Chapter 248: This is outrageous, truly outrageous!

The roughly intercepted Kirigakure Genin wanted to break free, but Bee's hand was as hard as iron pincers; he tried to struggle, but it was like a mayfly trying to shake a tree.

Looking at Bee's furious expression, the Genin soon stopped struggling.

Looking at this fierce-looking ninja from another country, although the Genin was trembling inside, he did not yield in the slightest on his face.

"What, what are you doing!!"

"Let me go!! This is Kirigakure!"

The Genin retorted with a trembling voice, not yielding in the slightest to Bee's intimidation.

Seeing this, Bee reined in his anger, knowing that this was just an ordinary Kirigakure ninja and that making things difficult for him was meaningless.

"Why didn't Kirigakure's Jonin Commander, Kuroshima Morita, come to work today?"

Bee released the Kirigakure Genin and stared into his eyes as he asked again.

As a core member of Kumogakure, Bee naturally carried the aura of a superior, which ordinary people would find difficult to contend with.

Under the pressure of Bee's aura, this time, the Genin did not continue to hold out.

"Who are you? Daring to make Commander Kuroshima wait for you?"

"Don't you know today is Saturday?"

"The elder on duty this week is Elder Tian Tian Yuanshi, so of course Commander Kuroshima wouldn't come to work."

The Genin explained with some impatience, speaking as if it were a matter of course.

"Why doesn't Kuroshima Morita have to come on Saturday?"

Bee asked, puzzled, his expression momentarily blank.

"Where on earth are you from, not knowing about Kirigakure's 'two-day weekend system'?"

"Saturday and Sunday are rest days, and the village's high-level officials adopt a rotating duty system."

Hearing this, a look of disbelief flashed in Bee's eyes; from yesterday to today, everything in Kirigakure had completely refreshed his perception.

"Eight-hour workday," "two-day weekend system"—this dream-like scenario caught Bee off guard.

A ninja is a profession that can sacrifice everything for a mission.

Isn't this the most basic common sense?

Rest? How could such a thing appear so openly in the mouths of ninjas?

He had thought the so-called "eight-hour workday" was already absurd enough, but he hadn't expected an even more absurd "two-day weekend system."

"What about the Mizukage? Does the Fourth Mizukage also not work on Saturday and Sunday?"

Bee continued to ask the Kirigakure Genin in disbelief; the only answer he got was a roll of the eyes.

This question clearly didn't need much of an answer.

In fact, Bee's understanding was correct; the so-called "eight-hour workday" was indeed just something Ryosuke had blurted out to deal with him.

After all, if employees don't work their lives away in a 996 schedule, how can the leaders enjoy their blessings?

However, the two-day weekend system had indeed been implemented in Kirigakure, although it was limited to the Jonin level and above, but it was indeed a fact.

Every Saturday and Sunday, Kirigakure's high-level officials adopted a "rotating shift system," and the one responsible for duty this week was Kirigakure's Great Elder, Tian Tian Yuanshi, so Kuroshima Morita naturally wouldn't come to work.

And yesterday, when Kuroshima Morita prepared to call out to Bee, he was just about to inform him of this, but who knew he would run away so fast; now he could only suffer the consequences.

At this moment, Bee understood everything instantly.

Including why people passing by Kuroshima Morita's office door would look at them with strange eyes; at the time, Bee thought it was the difference in attire, but now he understood completely.

These people just thought they were stupid for waiting for someone who would absolutely not arrive.

After understanding everything, Bee's expression grew deeper.

"Thank you."

Bee thanked the Genin before him.

Seeing this, the Genin didn't say anything more and turned to leave.

"May I ask, where is the Great Elder?"

Bee asked the Genin again; hearing this, the Genin didn't make things difficult for Bee but readily told him how to see the Great Elder.

Half an hour later, Bee led Samui and Karui to another building.

Unlike the Jonin Commander, who needed to assist the Mizukage in his work, the Council of Elders had independent responsibilities, so their office location was also independent of the Mizukage Building.

