Konoha's Embrace of Shadows

17

Early in the morning, as soon as it was dawn, Kushina and Genji rushed open the door of Hiruzen Sarutobi's Hokage office. .

Currently, the only two eldest sisters in Konoha who can go in without knocking on the door or without Sarutobi Hiruzen's consent are Kushina and Tsunade.

Tsunade didn't want to see him now, and she would never appear here if there was nothing important, so there was only Kushina, the second-generation Demon King.

Sarutobi Hiruzen, who was handling the matter, didn't even raise his head, and said in a dissatisfied tone: "Kushina, you have become the leader of the team, why are you still as willful as before, no matter how big or small!"

Facing Sarutobi Hiruzen's scolding, Kushina was not timid at all. She slapped the desk and shouted: "Hokage-sama, don't talk such nonsense, quickly bring me the C-level task list!"

Hearing this, Sarutobi Hiruzen raised his head helplessly, and after glancing at Genji behind Kushina, he said, "Do you want to show up with Genji to practice?"

After saying that, he took a sip from the dry tobacco in his hand and exhaled a large cloud of smoke with satisfaction.

Kushina looked at the soaring Sarutobi Hiruzen with no respect at all. She snatched the cigarette from Sarutobi Hiruzen's hand and said with disgust, "Old man, smoking in front of a lady is very impolite."

Sarutobi Hiruzen: ""It's surprising that the word politeness came out of your mouth.

Looking at the aggrieved expression of Sarutobi Hiruzen, Genji finally understood why Kushina could be so arrogant in Konoha.

The current Sarutobi Hiruzen is not the cheerful and kind person he will be in the future.

In the prime of his life, he was full of energy, exuding a fierce momentum in his every move, and he was very courageous, otherwise he would not have been awarded the title of Ninja Hero in the Ninja World.

But when facing Kushina, Sarutobi Hiruzen really had no other option besides saying nice things.

With no cigarette in his hand, Sarutobi Hiruzen sighed, picked out a mission scroll from the many documents, handed it to Kushina's hand, and said:

"This was just delivered yesterday. In a small village not far from Konoha, they said that a man-eating creature appeared near the village and several people have died. They hope that we will send ninjas to deal with it. "

"Ah, it's so close. Is there no mission close to the border? It's best to be close to the Kingdom of Thunder!"

Kushina's mind was active, and Minato was on a mission at the border of the Land of Thunder. If he went there this time, he would be lucky enough to meet up with her, and by the way, he could hang out on the front line for a while.

Who can control her blood red pepper outside?

"Kushina, stop fooling around, letting you leave the village is already the biggest concession!"

Sarutobi Hiruzen rubbed his eyebrows. He thought that with Genji as a tranquilizer, Kushina could calm down, but now it seems that Kushina probably won't be quiet for long.

"Hmph, I don't care, I just want to take a mission to the Kingdom of Thunder!"

Kushina slapped the table with a fierce look on her face.

Looking at Kushina who had started to go berserk, Sarutobi Hiruzen quickly pointed at Genji and said:

"Kushina, this mission is just to show your disciple the world. If it is too dangerous, don't you consider the safety of your disciple?"

"Old man, do you look down on me, Kushina, or do you look down on my disciple? If it weren't for the fact that I am"

"cough!"

Sarutobi Hiruzen interrupted Kushina's words with a slight cough. She was a Jinchuuriki, and few people in Konoha knew about it.

Even the Sannin had not told them explicitly, but Hiruzen Sarutobi knew that, and with their intelligence, they must have guessed Kushina's identity as a Jinchuuriki.

Thinking of this, Sarutobi Hiruzen glanced at Genji thoughtfully. Tsunade must have known that Kushina was a Jinchuuriki, otherwise she wouldn't have handed Genji to Kushina specifically to avoid going to the front line. destiny.

Kushina also knew that she almost spilled the beans, so she held it in without saying anything, and just stared at Sarutobi Hiruzen.

Sarutobi Hiruzen knew that it couldn't be explained based on Kushina's character, and the breakthrough had to be found in Genji.

He looked at Genji with a smile and said in a calm tone: "Genji, has your money been confiscated by Tsunade recently?"

Hearing what Sarutobi Hiruzen said, Genji's face darkened. This old guy had been monitoring him.

That's right, the jinchūriki's importance to the village is unparalleled, and it's normal for him to be watched as Kushina's disciple.

But this will always make people very unhappy. Genji thought about it and said to Sarutobi Hiruzen in a very innocent tone:

"Hokage-sama, do you want to get it back for me? If so, that would be great! Here, I would like to thank Hokage-sama in advance!"

After saying that, he also made a standard ninety-degree bow.

Sarutobi Hiruzen: "" Damn, this is not a fuel-efficient owner. Asking Tsunade for money is simply killing her!

If he remembered correctly, Tsunade asked him for a lot of money!

Did he ever think that Tsunade would give it back to him? He had no intention of asking for the money at all!

Let alone asking him to ask Tsunade for Genji's money.

Looking at Sarutobi Hiruzen's speechless expression, Kushina couldn't help but give Genji a thumbs up, he was worthy of being her disciple.

"Ahem, Genji, what I mean is that the task in your hands, Kushina-sensei, has the highest reward among all C-level tasks! And its difficulty is very low."

Sarutobi Hiruzen was too lazy to say any more and pointed at the scroll.

Genji understood that Sarutobi Hiruzen wanted to use him to get Kushina to accept this simple C-level mission.

Genji also sympathizes with the old man's good intentions, but he still has to fight for the benefits that should be fought for.

Genji stared at Sarutobi Hiruzen inexplicably and said, "Hokage-sama, I wonder how much the reward is for this C-level mission?"

"One hundred thousand taels!"

Understanding Genji's eyes, Sarutobi Hiruzen gritted his teeth and said.

Upon hearing this number, Genji's eyes lit up and he pulled Kushina.

"Okay, we accept this mission!"

Kushina stuffed the scroll into the sandwich of the ninja vest, and walked out of the Hokage's office with Genji.

After Kushina left, Sarutobi Hiruzen, who was still in the office, looked at the empty room in confusion, as if something was wrong.

Based on his understanding of Kushina, even Minato couldn't make Kushina obedient with such a pull, let alone Genji who was just a disciple.

"How about it, Genji, am I the smarter?"

After walking out of the Hokage Building, Kushina jumped and laughed, "Now you have your ninja skills!"

"Let me tell you, Hokage-sama has never seen that you are just trying to get more bounty money."

Genji also laughed.

Kushina had already discussed it with Genji. In order to get more reward, she just asked Kushina to act for Hiruzen Sarutobi.