Chapter 51: Report

Inside the Hokage's office.

Hiruzen looked thoughtfully at the two maps on the table.

One of the two maps is a large map of the entire Ninja World, and the other is a map of the Grass Country, which includes part of the border of the Fire Country.

"Lord Hokage!"

Yeruashi entered the Hokage's office.

Hiruzen looked up from the map and looked at Yeruashi, "It seems you have returned safely, do you have anything to report about the situation in the Grass Country?"

Yeruashi calmly replied, "We encountered a large group of Iwagakure ninja in the city of shimotsuki in the Grass Country. The number of the group is at least a hundred people, due to the large number, it was not possible to conduct further thorough reconnaissance, the specific target of the enemy is unknown"

"This was the advance party from Iwagakure."

Hiruzen was not surprised, the Konoha scouts had already passed this information to him.

He looked at Yeruashi and said relieved, "You did a great job and made the right decision in refusing to investigate the situation further. Young ninja often suffer from excessive carelessness and even lose their lives..."

For geniuses like Yeruashi and Kakashi, what concerns him is not the growth of his strength, but his judgment of the situation and his own ability.

It is extremely difficult to keep track of a huge group consisting of over a hundred ninja, because among them there is definitely a considerable amount of sensors. A hasty attempt to investigate will inevitably lead to a dangerous situation.

Once surrounded by so many ninja, not to mention Yeruashi, even his students, Orochimaru and Jiraiya, will find themselves in a very difficult situation.

"...."

Yeruashi knew beforehand that the Hokage probably already knew about the large-scale movement of Iwagakure, and wasn't surprised by the answer, but realizing that Hiruzen doesn't seem interested in his mission at all and isn't going to ask any questions, Yeruashi thought a bit and decided not to bring up this topic.

Thinking that Yeruashi's strength has already reached the level of an elite Chuunin, besides specializing in speed and being Orochimaru's disciple, Hiruzen nodded and said, "Now you must have some knowledge of the Grass Country area, go with Orochimaru to take care of the advanced forces of Iwagakure."

Of course, he could not respond to Iwagakure's vanguard invasion in the Grass Country, however, there is no news of the Fire nation's invasion, but sooner or later it will happen, so he must react to receive the worst news.

If Yeruashi returned a little later, he would have been included in the follow-up support forces, but since he returned just in time, it would be more appropriate to send him along with Orochimaru.

"Yes."

Yeruashi sighed and said, "Lord Hokage, there is a situation I need to inform you of..."

He briefly described Might Duy's situation.

Hiruzen was very surprised, suddenly there is a Genin who, by training only one technique, was able to reach the level of a Jounin.

It didn't make sense that Yeruashi would lie about such things, and he shouldn't have made a big mistake in his assessment of strength, which meant that there was a Genin whose talent hadn't been discovered in many years.

Although in terms of mentality and experience, Duy was most likely not at the level of a Jounin, which would not allow him to become a team leader, Jounin level strength was still valuable!

In any village, the number of Jounins is very small compared to the total number of ninja, each of them is an elite and forms the backbone of the village.

Like Kakashi.

He graduated from the Academy at the age of five, advanced to Chuunin at six, but at the age of nine, he had not yet advanced to the level of Jounin, and in Minato's estimation, it would not happen soon.

Yeruashi is a more outstanding genius than Kakashi, but he hasn't reached Jounin level either.

"Okay, I understand, ask him to come to my place."

He was going to chat and carefully evaluate Might Duy to place him in the best possible way.

"Yes."

Yeruashi nodded and left the Hokage's office.

When Yeruashi went down to the Department that issued the missions there, a Jounin was already seated and carefully asked Might Duy.

The Jounin looked at the descending Yeruashi with surprise, he had already learned from Might Duy's words that Yeruashi had killed a Jounin of Iwagakure!

That was a Jounin.

There is a big gap between Jounin and Chuunin!

There are a lot of Chuunins in every village, usually even more than Genins, because most Genins can reach the level of Chuunin in adulthood.

But out of ten Chuunins, rarely not even one can advance to the next rank, but even then, he will not be a Jounin, but a Tokubetsu Jounin!

Ten-year-old Yeruashi defeated a Jounin... I would never have believed it if the scroll hadn't sealed this Jounin's head as proof....

It is necessary to know!

That the youngest ninja in his village, who had advanced to the rank of Jounin, was fourteen years old! This fourteen-year-old Jounin was named.... Orochimaru!

Despite all the evidence, the Jounin still asked Yeruashi the question, "Did you really kill Jounin in the progress of the mission in the Grass Country?"

"..."

Yeruashi gave Might Duy a grumpy look.

Duy scratched his hair and said helplessly, "I'm sorry, I'm not very good at such conversations and I can't hide your merits..."

Yeruashi helplessly shrugged his shoulders and said, "Yes, I killed the Jounin."

As I expected, Duy is too honest, he didn't take credit even if it was discussed before.

But there's nothing wrong with that.

You just have to be even more careful.

Now, even if he is the target of a Kage level ninja, even if victory is impossible, there should still be a chance to escape, in the current ninja world, there are no longer many people who can take Yeruashi's life.

By taking most of the merits of this mission, Might Duy could smoothly advance to Tokubetsu Jounin according to all the rules, but even without these merits, with only his personal strength, Hiruzen can arrange for him to advance to Tokubetsu Jounin in the shortest possible time.

It just might cause some misunderstandings and criticism from the people.

As for joining the Anbu department... this is simply not possible.

Might Duy's personality and mentality are not at all suitable to be an Anbu, Hiruzen will definitely not make that decision.

Phew...

Hearing the confirmation from Yeruashi's mouth, the Jounin took a deep breath and showed a delighted look.

At this point, in his eyes, the young Yeruashi no different from the White Fang of Konoha!