After returning to Konoha, Mokgetsu first took his disciples to the Hokage Building to deliver the mission.
"There was an unexpected incident in this mission; we encountered three Hidden Cloud Ninja," Mokgetsu said to the registry ninja.
Last time, he went straight to find Sarutobi Hiruzen because the matter was significant, but this time it was just three Chunin, not even a Jonin, so there was no need to find Sarutobi Hiruzen, the Hokage.
"Another unexpected incident?" The registry ninja showed a surprised expression.
He remembered that not long ago Mokgetsu and his team encountered an unexpected incident during a C-Class mission, which turned directly into an A-Class mission. Now, there was another unexpected incident—what bad luck.
Out of the two C-Class missions completed, both had unexpected incidents, leaving him at a loss for words.
Mokgetsu handed the scroll containing the sealed Hidden Cloud Ninja to the registry ninja and briefly described the strength of the ninja encountered.
"Let's classify it as a B-Class mission first. I'll send these bodies for examination," the registry ninja said after thinking for a moment.
"As for the rewards, we can only first distribute the commission specified in the mission itself. Any additional rewards will be calculated and disbursed after the examination is complete."
Mokgetsu nodded without objection. He didn't really care about money, after all, the Secret Medicine in the System Mall wasn't expensive.
Ever since he could buy Cultivation Elixirs, Mokgetsu had each of his disciples take one every half month.
"Look, we can easily complete A-Class and B-Class missions. Let us take on missions above C-Class in the future," Obito chatted with the registry ninja.
"Are you trying to get me fired?" The registry ninja said helplessly.
"You, an intern ninja who isn't even a Genin, doing C-Class missions is already a special privilege from the Third Hokage. Other interns can only do D-Class missions; forget about higher-level ones," the registry ninja said without reservation.
Rules are rules. Even if Mokgetsu Squad indeed has the strength to complete a B-Class mission, he couldn't assign them such missions. Completing them brings no credit to him, while any mishaps would be his responsibility.
Smack!
Mokgetsu apologized to the registry ninja and then knocked Obito on the head, saying:
"Don't cause trouble for others. Doing C-Class missions is quite good. So far, we haven't completed even one C-Class mission. Don't waste the opportunity given by the Third Hokage."
Kakashi was speechless—they indeed hadn't completed a single C-Class mission, since one turned into an A-Class and the other into a B-Class.
Obito and Might Guy were probably the only two who hadn't graduated but had a record of completing an A-Class mission. It's hard to say if anyone came after them, but they were certainly the first.
A-Class missions, even for Kakashi, are rare opportunities.
"Hehe, I'm just thinking it's a waste of Teacher Mokgetsu's strength to do such low-level tasks," Obito said, appearing considerate of Mokgetsu.
Smack!
Mokgetsu used his actions to show that such a method was ineffective.
After leaving the Hokage Building, Mokgetsu equally distributed the money to his disciples and said:
"There's no group training today. Take a rest, and we'll gather as usual tomorrow. However, if someone can't sit still and desires to train, feel free to go to the forest; I'll head over later."
The three disciples nodded. Kakashi originally planned to go home and rest; training with Mokgetsu was indeed tiring as they trained almost daily, even during missions.
But seeing the direction Obito and Might Guy were heading, Kakashi ultimately headed for the Southern Border Forest to train. If Obito was working so hard, what reason did he have to go home and rest?
Looking at Kakashi on his left and Might Guy on his right, Obito thought this was not good. Are they really not going to rest and just rush to train?
Obito went to the Southern Border Forest because Nohara Rin would be training there at this time. He wanted to chat with her about his mission experience this time.
But if Might Guy and Kakashi were both going to train more, Obito certainly couldn't sit still. If it was just Might Guy, it wouldn't matter, but Kakashi was his recent target for a challenge, and Obito didn't want to lose to Kakashi.
"Haha, everyone's youth is quite passionate today. Youth is all about more training!" Might Guy laughed, giving the two a thumbs up. Indeed, they were his good friends, even catching up to his diligence.
Obito: ...
Kakashi: ...
On the other side, Mokgetsu checked the gains from this mission.
[Disciples Might Guy, Uchiha Obito, Hatake Kakashi worked hard to complete the assigned mission, earning growth rewards of Chakra +600, with an additional reward of Chakra +300 for being led by their teacher personally]
The total Chakra gain from this mission was nine hundred points. To be honest, it was much more than Mokgetsu had anticipated—he thought, at most, it would be four to five hundred.
Because the enemy's strength in this mission was far less than the Hidden Cloud Elite Squad from last time, which not only had two Jonin, but one of them was an Elite Jonin with a Bloodline Limit.
The total reward from the last mission was actually just thirteen hundred and fifty Chakra points, only four hundred and fifty more than this time.
Undoubtedly, if based on opponent strength, the reward shouldn't differ so much.
Mokgetsu looked pensive, finding a possible explanation.
Although the enemy's strength in the last mission was strong, Mokgetsu was the one who resolved most of it; the disciples only managed to deal with two ninjas on their own.
In this mission, though not a single Jonin and only three Chunin were encountered, all enemies were handled by the disciples, with Mokgetsu only protecting them from the shadows.
"Is the reward higher if the disciples play a greater role during the mission?" speculated Mokgetsu.
If that's the case, even if he took on an S-level mission, the reward wouldn't be too exaggerated, because in an S-level mission, Obito and the others were destined to only be Mokgetsu's ornaments. In higher missions where Mokgetsu roams around destroying, Mokgetsu is responsible for the destruction, and Obito and the others are responsible for cheering 'Hooray.'
Then Mokgetsu glanced at the current panel.
[Name: Habu Mokgetsu]
[Chakra: 38300]
The growth was quite good, approaching forty thousand. According to the calculations before the data update, it had fifteen points and three small steps, getting closer to his target of fifty thousand Chakra.
Mokgetsu returned to his home in the main district, walking down the street to his house. He didn't go in directly but activated his Byakugan to look at Minato's house, finding Minato wasn't home.
Then Mokgetsu discovered a letter protected by a Fuinjutsu barrier at his home's doorstep.
Mokgetsu deactivated the barrier, retrieved the letter, and realized it was left for him by Namikaze Minato. As he headed inside, Mokgetsu opened the envelope to read its contents.