Anyway, I've Already Given Them the Tickets. You Can Decide How to Pair Them Up

Pfft~ Sakura, who had just felt stiff with embarrassment, couldn't help but laugh, albeit somewhat unkindly. While this situation would be utterly ridiculous if it happened to her, it instantly became a hilarious farce when it happened to someone else...

A cold-faced prince? Sasuke with black hair and red eyes? Biri Biri?

"Biri Biri? Hahahaha!" She tried her best to cover her mouth, but laughter still leaked out from between her hands.

A tea-haired, arrogant girl with electric powers and a black-haired, arrogant guy with Lightning Release?

Hehehehe, actually their character designs are quite similar!

"Please calm down, sir," Sakura finally stopped laughing and pulled the fat man aside, "We're preparing to take on this mission. So we need to confirm, are you the one who commissioned this mission?"

She waved the task sheet in her hand.

"Huff, huff, I'm so sorry, I'm really sorry, I was just too excited, I was so thrilled to meet you in person," he said, panting heavily. After this burst of excitement, his head was covered in sweat.

"Thank you, thank you, I'm sorry to have made you laugh," he said, taking the tissue Sakura offered and quickly wiping his forehead. Then he carefully examined the mission sheet in Sakura's hand. "Ahem, let me introduce myself first. I'm the director of the 'Princess Gale: The Great Adventure' film series, and also the client for this mission, Asama Takehiko!"

A director? No wonder, it's normal for artists to have eccentric behaviors and ideas... Sakura can understand him a little now.

She had seen several so-called classic movies from the Hokage world. Due to prolonged warfare, entertainment activities in this world had not developed well. In terms of movies, both special effects and filming techniques were still in their early stages of development. Therefore, the ninja battles in the Chunin Ninja Exams completely surpassed those in so-called movies in terms of visual splendor and dramatic twists and turns.

Because it's quite normal to gain countless fans through a single battle. Or perhaps, this was Konoha's original goal—to promote their ninjas through the Chunin Ninja Exams, gain prestige, increase popularity, and then obtain more mission requests.

As for the purpose of selecting Chunin, that's secondary. Otherwise, the original story wouldn't have featured only one Chunin promoted from such a grand competition.

"It's wonderful that you've taken on this mission," Director Asama continued, rubbing his hands Asama, his face still flushed and his voice still brimming with excitement. "Do you have any questions about this mission? We can discuss any requests or issues and try our best to make everyone satisfied!"

"Mr. Asama," the dispatcher, who had been completely unable to get a word in edgewise, finally found a chance to speak.

He was actually a bit dumbfounded. Asama Takehiko's attitude towards Sakura Haruno and the others was obviously not just ordinary warmth, and it seemed that these three young men who hadn't even grown their hair yet were not ordinary Genin or Chunin. There were quite a few ninjas in Konoha who didn't care about current events or gossip and were ignorant of the world. In short, it seemed that his intention to make things difficult for them was going to fall through.

"Is there something you need?" Asama.

"They're still just Genin, only Sakura Haruno is Chunin-- "

"Oh! Chunin!" Asama exclaimed again, interrupting the dispatcher, "You've been promoted to Chunin? Well, with a ninja as strong as you, it's not surprising that you've been promoted to Chunin! Anyway, congratulations, Ice Princess Snow!"

Sakura gave an awkward laugh, "You flatter me, Mr. Asama. I'm just an ordinary Chunin, so please don't call me Ice Princess Snow. That title is really... not quite right. Just call me by my name, or Sakura is fine too."

Asama Takehiko chuckled, "Ice and Snow... uh, Sister Sakura Haruno, this title was come up with by our fans. If it bothers you, then it loses its meaning. I'll just call you Sister Sakura for now, and we'll come up with a better option for you to choose from later."

Does this mean the nickname isn't chuunibyou enough, and they need to choose an even more chuunibyou one? Sakura resisted the urge to roll her eyes.

Just then, Naruto was listening from the side and still confused, wrinkled his nose and interjected, "Fans? The kind you eat?"

"Idiot, fans are a group of people who like a particular character," Sasuke replied, then turned to Asama, "Director, let's stop the small talk and get down to business!"

"That's right, Mr. Asama. Let's finish our business first and then chat," Sakura said with a smile. "It's not on the mission list, so I need to ask you how long this mission will take."

Asama Takehiko said seriously, "Well, we're not entirely sure about the time either. After all, filming is full of unpredictable events, so it's not appropriate to write it on the task list. Of course, we do have a schedule. If everything goes smoothly, we should be able to finish filming in about ten days, and at the latest, it shouldn't take more than three weeks. We can add all of this to the task list. If it exceeds the time limit, we will pay reasonable compensation, or we will allow you to terminate the task at your own expense."

"Then I'll have to trouble Director Asama." Sakura didn't stand on ceremony with him; it was better to clarify these things beforehand than to cause disputes later. After all, if they didn't return to the village by the deadline, they could be suspected of deserting the village!

She continued, "So what's the mission content? If it's just filming a movie, we shouldn't encounter any dangerous enemies, right? There aren't any ninja villages in the Land of Snow, so why is the mission level B?"

