Aren't you a person with connections?

"Heh, since you, a brother-obsessed fool, delivered yourself to my doorstep, I'd be a fool not to accept!"

Although he said that, whether he could actually take down Setsuna Uchiha was another matter; after all, Setsuna Uchiha did possess real strength.

His own strength right now was roughly that of a Special Jonin, still some distance away from a full Jonin.

As for his Chakra, he only had one unit; in a real battle, a few high-level Ninjutsu would drain his reserves completely.

The fastest way to increase his Chakra was through the System Store, but since he hadn't found a stable way to generate Calmness Points yet, he didn't dare to use them lightly.

Otherwise, if he didn't have enough to save up the sixty thousand Calmness Points needed to exchange for that item by the time Madara Uchiha attacked Konoha, he would be in grave danger.

"Sigh! Why is it always people from the Uchiha Clan who love to stir up trouble!"

He now somewhat understood why Tobirama paid such special attention to the Uchiha Clan; they were simply too fond of looking for trouble.

However, there were still many Uchiha whom Torifu didn't find repulsive, such as Kagami and Chirori.

After thinking it over and failing to come up with a way to deal with Setsuna Uchiha, he decided to stop thinking about it and just go to bed!

It was Torifu's usual style; at worst, he would just move into his master's house. He didn't believe Setsuna Uchiha was crazy enough to dare commit an assassination within the Senju Clan grounds!

The moment he climbed into bed, Torifu fell fast asleep, feeling exhausted from everything that had happened today.

Fortunately, Torifu wasn't the type to dwell on things; there was nothing a good night's sleep couldn't fix.

The night passed, and the next morning, Torifu and Chirori were strolling through the streets, looking relaxed and wearing smiles on their faces.

Torifu stretched and said to Chirori, who was walking beside him, "What a lucky day. Master was busy, so he let us go without much training."

Chirori pouted, not looking very happy, "I wanted to practice a bit more, but the Hokage let us dismiss early. At this rate, when will I ever be able to defeat you?"

Torifu shrugged and said casually, "Then I'll just go easy on you next time. Why force yourself to beat me so badly?"

"Sigh, although my brother has a certain amount of prestige in the clan, he still can't compete with those stubborn old men. I want to grow up quickly and help him."

Chirori looked a bit discouraged; although her strength was considered high among the children, it was still far from enough.

Seeing Chirori like this, Torifu stopped teasing her and turned to comfort her instead.

"Don't put too much pressure on yourself. Do things appropriate for your age. Could your brother summon a group of clansmen when he was six? The answer is no."

"As long as you are improving every day, that's enough."

Chirori felt very moved after hearing this, but she was still worried about her brother.

"Don't worry, your brother is a disciple of Lord Tobirama; he has a backer."

"Fine..."

She reluctantly accepted this explanation, but Chirori knew that Lord Tobirama didn't have any good feelings toward the Uchiha Clan, and she had no idea what his reasoning was for taking her brother as a disciple.

"What are we going to do now?" Chirori, whose mood had gradually improved, returned to her lively self.

Once you got to know Chirori, you would realize that her "young lady" demeanor was only shown to people she didn't know well; the real her was a very energetic little girl.

"I don't know, it's still early. Why don't we go see what your brother and the others are up to?"

"Them? They should be picking up missions or something, right? Anyway, there's nothing else to do, so let's go."

Decided, the two headed toward the place where the village's ninja received missions to see if they could run into them or just wait for them to show up.

The closer they got to the mission center, the more people there were, most of them adults, with the youngest being fifteen or sixteen years old.

With two little kids like Torifu and Chirori showing up, they naturally attracted attention, and some even asked if they were lost.

Torifu could only helplessly say they were looking for someone.

At this point, many people recognized Torifu; after all, it was impossible to keep the identity of the Hokage's disciple a secret.

But even so, there was no massive crowd gathering; everyone was quite busy, after all.

The Hokage's disciple didn't hold any real power; who would bother hovering around a little kid?

Torifu was very happy about this situation; the thought of being surrounded and gawked at made him feel suffocated just thinking about it.

"Torifu, look! It's my brother and the others!"

Following the direction of Chirori's finger, Torifu indeed saw Kagami Uchiha and the others.

"Let's go over."

With that, Torifu and Chirori walked over.

"Hey, hey, hey! I'm telling you, mister! Isn't there a harder mission than this?"

Hiruzen Sarutobi asked the middle-aged ninja issuing the missions, seemingly very dissatisfied with the task assigned to them.

The middle-aged ninja didn't care at all about Hiruzen Sarutobi's words, speaking with a calm expression.

"Given your qualifications, this is the hardest mission you can take."

To him, he had seen many kids like this who were fresh out of the academy. When he was first appointed, he had once given a higher-level mission because of similar complaints.

The result was that he never saw that ninja again.

Seeing that the middle-aged ninja seemed to look down on his strength, Hiruzen Sarutobi rolled up his sleeves, ready to show him a thing or two!

But at that moment, Danzo, who was standing to the side, grabbed Hiruzen Sarutobi, preventing him from making a fool of himself.

"It's like this, Senior. We are the disciples of Lord Tobirama. Master instructed us to take on missions more difficult than usual as part of our assessment. This is his letter."

Danzo explained the reason clearly and methodically, then took a letter from his robe and handed it to the middle-aged ninja.

He unfolded the letter and glanced at it, confirming it was indeed in the handwriting of Lord Tobirama.

Since that was the case, he had no way to stop them.

"Sigh, then take this one."

The middle-aged ninja pointed his finger at an A-rank mission marked on the mission scroll; this was already a task that only first-rate village ninjas could take on.

Hiruzen Sarutobi immediately lunged forward to check the mission they were about to accept.

"Clear out mountain bandits? Are you kidding me? This is an A-rank mission?"

It wasn't just Hiruzen Sarutobi; the other companions were also confused. Generally speaking, mountain bandits were just physically strong ordinary people.

They were no match for ninjas at all, so most bandit-clearing missions were usually taken by rookies who had just become ninjas.

The main purpose was to practice killing; a ninja had to get used to slaughter to be considered a qualified ninja.

Hiruzen Sarutobi and his group had long since passed that stage, so they were naturally surprised by a mission to clear out mountain bandits.

"Hey, mister, don't tell me you intentionally marked a C-rank mission as an A-rank one!"

The middle-aged ninja raised his eyes to look at Hiruzen Sarutobi.

"Kid, did you get to be Lord Tobirama's disciple through connections? Why are you so rash and impatient?"

As soon as Hiruzen Sarutobi heard this man mocking him, his temper flared up instantly! Just as he was about to lash out, he was stopped by Danzo.

Kagami stepped forward to carefully examine the Mission Log, and only then did he realize why a simple mission to clear out mountain bandits was actually ranked A!