Training Ground Three.
The morning fog has not completely dissipated yet, with a bit of moist coolness. Senju Chen and Shisui Uchiha were waiting here early. Next to them stood a middle-aged ninja who was not tall but stood as straight as a loose body.
He was wearing a Konoha standard green vest, with Forehead Protector tied to his arms. His weather-beaten face was covered with fine wrinkles, but his eyes did not appear cloudy, but showed a calmness and calmness that could see through the world.
It is Maruboshi Kosuke.
"Mr. Kosuke, I really trouble you this time." Senju Chen was the first to break the silence and bowed deeply to Maruboshi Kosuke, his tone full of sincere apology, "I proposed to my sister that I hope you can join our team. I hope it won't disturb your life."
His gesture made Maruboshi Kosuke's ancient and unwavering face reveal a hint of softness. He quickly stepped forward and gave Senju Chen a soft support.
"Lord Chen, I'm serious." His voice was a little hoarse, but very steady. "It's my honor to protect the descendants of the Senju Clan. Moreover, I'm just a Genin. It's my honor to pass on my little experience to geniuses like you."
"Don't say that!" Shisui Uchiha also waved his hands quickly. He had already heard about the legendary Genin's deeds from Senju Chen, and his heart was full of respect. "You are our senior, please give me your advice in the future!"
Senju Chen saw the harmonious atmosphere and felt certain in his heart. He raised his head and said, "Mr. Kosuke, from now on you can just call me Little Chen. I always call me 'Lord Chen'. It's too weird."
"Yes, yes, Mr. Kosuke, just call me Shisui!" Shisui nodded vigorously in agreement.
Maruboshi Kosuke looked at the two energetic and arrogant young men in front of him. In the depths of his cloudy eyes, the light became a little brighter. He nodded. "Okay, Little Chen, Shisui."
At this moment, the temperature of the air seemed to drop suddenly by several degrees.
A cold and familiar aura appeared behind the three of them quietly like a poisonous snake.
"Hehehe... It seems that you two get along well."
Orochimaru's unique voice with a hint of hoarse magnetism sounded. He didn't know when he was standing on the branch of a big tree, his golden snake eyes scanning the three people condescendingly. His eyes stayed on Maruboshi Kosuke for a moment, flashed with a trace of imperceptible exploration, and finally fell on Senju Chen. The heat in his eyes seemed to see him from the inside out.
Senju Chen felt a little shuddered in his heart, but on the surface, like the other two, he saluted respectfully. "Teacher Orochimaru!"
"Hmm." Orochimaru seemed to have no intention of coming down. He took out a scroll from his sleeve and tossed it down casually.
The scroll drew an arc in the air and was firmly caught by Maruboshi Kosuke.
"This is the first C-Rank Mission of the team." Orochimaru's voice was calm, as if he was talking about a trivial matter, "My experiment has reached a critical stage. You can see for yourself the content of the mission."
After speaking, he didn't even give the three of them any chance to ask questions. He turned into an afterimage and disappeared in a flash.
On the training ground, there were only three people left who looked at each other in shock at his words.
Shisui opened his mouth, his face full of astonishment. "Is this... leaving now?"
Senju Chen secretly sighed in his heart, Orochimaru was indeed the same Orochimaru. Apart from his research, nothing else could arouse his slightest interest. However, this was fine. An indifferent instructor would give him more freedom.
"Let's take a look at the mission first." Maruboshi Kosuke seemed very calm, and he slowly unfolded the scroll in his hand.
"Task level: C level."
"Mission content: Escort silk merchant Mr. Tokugawa and his caravan to the border town of Land of Grass safely."
"Gathering time: Early morning the day after tomorrow, gate Konoha."
"Great! We can finally leave the village!" When Shisui saw the mission content, he immediately threw away his resentment towards Orochimaru and shouted excitedly.
Senju Chen's eyes also shone with anticipation. D-Rank Mission, who was catching cats, playing with dogs, and pruning flowers and plants in the village, was about to vomit. C-Rank Mission meant that there might be a battle, but it also meant that he could truly see the vastness of this world!
"Since we are leaving the day after tomorrow, let's go back and prepare separately in the next two days." Maruboshi Kosuke suggested.
"Okay!" Senju Chen and Shisui replied in unison.
The three of them had reached a consensus and parted ways for the time being. On the way back, Senju Chen also heard two classmates of the Ninja Academy discussing them with envy.
"Have you heard? Senju Chen of the Senju Clan, and Shisui of the Uchiha Clan, they have graduated and formed a team!"
"Of course I heard about it! Because they both graduated early, their team is now called 'Genius Team One'!"
Genius Team One?
This name sounds like a boy's class in his past life.
Senju Chen felt secretly happy while listening to everyone's comments about him.
I am looking forward to the world and my future more and more.
On the preparation day before the mission started, Senju Chen deliberately found Kakashi and Might Guy who were sparring.
"Kakashi, Kai." Senju Chen said hello with a smile.
