Chapter 18

After leaving the mission counter with a huge smile on his face , Gin walked towards the Commander's tent while thinking which jutsu should he exchange now with his huge merit points.

On the way though he bumped to Dai , Kiba and Hiro and they immediately started thanking him furiously. Kiba even cried while bowing his head on the ground in public .

Gin was fine with the gratitude but do they need to embarrass him all the time. The most frustrating thing was that he could not even get angry with them because they were really thanking him from the bottom of their hearts . Of course they would thank him because they each recieved three B rank merit points for their mission even though they did nothing except carrying the luggage ..

Dai was particularly being annoying with shouting youth this youth that while sobbing like a child . Gin just ran away after telling them to immediately exchange for some useful jutsu and start practicing them . Many people were laughing while pointing figures at Gin on the way and he could do nothing but continuing to hide his embarrassed face by looking down at his feet .

In the end , Gin decided to get some useful B rank elemental jutsu so he decided to visit the mission counter right away again after meeting with Hatake Sakumo . There was no temporary library inside the base so jutsu could be only exchanged from the mission counter .

Gin did not even need to ask for directions because the Commander's personal tent was the second biggest one beside the one used for top personnel meeting. So Gin directly went there and told his identity to the guard outside who went inside the tent to inform Sakumo.

Soon Gin was given permission to enter so she entered inside and saw the legendary White Fang of Konoha who was wearing standard Konoha jonin uniform and flashing kind smile at him . He did not look much different from the look Gin had seen in the episode when Kakashi died in his fight with Pain and met Sakumo . He just looked little younger that's all .

" Greetings , Commander . " Gin politely said and gave him a short bow because this guy was really a powerful and kind one. Gin could sense that his chakra was already approaching Super Kage level . No wonder he was so feared by Danzo .

" Kudo Gin kun . I have heard about your great achievements at such young age . Well , I will directly ask you because you seem to have a good brain inside your head . Do you want to join my personal squad here or complete mobile missions like gathering information and destroying some small enemy bases like supply bases etc . "

Gin did not expect Sakumo to come straight to the point already but he started thinking already because his near future placement would depend on his answer.

The Central battlefield had just experienced a large scale battle . So they and Suna base will have to wait for at least a month before another huge battle because it will take time for reinforcements to arrive from the other bases. Gin wanted the most from the war was points which meant enemies. So he decided to opt for mobile missions as he could complete them quickly and return back by the time of the huge battle . He would have to constantly be on the move with a small squad completing missions but that's what Gin wanted instead .

" Sir, I want to opt for mobile missions as long as I can become small capatain of a team."

Gin added his request without hesitation because he did not want to join a squad which already had a leader. That way he may not be able to kill most of the enemies himself by forming battle plans .

Sakumo did not seem to mind Gin's request and he started recalling the information about some free chunin and genin who were also young . After a while of browsing through the personnel list in his hands, Sakumo nodded and faced Gin again who had expectant look on his small and handsome face .

" Gin kun , I do not mind your request as there will also be problems if I suddenly place you in an already existing squad. So do you mind forming a new squad and the members will be the same ones you came here with . So what do you think ? "

Listening to Sakumo's firm tone Gin knew that there really was no other choice. So he nodded in approval . " I thank commander for you fine decision.. "

" Hahhaha.. you really dont look like a kid especially with your professional choice of words . Just relax for a few days in the base and I will personally assign your team a mission then . Alright , you are dismissed.. "

Gin smiled and left the tent after giving Sakumo another small bow . To Gin , it was not bad to form a squad with Dai and others as its members because even though they were over emotional guys , Gin had formed a good bond with them already. They would listen to his orders too so for a squad captain he had nothing else what he wanted from them.

Gin immediately started heading towards the mission counter once again as he planned to get some useful jutsu scrolls and master them quickly using shadow clones .

Kotaro san's shift was over and now an anbu sat on his seat . Gin did not mind but he still wanted to have a nice chat with Kotaro because he only knew few people here . Minato and Jiraya were away for a mission which must be about information gathering considering the fact that Jiraya from anime was expert at this field. Otherwise he wont take Minato with him if he had to battle someone strong enough to require a Kage level ninja like himself to fight ..

Gin quickly exchanged for few useful B rank jutsu and went outside the tent. He immediately started searching for Dai and other two because he wanted to make them more powerful too and so it was best to start their training as soon as possible..