"Well... we originally reported it as a Rank 1 mission, but your reward was higher than the standard for a Rank 1 mission, so we changed it to B-Rank Mission. So it's actually still a Rank 1 mission." Director Asama smiled. "However, the Land of Snow also has ninjas, of course, their level is far below yours. And we're just making a movie, so we won't have any conflicts with them. The main problem is that most of the filming locations are in desolate wilderness, and we're worried about the safety of the crew, so we issued this mission."

"Hmm... I understand," Sakura exchanged glances with Sasuke and Naruto. "So, one last question: when does the mission begin?"

"The crew is currently still filming in Konoha, but there's very little filming left. We estimate it will be completed in about a week, so we're tentatively scheduled to depart after the 10th. We'll let you know the exact time then."

The girl nodded upon hearing this. "Then, I have no more questions. Naruto, Biri Biri, is there anything else you want to ask?"

"A long-awaited overseas mission? I'm fine with that... Also, my name isn't Biri Biri!" Sasuke was speechless upon hearing this nickname.

Naruto pretended to ponder for a moment, then said, "Hmm... very good... you've considered this aspect... and you've thought about that matter too... it seems you've thought it through thoroughly... so, I think... there's no problem!"

Sakura rolled her eyes at him and gave him a long-awaited flick on the forehead.

Asama Takehiko quickly revised the task sheet, stamped it with his personal seal, and then Sakura Haruno and the other two signed their names. After the grim-faced dispatcher registered it, they officially accepted the task.

"I'm so sorry, I'm very busy here. The movie is still being filmed, and I have to rush back to the set immediately. I also need to inform the crew that the assignment has been accepted so that I can arrange the rest of the schedule. So I don't have time to entertain you. I'm really sorry!" Asama glanced at the time and said apologetically.

He took out three movie tickets and handed them to Sakura: "This is a small token of our appreciation from our film crew. Please accept it. We've been filming on location in the movie district recently, so you're welcome to visit our set sometime! Let's chat again sometime. I have to go now, I'm really sorry!"

"Take care!" "Goodbye!" "Bye-bye~" Seeing this, the three of them didn't try to stop them and waved goodbye to the interesting director.

Sakura glanced down at the movie tickets Asama had given her. They were for "The Princess Gale," showing at noon the next day. This movie, currently showing, was incredibly popular, and tickets were extremely hard to come by. Asama had given her one regular ticket for a front-row, center seat and two VIP tickets for a couple's box.

The girl's lips twitched, a forced smile playing on her lips as she thought—"Heh heh... I knew it, these guys are messing around with pairings again... Just listen to those titles, princesses, princes..."

A 40-year-old man still chasing after celebrities... Interesting.

She discreetly folded the regular tickets, put them back in her pocket, and then handed the remaining two tickets to Naruto and Sasuke: "Since it's a kind gesture, let's not waste it. This movie sounds pretty good, let's go see it tomorrow."

Hehe, anyway, I've already sent out the tickets. You guys decide who the official pairing is...

Sasuke and Naruto were puzzled by the strange smile that suddenly appeared on Sakura's face, but they didn't think much of it, "Whatever, let's go take a look."

The next day, gossip about Naruto and Sasuke going to a private movie box spread throughout Konoha...

Let's leave aside for now how Sakura Haruno's sisters kept pestering her with questions about Sasuke and Naruto.

In the days leading up to the mission, Team Kakashi maintained their normal training routine – the rhythm of receiving missions.

Of course, they only accepted simple tasks that could be completed within the village, so as not to delay the tasks too long and miss the deadline for the Land of Snow mission.

The ninja who clashed with them before seems to have been transferred; they haven't seen him in the past few days.

Sakura didn't care about this matter. Of course, she didn't think about using her status to put pressure on him or show off—this wasn't a light novel where the plot was driven by showing off, slapping someone in the face, or pretending to be weak to take advantage of someone else.

However, the first mission she took on Chunin was filled with such a bizarre encounter. What did she realize? Having lived in Konoha for so many years, Konoha was well aware of the undercurrents within the village. Or to put it bluntly, there was a group of people—and quite a few at that—who harbored resentment towards Konoha. The middle-aged ninja's attitude was simply a manifestation of this sentiment.

Sakura was all too familiar with this feeling—a certain country was once the world's number one for a long time, but in recent years it has suffered a series of setbacks and its strength has greatly declined. It barely managed to get through it, but then internal strife broke out, and external forces stirred up trouble. It even had to swallow its pride and offer its face up to be slapped—in this situation, isn't it obvious how everyone feels and what has happened?

Anyway, she's experienced it more than once.

(P. S. My pet turtle got stepped on and died after a few days. I had it for several years.)

My mood was a bit affected because the corpse smelled so bad.

Let's have a moment of silence. Although I never fed it while it was alive, at least I was the one who took its body after it died.

Collecting its remains was really difficult, after all, carrying such a smelly thing so far to throw it in the trash...

(P. S., still asking for recommendation votes this week. Although I initially wrote this for my own amusement, now that so many people are reading it, I'll try my best to be responsible to my readers... However, for an unsigned book, I can only ask for recommendation votes to get onto the recommendation list; I can't get on other recommendation slots, sob sob.)