Hanabi's Doubts

Konoha.

Mission acceptance window.

A pretty Byakugan girl with her hair hanging loose was turning in a mission.

"Here is your payment for this mission."

"Thank you."

Hanabi accepted the payment handed over by the clerk and put it into her bag.

Whether in wartime or peacetime, the Hyuga Clan never lacked missions.

After all, with the Byakugan, they were in demand wherever they went.

Hanabi was exceptionally gifted and had graduated from the Elite Class two years ago.

Though she was still a Genin, she was only one exam away from becoming a Chunin.

Let's see if there are any suitable missions first.

With that, Hanabi walked over to a large screen nearby and began looking through it.

The large screen displayed missions with relatively high rewards, which generally had higher requirements.

She went to a machine beside it to check. These machines were similar to self-service kiosks, where she could select her special abilities and ninja rank.

Corresponding missions would then appear, and she could click on them to view the details.

These machines had only been developed in recent years, greatly improving convenience for those accepting missions.

Hanabi first selected Byakugan. Sure enough, the mission list refreshed to more than three hundred pages, all requiring the Byakugan.

But when she selected Genin as her ninja rank, ninety percent of the missions instantly disappeared.

Only a little over twenty pages remained, most of them missions to find things.

Hanabi thought for a moment, then changed her ninja rank to Chunin. The list immediately grew to over a hundred pages.

Seeing so many missions she liked, Hanabi felt somewhat frustrated.

If Konoha hadn't been attacked, would I already be a Chunin by now?

Konoha's Chunin Exam had once been held twice a year. Later, after the Fourth Hokage Namikaze