Konoha's Wooden Reappearance

"So, what you did last night was a test for Naruto."

Still in the Hokage's office, Hiruzen Sarutobi asked Minama in front of him while smoking a cigarette.

"Yes, Lord Hokage. As Naruto grows up, we must start to pay attention to his mental habits.

The reason why he did that last night was to see what he would do in an extreme environment.

Judging from the results, he is developing in the direction we expect. "

After returning home last night, Minama guessed that the ANBU would report to the Third Hokage, and he had already thought of the reason.

Mizama said nonsense seriously, he just thought they were a bit of a hindrance to those groups of ANBU who were imprisoned last night.

"Since it's just a test, why not let those teams of Anbu follow them? Their existence is only to protect Naruto and will not hinder you."

Sarutobi Hiruzen was not that easy to fool, so he directly asked the most critical question.

"To protect Naruto, I'm still in the village. I think I'm enough on my own. Besides, I can't guarantee that they won't interfere with my test on Naruto.

Besides, I haven't completely eliminated all the ANBU arranged by Lord Hokage. I didn't take action against the transparent ninja named Moonlight Hayate who was placed about one meter away from Naruto.

Lord Hokage doesn't think I can't find him.In fact, I noticed it from the first day he was around Naruto. "

If Mizama looked at the Third Hokage thoughtfully, everyone knew something.

"I arranged Hayate just in case, to better protect Naruto."

After hearing Mizama's words, the Third Hokage's expression did not change much, and he still spoke in a normal tone.

"I know that Naruto will report every move he makes to the Hokage. Even if it's for protection, I don't think it needs to be to this extent.

Now, I don't even know where else I can guarantee Naruto besides my home. "

Mizama's tone gradually became a little heavier, and the disgust towards this behavior could clearly be heard in his tone.

"I'm doing all this for the village, just like the test you arranged, it's all for Naruto's good. Later, I will remove Hayate."

"No, just keep him away from Naruto. After all, he can protect Naruto if he encounters any danger."

"It's best if you understand. I will tell him. By the way, I brought you here today because I want to tell you something.

In view of your performance in the previous missions, I plan to promote you to a special jounin, what do you think?"

The Third Hokage no longer dwelled on what happened last night, but instead talked about another thing that brought Mizama to visit today.

"A special jounin who can leave the village to carry out missions alone"

"In principle, there is no problem. When you become a special jounin, you can choose to stay in Kakashi's team, or you can choose to leave ANBU."

"Okay, then I accept it. At the same time, I would like to formally submit an application to the Hokage to withdraw from the ANBU."

Mizama really wants to act alone in the future, so that he can have more time to do his own private work.

"..."

After leaving the Hokage building, Minama walked towards the ANBU. The Third Hokage had agreed to his request, and he just needed to go to the ANBU to complete the formalities.

"Special Jounin At the age of ten, it looks like I'm on track to break Kakashi and Itachi's records."

Mizama walked slowly to the ANBU, went through the formalities with the relevant personnel, and handed over his ANBU equipment, which was considered a formal exit from the ANBU.

Before leaving ANBU, Mizama felt that he should tell his two teammates about this matter.

On the rooftop where they often gather, I found Kakashi and Ibiki, and they were talking about something.

"Hey, Kakashi, Ibiki, I don't have much to do today. Let's go see Hiro."

The two of them didn't refuse, and agreed very readily, which was beyond Mizama's expectation.

The three of them quickly arrived at Watanabe Hiroshi's house and handed the gifts to his parents. As soon as they entered the door, they saw Watanabe Hiroshi sitting in a wheelchair with a somewhat decadent expression.

"Captain Kakashi, Master Minama, Ibiki, you are here."

Seeing the three visiting people, Watanabe Hiroshi put away his previous decadent expression and said happily instead.

Although the team members have not been together for a long time, there is still a sense of teamwork.

In fact, during this mission, if Kakashi and Ibiki hadn't tried their best to save him, he wouldn't have just lost one leg.

"Ah, Hong, I have nothing to do today, so we came over to see you. How are you? Are you feeling better?"

Kakashi still had a lazy tone and said with a slight smile on his face.

