Additional Mission and Mission Completion
"Chunin Di Shu."
"Chunin Sheng Ximen."
The other two Chunin also introduced themselves.
"Chunin, Lin Ke." Lin Ke's expression was calm, but he was thinking about how he hadn't brought his Kobayashi's Special Shoes because he was on a mission.
There was no helping it. Although he was developing rapidly this year due to adequate nutrition, he was only nine years old and not even 1.4 meters tall. He could usually wear his secret shoes in the village to make himself look like he was 1.4 meters tall, but Open-Toed Sandals were more useful for missions.
Yan Shui Teacher was nearly 1.8 meters tall, his two Chunin colleagues were 1.7 meters tall, and Yuhi Kurenai was even 1.69 meters tall...
The three adults didn't have time to pay attention to his focus on height. Di Shu marveled at how talented young people were these days. Becoming a Genin wasn't difficult, but becoming a Chunin was. You had to have enough strength and intelligence. It took him so many years back then.
"The client is adding an A-Rank Mission," Nara Yan Shui announced, dropping a bombshell, "Protect the client to complete the Gold Mine acquisition."
The two Chunin who came to support didn't change their expressions.
Lin Ke also remained silent. As expected, the situation was heading in a bad direction.
Chunin didn't have the right to interrupt when two Jonin were discussing a mission.
"Is he confident?" Yuhi Kurenai asked, "How long will it take?"
"Yes," Nara Yan Shui replied, "The Sand Ninja Village previously bribed officials in the Land of Rivers, and the merchant from the Land of Rain, who had the right of first refusal, died, which is why they were able to easily obtain the Gold Mine at a high price."
"He is confident that he can buy the Gold Mine within a week, before other merchants from the Land of Wind arrive."
Yuhi Kurenai nodded, approving the mission.
"Lin Ke, do you have any thoughts?" Surprisingly, Nara Yan Shui specifically asked his subordinate for his opinion.
Sheng Ximen's expression looked a little strange, but he didn't say anything. Whatever the Jonin wanted to do or ask, even if he had doubts in his heart, he could only hold them back and endure.
"..." Lin Ke hesitated slightly, realizing that it was because he had demonstrated the ability to instantly restrain or even kill a Jonin during the day that Yan Shui Teacher was beginning to value his words.
After thinking it over, he asked, "Won't the Sand Ninja Village have any objections to this?" He paused and added, "I heard that the Sand Ninja Village's economic situation has not been very good, relying on the sale of gold dust to maintain its economy. Losing the Gold Mine is likely to cause problems with the sale of gold dust."
The economy is sometimes like this, with expectations reacting earlier than reality. Even if the Gold Mine's exploitation is still uncertain, the Sand Ninja Village, having lost the Gold Mine, is destined to be unable to sell gold dust at its original price.
Yuhi Kurenai and the two Chunin were a little confused as to why the topic jumped to the sale of gold dust, and they clearly showed puzzled expressions.
Nara Yan Shui looked at Lin Ke with considerable surprise. He had to admit that he had already highly valued his genius subordinate.
He didn't expect him to have such vision and a sense of the big picture. Ordinary Chunin, and even many Special Jonin and Jonin, didn't have such mature concepts.
He shook his head, "Even if they are allies, there are still many things that we don't need to worry about."
"Or rather, appropriately weakening our allies also has some benefits for us."
What allies? Once the war starts, they are basically all enemies.
Didn't he ever think that he might push the Sand Ninja Village to the point of desperation? Lin Ke didn't speak anymore. He had already said a lot to show himself, and the remaining conclusion, the Konoha Crush Plan, was a fantasy that couldn't be discussed with others at all.
Under normal circumstances, the Sand Ninja Village, which had been weak until now, would not have the opportunity to be driven to desperation, but with Orochimaru...
"That's all," Nara Yan Shui said with a serious expression, "Thank you all for the next week."
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Five days later, outside the official residence in the Land of Rivers.
"An A-Rank Mission!"
Yuan Wei exclaimed. He never dreamed that he would be able to participate in an A-Rank Mission in his first year after graduation, and it was about to be completed.
Xia was absentmindedly fiddling with the Kunai in her hand, wondering what she was thinking.
Two Jonin, one overt and one covert, were responsible for protecting the Land of Fire's wealthy merchant at close range, and two Chunin were responsible for observing the surroundings. Their Lin Ke Squad's responsibility became waiting outside with the convoy, ready to provide support in case of an accident.
The main reason was that the two Genin were not qualified to participate in B-Rank Missions, let alone A-Rank Missions. Lin Ke was a newly promoted Chunin, so he naturally became a reserve firefighter.
Most likely, they wouldn't get much of the bounty from this A-Rank Mission.
I've already shown enough in this mission, there's no need to show myself anymore.
Lin Ke thought. He had a feeling that if Orochimaru was really behind it, the Land of Fire's wealthy merchant's acquisition of the Gold Mine would likely be unusually smooth.
But even if he stopped the Gold Mine acquisition, so what? What could trigger the Konoha Crush Plan was a long-term accumulation of dissatisfaction and its own excessive weakness.
Without being able to kill Orochimaru, next year's Konoha Crush Plan could not be stopped.
However, chaos may also be a stepping stone to progress...
Lin Ke slowly exhaled, not knowing how many of the ninjutsu techniques he requested from the Third Hokage would be approved. He hoped it would be a lot.
Of the large group of people in the convoy before departure, only a few could still drive. The samurai were almost completely wiped out, and those who survived were lying in the hotel.
Although the Land of Fire's wealthy merchant was a bit cold-blooded, he found specialized physicians to treat the samurai after things settled down, and most of them were saved.
"Boss," Xia seemed to have made some kind of decision, and asked, "I, I have a friend who has always been very mean to a classmate at school..."
You're talking about yourself? Lin Ke said, "If you feel you were wrong now, then advise 'her' to apologize."
Xia hadn't even said whether the friend was male or female, so how did the boss directly say 'her'...
Yuan Wei complained in his heart.
"..." Xia took a deep breath and said, "I understand."
"Do you want us to go with you?" Lin Ke asked. He could see that his companion was very embarrassed, but being willing to talk about the wrong things she had done was already progress.
Life-and-death battles really do make a person grow.
The former princess-like girl not only showed compassion for the injured but could also reflect on the mistakes she had made in the past.
Yuan Wei belatedly looked at his companion and said, "The friend you mentioned just now—"
"Shut up!" Xia said with a straight face.
"I don't want to, ah, I remember, when you were at school, you seemed to often bully a... um..." Yuan Wei tried hard to recall.
"Shut up!!!" Xia pounced on him, shaking his neck back and forth forcefully.
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