father and son who remained behind, signaling them to catch up with his pace.

Might Guy and Might Guy had no idea what the Fourth Hokage wanted to do, so they simply followed him obediently.

Nara and his two companions quickly left the area around the Fire Temple and arrived at a desolate wilderness.

During the journey, Nara Rinka carefully observed Might Guy's physical condition for a while and realized that the other party's physical condition far exceeded that of an ordinary genin, so he couldn't help but nod in approval.

On the contrary, Might Guy's overall skill level is not much different from that of an ordinary Chunin.

The desolate wilderness.

Nara stopped in her tracks, admiring the osmanthus blossoms.

Matt Day and his son followed closely behind and stopped.

"Might Guy, a genin."

Nara Rinka turned to look at the green-skinned uncle, temporarily ignoring the green-skinned boy next to him.

"You've mastered the Eight Gates Formation?"

Although it is a question.

However, Nara Rinka's tone was very certain.

Upon hearing this, Matt Kai couldn't help but glance at his father.

He knew that his father practiced the Eight Gates Formation and had even learned this forbidden physical technique, which had a difficulty level of A, from his father.

Unfortunately, Mitchell has not yet been able to successfully master the basics.

Moreover, Matt Kai didn't know exactly how many doors his father could open.

Might Guy had no idea where the Fourth Hokage got his information from.

He usually practices the Eight Gates Formation late at night, specifically going to the deep mountains outside the village to hone his skills...

But Matt Day knew he couldn't hide it now.

"Yes, Fourth Generation Lord."

"How many doors can you open now?"

Nara Ranka nodded and pressed for an answer.

"Can the Seventh Gate of Surprise be opened?"

In the normal timeline, Might Guy should have died during the Third Shinobi World War, sacrificing his life to protect the ninja team his child belonged to, while also turning the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist into a "lucky trio" (Mist).

But now...

Almost all of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist were killed by Nara Rinka.

Before Kirigakure could launch a full-scale invasion of the Land of Fire, its high-level forces were nearly wiped out by the Dark Shadow.

Matt Daly, naturally, "survived".

"Yes, Fourth Generation Lord, I can open the Gate of Shock."

"Okay, come on, practice with me."

Second update.

The third, more detailed summary will be available after 12 o'clock.

(End of this chapter)