Finally, his gaze fell on the [Skills] column.
"Maybe it's because I haven't learned any skills?" Hankuang guessed to himself.
Skills were easy enough to understand. They were nothing more than abilities such as throwing kunai and shuriken.
He guessed that, most likely, the Skills column was empty, so the system had determined that he hadn't properly learned the basic abilities of a ninja.
It was like a top physicist who was severely lacking in one area.
After leisurely finishing breakfast, he still hadn't received any message about the team assembling.
"Looks like the teacher managed to secure us a rest period."
Just as Hankuang had guessed.
At that moment.
Minato Namikaze was standing in the Hokage's Office, engaged in a heated debate with Hiruzen Sarutobi.
"Hokage-sama, why does every other team get a brief rest period, while Team 9 is the only one that doesn't?" Minato Namikaze argued reasonably.
"Minato, Team 9 has the genius Kakashi. You can't treat it like an ordinary Genin team." Hiruzen Sarutobi offered an explanation.
"Even with Kakashi, even Jonin teams get rest periods. Why doesn't Team 9?"
"Why have you circled back to that again?"
Hiruzen Sarutobi felt a massive headache coming on.
Reasonably speaking, Minato was right! But he was the Hokage. Couldn't he have a little privilege?
If it had been any other Jonin, Hiruzen Sarutobi definitely wouldn't have compromised.
But Minato Namikaze was different.
Minato's teacher was Jiraiya, and Jiraiya's teacher was himself.
What was more, Minato's lover was Kushina, the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.
That meant Minato Namikaze's suggestions were extremely important. Even he, the Hokage, had to consider them carefully.
Helplessly.
Hiruzen Sarutobi could only approve a three-day rest period for Team 9.
"Is that everything?" Picking up his pen, Hiruzen Sarutobi prepared to continue reviewing the documents.
"Oh, right. Sorry for the trouble, Hokage-sama, but could you reimburse Team 9's 500,000 Ryo?"
Clatter!
Hiruzen Sarutobi's pen fell.
"Reimburse? 500,000 Ryo?"
"Yes."
"Doesn't Team 9's Hankuang own a bathhouse? Does he really need reimbursement?" Hiruzen Sarutobi frowned.
That bathhouse was worth at least hundreds of millions. Did he really lack 500,000 Ryo?
"Hokage-sama, you may not know this, but although that bathhouse belongs to Hankuang, he doesn't even have enough money to reopen it!"
"For this mission, we even had to use the compensation money to buy intelligence."
Hearing that reason, Hiruzen Sarutobi had no way to refuse.
The matter involved compensation money, after all.
If it wasn't handled properly, it could have a major impact on him.
After writing out the Reimbursement Slip, Hiruzen Sarutobi waved his hand.
"Thank you, Hokage-sama." Minato took his leave and departed.
Lowering his head to continue reviewing the documents, Hiruzen Sarutobi muttered to himself.
"I never thought that I, the dignified Hokage, would actually be tricked by a dead-last!"
As Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi had handled countless intelligence missions. Never before had a ninja asked him for reimbursement.
Only Team 9!
"Compensation money?"
He simply didn't believe that ninjas would bring compensation money with them when leaving the village for a mission.
Obviously, that Hankuang had played him.
Hiruzen Sarutobi had no idea that the main reason Hankuang had done this was to avoid missions, or even have his ninja qualifications revoked.
Unfortunately, things had not gone as planned.
Training Ground No. 4.
Minato Namikaze wore a beaming smile.
Team 9 cheered as one.
"All right, I got the money back for you. Why haven't you put it away yet?" Minato was a little puzzled.
In theory, this was Hankuang's parents' compensation money. Shouldn't he have put it away properly? Why was it sitting on a rock?
Most importantly!
Obito was staring at the money with shining eyes, as if it were the compensation money for his own parents.
"Uh, I was so happy that I almost forgot."
Hankuang felt a little awkward as he put the money away.
"Make good use of these three days and train hard."
After leaving them with those words, Minato Namikaze departed.
"Quick, quick, let's split the money!" Obito urged impatiently.
"Hey? What about me?" Rin held out her hand.
"Is 50,000 Ryo each a little too little?" Kakashi hinted pointedly.
"Heh. If I hadn't complained to Teacher Minato, you wouldn't have gotten a single coin." Hankuang glanced at Kakashi and spoke indifferently.
Rasengan Doubled, Even the Name Was Lost?
At the unanimous request of Team 9, Hankuang treated them once again.
This time, however, he chose a ramen shop.
"Hey, aren't you being way too stingy?" Obito voiced his dissatisfaction.
There was 500,000 Ryo in total. Hankuang had kept 350,000 Ryo for himself, yet he was only treating each of them to one bowl of ramen?
"Me, stingy?"
Hankuang laughed. "Boss, three bowls of ramen."
"Huh?"
Obito instantly panicked.
There were four of them. What did he mean by ordering three bowls of ramen?
Whoosh!
Suddenly, Minato Namikaze appeared.
The moment he saw Teacher Minato, Hankuang guessed that this rest period was probably going to fall through again.
"Emergency mission. Go to the Hokage's Office immediately."
After leaving them with those words, Minato Namikaze vanished with a Body Flicker, leaving Team 9 collectively speechless.
Had this mission come too quickly? At the very least, couldn't they let them finish their noodles?
"Esteemed customers, your ramen is ready~~" Teuchi had just brought the ramen over when he saw Team 9 sprinting away.
"Hey! Your ramen!" Teuchi shouted.
"Leave it for now. We'll eat it after we get back from the mission!" Hankuang called back from a distance.
Eat it after they got back from the mission?
Teuchi's face turned red with anger.
By the time they returned from the mission, the noodles would have gone moldy.
"Dad, it seems they haven't paid yet?" A little girl poked her head out from the side and reminded him.
"Huh? Oh, right!"
Hokage's Office.
As soon as he entered the office, Hankuang saw a ninja whose entire head was wrapped in bandages.
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