"Chen, is your injury okay now?"
When Uchiha Chen first came here, Orochimaru made such an inquiry.
"It has fully recovered." Uchiha Chen hesitated and said.
Whenever Orochimaru asks about his physical condition, it is impossible to just care about his health. In fact, what this sentence means is: Can you start performing tasks again?
Having been tricked several times before, Uchiha Chen also understands Orochimaru's tricks. It seems that this guy wants to hide his rules again.
So Uchiha Chen is also very hesitant.
His injury was not serious and he had fully recovered a long time ago, and Tsunade was still watching eagerly from the side, so he couldn't tell a lie even if he wanted to.
Orochimaru looked very satisfied when he heard Uchiha Chen's reply. He nodded and said, "That's good. Now there is a new task for you to carry out."
"Mission? Teacher, are you kidding me?" At this moment, Uchiha Chen was looking at Orochimaru in front of him with a very shocked look.
"I was teasing you."
Unfortunately, it is impossible for Orochimaru to say such words. He has no intention of teasing his beloved disciple.
Uchiha Chen sighed. He really couldn't understand what tasks he still had to do now. He was already so close to Konoha. Could it be that he was asked to go back to Land of Rain to find Jiraiya?
Uchiha Chen feels a little sad.
However, ordinary ninjas have no room to refuse tasks assigned by commanders. In peacetime, ninjas may have some room for choice, but in wartime, the commander's orders are absolute and unquestionable.
For example, if Orochimaru has a sudden brain attack and orders Uchiha Chen to sneak into Hidden Sand Village and assassinate Third Kazekage, even though he knows that he is facing death and the success rate of the mission is zero, he will still go if Uchiha Chen does not want to dump Konoha.
So there is no possibility of rejection in this matter. Uchiha Chen is therefore a little depressed.
"Teacher, what is our mission?"
He asked the question immediately.
"The war between us and the Sand Ninja may continue for a long time. But according to my previous investigation, Hidden Sand Village showed a large amount of unidentified supplies." Orochimaru took out a document.
"There is evidence that these materials were sold by Land of Fire. There are two situations. One is that Land of Fire's chamber of commerce contacted Land of Wind's ninjas without telling Daimyo, and secretly sold their country's food to them at high prices. The second one was sold with the support of Daimyo."
Orochimaru handed the information packet to Uchiha Chen.
"I need you to investigate this."
The entire tent was quiet for a while, as Orochimaru waited for Uchiha Chen to digest the whole thing. Anyone who hears this for the first time will be shocked, and Uchiha Chen is no exception. So this is why Orochimaru took so long to let people investigate.
"Shouldn't Lord Hokage go to Daimyo to negotiate this kind of thing?" Uchiha Chen held back this sentence for a long time.
Orochimaru thought about it for a moment and then continued, "I have thought about this before. But you may not know much about Third Hokage's character. In this matter, Third Hokage is the same as Land of Fire's Daimyo is of no use. Moreover, it is impossible for Daimyo to admit this kind of scandal. The most it can do is promise Konoha more supplies to support our fight."
"But in this way, while the war is delayed indefinitely, the death and injury of Konoha Ninja is something we should take into consideration."
Uchiha Chen nodded, what Orochimaru said does make sense. Sarutobi Hiruzen's indecisive character is placed there. By the time he finishes investigating, Third Great Ninja War may have started. So this will only delay the entire war.
Speaking of which, Orochimaru is really a good young man who loves Konoha.
He knew that the negotiation between Third Hokage and Daimyo was only superficial. Third Hokage had no way to put pressure on Daimyo without conclusive evidence. In the end, the best result was to get a sum of supplies to appease people's hearts.
Third Hokage can't do it, but it doesn't mean that their ninjas can't do it. There are some things that Hokage can't do, but ninjas can do it. So Orochimaru decided to take matters into his own hands and solve this problem for Konoha.
"What about the level of the mission?" Uchiha Chen no longer hesitated and decided to complete the mission seriously.
"B, you have never been to Daimyo's Capital, so be careful. However, considering that there may be ninjas as enemies at Daimyo's Capital's chamber of commerce, we will consider it a B-level mission for the time being."
"If there is an unexpected situation, it should be Sunagakure, who sent relatively advanced ninjas there to protect his 'employer'." Orochimaru said all his guesses.
Uchiha Chen nodded. "What about the time of the mission?"
"Let's define it according to the usual B-Rank Mission time, which is fifteen days. If there is any unexpected situation, use Big White or other methods to notify me."
"As for the mission, I will assign you a confidential mission. No one can see it except me and Tsunade." Orochimaru said in a hoarse voice.
"Okay, then I'll leave first, Teacher Orochimaru." Uchiha Chen nodded and prepared to gather his friends.
B-Rank Mission Well, it is a little difficult to say it is because of its uncertainty.
Not to mention the Daimyo hidden behind the scenes, the Chamber of Commerce may also ask the ninjas of the Sand Ninja to protect themselves under the premise of trading with interests.
In this way, the difficulty of this task may increase, and it is not impossible to even increase it to A-Rank.
There are tasks involving Jonin. As long as the opponent's strength is not too great, the tasks are basically A-Rank.
Jonin, as a mainstay in a ninja village, has this kind of intimidation unconditionally.
But it doesn't matter anymore, Uchiha Chen just wants to finish it quickly and return to Konoha.
After all, half an hour ago, he was still missing the life of Konoha, but now he has received the task of Orochimaru. This made him deeply feel the malice coming from this plane.