Anko's Request

Was the Young Master treating this Watermelon Head Boy a little too well?!

Hyuga Bun wore a complicated expression, not knowing what to say!

But this was his Young Master's request, after all. He only needed to carry it out!

"Yes!" A tool did not need too many thoughts! Hyuga Bun set off at once!

"Then I'll go home and wait for Guy to come over!"

Elsewhere~

"Guy, there aren't any suitable missions for you at the moment!" Minato Namikaze said with a wry smile as he looked at the anxious Guy before him.

Documents were piled like mountains before him, while the Third Hokage leisurely sipped tea beside him.

Minato Namikaze's lofty ambitions had been crushed beneath an endless sea of paperwork!

Honestly, he was already starting to regret becoming Hokage! Rather than battling wits with these documents every day, he might as well go home, hold Kushina, and show off their affection!

But when he thought of his dream, Minato Namikaze pulled himself together again.

Only!

What was wrong with Guy?!

Don't give me a difficult problem when I'm at my busiest!

What did he mean by a mission that could earn 400,000 Ryo within three days?!

The war had only just ended! Which Ninja Village wasn't quietly hiding in its village and licking its wounds?

Even B-rank missions involving ninja combat were pitifully scarce, let alone A-rank missions!

Besides, did this kid think it was still wartime?! That a Chunin could exceptionally take on an A-rank mission?!

Not to mention doing it alone!

Even if there was one, the village's Jonin were all watching it like hawks!

How could it possibly fall to him?!

After a long, earnest talk, Minato Namikaze rubbed his temples and looked at Guy's determined expression.

In the end, he still took out a C-rank bandit extermination mission and gave it to Guy!

The first floor of the Hokage Building was where clients registered and issued missions, as well as where ordinary missions were assigned.

Hyuga Bun gave Guy's departing figure a deep look, then turned and silently joined the queue.

Who knew how miserable Hyuga Bun felt right now!

He was a Chunin too!

Elsewhere~

Bai Yue was stopped before he could even get home.

"Bai Yue~" a crisp female voice rang out.

Bai Yue turned to look.

"What a coincidence, Sister Hong, Sister Anko." Bai Yue greeted them leisurely.

"What happened to you?" Kurenai Yuhi carefully looked Bai Yue over from head to toe. Seeing that his formerly spotless white clothes were covered in quite a bit of dust, she asked curiously.

"I sparred with Senior Guy for a while..." Bai Yue said with a smile.

"Guy?!" At that, not only did Kurenai Yuhi frown, but even Mitaraishi Anko frowned as well.

It wasn't that they looked down on Guy. They looked down on Bai Yue instead. Though Guy was not yet famous, his Taijutsu was unquestionably the best among their peers.

How could a scrawny little kid like Bai Yue possibly be a match for that brute Guy?

"Yeah. Is there a problem?"

"A huge one! You weren't hurt, were you?!" Kurenai Yuhi immediately stepped forward and began checking Bai Yue over.

"Stop~" Bai Yue directly slapped Kurenai Yuhi's hand away and said with dark lines all over his face, "Senior Guy isn't that reckless, and I'm not weak either!"

"..." Kurenai Yuhi froze. Recalling how Bai Yue had effortlessly dealt with the Curse Mark that Konoha's many Sealing Jutsu Masters had been unable to resolve in a short time, she immediately felt her worries had been unnecessary.

"Instead of worrying about whether I'm hurt, I'm more curious why you came looking for me."

"I'm here to thank you!" Mitaraishi Anko's gaze was cold, completely unlike her usual cheerful self. Clearly, she had yet to recover from Orochimaru's betrayal.

"No need to thank me. It was just a small effort." Yeah, that's right!

His clothes were only a little dusty. No big deal.

"Besides thanking you, I have another request!" Mitaraishi Anko's tone was incomparably solemn.

"What is it?" Not only was Bai Yue curious about Anko's request, even Kurenai Yuhi beside him was somewhat curious.

Because she was more familiar with Bai Yue, Anko had dragged her along.

"Remove the seal on the Curse Mark on my neck!"

"Why?" Bai Yue asked again. "Once I remove the seal, the Curse Mark's erosion will cause intense pain. That agony reaches deep into the soul; it isn't something simple willpower can overcome."

"Exactly! Are you crazy?!" Kurenai Yuhi hurriedly tried to stop her.

"That man treated me as an experiment and placed this thing called the Curse Mark of Heaven on me!" Mitaraishi Anko said coldly. "Though this Curse Mark makes me suffer, it can let me sense Orochimaru's presence!"

"What do you mean?" Bai Yue asked, feigning confusion.

"Though I was being controlled at the time, I could feel it..." As she spoke, Anko touched the Curse Mark on her neck, then continued, "With this thing called the Curse Mark of Heaven, the closer Orochimaru gets to me, the more intense the pain becomes. Conversely, the farther away he is, the weaker it becomes!"

"So! I can use this Curse Mark to find out where Orochimaru is!"

"And then?!" Little Bear spread his hands~

"Then I'll kill him!" Anko said through gritted teeth! Her tone brimmed with hatred.

Was this how love turned into hatred after betrayal by someone she trusted?

In that regard, Orochimaru was completely inferior to Captain Blue.

Even after nearly being killed several times, Blood Cow Tao still wanted to move toward the person he admired most.

But Anko wanted to kill Orochimaru.

Only~ did she have that ability?

Bai Yue rolled his Byakugan!

Not to mention Orochimaru in his current prime, even the future Orochimaru who had researched Forbidden Jutsu until his own body was riddled with damage was not someone a mere Special Jonin like her could challenge!

Even Orochimaru with his arms and soul sealed was not someone a weakling like her could handle!

"If there's nothing else, I'm going home." Bai Yue turned to leave. "Grandpa is still waiting for me to go home for dinner."

"Wait!" Anko used the Body Flicker Technique and appeared before Bai Yue. "Please remove the seal!"

"I refuse!" Bai Yue waved his hand dismissively.

"Then forgive me! Even if I have to use force today, you must remove the seal!" With that, Anko charged at Bai Yue.

What a joke~ Did she really think he was someone she could bully however she liked?!

Just as Bai Yue was about to make a move, Kurenai Yuhi beside him was faster.

"Anko! Have you lost your mind?!" Kurenai Yuhi hurriedly stopped her.

"Get out of my way!" A powerful kick struck Kurenai Yuhi, who had moved to block her.

Of course, Kurenai Yuhi was no pushover either! She immediately raised an arm and blocked the kick.

Don't assume Kurenai Yuhi's Taijutsu was weak just because she specialized in Genjutsu.

In fact, as someone who would become a Jonin in the future, Kurenai Yuhi had no obvious weaknesses. Her talent in Genjutsu was simply more outstanding.

Jonin! Though later on they seemed no different from roadside fodder, Jonin were actually powerful with virtually no blind spots.

After all, even a Village Shadow was only nominally a Jonin.

So, no matter how watered down Kurenai Yuhi's Jonin title might have been, it was not something a mere Mitaraishi Anko could hope to challenge.