Innate Ox-Horse Saint Body
Chapter 30 Innate Ox-Horse Saint Body The Next Day, Morning, Hokage Building.
"Haa~"
Lin Ke yawned, looking listless but also inexplicably excited, "Good morning."
Yesterday afternoon and evening, he had been immersed in developing his Transformation Jutsu, going to bed at 1:30 AM. He tossed and turned, his mind racing with ideas, and he even got up to put them into practice for a while. By the time he fell asleep, it was almost dawn.
Sometimes, developing ninjutsu and watching yourself gradually become stronger is truly exhilarating.
"Good morning." X2 Yuan Wei and Xia greeted him.
"Swish~" Nara Yan Shui, who appeared out of nowhere with a Body Flicker Technique, stood before the three, smiling and lying through his teeth, "It seems all three of you had a good rest."
Um... the two teammates glanced at the yawning Lin Ke in unison, and tacitly remained silent.
The four entered the mission assignment office. Early in the morning was the peak time for Jonin-led Genin teams to come and receive missions. The ninjas' quality was quite high (except for certain individuals), and they generally remained quiet while waiting in line.
Soon it was the Fifth Squad's turn. Nara Yan Shui greeted the Third Hokage sitting inside, "Third Hokage-sama, please give us a D-rank mission."
The three exchanged glances, feeling embarrassed to say anything in the mission assignment office.
"Alright." The Third Hokage looked at the three new generation Genin with a smile, giving Lin Ke a particularly kind look, and pulled out a mission from below, handing it over, "It's this one."
Nara Yan Shui took the mission scroll and led the Fifth Squad out of the mission assignment office. The tallest Xia (surprise!) had already seen the words on it: [Take care of a merchant's child]
Although D-rank missions were either picking up trash, finding cats and dogs, assisting with farming/harvesting, or taking care of children, they had just completed a C-rank mission quite well.
And children... are the worst.
Xia thought to herself, completely ignoring the fact that she was also a child.
Nara Yan Shui told the three the mission objective as soon as they left.
"Ah?" Yuan Wei asked with an upward inflection of disappointment, "Why, Yan Shui-sensei? We just completed a C-rank mission very well."
Well said, Yuan Wei!
Xia thought secretly.
Perhaps it's because you two showed too many problems.
Lin Ke immediately thought of the reason. He could see the various problems of his two companions, so how could a Jonin not see them?
The mission ranking system for ninjas doesn't just exist to protect ninjas. It's one thing if immature Genin are injured while performing high-level missions, but the more troublesome thing is the loss of credibility for the village if the mission fails.
A Genin squad led by a Jonin can certainly take on higher-level missions, since the Jonin can cover for them if something goes wrong, but this is undoubtedly forcing the Genin to grow too quickly. The mismatch between performing missions and their own abilities can make young people become arrogant—
For example, Yuan Wei and Xia now look down on D-rank missions and can't wait to show off their skills in C-rank missions.
Jonin can't be babysitters forever. Sooner or later, the Fifth Squad will disband. When danger really appears, it will be too late to regret it.
The current suppression is actually a kind of protection for subordinates.
Nara Yan Shui first glanced at the calm-faced Lin Ke, smiled inwardly, and then took out his notebook, tearing off two pages and handing them to the other two subordinates.
They recorded the problems that the three—
Accurately speaking, the two of them had during their actions in the Death Forest, as well as the points they didn't pay attention to when killing beasts. Lin Ke had mentioned most of the problems in his teachings yesterday and the day before, and there were even some problems that Lin Ke hadn't noticed.
Don't think that some small habits don't matter. If you're the Nine-Tailed Jinchuriki or a survivor of the Uchiha clan, of course it doesn't matter, because they'll be piloting Gundams later on. But for low-level ninjas, any mistakes, bad habits, or small actions can lead to their death in a close-quarters battle.
Yuan Wei and Xia were originally a little dismissive, but after reading the notes, they had nothing to say and honestly accepted continuing to do D-rank missions while training.
They still need to train.
Is there no note for me?
Lin Ke looked up at his Jonin-sensei, and when he saw the smile on his face, he suddenly understood.
He was really being cultivated as a Chunin. He had to review his own problems in every action, constantly improve himself, and show more performance and coordination skills until he was recommended as a Chunin.
Nara Yan Shui nodded slightly and then said, "Then, let's get moving, you three."
For immature subordinates, patiently cultivate them; for subordinates who are eager to improve, give them opportunities for promotion.
This is the wisdom and teaching ability of a Jonin.
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—Time flies, years pass by—
That's right, it's time to skip the meaningless and unnecessary detailed explanation of the boring mission completion process again.
In the blink of an eye, two months had passed, and Fifth Squad had completed another five D-rank missions during this time.
The five D-rank missions were: taking care of a merchant's child, helping with farming, helping with farming, helping with farming, and finding a lost pet cat.
Because April marked the start of the spring plowing season, the village received a large number of farming-related tasks, and Fifth Squad was transformed into oxen and horses in the fields, working diligently.
Truly working like oxen and horses!
Fortunately, the three members of Fifth Squad all had at least the third level of Ox-Horse Prajna Skill, wielding more than the strength of three oxen and three horses. If this were Lin Ke's previous life in Japan, wouldn't they be hailed as Ox-Horse Immortals?
No, Farming Immortals.
They weren't always in a state of doing missions. They also had a lot of time for cultivation in between, basically like a normal Genin squad.
Yuan Wei and Xia originally had nothing to be proud of. They felt that the root of their arrogance lay in having someone to rely on. When their Jonin teacher pointed out their mistakes and their strong teammate remained silent, they naturally became honest and obediently did basic training step by step.
Lin Ke certainly had no objections. Anyway, he never thought of becoming a Chunin in a day or two. There was still more than a year before the Konoha Crush, and Shippuden was even further away, so he had plenty of time for now.
Even if the Third Hokage and Nara Yan Shui wanted to promote him, a record of completing seven D-rank and one C-rank mission would make it impossible to be promoted to Chunin.
Unless his strength was outstanding, he would definitely be tested on more things.
His development of the Transformation Jutsu had gradually improved, and he even had his own new combat system.
So, as everything was changing for the better, in mid-June, in the afternoon after a mission, Nara Yan Shui found him alone and raised a question—
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