Chapter 19: A Little Famous, A New Mission (Please follow and read)

Another morning, Sakukaze left home as usual, heading to the Mission Hall to prepare to meet up with his squad and accept a mission.

More than half a year had passed since the last bandit suppression mission, and in these six months, the Fugaku Squad had made quite a name for themselves.

Except for those missions that were more time-consuming, the three of them could be said to take one small mission a day and one big mission every five days.

Originally, a squad led by an Uchiha Elite Jonin with Konoha's most outstanding juniors was dazzling enough, and coupled with the three of them frantically executing various missions over the past six months, all with a 100% completion rate, the Fugaku Squad's fame had spread outside Konoha and blossomed throughout the Ninja World.

Under normal circumstances, the three of them naturally wouldn't need to accept missions so frequently; it wasn't as if Konoha had no one else.

But ever since Uchiha Sakukaze experienced the benefits brought by a proper ninja mission, he had been impatiently eyeing the mission book in the Mission Hall.

As a teammate, peer, and fellow member of the Konoha Twin Stars, Kakashi, seeing Sakukaze improving himself so frantically, naturally wouldn't be willing to fall behind, so he also agreed with Sakukaze's approach.

Since the two students in the squad had made their decision, and coupled with the fact that the time for him to succeed as Clan Head was just around the corner, Uchiha Fugaku, who had the heart to quickly improve the strength of the two, agreed to accept missions so frequently.

Ninja missions were originally the best way for ninjas to improve their own strength and experience, and executing missions so frequently naturally allowed Kakashi and Sakukaze to improve their strength significantly while gaining fame.

In just half a year, the strength of Sakukaze and Kakashi was already enough to easily defeat Chunin.

Although neither of them had reached the level of Jonin, calling them Special Jonin was acceptable.

Of course, their Special Jonin strength was much weaker compared to other Special Jonin.

After all, their bodies had not yet matured, and their disadvantage compared to adults was truly quite large.

But even so, the two of them could be considered elites among Chunin.

If there was any regret for Sakukaze in these six months, it was that his Sharingan had not yet evolved.

After all, the resentment energy required to evolve to Two-Tomoe and awaken One-Tomoe were completely incomparable.

Even though Sakukaze felt he had gained quite a bit each time, it still wasn't enough for his eyes to evolve after such a long time.

Of course, even if it hadn't evolved yet, Sakukaze estimated that it should be about time. He had already felt that his eyes were almost saturated with absorbing resentment energy.

With one or two more mission gains, it should be enough.

Besides that, the only thing that made Sakukaze feel disappointed was that the book "Self-Cultivation of a Simp Warm Man" he gave to Uchiha Fugaku had not been put into practice by Uchiha Fugaku.

He didn't know if Uchiha Fugaku was still studying it in depth, or if he had already given up on the methods within it.

After all, the methods Sakukaze wrote were truly not quite compatible with Uchiha Fugaku's style.

"Hey, Sakukaze, you're the last one to arrive again."

As soon as Sakukaze entered the Mission Hall, Kakashi's voice reached his ears.

Looking up, sure enough, Kakashi was already standing to the side waiting.

And as the captain, Uchiha Fugaku was leaning against the mission counter at this time, screening missions one by one.

Turning his head to check the time, Sakukaze waved his hand indifferently:

"Although I'm the last one to arrive, there are still five minutes until the meeting time, aren't there?"

"Being late is not a good habit, but arriving and waiting too early is also a waste of life."

Regarding Sakukaze's rhetoric, Kakashi shrugged noncommittally and didn't argue much with him.

After all, for such a long time, this rhetoric of Sakukaze's was naturally not the first time he had said it, and Kakashi was already used to it.

The reason he had to mention it every time was nothing more than habit.

Although he appeared very cold on the outside, Kakashi, whose true personality was actually a bit funny, still had resentment about always being bested by Sakukaze.

Finding opportunities to make Sakukaze bested was already part of Kakashi's daily practice.

"Sakukaze, you came just in time. The employer is already waiting at the gate, let's set off quickly."

At this time, Uchiha Fugaku, who had just selected the mission, walked over and said to Sakukaze and Kakashi.

Hearing this, Sakukaze and Kakashi, who were already familiar with ninja life, didn't say much, checked their ninja tool bags, and followed Uchiha Fugaku to the assembly point.

"Our mission this time is to escort a merchant caravan to the Grass Country. Because the employer's competitors are likely to hire ninjas to attack, this is a B-rank mission, and we cannot rule out the possibility of the mission being upgraded."

On the way to the assembly point, Uchiha Fugaku briefly introduced the mission intelligence to Sakukaze and Kakashi.

Hearing this, both of them nodded to indicate they understood.

Although B-rank missions would encounter Chunin-level ninjas, they posed little threat to them.

In these six months, they had completed at least eight or ten B-rank missions.

As for the mission possibly being upgraded to A-rank, although the two of them didn't have the ability to complete such a mission, didn't they still have Uchiha Fugaku?

Not to mention A-rank, even S-rank missions were enough for Uchiha Fugaku to handle with his strength.

Konoha was large, but for the Fugaku Squad, who were ninjas, getting to the Konoha gate was just a matter of minutes.

Soon, the three of them arrived at the Konoha gate.

From afar, the three of them could see a huge caravan waiting at the Konoha gate. If nothing went wrong, this was their employer.

Sure enough, just after the three members of the Fugaku Squad stopped in front of the caravan, a short, stout, middle-aged man walked quickly to the three of them.

"A few lords, are you the ninjas for the escort?"

Looking at the three members of the Fugaku Squad, the middle-aged man asked with some hesitation.

It wasn't that he looked down on the majesty of ninjas; it was just that the Fugaku Squad didn't look outstanding in terms of configuration.

Uchiha Fugaku could still hold the fort, but Sakukaze and Kakashi really couldn't convince him.

You must know that he had issued a B-rank mission that could be upgraded at any time. Was it a bit excessive to have one adult ninja paired with two six or seven-year-old children?

Of course, this couldn't blame him for making a fuss.

Although the Fugaku Squad had quite a reputation, it was currently only circulating among the ninja community.

In this period, ordinary employers, even if they knew there was such a squad, couldn't distinguish them at a glance.

Therefore, regarding the middle-aged man's questioning, the three members of the Fugaku Squad didn't argue about anything.

They heard such voices almost every time they performed such missions where the employer was directly in charge. ===== CHAPTER 20 =====