Chapter 128: Mission in the Land of Waves (Patreon)

Chapter List: Naruto: Sakura Blizzard

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"Escort mission? A C-rank mission is indeed not very dangerous. At most, you may encounter bandits or thieves!" Kakashi opened the scroll and glanced at it. There was a glint in his eyes, but he didn't say anything.

Tazuna's brain, which was still a little drunk, became completely sober due to excessive nervousness. When he saw that Kakashi didn't find anything suspicious about the mission, he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Che, I thought we were going to escort some big shot or a princess. It turned out to be an old man reeking of alcohol!" Naruto grumbled dissatisfiedly. His intuition made him feel uneasy about Tazuna. He felt that this person was hiding something.

"These kids are going to escort me? I wonder if they are reliable enough!" Tazuna's heart started to flutter again when he saw that the mission had been accepted. "I heard that Konoha has a good reputation and a high success rate in completing missions. But can these kids really do it? One is cold and doesn't speak, one is impulsive and rude, and there's a soft and weak little girl who could be blown away by a gust of wind. I really can't relax with them!"

Hearing Tazuna's drunken criticism of Sakura and her team, not only Kakashi and Third Hokage, but even the hidden ANBU couldn't help but want to laugh. Especially the comments about Sakura made Kakashi constantly snicker inwardly. Soft and weak? This girl could hammer the Nine-Tails to the ground when she gets angry. Now, the Nine-Tails trembles at the sight of Sakura and even behaves like a lapdog in front of her. It's completely different from its previous arrogance. Also, Kakashi himself had seen how this "gust of wind" girl talked to Six Paths Sage without changing her expression. Soft and weak? Kakashi wanted to say "bullshit" in his heart.

"Publishing a mission is a voluntary act of the client. The ninja village never forces you to do anything, and accepting a mission also has strict rules. Since we've accepted the mission, it means we have the ability to complete it. If you think we can't handle a C-rank mission, then please leave. Konoha's gate has long been open. You can go to other ninja villages to publish your mission. You want us to take this low-level mission seriously? That's quite a wishful thinking!" Sakura retorted bluntly. She didn't like Tazuna, and even felt a bit of disgust towards him. He said he had no money to publish the mission, so he chose to conceal the truth, but then he could afford to drink? It's ridiculous that he would use the commission for the entire Land of Waves mission to drink.

The most crucial thing is that this guy is shamelessly using moral blackmail in the original work, saying that his daughter-in-law and child will hate Konoha for the rest of their lives. But why didn't he think about the consequences of mission failure? Kakashi and his team almost died in the gutter back then. If it weren't for Team 7, but some other ninja team, they would have been killed by Zabuza long ago. Just because he claimed he had no money to publish a high-level mission, he deliberately concealed the truth and let uninformed ninja go to their deaths. Sakura won't give him a good face for this.

"Is this your attitude, Konoha? I am the mission client..." Tazuna was angry and started to rant, pointing his finger at Sakura.

"Is that so?" Sakura directly took the scroll from Kakashi's hand and threw it into his arms, saying, "If you don't trust Konoha's strength, then please go to other ninja villages. Konoha doesn't need a client like you!"

"You can't do this to me!"

Tazuna was panicked. The reason he came to publish the mission at this time was that he had the idea that since it was the graduation time of Konoha ninja, the lower-level missions were usually led by the upper-level ninja. As long as he paid for a C-rank mission, he could attract upper-level ninja to protect him. Later, he could sell his misery on the road, and threaten Konoha's reputation. Then, he could force them to help solve everything, and apologize to Konoha afterwards. They couldn't blame him for anything.

But at this pace, what if Konoha didn't accept his mission? Other ninja villages were not as easy to deal with as Konoha.

"You came to us to ask for help, but we have the right to choose whether to help or not. Do you think you're a mission client, so we have to help you? You're thinking too much."

Sakura sneered, showing no sympathy for Tazuna's thoughts. Perhaps in the eyes of many people, Tazuna was a hero who risked his life for his own country. But how many people have thought about how many ninja Tazuna, who concealed the mission level, would kill? If Kakashi's strength wasn't strong enough at the time, if Naruto didn't explode with Nine-Tails chakra at a critical moment, if Sasuke didn't have Sharingan, if Haku didn't go easy, then the final result would only be annihilation. Who would pity such a person? Who would pity those deceived ninja?

"Okay, Sakura, since we have accepted the mission, we should complete it properly. It's just a C-rank mission, so there's no danger!"

Kakashi patted Sakura's hair and said meaningfully. He had guessed that the mission might not be that simple, especially Sakura's attitude. Sakura's usual personality was very gentle, and she had never reacted like this. She seemed to dislike Tazuna very much, but they didn't know each other before. The reason could only be related to this mission. According to his understanding of Sakura, she was extremely protective of her comrades and only showed this kind of emotion when her comrades were in danger. That is to say, Tazuna's mission is likely to put them in danger, or, it will put uninformed people in danger. At this time, only upper-level ninja teams led by Jonin would accept the mission. The opponent who could put a Jonin in danger was obviously not an ordinary ninja.

In just a moment, Kakashi analyzed a lot of reasons in his mind. Then, he looked at Tazuna with a hint of dislike in his eyes. Lying about the mission level is something that all ninja hate. After all, no one wants to be killed inexplicably. Once this behavior is discovered, not only will he be punished, but everyone related to the mission client will also be punished. This is also a means for ninja villages to protect their ninja. It's not easy to cultivate a ninja, how could they allow a ninja to be killed because of a mission client's false report of the mission level?

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