- Let it be, it's their personal affairs that do not concern us, - answered her stiffly, but added a little softer, - besides, throwing on bandits green genin - a complete idiocy on my part, because, after the first killing you can freeze and then you will be slaughtered by a simple peasant.
- But we've fought against enemies before," Hoshi was indignant, "and against enemy genin and even chunin.
- In a controlled environment, without killing or getting really wounded when the blood is gushing," I reasoned.
Otherwise, I didn't risk letting them out to fight. But Hoshi, the asshole, had blabbed. And under my frown, she realized her mistake, casting a wary glance at the third member of the team, not receiving additional training from me.
- But-but that's not right! - Surizawa exclaimed, clearly not realizing what had been said yet.
- This is the truth and nothing can be done about it, - I shrugged my shoulders, - in this life all people work and get money for their work, and shinobi in this matter are no different from the last peasant, another thing is that our work is dangerous in itself, that's why it is paid not much better than peasant labor. But risking your life for free... Many green genins die because they got into a situation they shouldn't have gotten into.
- Is that why we bypassed the battle, only doing a reconnaissance to clarify the situation? - Hoshi said seriously, glancing at her partners.
- Yes, that's right, and it was the main reason, but not the only one," I took the bait.
- And the others? - Asani didn't let me down.
- Competition, - I answered simply and without waiting for additional questions, I answered more detailed, - as you could see, the caravan of traders had not a team of shinobi, but two dozen ordinary people with weapons.
Almost certainly, they were cheaper than genin with a mentor like us. Considering that most traders prefer to hire guards for C-rank missions in Konoha, they decided to save money and use not even free chakra users, of which there are plenty on the market, but a team of ordinary mercenaries in an attempt to save a few thousand ryo on security.
So, the victims themselves are to blame for the situation, and to help such greedy idiots... It would be better to let the other traders who would pass along this road see the consequences of such a decision and think with their heads instead of their wallets.
Having finished my little monologue, I nodded contentedly, seeing that the girls were beginning to wiggle their brains. It may be a cynical point of view, but when your own life is at stake, you can't play heroes. As the saying goes, it's not us, it's life.
- But Ryo-sensei, somehow it's...," Surizawa, who clearly hadn't received enough blows from life to understand me like that, unlike her partners, hesitated.
- ...completely logical and acceptable for a normal shinobi," I finished for her in a voice that accepted no objections. - Do you know what the most common cause of death is for genin like you, who have just started doing more advanced tasks?
- What's that?
- Getting involved in things that don't concern them and are simply above their pay grade," I said, making a small hint, "and second only to increasing the complexity of the mission due to unaccounted for factors or deliberate underestimation of the stated complexity and withholding of key information by the customer.
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