Fujiwara Inomura knew there must be some secret they could not be allowed to bring back to Konoha, so he and Minato Namikaze quickly collected useful items from the Sunagakure ninja, then sealed all the bodies inside a Sealing Scroll.
"This is a matter of grave importance. I'll take the bodies and intelligence back to Konoha immediately. Hopefully, we can still extract some useful intelligence from the bodies." Fujiwara Inomura immediately set off for Konoha, while Minato Namikaze led the other Genin back to the village at a normal pace.
Minato Namikaze and the others all knew something major might be about to happen, so they did not waste time along the way. After two days, they arrived back at Konoha just before nightfall.
When they reached the village gates, they were informed that the Third Hokage would receive them in the Hokage Office.
Rather than hurrying home, they went to the Hokage Office first.
Fujiwara Inomura, who had returned ahead of them, had already told the Third Hokage everything, including his conjectures about Sunagakure's appearance this time and the outstanding performances of each member of the two squads.
This prompted the Third Hokage to decide to meet these Genin in person and give them some rewards, as a way of winning them over.
When Ye Feng and the others gathered in the Third Hokage's Office, the Third Hokage approached the Genin with a cheerful smile. He praised their performance this time and affirmed both their Will of Fire and their conduct during the mission.
Finally, he upgraded the mission straight to S-rank, awarding each Genin 200,000 and each Jonin squad leader 1,000,000. The Genin were ecstatic. They had completed an S-rank mission while still Genin-that alone sounded badass-and there was a 200,000 bonus too. That was a huge sum