While the advisor elders were holding a meeting in the Hokage Building, the peers from Team Kakashi and Team Guy who had taken part in the operation also gathered together to discuss the Gelel Stone.
Tenten sighed. "I never expected our first official mission to involve something like this."
Sakura nodded. "This mission involved both the God Organization and Akatsuki. Both leaders appeared, so it should count as an S-rank mission, right?"
Naruto immediately perked up. "An S-rank mission? Awesome!"
S-rank missions were the village's highest-ranking assignments. Let alone freshly graduated Ninja Academy students like them, even Chunin and Special Jonin might never have carried one out.
"Idiot!"
Sasuke shot Naruto a disdainful look and spoke irritably.
Sakura added, "Naruto, are you stupid? We failed to complete this mission and didn't capture a single Akatsuki member alive. No matter what rank the mission was, our records will only show that we failed it. What's there to be happy about?"
She had brought up the S-rank classification only because she hoped the failure on their records would not look quite so glaring. After all, failing an S-rank mission was at least somewhat understandable.
"Uh..."
Naruto scratched his head.
Rock Lee, with his straightforward nature, did not care much about the failure on his record. As he stretched his body, he said, "I wonder what happened to the Gelel Ore Vein in the end. That thing was incredible. I feel like my body has become much stronger."
Tenten smiled. "Yeah, that was probably the greatest gain from this mission!"
Like Kakashi and Guy, the peers who had been splashed by the chakra crystal liquid from the Gelel Ore Vein had all benefited to varying degrees.
Rock Lee felt that his strength, speed, and reactions had all improved. Sakura and Tenten also felt