16 Chapter 16: The First Mission, C Level

Early the next morning, Satoru was forcibly awakened by Sakumo. Although he had to gather at the Hokage building at eight o'clock in the morning, this was too difficult for Satoru. He had just graduated from school and couldn't even get a good night's sleep.

Although Sakumo forcibly woke him up, he arrived at the Hokage building in a daze and it was almost nine o'clock. At a glance, Satoru saw Kitazono Nakajima standing next to him and two children standing next to him. Although they were children, they looked older than Satoru, at least they looked like they were nine or ten years old.

"Satoru, I didn't expect you to be late on the first day of gathering."

The expression on Kitazono Nakajima's face was very serious, and his squinted eyes had disappeared.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I met a lost kitten on the way, and in the spirit of doing good deeds, I sent the lost kitten back to her mother."

Satoru directly stated his reason for being late, his face was not good, and his expression did not seem to be embarrassed at all.

And the expressions on the faces of the three people opposite clearly expressed the meaning, 'Lie, continue to lie.'

If Satoru could hide his dazed state a little bit, they might believe it a little bit, but now it obviously looks like he just woke up, and he made up the reason for sending the kitten home, which is full of loopholes. This is clearly not treating them as people, but as ghosts, because isn't this deceiving ghosts?

"Alright, just this once, don't make it a habit. Let me introduce you to your two teammates, this is Nagayama Masahiro."

Nakajima-sensei introduced another boy to Satoru.

"Yo, hello there."

Satoru greeted the other person very familiarly.

"Tsk, such a little brat can actually join our team, don't drag us down when doing tasks, I don't want to have a burden when executing tasks."

The boy named Nagayama Masahiro seemed to have a lot of resentment towards Satoru.

"This is Yano Miwa, you will get along well with these two in the future."

"You are Hatake Satoru, right? I have heard of your name, you are one of only two students who graduated from the ninja school at the age of five since the establishment of the ninja school, you are one of them, you are a true genius."

"No no no, there is a lot of thing I need to learn"

Satoru covered his mouth with one hand and fanned the other hand on the side. It was clearly a humble phrase, but there was no humility in Satoru's body.

"Please teach me a lot in the future, senpai."

"Maybe I will need Satoru's protection by then, after all, I heard that Satoru defeated the elite of the Uchiha clan during the graduation assessment, and I am just a medical ninja."

"Medical ninja? That's amazing."

Satoru praised Yano Miwa. If you say which Ninjutsu is the most difficult to get started, it is none other than medical Ninjutsu.

"Alright, if you want to enhance your feelings, enhance them during the task."

Suddenly, Kitazono Nakajima interrupted the conversation between the two.

Then, Nakajima took Satoru and a few others to the place where they received the task. Yano Miwa and Nagayama Masahiro had been to this place several times, but it was Satoru's first time, so he looked around and showed a curious look at everything.

"Is this guy really a genius?"

There was a tic-tac-toe on Nagayama Masahiro's forehead, as if he was suppressing his anger. He felt that Satoru now looked like a clown, and he felt ashamed to walk with him.

"Hokage-sama."

When Nakajima led a few people into the room, Nakajima, Miwa, and Masahiro all spoke to the Third Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen, who was sitting in the main seat, with a very respectful tone.

Only Satoru stood straight, carefully looking at the Third Hokage.

He could see that the Third Hokage's body contained a very powerful chakra, this chakra was above his father Hatake Sakumo, the Third Hokage was in his prime, at the peak of his strength, he could be said to be the most powerful person in the entire Konohagakure village.

"Nakajima, long time no see, how have the tasks been completed recently?"

As soon as he saw Kitazono Nakajima, the Third Hokage showed a very caring look for his subordinates.

"Thank you for your concern, Hokage-sama, the completion rate of recent tasks is 100%."

The Third Hokage is not always in the task hall, only occasionally or when he meets someone interesting will he come here to sit for a while.

"Very good, you are indeed an excellent ninja of my Konohagakure village."

Then, Sarutobi Hiruzen turned his gaze to Satoru.

"You are Sakumo's child, Hatake Satoru, right?"

Sarutobi Hiruzen asked Satoru, but the tone of his speech had already confirmed the answer to his question.

"Yes, Hokage-sama."

This was the first face-to-face meeting between the Third Hokage and Hatake Satoru. The Third Hokage had seen Kakashi before, after all, Kakashi was a well-known genius since he was a child, and Satoru was completely transparent before the graduation assessment, so the Third Hokage did not pay much attention to Satoru at that time.

It was only after the graduation assessment that the Third Hokage knew that Satoru was the one who was hidden the deepest, which made him pay more attention to Satoru in his daily life.

"Like father, like son."

The Third Hokage said with a kind face.

"I hope you won't disgrace your father's reputation in the future."

"Don't worry, I will definitely not disappoint Hokage-sama."

"Well, since this is Satoru's first mission, let's arrange a simple task for you. I remember there is a group of bandits near Konohagakure village that need to be cleared out, a C-level task, just leave it to you."

"Yes, Hokage-sama, we promise to complete the task."

Nakajima took over the details of the task. Suddenly, a group of bandits appeared on the outskirts of Konohagakure village, doing all kinds of burning, killing, and looting, and needed to be cleared as soon as possible.

"It's really a dangerous period, the first task is to kill."

Satoru's heart was not afraid at all, but there was a trace of excitement.

Now it's different from the peaceful development period when the plot started. Now the Second Ninja World War has just ended, and countless ordinary people who have been displaced in the war have gathered together. These people have no food, no way to survive, they can only go up the mountain to be bandits.

Of course, it is also possible that there are spies from enemy countries disguised as bandits, but this rarely happens.

Like finding cats and cleaning up garbage, you can't find them now. At this time, as long as a Genin graduates, he must be prepared to sacrifice at any time.

"This task is not urgent for a while, it will take half a day to travel, so now everyone goes home to pack up, and gather at the village gate on time at one o'clock in the afternoon."

"Yes, Nakajima-sensei."

"Especially you, Satoru, don't be late in the afternoon."

"Don't worry, Nakajima-sensei, when I need to be serious about something, I can still distinguish it."

Although Satoru might be late, he can't be late in all situations. He will only be late when his lateness will not cause major problems. He is usually very punctual in doing anything.

(End of this chapter)

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