Sarutobi Kou's Troublesome Team

"Take it. In a moment of emergency, you'll know how to use it." Uchiha Jie pressed Hyuga Yue's cold hand, then looked at Sarutobi Kou.

"You still have something for me?" the latter asked.

Uchiha Jie actually took out a scroll from his body. It was small but quite thick.

Scrolls of this style were generally not used to seal items or record ninjutsu. Even for important information, no one would write it on them.

Because the area was too small, some commonly used sealing jutsu could not be fully executed. Therefore, these scrolls were only frequently used by Genin, usually for mission records. After all, ordinary D-rank and C-rank missions did not require particularly strict safekeeping.

"Isn't this a bit too casual?" Sarutobi Kou weighed the scroll in her hand, then looked at the test tube in Hyuga Yue's hand. She wasn't envious at all and didn't want the Sharingan.

Saying that, she was about to unroll the scroll to see what was written inside that could rival the Sharingan.

However, when she exerted force on her hand, the scroll didn't move at all, as if it were firmly welded shut.

"Heh! Such a small scroll, and you even put a seal on it?"

After examining it carefully, Sarutobi Kou finally saw a small, twisted seal in the gap where the scroll was gathered.

"It's not for you, and you can't open it. This is for Luyu, just for you to pass it on to her," Uchiha Jie explained.

After hearing the explanation, Sarutobi Kou directly stuffed the scroll into her clothes, no longer bothering whether she could open it. If this scroll was for Luyu, then even if she spent great effort to break the seal, she wouldn't be able to understand the contents.

These two guys always liked to come up with secret codes and cryptic messages, claiming it was a competition. In her opinion, they were just writing lovey-dovey sweet nothings and making them look like secret codes so she wouldn't understand.

Sarutobi Kou initially thought that becoming a glorious squad leader Jonin would be a very happy and easy job. However, when she received the list of assigned team members, she was overwhelmed.

Hyuga, Uchiha, and a Nara.

The Hyuga branch family was a bit easier to handle. Most of these people were like walking dead, puppets who seemed to have lost hope in life. Whatever you asked them to do, they would do it and complete the mission well, but that was it.

They didn't like to talk much or build relationships with their teammates, like cold machines that only felt a little warm when touched.

The Uchiha clan was a notorious bunch of troublemakers: conceited, arrogant, and looking down on everyone. She had heard elders talk about this since birth. It was truly difficult to manage Uchihas.

Let alone being their squad leader, disobeying orders, and even challenging you every few days were commonplace.

If the remaining member was a civilian ninja, it would have been easier to mediate. She would just need to firmly suppress the Uchiha troublemaker and establish the captain's authority.

But the last member to join was not a civilian ninja, but a young girl from the Nara clan.

Usually, young ninjas from the Nara, Yamanaka, and Akimichi clans would be put together in a team, as per the customary rules of their three clans. However, having children, even with chakra, wasn't something you could just decide to do.

Naturally, these clans also had young ninjas who needed to be teamed up with other ninjas.

The ninja responsible for the pairings wanted to curry favor with the Sarutobi family's eldest daughter, so they gave her such a luxurious team.

The Hyuga would be responsible for reconnaissance and close-quarters taijutsu. The Nara would be the strategist, using their signature Shadow Secret Technique to control opponents, and finally, the Uchiha, skilled in Fire Style, would finish the battle.

But when Sarutobi Kou received the three young ninjas, she found that besides herself, there wasn't a single normal person in the team in the conventional sense.

The young ninja from the Hyuga branch family was said to be skilled in Gentle Fist, but she preferred to fight with the short sword at her waist. According to her, why bother with the Sixty-Four Palms when you could kill an enemy with one slice?

But using a sword was one thing; she was also particularly cruel. During their first C-rank mission, the bandits she killed were all dismembered, unrecognizable, as if they had been struck by the Sixty-Four Palms with a sword.

The child from the Uchiha clan, whose eyes hadn't even opened yet, was always cheerful. No matter what mission they were on, he looked like he was going on a spring outing outside the village. Seeing his bright smile made her want to punch him hard.

The young girl from the Nara clan was even more difficult to deal with. She was listless during missions, acting like it had nothing to do with her. When she had free time, she would come to Sarutobi Kou to ask about the meaning of life, the value of existence, why she was alive, and other such questions, much more enthusiastically than during missions.

They say people from the Nara clan have extraordinary intelligence, so why did this young child have so many messy and strange questions? She hadn't figured them out yet.

These three problematic young ninjas once made her want to find her clan head and ask him to revoke her Jonin squad leader position. But in the end, whether it was out of responsibility for her team or not wanting to rely on her clan's strength for everything, she persevered.

Within half a year, everything changed. Nara Luyu no longer pestered her with questions. Instead, on days when they weren't on missions, she would stick to Uchiha Jie.

Another year passed. After they completed a very dangerous A-rank mission, Hyuga Yue also started hanging around that Uchiha kid all the time.

Now, Nara Luyu wore her hair in a high ponytail and a Chunin green jacket. Her chainmail gleamed, clearly having just been maintained.

Although the rest of her outfit was standard Konoha attire, she wore a pair of black boots that didn't expose her toes. She took the scroll handed to her by her captain and stuffed it into her pocket without even looking at it.

"Aren't you going to take a look?" Sarutobi Kou asked, puzzled.

"There's no need, Teacher Kou," Nara Luyu shook her head almost imperceptibly. Looking at Sarutobi Kou, who had put on her Anbu mask again, she said confidently, "It seems Teacher also received a remarkable gift."

Sarutobi Kou felt as if she had been seen through, even with the mask on. Her face felt hotter than when she had just parted ways with Uchiha Jie, and she quickly changed the subject.

"Uh, well, regarding his preparations to leave the village, we've already done everything. There's nothing you need to help with, so just stay home with peace of mind. I'm about to resign from the Anbu, and I'll need your help then."

"Is it the guard division? It seems I'll finally be able to put some of my ideas into practice," Nara Luyu didn't press further and continued along with her teacher's words.

"Mhm, mhm, I'll be counting on you a lot then, little Luyu. I don't want to be stuck at a desk all day like the clan head," Sarutobi Kou replied, clasping her hands together.