After the meal, Xin addressed his team, "You can all go home and rest now. When it's time for the next mission, I'll send someone to notify you."
"Captain, what about the mission pay?" Ryoji asked.
"I'll distribute it the next time we have a mission," Xin replied.
"Is there any set time for that, Captain?" Aida asked. Normally, new teams were put on a tight schedule, with missions back-to-back to build up experience.
"As of now... no set time," Xin responded casually.
Unlike most Jonin instructors, he wasn't in a rush to have his team complete mission after mission. Even if the missions were simple and required minimal effort from him, he preferred to work at his own pace.
"Well, alright then."
With their captain's decision made, the trio had no choice but to accept it and leave.
As they walked out of the hotpot restaurant, Suzune, who rarely spoke, suddenly asked, "Why do you think the captain doesn't want us to call him 'sensei'?"
"Who knows?" Ryoji shrugged, putting his hands behind his head as he answered nonchalantly.
"I've asked around. Some of the older guys in my clan say our captain's a bit... strange. They warned me not to make him angry."
"And apparently, we won't be doing that many missions," Ryoji added.
"What? Aren't we supposed to do a lot of missions to gain experience?" Aida asked, clearly confused.
Suzune also looked puzzled. It didn't make much sense.
"How should I know? Let's just go," Ryoji said, dismissing the question.
Had Suzune asked, he might have answered in more detail. Even if the Uchiha and Hyuga clans didn't get along, she still deserved some respect.
But as far as Ryoji was concerned, Aida, a civilian ninja, wasn't worth his time.
From the beginning, neither Ryoji nor Suzune had seen Aida as their equal. This was one of the ongoing tensions between clan ninjas and civilian ninjas. Clan ninjas tended to look down on civilians, and this wasn't exactly a secret. Few civilian ninjas dared compare themselves to those from powerful clans.
After all, shinobi like Orochimaru, Jiraiya, or Minato were rare among civilians.
In terms of numbers, civilians had the advantage. But when it came to overall quality, they were on a different playing field.
Aida had a long way to go if he wanted to earn the respect of Ryoji and Suzune.
"You know, there seems to be some serious tension within your team," Kushina remarked as she and Xin sat by a window on the second floor, watching the trio go their separate ways. "It's no surprise. With four people in a team, you've got four different mindsets," Xin replied with a small smile.
"Ryoji Uchiha and Suzune Hyuga are both heirs from major clans. Of course, they look down on Aida, a civilian ninja. Meanwhile, Aida's desperately trying to fit in with the team. Unless something external forces them to bond, or Aida works really hard to gain their respect, the divide between clan and civilian ninjas will remain."
"Are you going to help him?" Kushina asked, gazing at Xin curiously.
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