Leaf Style Swordsmanship

Nawaki's excited expression froze the moment he heard Kushina's words.

Seeing this, Qingyun hurriedly covered his ears. Sure enough, Nawaki suddenly jumped up and started yelling, "Ah! Why?! Teacher Shinnosuke, I don't want to! Kushina and her team are already doing C-rank missions, so why do we still have to do D-rank missions? We want C-rank missions too!"

Qingyun paused at Nawaki's words. Teacher Shinnosuke? Who was Nawaki talking about? Could it be Hiruzen Sarutobi's eldest son, Konohamaru Sarutobi's father?

Suddenly, a handsome young man with a gentle face, about seventeen or eighteen years old, flashed into view.

Qingyun narrowed his eyes. "He's fast."

He hadn't even had time to react when the young man appeared, which spoke volumes about the man's movement skills.

The newcomer walked over to Nawaki and flicked him on the forehead, making him jump and cry out in pain before glaring at him.

"That's because you haven't even mastered the basics! You run into trouble just catching a cat. How could I feel safe taking you out on C-rank missions?

"Even on C-rank missions, there's a chance of running into enemy ninja or wandering ninja.

"Besides, we're at war right now. Iwagakure and Sunagakure often send people deep into the Land of Fire to disrupt Konoha's rear lines.

"If we run into them, I'm not confident I can keep all of you safe."

"Then why can Kushina and her team do C-rank missions?"

Pouting and holding his forehead, Nawaki asked Shinnosuke indignantly.

"Because Senior Sakumo is incredibly strong, and Kushina's team is much stronger overall than yours!

"In the past six months, they've completed 389 D-rank missions, with positive reviews on more than ninety-nine percent of them. What about you? Every time you go on a mission, you either get the target wrong or accidentally