The return trip was faster than the escort trip, as the carriage could not keep up with the ninja.
Mu Yue and others returned to Konoha in the afternoon.
"Everyone, let's disperse first. There will be no training or tasks today. Take a half-day break and gather at training ground No. 26 tomorrow morning." Mu Yue said.
In order to return to Konoha as soon as possible, Mu Yue led them to march at a very fast speed. Except for eating, they were basically rushing along the way.
The reason why he was in such a hurry to return to Konoha was not for anything else but to get Might Guy's gold coins. Oh no, it was to celebrate Might Guy's birthday.
Might Guy's birthday is January 1st. If Mu Yue doesn't speed up, he might just return to Konoha on January 1st, and the arrangements and preparations might be a bit hasty.
"Well, I'm finally back. It's so boring to be on the road all the time." Obito stretched and complained.
For him, being on the road all the time is a non-stop running exercise.
"Kakashi, do you want to have a backward running competition?" Might Guy was still full of energy. He smiled and gave Kakashi a thumbs up to invite him.
"Excuse me, but I'm a little tired." Kakashi refused directly, with a hint of fatigue in his eyes.
It's not that he was too tired from traveling, but he was mentally tired. Kakashi had been thinking a lot since the fierce battle that night.
Is Mu Yue an excellent ninja? It seems so. Putting aside her strength, we can see something from the attitude of the Third Hokage. Mu Yue said that he believed in the students' strength, so the Third Hokage gave them the authority to carry out C-level tasks.
Mu Yue once said that his idol was White Fang, who was his father, Hatake Sakumo.
Judging from Mu Yue's actions, they have similar beliefs and both think that companions are important.
But if the lives of his companions were really more important than the mission, why did his father suffer so much criticism for rescuing his companions, and even the rescued people came out to criticize him?
For a moment, Kakashi really didn't understand who was wrong, his father, the village, or someone else...
If his father was wrong, why would he be admired by an outstanding ninja like Mu Yue? If his father was right, why did he end up like this.
"Kakashi, you just can't do this. It's tiring. I can still run around Konoha a hundred times!" said Obito in a heroic manner.
"No wonder you felt that way..."
Hearing Obito talking about the battle that night again, Kakashi was a little overwhelmed. He was only controlled by Troy for a dozen minutes that night, and he felt that Obito could hold on to this and talk about it for more than ten weeks.
"One hundred laps, right? Come on and run. The loser will have to shut up and not speak for the whole day!" Kakashi said with a dark face.
Obito didn't expect Kakashi to agree. He just said it because Kakashi didn't agree to Might Guy. It was actually very tiring to travel for such a long time, and Konoha was not small. Even if he just ran a hundred laps along the edge of the main city, it was very far.
"Come on, who's afraid of who?" Obito answered stiffly. He felt uneasy but had to be tough in front of Kakashi.
"Is it not possible to run upside down?" Might Guy scratched his head and felt a little regretful.
Mu Yue looked at his disciples and smiled with satisfaction as they did not rest but rolled up, then turned and walked towards the Hokage Building.
After arriving at the Hokage building, Mu Yue did not go to the mission hall, but went directly to the Hokage's office.
"Come in." Sarutobi Hiruzen said when he heard the knock on the door.
When the door opened, Sarutobi Hiruzen looked up and asked with a smile:
"It's Mu Yue, what's the matter?"
"Sir Sandaime, our team received a mission to escort a client to the Land of Rice a few days ago. After entering the Land of Rice, we met several ninjas dressed as Iwagakure ninjas..."
Mu Yue reported the unexpected events encountered during this mission to the Third Generation.
However, he concealed some details of the battle, such as the magnetic ninja and the ninjutsu he released.
According to Mu Yue's description, the enemy was a jonin and seven chuunin, and Mu Yue and his team struggled to protect the client and won the victory.
"Before being killed by me, those ninjas were still clamoring for revenge from the Iwagakure Society. But it is very suspicious that most of the members of the Iwagakure team only know Lightning Release." Mu Yue said.
"The Iwagakure ninja who uses Lightning Release..." Sarutobi Hiruzen fell into thought.
It does look like Kumogakure wants to intensify the war between Iwagakure and Konoha, but Sarutobi Hiruzen thought about it again and wondered if it was the Iwagakure pretending to be Kumogakure and wanted to intensify the war between Konoha and Kumogakure.
It's not impossible. There are only a few people in Iwagakure who can use Lightning Release, but it's not zero.
However, Sarutobi Hiruzen quickly rejected this idea. Even if the enemy wanted to mislead through such a strategy, they would not send such a team of ninjas to fight against Mu Yue's class.
Because an ordinary class of four has no chance of winning against a team of one jonin and seven chuunins.
"Here are the bodies of those ninjas. However, because the battle was quite dangerous, two of the bodies have been burned beyond recognition by my fire escape technique." Mu Yue said.
For living people, Konoha can directly check their memories through the secret techniques of the Yamanaka clan. For preserved dead people, professional researchers can also decipher some information about them, such as what kind of training they have received and what they usually practice.
Knowing this, Mu Yue deliberately killed Troy's body so that no information could be obtained from it.
"It's okay. As long as there is a well-preserved corpse, we can determine which ninja village it belongs to." Sarutobi Hiruzen nodded. He could understand this. After all, it was a life-and-death battle. It was impossible to think of preserving all the opponent's corpses.
"If this matter is as you guessed, then Mu Yue has made a great contribution and cracked the conspiracy of Kumogakure." Sarutobi Hiruzen showed a satisfied smile.
He expected that Mu Yue could just make Kakashi a little more normal, but he didn't expect Mu Yue to give him a surprise.
Although this incident would not allow them to stop fighting with the Iwagakure Village and join forces to attack the Kumogakure Village, it could at least prevent the Iwagakure and Kumogakure from joining forces.
"Since we have encountered so many ninjas, a C-rank mission would be inappropriate." The third generation took out a form, quickly wrote down some words and stamped it.
"I have changed this commission to an A-level task. In addition to the original 70,000 taels, the village will give another 730,000 taels as a task bounty." Sarutobi Hiruzen handed the written form to Mu Yue and said.
The amount of an A-level task ranges from 150,000 taels to 1 million taels, and an A-level task of 800,000 taels is already a top-level task.
"Thank you, Sandaime-sama." Mu Yue smiled and thanked him.
"The sealing technique we agreed to leave with Minato was left with him. When you sent it over, you were on a mission and were seen by Minato, so he helped you put it away." Sarutobi Hiruzen reminded him.
A grateful smile appeared on Mu Yue's face again.
"Sure enough, the more difficult the task, the higher the reward." After leaving the Hokage Building, Mu Yue thought as he looked at the reward information on the system.
(End of this chapter)
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