The Second B-Rank Mission
One month later, Konoha Village, Lin Ke's home, early morning.
"Ding-ling-ling~"
Lin Ke opened his eyes, casually turned off the alarm clock, groggily got up, and walked into the bathroom.
At the same time, a shadow identical to him stood up from the ground and walked into the kitchen area to start cooking.
"Splash~"
The sound of flushing water rang out.
Ten minutes later, Lin Ke finished washing up, wiping his face with a towel as he walked out of the bathroom, yawning as he sat down at the dining table. The shadow placed the fried eggs, toasted bread, and hot milk in order. Then it turned back into a two-dimensional state.
"Today I'm going to carry out my first B-Rank Mission with Yan Shui Teacher, no, it's my second B-Rank Mission..."
He ate breakfast, his mind gradually clearing, thinking about what he had to do today.
The development of the Shadow Clone had come to an end half a month ago, and he had also applied to the village for a large number of ninjutsu scrolls—
After all, judging from the Third Hokage's attitude, he seemed to be optimistic about him. If he had the power, he should use it before it expired. He might as well try to see if he could get them.
He wasn't being too excessive, just applying for a small amount, seventy-plus ninjutsu, including a large number of C and D-Rank Release Techniques, as well as B and A-Rank medical ninjutsu, oh, and Summoning Jutsu and Sealing Jutsu.
As for his average Chakra level and the fact that he hadn't completed the second nature transformation yet...
Sigh, might as well try even if there's little chance.
He didn't have money to buy them himself. He was already a Chunin, and the Third Hokage was still optimistic about him, so he had to shamelessly ask for them.
"Not bad, my cooking skills are indeed getting better and better." Lin Ke nodded with satisfaction after finishing breakfast.
In his hands, the Shadow Clone Jutsu, as a debuff skill against enemies, also had a very interesting little trick: his shadow, once separated, would not return due to the consumption of stamina.
In short, it was a permanent skill for him. The separated Shadow Clone could stand up and do anything, and the consumption was the same as if he did it himself. As long as he didn't fight, the daily consumption was really very low.
Plus, after returning to the two-dimensional state, the consumption was reduced again. Even maintaining it all day long was nothing to him.
Did he know what that meant?
It meant that he could finally escape from the monotonous housework and no longer have to worry about cooking, laundry, cleaning, or even...
Lin Ke put on the clothes that had been washed and dried yesterday, stood next to the door frame and compared his height to the wall. The shadow was busy equipping him with a Scroll Kit, Kunai pouch, and various ninja tools.
"I'm already one meter thirty-six, I'm growing so fast lately." Seeing that his height had increased by another centimeter, he raised his arms, letting the shadow put on a green vest for him, and then helped him smooth out the wrinkled lining.
He turned to look at the handsome Chunin Lin Ke in the mirror, his face tense as he made a cool expression, first with his arms crossed in front of his chest, and then he tried opening his right thumb and index finger, and clenching the other three fingers, resting them on his chin.
Indeed, it's cooler this way.
"Very good, let's go!"
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Konoha Village Main Gate.
"Yan Shui Teacher, morning~" Lin Ke took the initiative to greet the Jonin who arrived last.
Nara Yan Shui nodded to his three subordinates: "Morning." Then he threw a scroll over, saying, "Information about this mission."
Lin Ke took the scroll, opened it, and Yuan Wei and Kasumi next to him also came over to watch.
They knew the content of the mission when they took it together yesterday.
[Escort a Land of Fire merchant to the Land of Rivers to participate in the gold mine bidding]
The mission time was about two months, escorting the target from Konoha Village to a city in the Land of Rivers, and then protecting the target until they returned to the Land of Fire.
It was an escort mission with a not-very-high difficulty, very likely to encounter battles with ninjas, with a reward of 150,000 Ryo, which was quite high for a B-Rank Mission, otherwise they wouldn't be able to hire a Jonin.
According to the information provided by Nara Yan Shui, the opposing ninjas were likely to be from the Rain Hidden Village and the Sand Ninja Village.
The gold mine to be bid on was first excavated by a Land of Rain merchant in the northern part of the Land of Rivers, near the Land of Rain. Not long ago, the merchant was assassinated, and the gold mine became ownerless. The Land of Rivers government publicly sold it. Currently, there were only three companies participating in the bidding:
The Land of Fire, the Land of Wind, and the Land of Rain.
So the opponents mentioned in the intelligence were likely to be from the Rain Hidden Village and the Sand Ninja Village.
Ninjas were not a righteous profession, and they didn't care about justice or evil. It was common for commercial competition to involve hiring ninjas to assassinate each other. If they didn't want to be assassinated, they naturally had to hire ninjas to protect themselves.
Under such intense competition, the commercial activities of the Naruto World were a little more realistic—
Killing the opponent is all that matters.
"Interesting—" Lin Ke looked at the intelligence scroll and suddenly remembered the first B-Rank Mission he had completed, the one where he had to meet a female ninja being chased by Rain Hidden Village ninjas.
He looked up, and Nara Yan Shui blinked, saying nothing, yet seeming to say everything.
"I heard that the Sand Ninja Village's Kage can create gold, right?" Yuan Wei asked curiously, "Why are they fighting over a gold mine?"
The fact that the Sand Ninja Village's Kage sold gold dust was not a secret. It was often used to trade with other countries. At the same time, the Sand Ninja Village did not suppress the spread of such rumors in order to show off its wealth and ability. Even a Genin who had been around for a while would not find it strange to hear such information.
"First of all, the Fourth Kazekage doesn't create gold," Nara Yan Shui corrected. Using special Release Techniques to collect gold dust was indeed very powerful, but it was far from being able to create gold. Otherwise, the Sand Ninja Village would not have been poor until now.
"Secondly, the more you can sell gold, the less you want a gold mine to fall into someone else's hands..."
He said meaningfully, without explaining too much, and instead said, "They're here."
A team of carriages was slowly heading towards the open gate along the road. Nara Yan Shui took the lead and jumped down. After exchanging a few words with a man dressed as a samurai with a shaved head, he beckoned the three subordinates behind him to follow the main force.
The transportation in the Naruto World is also strange—
Clearly, there are bicycles, and in certain areas, there are transportation tools similar to cars. In the future, there will be railways and 'lightning cars,' as well as ships, sailboats, steamships, and other things that look modern.
However, the powerful and wealthy travel in sedan chairs carried by people, while merchants travel and transport goods by horse-drawn carriages.
It's utterly bizarre. They've completed the tech tree, but they just won't use it.
Lin Ke directed Yuan Wei and Kasumi to the sides of the convoy, while he followed behind, watching the slow-moving horse-drawn carriages, and couldn't help but sigh at this completely unscientific tech tree.
No wonder it takes two months, the speed is too slow!
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