"Although this mission isn't particularly hard to complete, it'll still be quite challenging for newcomers."
In the Hokage's office, the secretary spoke to the Third.
"I have every confidence in that boy Lin Guang's character. Besides, a Jonin from our village is training nearby. If anything happens, he'll look after Lin Guang and the others."
Hiruzen Sarutobi said.
With Lin Guang as his disciple, he certainly didn't want the boy becoming a hothouse flower.
Besides, before becoming a bandit, the leader of these roaming bandits had been the illegitimate son of a certain daimyo in the Land of Rivers.
High-ranking officials in the Land of Rivers had slandered this illegitimate son, and he had been exiled.
But his talent and strength were actually quite good, and the higher-ups in the Land of Fire didn't want this illegitimate son returning to the Land of Waves to take power and strengthen the nation.
That would be bad for the Land of Fire's southeastern border, so...
ANBU missions were always dark affairs. If this bandit leader had been an ordinary Chunin instead, this mission wouldn't have appeared on the ANBU mission board.
"Lin Guang, we're heading out on our mission tomorrow. What do you think we need to prepare?"
After accepting the mission, Satō Maji seemed rather excited.
"Just prepare plenty of kunai and substitution props. Make sure you have food and water ready, too."
Lin Guang thought for a moment and felt that those supplies would be about enough.
"Don't we need powerful ninja tools? Should we buy some large shuriken and Fūma Shuriken?"
Satō Maji asked.
"Aren't you getting too worked up? We're just going to wipe out a band of roaming bandits, not go to war with another village's ninja."
Lin Guang glanced at Satō Maji. *How did I never