I've Come to Borrow the Sword of the Thunder God

"I just said we accepted a mission for you at the mission hall!"

Seeing how anxious Kakashi looked, Naruto repeated himself.

"Nani?"

With a snap, Kakashi shut Icha Icha Paradise.

"Here, this is your mission file scroll!"

Mirai stepped forward at just the right moment to drive the knife in, handing over the mission scroll.

"I... fuck!"

Kakashi finally couldn't hold it in anymore and blurted out a curse.

Every ninja had a mission success rate, and that rate affected the mission reward.

The higher the success rate, the higher the reward after completing a mission. Conversely, the lower the success rate, the smaller the reward.

And Kakashi, after years of deliberately selecting missions, had brought his mission success rate up to 99.5 percent.

Now that someone else had accepted a mission for him, it was the same as if he had accepted it himself.

If the mission succeeded, that was one thing. But if it failed, his success rate would probably drop to 95 percent.

How much money would that percentage loss amount to in terms of rewards?

Kakashi hurriedly opened the mission scroll and rapidly scanned it with his single eye.

"Thank goodness, thank goodness!"

Kakashi's rapidly pounding heart finally began to slow down.

With a dark expression, he looked at Naruto and asked, "Whose idea was this?!"

"His!"

"Mine!"

Naruto and the other two exchanged looks, then immediately sold Mirai out.

Mirai seemed to have known they would sell him out, and at the same time, he voluntarily admitted it.

"So it was you, you bastard, Mirai!"

Seeing that it was Uchiha Mirai again, Kakashi instantly lost his composure.

Last time, this Mirai had not only made him lose face, but had nearly cost him his life.

And now, it was this Mirai again, randomly accepting a mission for him.

At that thought, Kakashi could no longer hold back and roared in fury.

Seeing that Kakashi was about to blow up, Mirai didn't play around with him and directly dispelled his Clone Technique.

With a poof, the figure turned into white smoke.

Mirai's figure vanished, leaving only Kakashi and the three others behind.

Seeing that Mirai had actually been a clone, it was obvious that he had anticipated this situation and prepared an escape route in advance.

But Kakashi's anger had already flared up. How could it possibly disappear so quickly?

Seeing that Naruto and the other two were still there, he immediately redirected his fury at them.

"As classmates, you didn't stop Mirai from messing around like this—you actually helped him! Just see if I don't teach you a lesson!"

Next, the three members of Team 7 received a harsh beating from society.

Of course, Mirai knew nothing about that.

Though he could probably guess.

"Hinata, do you have a mission today?"

"N-No!"

Mirai held the shy Hinata's hand as they wandered down the street.

"It's rare for us both to be free. We can go shopping together!"

As Hinata's face turned redder and redder, Mirai grinned.

"Mirai!"

At that moment, Ino suddenly patted Mirai on the shoulder from behind.

"Oh, Ino! What are you doing here?"

Seeing Ino, Mirai asked cheerfully.

"I-Ino!"

The instant Hinata saw Ino, she hurriedly pulled her hand free from Mirai's.

"I came out for a stroll. I happened to see you two—what a coincidence!"

"How about we go together? I happen to be out shopping with Hinata too!"

Ever since the barbecue gathering at Barbecue Q, Mirai had started interacting with Ino.

After that, Mirai began following the same four-stop routine every day.

Hinata, Ino, Ayame, and Team 7.

A true four-stop routine.

"Sure!"

Ino was on his left, Hinata on his right, and Mirai in the middle.

The three of them shopped, ate, drank, and played, happily spending the entire day together.

The next morning.

Just as dawn broke, Naruto came knocking at the door.

"Mirai, get up! Kakashi said we're leaving the village today to carry out a mission! He's taking us with him!"

"Oh, got it!"

Mirai rubbed his eyes, yawned, then rolled over and went back to sleep.

By the time Mirai woke up again, it was nearly noon.

He unhurriedly brushed his teeth and washed his face, then went to Ichiraku for a bowl of ramen before leisurely heading toward the meeting spot.

The moment he arrived, he saw Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke asleep against wooden posts.

"..."

Mirai helplessly shook his head. Kakashi really was screwing them over.

Only then did Kakashi finally show himself.

The instant he appeared, he was awkwardly taken aback by the sight before him.

Kakashi asked in confusion, "What happened?"

Mirai shot Kakashi a speechless glance. "Wasn't this caused by you?"

"Huh? Caused by me?"

Kakashi was baffled. What did their state have to do with him? How was it his fault?

Kakashi was not taking the blame for this.

Seeing Kakashi's expression, Mirai immediately realized that he clearly hadn't understood what he meant.

"Didn't you tell them yesterday that there was a mission today and that they should arrive early?"

"Yeah, that happened."

"Then what time did you tell them to gather?"

"This..."

Faced with that soul-piercing question, Kakashi fell awkwardly silent.

"And what time did you show up yourself? Don't you know?"

That hit him right in the heart.

So it had all been his fault.

Kakashi gave an embarrassed laugh and went to wake the three sleeping students.

Under the three's resentful stares, Kakashi's team set off.

"This mission is to capture a rogue ninja from Konoha: Ishikawa Kazuo. Ishikawa Kazuo is a jonin proficient in Water Release and Lightning Release."

"According to the intelligence, his area of activity is Kihara Village, twenty-seven kilometers from Konoha!"

"Once we reach Kihara Village, you will all follow my command. No acting on your own, understood?"

Kakashi could be unreliable at times, but whenever something dangerous was involved, he was very serious.

"Got it, Kakashi-sensei!"

Seeing Naruto agree first, followed by the others, Kakashi relaxed considerably.

He wasn't afraid of anything except Naruto and the others refusing to listen.

He was afraid they would act on their own and end up putting themselves in danger.

However, the main reason Kakashi dared to bring everyone along for this A-rank mission was Mirai.

It was Mirai's strength that gave him the courage to do so.

Otherwise, even if someone beat Kakashi to death, he would never have done this.

After all, who would be so bored that they went looking for trouble?

If he was really that bored, he might as well read more Icha Icha Paradise.

The moment he thought of Icha Icha Paradise, Kakashi's heart began to stir.

After taking out a copy of Icha Icha Paradise from his ninja pouch, Kakashi began reading as he traveled.