Follow-Up Missions?

"Leader? What leader?"

At the very end, Ye Liang had naturally heard what the Earth Village Leader said, but he could say for certain that this person had never been mentioned in the original story!

After the Earth Village Leader of the original story repelled Team 7, Minato directly wiped them out, so there should not have been any leader at all.

Ye Liang grew deeply suspicious.

"Could this not be the Konoha from Shippuden?"

A few days later.

Ye Liang sat in the Hokage Hall with a cool, cocky look on his face.

"Ding-dong."

"Congratulations, Host, for completing the mission—First Bucket of Gold!"

Reward: Summoning Jutsu

"Summoning Jutsu?"

He had not expected to receive this ninjutsu.

Ye Liang was rather pleasantly surprised. In the Naruto World, the Summoning Jutsu was a ninjutsu everyone could use. However, depending on a person's traits, the Summoned Beasts they called forth differed, so Ye Liang had been looking forward to this ninjutsu.

Just as Ye Liang collected the bounty and prepared to leave the Hokage Hall, a string of chimes rang out in his head again.

"Ding-dong!"

"Congratulations, Host, for exceeding the requirements of the S-rank Mission—Repel Minato."

Reward: Flying Thunder God Technique

"Ding-dong!"

"Congratulations, Host, for completing the mission—Dine and Dash!"

Reward: Transformation Jutsu

"Ding-dong!"

"Congratulations, Host, for exceeding the requirements of the A-rank Mission—Kannabi Bridge."

Rewards: Ninjutsu—Shadow Clone, Ninjutsu—Shadow Camouflage!

Due to exceeding the mission requirements, Ninjutsu—Shadow Clone has been upgraded to Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu!

"???"

"Why?"

Ye Liang froze!

"What's going on? Where did all these rewards come from?"

"Dine and Dash? Kannabi?"

Ye Liang thought it over. These were all things he had already experienced. Kannabi was the bounty mission he had just completed, while Dine and Dash probably referred to when he had eaten Ichiraku's ramen without paying.

They were all things that had already happened.

"But why are they only appearing now?" Ye Liang was puzzled.

He thought for a moment, then suddenly understood.

"I get it!"

"The first two missions were triggered with almost no interval between them. In other words, missions don't actually take that long to trigger!"

"But there haven't been any new missions until now. It wasn't that they hadn't been triggered—it was because there had always been an unfinished mission hanging over my head!"

"As long as a mission remains unfinished, new missions can't be displayed!"

"So that's how it is!"

He finally understood everything.

Although the new missions had not been displayed, as long as the pending mission was completed, the subsequent rewards would still be issued in full!

A delighted expression immediately appeared on Ye Liang's face!

He had not expected to complete such a huge pile of missions in just a few days!

Ye Liang roughly counted them. There were only seven or eight, but aside from Kannabi Bridge, the rest were all trivial daily missions.

Things like dining and dashing, catching thieves in the street, and secretly wearing Anko's clothes.

The rewards were all ordinary low-tier ones as well.

The Transformation Jutsu, Clone Technique, and Substitution Technique were all trash-tier ninjutsu taught at the Ninja Academy.

But none of that mattered.

What mattered was, what was going on with this Flying Thunder God?

Ye Liang instantly felt as if happiness had fallen from the sky.

The Yellow Flash's Flying Thunder God!

Another S-rank ninjutsu!

But no matter how hard Ye Liang thought about it, he could not remember ever repelling Minato.

Had he lost his memory?

Or had he repelled him while sleepwalking?

Could he have repelled him in a dream?

Ye Liang suddenly remembered that he really had dreamed about Minato. He had pinned Minato beneath his feet, while tightly pulling Kushina beside him into his arms.

"Hahaha!"

Thinking of Kushina's vibrant, alluring figure, a line of drool nearly ran from Ye Liang's mouth.

"Mr. Ye, if there's nothing else, you should go back and rest. After completing a mission, you usually get a few days off," Hiruzen Sarutobi reminded him.

As he looked at Ye Liang, the corner of his eye twitched.

It was just collecting a bounty. Did he really have to drool over it?

The Third Hokage found it utterly strange and hurriedly urged Ye Liang to leave.

"Huh? Oh!"

Ye Liang immediately snapped out of his fantasy.

"Who cares where it came from? I'll have some fun with it first."

He did not want to think about it anymore.

He immediately weighed the bounty in his hand. Kannabi Bridge was an A-rank Mission, with a reward of roughly tens of thousands of ryō—enough for him to live it up for quite a while.

"Teacher Ye Liang, if you're free, could you guide my training this afternoon?"

At that moment, Rin Nohara beside him suddenly asked. She was a shy girl, and her voice was soft, but Ye Liang still heard her.

"Haha, no problem. Wait for me at the training ground this afternoon!"

Ye Liang laughed heartily. Still immersed in the joy of suddenly becoming rich, he agreed to Rin Nohara's request without even thinking.

He had simply forgotten that aside from cheating with his hack, he did not know any specific ninjutsu at all, not even the methods!

Rin Nohara nodded.

Joy was clearly visible on her face.

As a Medical Ninja, she normally did not need much combat strength. But after this incident, Rin Nohara had deeply realized just how weak she was.

Obito was obviously so weak, yet she still needed his protection. Under such circumstances, she was practically dead weight!

That was why Rin Nohara wanted to properly improve her strength.

By then, Obito had already gone to the infirmary with Kakashi's help.

So only the two of them remained.

Rin Nohara casually walked out of the hall with Ye Liang.

"Teacher, shall we go together?" Rin Nohara asked.

But Ye Liang ignored her.

Just imagine how shocked Anko would be when she saw so much money!

His mind was occupied with that thought. Then, like an idiot, he left behind Rin Nohara, who had been preparing to walk with him.

"Forget it. Teacher probably has something to do."

Rin Nohara was a little stunned, but she still forced herself to find an excuse for him.

As for Ye Liang—

he had long forgotten what he had just promised.

Agreeing out of habit was a basic instinct for a shut-in.

In his previous life, Ye Liang had been a people pleaser, so he naturally retained that habit.

After some twists and turns, Ye Liang returned home.

A few days later.

Obito Uchiha rushed frantically into Anko's little house.

"Teacher Ye Liang! Something happened to Rin!"

"What happened?"

Ye Liang was eating at the table and was instantly baffled.

"Rin was practicing alone at the training ground and seems to have gotten into a conflict with a group of Chunin! Kakashi has already gone over, and I came to notify you!"

"What?" Ye Liang froze.

A scene from a few days ago suddenly rang through his mind.

"Teacher, can you guide my training this afternoon?"

"No problem. Wait for me at the training ground!"

That had been his conversation with Rin Nohara.

"Damn, how could I forget about that!"

He immediately abandoned Anko, who was still eating, and headed out of the village with Obito!

Konoha's training grounds were located on the outskirts of the village.

Because ninjutsu was far too destructive, they obviously could not cut loose within the village. Thus, Konoha had set up a fairly decent training ground in the small forest outside the village.

When Naruto trained in the original story, it was at this kind of training ground.