"It's Chen!" Might Guy immediately stopped and gave him a thumbs up, showing a shining White Fang, "This is the encounter of youth!"
Kakashi just glanced at him coolly, put his hands in his pockets, and said calmly, "What's the matter?"
"It's nothing serious, I just came to say goodbye to you." Senju Chen shrugged pretending to be relaxed, "I will leave the village to perform the first C-Rank Mission the day after tomorrow, and I may have to leave for a while."
"C...C-Rank Mission?!" Might Guy's eyes were as wide as copper bells.
And Kakashi, whose face was always mostly covered by a mask, the only exposed eyes shrank suddenly.
An invisible pressure radiated from the body of this silver-haired genius. He stared at Senju Chen, and in his eyes, there was no longer the usual light alienation, but a burning desire for competition that was as fierce as a flame.
Being distanced again...
Kakashi did not speak, but silently clenched his fists. He had already made up his mind that he must graduate as soon as possible, and he must not be left behind by Senju Chen!
Seeing Kakashi's irritated look, Senju Chen smiled secretly in his heart.
"You continue training, I'm going home to prepare for the mission."
After stimulating Kakashi and Might Guy, he waved his hand and turned around to leave.
There were only two teenagers left who had finished being stimulated and looked at his back, immediately training harder.
After returning home, for reasons they knew in advance, Tsunade and Shizune started preparing supplies for him early in the morning.
When Senju Chen walked into the living room, he was stunned by the sight in front of him.
On the floor of the living room, there is a small mountain piled up. Brand new Kunai, Shuriken, bundles of Explosive Tag, various types of military ration pills, and even several sets of spare combat uniforms and changes of clothes...
"Sister... are you... emptying out the ninja shop?" Senju Chen asked with the corner of his mouth twitching.
"Are you prepared? When the time comes, sister will find a car and pull it up for you!" Tsunade put her hands on her hips with an expression that said "this is all for your own good." She took out a few more suitcases containing money from the "hill" and forced them into Senju Chen's arms.
"There is money here. Don't wrong yourself outside. Buy whatever you want to eat. If you don't have enough, go to the surrounding casinos to borrow it. As long as the amount is not too large, they will not refuse. Don't worry, sister still has this face!" Tsunade said with pride on his face.
How much money have you "given" to those casinos? I guess my sister has completed the KPIs of many casinos by herself.
Looking at Tsunade and Senju Chen who said my name would definitely work, they didn't know how to evaluate their sister.
Senju Chen Weighed the weight of the suitcases. The money in these boxes was probably more than the combined value of the silk that the merchant wanted to transport.
Who is escorting whom...
He looked at his sister dumbfounded, looking at the mountain of supplies in front of him, but a warm current surged in his heart.
This is the feeling of being loved without reservation.
In the end, after much persuasion by Senju Chen, I only selected a small amount of cash and necessary portable tools as the items to carry for this outing. Of course, this small amount is still a huge amount for ordinary people.
It can only be said that it is worthy of being the "heritage" of the largest Konoha family.
Of course, even with such a strong foundation, otherwise I wouldn't be able to afford my sister to go to the casino to do "charity" when she has nothing to do.
Two days later, in the early morning, the sky just turned white.
At the gate of Konoha, Senju Chen, Shisui Uchiha, and Maruboshi Kosuke have gathered on time.
They were all carrying their luggage, and their expressions showed a bit of excitement and nervousness about the unknown journey.
However, time passed by and the sun had completely risen from the horizon. The guide Jonin who was supposed to lead them did not appear for a long time.
"Teacher Orochimaru... You forgot, right?" Shisui scratched his head uncertainly.
Just then.
"Hiss--"
A small snake suddenly sprang out from the grass nearby and stopped in front of the three of them, spitting out a scroll.
Maruboshi Kosuke stepped forward, carefully removed the scroll, and unfolded it.
On the scroll, there are several lines of writing with dragons and phoenixes dancing, and a hint of evil.
The content is shockingly simple:
"This is the first test for your team, complete the mission independently."
"--Orochimaru"
The air seemed to freeze at this moment.
The excitement on Shisui's face suddenly froze, replaced by confusion and confusion.
Maruboshi Kosuke's brows also frowned deeply.
Senju Chen was also confused when he saw this information.
Damn you Orochimaru, I knew you were unreliable, but I didn't expect you to be so unreliable.
It's your student's first time to go out on a mission, and you just stopped coming to the test???
I'm only six years old, and I'm pregnant with Wood Release, the future "God of Shinobi". Are you so relieved and let me go like this?
With your irresponsible attitude, do you still want to be Hokage in the future? Damn you
If I have trouble outside, believe it or not, you have absolutely no other option except defecting from the village.
You don't have any shame, you big snake-Bageyalu-maru.
Ten thousand irresponsible complaints about Orochimaru flashed through Senju Chen's mind.
Without a team leader, Senju Chen stood there at a loss and was at a loss.