"Well, it's nothing serious anymore, but I won't be able to be a ninja anymore."

There was some reluctance and regret in his tone, but there was nothing he could do about it. He lost one leg and his strength was very low.

"Do you have any plans for the future?"

Ibixi asked in a timely manner.

"I plan to stay in my family's shop and help out in the future, and spend the rest of my life here."

"That's good, but it's a blessing in disguise."

Seeing the scene in front of him, Mizama said with emotion.

Not being able to be a ninja anymore means that you can only be an ordinary person. Being an ordinary person in Konoha Village will at least not lead to an unexpected death.

"Well, what do you mean?"

The three people all looked at Mizama, with some confusion on their faces, obviously not understanding what it meant.

"I once saw such a little story, it was said to be at a border fortress in a certain country... Basically, this story is like this."

Shuijian directly told a certain short story in his memory, which was like giving a wave of chicken soup to a few people.

"Everything in life is unpredictable. It's not a bad thing that I'm like this now. You should stop worrying about me."

Watanabe Hiro reacted faster. After listening to Minama's story, he said with sympathy while Kakashi and Ibiki were still thinking.

After watching Watanabe Hiroshi, several people left together.Walking on the road, chatting casually.

"Captain Kakashi, Master Minama, I have applied to leave the ANBU and will be transferred to the interrogation department in the future."

Ibiki stopped in his tracks, and then formally spoke to Mizama and Kakashi.

"Have you decided yet, Ibixi?"

"Well, I've thought about it for a long time and think I'm more suitable for the interrogation department."

"That's fine, just do what suits you. I think you will definitely be able to make a difference in the interrogation department in the future.

I had also applied to the Third Hokage to leave ANBU before, and he had agreed.

Kakashi, you never thought about leaving ANBU."

Mizama also said what he had always wanted to tell the two of them today.

"Everyone has their own choice. I still want to stay in ANBU for the time being."

"Well, since we have to say goodbye, why don't we go have lunch together, I'll treat you. Speaking of which, our team hasn't had dinner together yet."

The three of them found a nice restaurant to have lunch and then separated.

After separating from the two of them, Mizama came to the mission release office.

"Master Shuijian, why are you here? Is there anything I can do to help you?"

A chuunin in charge of task announcement saw Mizama coming here and quickly came up to say hello.

"Have you had any missions from Kawanoguni recently?"

While staring around casually, Mizama casually stated the purpose of his trip.

"Wait a minute, please let us check."

After hearing this, the chuunin was a little dazed. After he came to his senses, he quickly went to check the mission registration book.

"It's true. It's just a simple escort mission. Recently, a trading company wanted to escort a batch of supplies to the Country of Sichuan. Here are the mission details."

After saying that, the chuunin handed a task assignment to Mizama.Shuizhuan accepted the commission and looked at it. It was a very simple task, rated as C level.

"Okay, I've accepted this task. I will find an employer to complete this task as soon as possible."

After saying that, Mizama quickly left the mission release area.

After Naruto returned home in the evening, Mizama told him that he had a mission that required him to leave Konoha for a while, and gave him enough money.

I went next door to give some advice to the mother and daughter.

At the same time, I also went to find Kakashi and Itachi and asked them to take care of Naruto and the mother and daughter while they were in Konoha.

The next day, Mizuma followed the commission and found the trading company. After some contact, he followed the caravan towards Kawa no Kuni.

After leaving the Leaf Village, in a hidden forest, after confirming that the surroundings were safe, Minato separated into a wood escape clone.

"Next, it's up to you to follow this caravan to complete the mission. If there's anything you can't solve along the way, remember to use reverse necromancy."

The Mu Dun clone nodded in agreement, and then walked out of the forest to catch up with the caravan.

As for Shuijian's body, he transformed into an ordinary person and quickly left the forest.

"The time limit for this mission is half a month, which means I can wander outside for half a month. I have to find the place quickly and return to the village. After all, the New Year is almost here."

It took about three days for the main body of Mizama to reach the territory of the Kingdom of Kawa ahead of the caravan.

After asking around for details, he quickly rushed to the seaside in the Kingdom of Kawa.