[Ding!] [Congratulations to the host on becoming a Ninja Academy student. Missions will now be issued!] [Mission objective: graduate!] [The host must graduate in more than six months but within one year!] [Mission reward: Sage Mode!] [Follow-up mission: unknown!]
Yes, this mission still showed as incomplete, but its reward already had Sōkyū Hatake feeling a little impatient.
This was Sage Mode!
Even Minato Namikaze, who was not proficient in Sage Mode, could enter it instantly.
Sōkyū Hatake was not greedy. Being on Minato Namikaze's level would be enough!
That evening, plenty of people came to Sōkyū Hatake's home. Even Uchida Uchiha came. The distance between them at the start was gone, and they drank beverages together instead.
P.S. None of them were adults yet, unlike a shameless tough customer like Sōkyū Hatake...
After all that wild fun, Sōkyū Hatake straightened his clothes early the next morning, then headed straight to the Hokage Office.
"I hope you'll guard against arrogance and impatience and keep moving forward diligently. Here are your Forehead Protector and the Confirmation Letter for your trip to the front. You leave this afternoon. Just go with the supply unit." Hiruzen Sarutobi took out the Forehead Protector and Confirmation Letter and handed them to Sōkyū Hatake.
"All right, Grandpa Hokage. I'll do my best!" Sōkyū Hatake solemnly accepted the two items. Now that he had confirmed it, many things would be much easier.
"Mm-hmm. The supply unit will gather at the village entrance at two this afternoon. Just be there on time," Hiruzen Sarutobi said evenly.
"Okay!" Sōkyū Hatake's gaze wandered casually. Where had that bastard Hiruzen Sarutobi put the agreement he had signed last time?
It seemed... it was in that hidden compartment.
"Is something wrong?" Seeing that Sōkyū Hatake had not left yet, Hiruzen Sarutobi