At this moment, Samui and Karui were completely stunned by Kirigakure's operations.

At this moment, Bee also truly experienced the difficulty of people in the later generations of the Celestial Empire seeking help to get things done.

Even knowing the Fourth Mizukage would not see him easily, Bee still did not give up hope; since he couldn't see the Jonin Commander, Kuroshima Morita, he would go to see the only high-level Kirigakure official he could see now—the Great Elder.

No matter what, no matter how much hardship he had to endure, he had to see the Fourth Mizukage.

A flash of resolve crossed Bee's eyes, and then he stepped into the interior of the building before him.

In the Great Elder's office, the Kumogakure trio sat upright, looking seriously at the Kirigakure Great Elder across from them, who had a zombie face—Tian Tian Yuanshi.

Before visiting Kirigakure, Bee had also conducted a basic investigation into Kirigakure's power structure.

He clearly knew that this Great Elder was not simple; although he appeared unassuming, he was deeply trusted by the Fourth Mizukage and was a powerful figure in Kirigakure, with power in his hands not inferior to that of the Mist Anbu Department Head or the Jonin Commander.

Therefore, when facing this Great Elder, Bee did not dare to slack off in the slightest.

Bee had thought that perhaps upon reaching the Great Elder's location, they might face some other difficulties, but the process of meeting the Great Elder was extremely smooth.

"The situation is like this..."

Bee told the Great Elder, Tian Tian Yuanshi, who had a solemn expression and an air of old-fashioned seriousness, everything about Kumogakure's purpose and their current predicament, word for word.

"Outrageous, simply too outrageous!"

After hearing Bee's account, Tian Tian Yuanshi's old face stiffened, and he immediately reprimanded them without any politeness.

An aura of an old antique spread throughout the room.

Hearing Tian Tian Yuanshi's condemning tone, the Kumogakure trio looked at each other, each seeing a hint of relief in the other's eyes.

It was too hard! It was just too hard!!!

Finally, they had met a normal person among Kirigakure's high-level officials!!!!

Samui, who had the most age and experience, almost shed tears on the spot; when she was in Kumogakure, what she hated most were those stubborn, old-fashioned ninjas.

But now, seeing Tian Tian Yuanshi, who exuded an air of old-fashionedness, Samui only felt a sense of intimacy.

At the same time, Tian Tian Yuanshi's response also made a sharp glint flash in Bee's eyes.

Immediately, Bee prepared to climb up the pole, seizing the opportunity to condemn Tian Tian Yuanshi, thereby occupying the moral high ground and forcing Tian Tian Yuanshi to take him to see the Fourth Mizukage.

Based on Bee's own understanding of such old-fashioned, rigid ninjas, as long as he took a moral stand, the other party would definitely apologize immediately and treat them according to tradition.

"Yes, we have come from afar from Kumogakure, and our treatment in Kirigakure has truly been..."

But who knew, before Bee could finish, Tian Tian Yuanshi interrupted the three again.

"Your Kumogakure's system is truly outrageous; you don't even have a two-day weekend."

"Please convey my opinion to Lord Raikage after you return to Kumogakure; humans are not cattle or horses, nor are they tools."

"They still need to get basic rest."

"In this regard, look at how well we do it in Kirigakure."

"Of course, all of this is inseparable from the credit of Lord Fourth Mizukage..."

Immediately, Tian Tian Yuanshi began to speak endlessly, starting from the very first measure promulgated when the Fourth Mizukage took office.

And facing Tian Tian Yuanshi, the three from Bee were completely lost in the wind; they never expected that the object of Tian Tian Yuanshi's condemnation would be Kumogakure's system rather than the Fourth Mizukage or Mizunuki Ryosuke.

Bee, completely lost in the wind, was unable to complain; looking at this Great Elder who exuded an air of old-fashionedness, there was only helplessness in Bee's eyes.

Why don't you play by the rules either, old man?

— Author's Notes —

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