D-rank Mission

The meeting place by the river.

"Renye, did you get a new sword?" Koharu Utatane asked in surprise.

"Yeah." Renye nodded and gently stroked the scabbard.

"Does this sword have a name?"

"I named it Muko."

Tobirama Senju had told Renye that when this sword killed enemies, no blood would stain its blade, so he named it Muko.

Danzō Shimura stared at Muko with burning eyes.

He could tell it was a fine sword, even better than the weapons used by Jonin in his clan.

That could not help but stir jealousy in Danzō.

Why did Uchiha Renye get to have such a good weapon?

Renye was already stronger than him. With such a fine sword, it would be even harder for him to catch up to Renye.

Danzō Shimura thought, No, I need a good weapon too!

Before long, Yusuke Senju appeared in front of the three of them in a Body Flicker.

He noticed the sword in Renye's hand and praised it. "Nice sword."

At those words, jealousy blazed in Danzō's eyes.

Even Teacher Yusuke had praised it. This weapon had to be extraordinary!

If only he could get a weapon like that too...

Yusuke Senju glanced at Danzō, who immediately reined in his expression and pretended nothing had happened.

"I'll take you to accept missions."

Mission Assembly Hall.

Renye swept his gaze around and found that missions of different ranks each had their own designated section.

Yusuke Senju led them to the D-rank mission area.

"Wait here. I'll pick out some missions for you."

As he spoke, he began flipping through the mission information.

"Heh heh, we'll finally get to do missions." Danzō clenched his fist excitedly.

This was the first mission he had accepted since becoming a ninja.

He was already prepared to slaughter enemies in every direction!

Starting with his first mission, he would gradually become a powerful ninja!

"Wow, it's my first mission. I'm a little nervous." Koharu Utatane muttered softly.

Renye looked at the two of them with a complicated expression. "It's only a D-rank mission. What are you getting so fired up for?"

If he had not guessed wrong, D-rank missions were all things like chasing cats and finding dogs, right?

"Renye, what do you mean by that?" Koharu Utatane asked in confusion.

Renye had no intention of explaining. "You'll find out soon enough."

Danzō Shimura snorted. This bastard was being mysterious again.

Soon, Yusuke Senju came over carrying a pile of scrolls. "I picked out the missions for you."

"Teacher Yusuke, isn't... this a little too much?" Koharu Utatane swallowed.

With so many missions, when would they finish them all?

"It's fine. You should be able to finish them today," Yusuke Senju said.

With the brats' strength, completing D-rank missions would be easy.

That was why he had accepted a whole pile of them.

Danzō Shimura's eyes widened in shock. Teacher Yusuke simply was not treating them like human beings!

How could ninja missions possibly be that easy to complete?

"Take a look at the missions."

Renye opened a scroll, and the corner of his mouth twitched. "Just as I thought..."

Hearing Renye's words, the other two looked puzzled. "What kind of missions are they?"

They each opened a scroll, and the expressions on their faces instantly froze.

"Teacher Yusuke, these are our missions?!" Danzō Shimura asked in disbelief.

"That's right. These are your missions. It would be best if you finish them before the afternoon," Yusuke Senju said.

Danzō unwillingly opened the second scroll. Once he saw its contents, he fell completely silent.

Unbelievable. These were actually missions ninja had to carry out...

Mission One: Hold a beauty pageant for Uncle Yukimura's pigs at the eastern end of the village.

Mission Description: Uncle Yukimura had a sudden whim to hold a "Konoha's Most Beautiful Piglet" contest for his ten spotted pigs. Ninja were needed to help arrange the venue and organize the audience.

Mission Reward: 2,000 ryo.

Mission Two: Mediate a conflict between fighting puppies.

Mission Description: Two stray dogs in the village square often fought, scaring the children away from playing there. Ninja were needed to find out why they fought and mediate their conflict.

Mission Reward: 1,000 ryo, plus a box of dog-bone biscuits.

Mission Three: Change the diapers of the children at the orphanage.

Mission Description: The orphanage caretaker had taken leave due to personal matters, and several ninja were urgently needed to help change the diapers of hundreds of children.

Mission Reward: 5,000 ryo.

Even though Renye had mentally prepared himself, he still nearly lost it when he saw these missions.

What the hell kind of D-rank missions were these?

"Teacher Yusuke, can we not do these missions?" Renye asked.

Yusuke Senju raised an eyebrow. "If you accept them and do not complete them, it will be considered voluntarily abandoning the missions, and money will be deducted."

Renye: "..."

Honestly, he did not want to do these low-paying, tedious missions.

D-rank missions already paid little. The village took thirty percent, and the remaining seventy percent was divided among the four of them according to performance. There would barely be any money left by the time it reached their hands.

"Alright, go do the missions. Split the rewards you earn among yourselves. I don't want any," Yusuke Senju said.

As a Jonin, he naturally could not be bothered to split mission rewards with a few children, especially not for D-rank missions...

The three of them sighed helplessly and left the mission hall.

D-rank missions were not dangerous, but they paid little and involved plenty of work.

The three of them worked all day, their short legs nearly breaking from all the running, before they finally completed the missions.

After a whole day of missions, the anticipation Danzō Shimura and Koharu Utatane had felt for their first mission was gone, replaced by numb expressions.

Who knew what exactly they had gone through that day?

The two of them finally understood what Renye had meant.

So this was what D-rank missions were like...

Looking at the two who seemed to have lost all will to live, Renye comforted them. "The missions may have been awful, but we made money, didn't we?"

Only then did their expressions improve somewhat.

"Renye is right. At least we earned money." Koharu Utatane smiled.

Danzō Shimura nodded to himself. With money, he could buy the weapon he wanted.

The three headed toward the mission hall full of anticipation.

They had completed more than ten D-rank missions today. They had to have earned quite a bit, right?

Mission hall.

"You completed a total of fifteen D-rank missions. Here is your reward of 18,000 ryo. Please take it."

"Eighteen thousand? Are you kidding me?!" Renye cried out.

They had worked themselves to death all day, only to receive 18,000 ryo.

No... after splitting it among the three of them, they would only get 6,000 ryo each.

It felt like the sky had fallen!

Danzō Shimura and Koharu Utatane looked equally awful.

They had worked so hard all day, only to get this little money.

No one would be happy about that.

Although ninja earned money quickly, they spent it even faster.

After buying the ninja tools they needed, there would be no money left in their pockets.

Renye divided the money between the two of them.

Danzō accepted the money with a dark expression. "Tomorrow, have Teacher Yusuke accept C-rank missions for us!"

Renye nodded in strong agreement. "Exactly."

D-rank missions truly held little meaning for the three of them at their current level. It was indeed time to increase the difficulty.