In Konoha, Attributes Double Daily!

She pursued with the momentum, standing up with her hands on her hips.

"Not only are you all dead last, but your teacher isn't even as good as mine!"

"You bunch of dead la—"

Before she could finish the word "last," Anko Mitarashi froze in place.

The reason was that she saw the teacher leading Team 9 walking in.

Minato Namikaze, with a smile on his face, glanced at Anko Mitarashi.

"Say hello to Lord Orochimaru for me."

"Ah? Okay."

Anko Mitarashi responded quickly, then paid and ran off.

She had heard from her teacher that Minato Namikaze was an even more prodigious ninja than her teacher.

Although she had disparaged Minato Namikaze verbally, Anko Mitarashi knew very well that this ninja was very powerful.

After taking their seats.

Minato Namikaze ordered several portions of grilled meat and then announced two pieces of good news.

"There are two pieces of good news now. One is about the entire Team 9, and the other is about the captain, Han Guang."

"Which one do you want to hear first?"

Since it was all good news, did it matter which one they heard first?

Han Guang, however, was taken aback.

There was good news about him too?

"Teacher, tell us about our team first," Obito said impatiently.

"Alright, given the difficulty of the previous escort mission, the Third Hokage has upgraded the mission to B-rank. This means you have completed a B-rank escort mission."

"That's great."

Obito and Rin were both excited.

Han Guang didn't react much.

What was there to be happy about?

"Then what's the second piece of good news?" Kakashi asked.

"The second piece~~" Minato Namikaze's smile widened as he looked at Han Guang.

Then, he dropped a bombshell.

"Minako has transferred [Happy Hot Springs] to Han Guang."

Clatter!

Han Guang, who had just picked up a piece of grilled meat, dropped his chopsticks on the table.

Had he heard correctly?

Happy Hot Springs? That large bathhouse?

"Happy Hot Springs? Oh my goodness!" Nohara Rin couldn't hide her shock.

That was a large bathhouse located in the most prosperous area of the village.

"Why would she give it to Han Guang?" Obito's eyes were so jealous they seemed about to spew fire.

They had escorted Minako together, so why was Han Guang so lucky? Why not him?

"I get it! It must be because Han Guang hugged..."

"Ahem~~ Don't talk nonsense," Han Guang quickly interrupted.

Minako had just gifted him such a large bathhouse, and now Obito was slandering him.

How could he allow that?

"You probably don't know yet, but Minako is now the Daimyo of the Land of Hot Water," Minato Namikaze dropped another bomb.

Team 9 was collectively stunned.

They clearly remembered that Minako's profile stated she was merely the daughter of the largest bathhouse owner in the Land of Hot Water.

How had she become the Daimyo of the Land of Hot Water overnight?

Could it be.

Just because Han Guang had slept with that Daimyo, she gifted him a bathhouse?

"If it were me, I'd be fine with it too," Obito wailed inwardly, feeling like he had missed out on a fortune.

A large bathhouse in a prosperous area would cost at least a hundred million.

"Now that Han Guang is a bathhouse owner, if I go for a bath in the future..." Rin began to fantasize.

"Han Guang is treating tonight," Kakashi removed his mask and swallowed seven or eight pieces of grilled meat in one go.

Chapter 19: Han Guang Refuses! Strength Attribute Doubles to Kage Level!

After the dinner.

Han Guang didn't go home immediately.

Because he noticed that Teacher Minato hadn't left, he guessed the other party had something else to say.

As expected.

"The Third Hokage has assigned a B-rank mission for Team 9 to complete," Minato said slowly.

"A B-rank mission?" Han Guang frowned.

"That's right."

Taking out a scroll, Minato tossed it over.

"You can take a look."

Opening the scroll, Han Guang scanned the mission details, his expression immediately turning extremely grim.

This mission was to infiltrate the Land of Grass and gather intelligence.

Had the Third Hokage lost his mind?

Was the Land of Grass a place Genin could go to?

From Han Guang's understanding, the Land of Grass was an extremely chaotic country, making a living by selling intelligence to the three great ninja villages.

Based on this alone, the Land of Grass was bound to be filled with spies from many ninja villages.

Furthermore, being situated between the Land of Fire, Wind, and Earth, it further exacerbated the chaos within the Land of Grass.

Precisely because it was chaotic, everyone in the Land of Grass was a ninja, as civilians couldn't survive in this country.

Closing the scroll.

Han Guang respectfully handed it back to Minato.

Then he continued, "Teacher, I refuse to accept this mission."

"Hm?"

Minato was taken aback, not expecting this answer.

After all, he was a genius, with a record of killing a Jonin as a Genin.

Therefore, in Minato's eyes, the mission assigned by the Third Hokage was not problematic.

"Han Guang, this is a mission designated by the Third Hokage," Minato reminded him.

"Our team is in a period of rest, with a seven-day recovery period, right, Teacher?" Han Guang retorted.

"That is indeed the case," Minato nodded.

"And according to village rule number 75, during non-wartime, the village cannot forcibly assign Genin teams to a specific mission."

Hearing such a rule, Minato was stunned.

How did he not know about it?

"Does the village have this rule?"

"Yes," Han Guang affirmed. "And it was enacted by the Second Hokage."

Good heavens.

How do you know about a rule enacted by a former Hokage?

Minato really wanted to ask.

But considering that even he didn't know, he held back.

"However, if you do this, you will be disobeying the Hokage's orders, which is equivalent to not abiding by ninja rules," Minato reminded him again.

"Teacher, am I really the one who doesn't abide by the rules?" Han Guang asked earnestly.