"All right, the mission is complete. We can head back to the village!"
Gong Yi watched Miura Mingyuan and the others enter the great city of the Land of Wind, and felt a slight weight lift from his shoulders.
His first mission leading a team on his own had finally been completed.
And it had been a B-Rank Mission!
Though they had encountered two Jonin and six Genin along the way, all in all, they had gotten through it without any real danger.
Hearing Gong Yi say that, Ogawara couldn't help cheering.
"We finally finished! I hate escort missions the most. You have to sneak around the whole time, and there's no freedom at all!"
Hyuga Senso smiled, too. "I don't like escort missions either. You never know when the enemy might show up."
Ogawara looked at Gong Yi. "Captain, now that the mission's done, why don't we go have some fun in the great city of the Land of Wind?"
Gong Yi shook his head. "The Land of Fire is the most prosperous, after all. Wouldn't it be better to have fun back home? In a foreign land like this, you can't even relax while taking a bath."
"Yeah, I guess." Ogawara scratched his head. He could imagine how nerve-racking that would be.
"Let's head back! Remember to stay hidden on the way, too. Don't draw attention to yourselves. This is the Land of Wind, after all, and there are plenty of Sand shinobi around."
Gong Yi reminded them, saying far more than was like him.
Yet both his teammates could feel how much he cared about them.
Because he was their captain, because he had a responsibility toward them, he said more than he usually would.
Naturally, they wouldn't take the same route back as they had on