Early the next morning.
Richuan Taiban stroked the little tuft of beard he had recently grown on his chin.
He walked down the road with his three teammates, feeling rather pleased with himself.
His mission completion rate was one hundred percent.
Granted, almost all of those missions had been at the Ninja Academy.
But one hundred percent was still one hundred percent.
This time, Lord Hokage had even summoned him personally and specifically chosen him to lead the team.
That made Richuan Taiban very proud.
Although he was a Chunin, he wanted a promotion to Special Jōnin.
Richuan Taiban was quite confident in his teaching and recruitment abilities.
Promotion to Special Jōnin required outstanding achievements, which he could not earn at school.
Only out in the field could he show Lord Hokage
that he, Richuan Taiban, was not just an outstanding teacher.
His leadership abilities were excellent too.
Once he earned enough merit, becoming a Special Jōnin would be no problem.
Except...
Looking at his three teammates, Richuan Taiban kept feeling that something was off.
One large watermelon man, one small watermelon man, and a banana.
He remembered that Bieshu Feifan had not been like this back then.
He remembered Bieshu Feifan because the Will of Fire exposition that had earned Bieshu Feifan his graduation back then had left such a deep impression on him,
the kind he would never forget for the rest of his life.
But now, this Bieshu Feifan seemed even more moronic!
All he needed was some drool to make it official.
Could it be because of his friends?
Richuan Taiban's gaze unconsciously shifted toward the other two.
Compared with Bieshu Feifan, those two watermelons actually seemed even stupider!
He had heard of Might Duy too-the eternal Genin.
And there was Might Guy. Although he had