Mission 2

Two million for three days was genuinely good pay for a D-rank mission, but for Tianyun Hyuga, who earned four million a day, this mission held no appeal at all.

In Tianyun Hyuga's mind, the ideal mission was protecting rich people, which would let him rake in a hefty sum from them. Ordinary farm work like this did not interest him in the slightest.

Still, judging by Kakashi's attitude, skipping this mission probably was not an option. Tianyun Hyuga simply created a Shadow Clone and said, "You handle the mission. I'll rest here for a while."

The Shadow Clone gave Tianyun Hyuga a disgruntled look, but in the end, he could only obediently get to work. With the system inside Tianyun Hyuga, his original could defeat him at any moment, leaving him no way to resist.

Kakashi, Kimura Kokomi, and Hinata Hyuga were utterly speechless when they saw Tianyun Hyuga send his Shadow Clone to work while he sat on a roadside rock to rest, but there was nothing they could say.

After all, whatever the Shadow Clone did still counted as Tianyun Hyuga's work. Hinata Hyuga and Kimura Kokomi could only rue the fact that they did not know the Shadow Clone technique; otherwise, they could have rested just like him.

As for Kakashi, after a moment of surprise, he said nothing more. When the Shadow Clone disappeared, the physical fatigue and memories from the work would return to Tianyun Hyuga's original body anyway, so it was essentially the same as Tianyun Hyuga doing the work himself.

While Tianyun Hyuga rested, Kimura Kokomi and Hinata Hyuga glanced at him, then helplessly followed his Shadow Clone toward the fields on Medicine Mountain.

Once only Kakashi and Tianyun Hyuga's original body remained below the mountainside, Tianyun Hyuga lay back and said to Kakashi, who was also sitting on a nearby rock reading, "Kakashi, I heard you have a move called Lightning Blade that can cut through lightning in the sky. Could you teach it to me?"

Kakashi gave Tianyun Hyuga a casual glance with his one uncovered eye, then returned his gaze to his book and said slowly, "You don't have enough chakra to use Lightning Blade. Besides, the Hyuga Clan's chakra is generally Yang Release chakra. There's no way for you to use Lightning Blade..."

"Is that so...?" Tianyun Hyuga was a little surprised. He had not even known that the Hyuga Clan's chakra was Yang Release.

After thinking for a moment, Tianyun Hyuga refused to give up. "Just tell me how to use it. If I can't use it, I promise I won't pass it on either. What do you say, Kakashi-sensei...?"

This was the first time Tianyun Hyuga had ever called him Kakashi-sensei. Kakashi lowered his book and asked, "Do you really want to learn Lightning Blade that badly? Why exactly do you want to learn it...?"

"Because it looks cool and it's powerful, of course! Do you even need to ask...?" Tianyun Hyuga answered without hesitation.

Kakashi shook his head helplessly. He felt Tianyun Hyuga probably wanted to learn Lightning Blade because it looked cool. As for its power, Tianyun Hyuga likely did not care at all. He picked up his book again and said, "If you want to learn it, go ask Lord Hokage yourself! This is an A-rank ninjutsu. I can't just teach it to anyone..."

"Tch, what a cheapskate..." Tianyun Hyuga said unhappily.

Kakashi ignored Tianyun Hyuga completely. He could say whatever he liked; Kakashi simply focused on his book and paid no more attention to that annoying brat.

Seeing that Kakashi would not respond, Tianyun Hyuga stopped wasting his breath. Remembering that he had not eaten breakfast yet, he stood up and said, "I'll go find some food..."

"Don't go too far, and come back soon..." Kakashi offered only that reminder, then watched Tianyun Hyuga run off and quickly disappear into the forest.

The Land of Fire was rich in resources and had no shortage of food, so the animals in its forests naturally bred in great numbers. Tianyun Hyuga wandered around the forest for just half an hour before catching three wild rabbits and one little boar that had recklessly tried to attack him.

After catching his food, Tianyun Hyuga did not leave the forest to return to Kakashi. Instead, he found a clearing, roasted and ate all three rabbits, and only then dragged the boar back to Medicine Mountain.

It was already three in the afternoon when Tianyun Hyuga returned to Medicine Mountain. After tossing the boar to Kakashi, he found a place to take a nap and slept straight through until six in the evening, when Hinata Hyuga woke him for dinner.

Hinata Hyuga and Kimura Kokomi already had the strength of genin, so pulling weeds did not leave their bodies particularly tired. Their exhaustion was mental, which was why they looked so listless.

Kakashi did not make dinner, Hinata Hyuga did not know how, and Tianyun Hyuga was too lazy. In the end, Kimura Kokomi prepared the little boar. Once everyone had eaten, they followed Kakashi to a small wooden cabin beside the mountain, tidied up, and prepared to rest.

The cabin had originally been a place for the owner of the medicinal fields to rest while working. However, he had fallen ill over the past few days and had been forced to hire ninja to help. Otherwise, he would never have spent money hiring people to pull weeds.

As for why he had hired ninja instead of ordinary people, everyone in the Land of Fire knew that ninja worked most efficiently. Even five ordinary workers might not be a match for a single genin.

That was why the owner of Medicine Mountain would rather spend a little more money hiring ninja to deal with the weeds quickly than hire a group of ordinary people who would need ten or more days to weed the entire mountain.

The three-day weeding mission soon passed. Kakashi took the three listless genin back to the ninja village to turn in the mission and pick up a new one, which, of course, was another D-rank mission.

For the next full month and six days, Kakashi took the three of them on dull missions around Konoha. Even Hinata Hyuga, who had always taken missions very seriously, began to grow tired of them.

After finishing their thirteenth D-rank mission, they returned to Konoha once again. At the village gates, Tianyun Hyuga said to Kakashi, "Kakashi, I won't be doing missions for the next five days. Konoha Ninja Academy is about to admit new students, and my little brother is starting school too. I want to see him off."

Kakashi thought for a moment and said, "Then let's all take five days off! We've been working for a month, so it's time for a little rest. Go home for the next few days. We'll meet here again at nine in the morning five days from now. Dismissed...!"

"Bye, then..." Tianyun Hyuga left without looking back.

Seeing Tianyun Hyuga leave, Hinata Hyuga hurriedly said goodbye to Kimura Kokomi and followed him back toward the Hyuga Clan.

As for Kimura Kokomi, she glanced at Kakashi, who had already left, then quickly disappeared down the street. She had to return to Root to report on their activities over the past several days and some of the things she had uncovered.