Chapter 236: War Mission

"C-rank missions, huh, let me check." The registration ninja lowered his head and flipped through a stack of papers for a moment.

"There are C-rank missions, but the ones left are all war missions. The regular C-rank missions have all been taken." The registration ninja looked up and said.

"There are still a few D-rank missions left, though. Why don't you take some D-rank missions for now, Mu Yue-jonin, and wait until tomorrow to see if any new C-rank commission missions come in?" The registration ninja suggested.

"That's unlucky." Mu Yue hadn't expected to run into this situation either.

Mu Yue wore a thoughtful expression. He had originally wanted to see how much reward a normal C-rank mission would give, but he hadn't anticipated that all the missions would be taken.

After thinking it over, Mu Yue decided to take his students back to train. There was no need to do D-rank missions—the chakra reward was too low, and with that time, he might as well have his disciples train for a day.

"Hey, old man, why don't you let us do B-rank missions? You know we've already completed two A-rank missions. Doing a B-rank mission would definitely be no problem." Obito said with a grin.

He didn't want to do D-rank missions. After doing C-rank missions, he never wanted to go back to doing those odd-job missions again—unless he was really strapped for cash and there was nothing else.

"When you become a chunin, then I can give you B-rank missions." The registration ninja indicated that their record didn't matter here; he only cared about ninja rank.

"Look, in our team, Mu Yue-sensei is a Special Jonin, Kakashi is a chunin, and the two of us haven't graduated yet, so we don't count. This definitely meets the requirements for taking a B-rank mission." Obito tried to weasel his way through.

"No, you have trainee ninja certificates, so you count as trainee ninjas." The registration ninja said with an expressionless face.

"Then give us a C-rank war mission. It's still a C-rank mission anyway, so it shouldn't be any different, right?" Obito still wouldn't give up.

"It's very different!" The registration ninja's expression suddenly turned serious.

"War missions are related to war after all. The battlefield is not a place for a little kid like you to set foot. Only think about that once you become a chunin."

"What's wrong, Sawada? Why the stern face when talking to kids?" Hiruzen Sarutobi happened to walk down and asked with a chuckle.

When he finished with his official work, he would also come and sit in the mission hall for a while. That way, clients would feel Konoha's importance placed on commissioned missions, and Konoha ninja coming to take missions would feel the Hokage's care.

"Lord Third, here's the situation. Mu Yue-jonin came to take a C-rank mission, but now only war missions are left among the C-ranks, and this kid named Obito..." Sawada Kazuya greeted Hiruzen Sarutobi with great respect and explained the whole story.

"I see." Hiruzen Sarutobi nodded, put his pipe into his mouth, and wore a contemplative expression.

As far as strength was concerned, he felt that Mu Yue's team had no problem at all carrying out a B-rank mission.

The overall strength of Mu Yue's squad was not weak. Mu Yue, a ninja from Root, was not just an ordinary Special Jonin in terms of ability; Kakashi was an experienced chunin, and Obito and Might Guy were also quite capable.

The ninja encountered in B-rank missions were generally genin. Any higher-level ninja would require more money and a higher mission rank, and Mu Yue's squad configuration would definitely not fail against genin.

However, since Mu Yue's team had two trainees, he'd already given them the privilege of taking C-rank missions. Giving an even higher rank wouldn't be quite appropriate.

"Hokage old man, you know our team's strength. C-rank war missions are still C-rank missions. We're definitely capable." Obito looked at Hiruzen Sarutobi with hopeful eyes.

Hiruzen Sarutobi puffed out a cloud of smoke, thought for a moment, and said to Sawada Kazuya, "Let me see the C-rank war missions."

Taking the mission scroll that Sawada Kazuya handed over, Hiruzen Sarutobi looked it over carefully and found an escort mission among them: escorting food supplies to the Grass Country battlefield.

C-rank war missions also did not involve ninja combat; they were basically about doing logistics.

Normally, this kind of food-escorting mission wouldn't be C-rank, because there was a high probability of enemy village ninja attacking.

But the current situation was that Konoha and Iwa were fighting in the Grass Country, each occupying half of the territory. So it was hard for Iwa ninja to circle around and attack into the Land of Fire's interior.

Squad ninjas on a mission could carry their own rations or hunt locally, but that wasn't possible for large-scale, long-term warfare—food had to be transported from the rear.

Generally, there were two scenarios: one was when the front line ran out of food due to various emergencies and urgently requested rapid transport from the rear; the other was when the rear periodically shipped food to the front line. This C-rank mission belonged to the latter.

"Your team has indeed performed excellently. I'll make an exception for your excellence one more time and let you take a war mission." Hiruzen Sarutobi chuckled and handed the food-escorting mission to Mu Yue.

"Mu Yue, what do you think of this mission?"

Mu Yue took the mission scroll with both hands, carefully read through the entire mission details, and then nodded, saying:

"We will certainly not disappoint your expectations, Lord Third, and will complete this mission perfectly!"

Mu Yue was fairly satisfied with this mission. Although it was a war mission, it was one that wouldn't involve danger.

He thought that having a social butterfly in the team was pretty good. If it weren't for Obito, they wouldn't have been able to take a mission today and would have had to go back to training.

Mu Yue could be as thick-skinned as Obito, but his position wasn't suitable. Obito was an inexperienced trainee; Mu Yue himself was a Special Jonin and also a teacher at the ninja academy. Forcibly demanding a higher-level mission was clearly not appropriate and didn't fit his character.

"Great! Thanks, Hokage old man!" Obito's face instantly lit up with joy as he thanked Hiruzen Sarutobi.

"You are all the future of the village. Make sure to stay safe." Hiruzen Sarutobi took the pipe out of his mouth and said with a kindly smile.

"Mu Yue-sensei, let me see what kind of mission it is!" As Mu Yue and the others walked out of the Hokage Building, Obito couldn't wait to take a look at the mission details.

Maybe that's just how people are—the more you tell them not to do something, the more curious they become and want to do it. Obito was very curious about what was so special about this war mission that interns were forbidden from doing.

"Take a look at this too." Muyue directly handed the mission intel to his disciples to pass around.

After taking it, Obito couldn't wait to check the contents, and then showed a disappointed expression.

"What's this? Isn't it no different from an ordinary C-rank mission? It's just people turned into food," Obito couldn't help but complain.

He thought this war mission would be special, but it turned out to be a huge disappointment.

"That's different. We're going to a battlefield—and a battlefield between two of the Five Great Ninja Villages at that. It's arguably the most dangerous place in the ninja world," Kakashi corrected with a serious expression.

At other times it didn't matter, but Kakashi would never allow Obito to underestimate the battlefield, because it was a place where even a Kage might run into unexpected trouble.

"Although it's highly likely that no combat will occur, we must stay vigilant."

Even though it was a war mission, it was only a C-rank mission, so Kakashi believed no combat would occur.

After all, they had encountered unexpected events in their previous three C-rank missions; surely they wouldn't this time, right?

"Since you said that, Kakashi, it's probably going to be a fight with ninja," Obito said with a delighted expression.

Kakashi looked at Obito with a puzzled expression, curious about how he extracted the opposite information from his words.

"Look, Kakashi, you said that for the previous three missions, and every time combat occurred. So this time it'll definitely be the same," Obito analyzed with a serious look.

Kakashi:...

He was speechless. He wasn't that much of a jinx; it was all just coincidence.

"It's just that we were unlucky the last few times. Most of the mission route is safe within the country, and the part that goes through the Land of Grass will also have Konoha ninja guards," Kakashi said calmly.

"Stop discussing this. Let's carry out the mission quickly—war missions can't be delayed," Muyue said with a smile.

The previous missions had an element of luck, but also Muyue's contribution—he deliberately chose more dangerous locations, so of course the probability of encountering unexpected events was higher.

Then Muyue led his disciples to the location of the grain transport team.

"Ninja-sama, we are ready here. We can depart at any time," a middle-aged man said after confirming that Muyue had accepted the mission.

"We have no issues either. Let's depart." Muyue nodded and gave the command.

This mission was different from previous ones. In previous missions there was always a client, but this war mission's client was Konoha itself. Therefore, Muyue as team leader had absolute command authority, followed by Muyue's disciples, and finally the ordinary grain transporters.

Under Muyue's command, one wagon after another filled with grain headed toward the Land of Grass. Muyue also took his three disciples and sat in a wagon that wasn't loaded with grain.

"Muyue-sensei, isn't there a technique that can seal things into scrolls? Why not just put all the grain into them? That way we wouldn't need so many wagons or so many people—just a few of us to escort it," Obito asked curiously.

If it were just the four of them escorting, their stealth would be greatly increased.

"It's not like you can just put as much as you want into them," Muyue said with a smile, giving Obito a basic explanation of the principle of storing items in scrolls.

The scroll that can store items is itself a type of ninja tool. How much can be put in and how much can be taken out also depends on the ninja's ability. It's not like any random ninja can put in as much as they want or take out as much as they want.

Ninja generally eat a lot, and with the exceptionally intense battles of war, they eat even more. To satisfy these thousands of gluttons, the amount of grain needed is enormous.

Powerful ninja naturally couldn't be assigned to deliver grain—they had more important missions. So in the end, it was still the model of ninja squads plus ordinary people.

Obito nodded as if half-understanding, looking like he had gained a piece of obscure knowledge.

"What's the battlefield like? Have you ever been, Muyue-sensei?" Obito stopped thinking about grain and turned to the battlefield.

Muyue shook his head. Neither in his previous life nor in this life had he ever been to a battlefield.

"What about you, Kakashi?" Obito then asked Kakashi. Since Might Guy was a student like him, he definitely hadn't gone.

"I've done a few war missions, but I haven't fought on the battlefield," Kakashi said after recalling a bit.

When it came to regular missions, he had plenty of experience. But he was still an eight-year-old child—there was no such thing as battlefield experience for him.

"Then why did you act like you knew it all earlier?" Obito teased. Kakashi's serious expression earlier had almost fooled him.

"I haven't fought on the battlefield, but I've heard some teachings from those who came before," Kakashi replied with a serious expression. War indeed had to be taken seriously.

Promoting a friend's Naruto fanfic

Title: "Naruto, Be My Son"

Synopsis

After the Summit War ended, he who had been hailed as one of the Four Emperors of the New World and the world's strongest man, "Edward Newgate," thought he would spend eternity sleeping at Marine Headquarters.

Until he opened his eyes and found himself in a place called the "Ninja World," where he encountered a child named "Naruto."

"Gurarara! Kid, do you have parents?"

Staring at the giant-like Whitebeard, little five-year-old Naruto trembled: "N-no... I don't. My name is Uzumaki Naruto. I... I'm an orphan."

"Naruto, become my son!"

"Huh??????"

This book is also titled *At This Moment, Let the Ninja World Welcome the New Whitebeard Pirates*, *Children of the Ninja World, Become My Sons*, and *Ninja Father*.