Chapter 270: The Feasibility of Returning Home to Minato
Afternoon, Hokage Building.
"Uncle Sawada, give us ten more D Rank missions!" Obito said heroically as he entered the mission hall.
To be able to do C Rank Missions, Obito was really going all out, preparing to complete thirty more missions today.
"There are no more D Rank missions for you to do for now," Sawada said, shaking his head.
Actually, there were still missions, but they couldn't let Obito and his team continue doing them, because other Genin also needed to earn a living. At their speed, some Genin teams in the village would soon have no work.
"Yay, we're finally done." Obito's eyes lit up with a smile. Using Shadow Clone was efficient, but it was too tiring.
"So, can we do C Rank Missions now?"
"No," Sawada replied decisively. He wasn't the Hokage; he didn't have that authority.
Obito wanted to ask why, but he suddenly noticed the Third Hokage sitting not far away, chatting with a ninja, so he walked over.
After the Third Hokage finished giving the ninja his designated mission, he happened to see Obito walking over and asked with a chuckle, "How does it feel to be a full fledged ninja?"
"Not so good. It's worse than when we were interns. We can still only do D Rank missions," Obito complained.
"Uncle Hokage, you know my strength, and Kakashi is a Chunin, and Rin's strength isn't weak either. Our squad will definitely have no problem with C Rank Missions." Obito enthusiastically introduced his squad members.
If this weren't indoors, he would have unleashed a full power fireball to prove his strength.
"You and Kakashi certainly have the strength to complete C Rank Missions." Hiruzen nodded, a thoughtful expression on his face.
Rules are set for a reason. Not allowing new Genin to complete C Rank Missions is to protect them, but for a squad like Minato Squad, Hiruzen felt that slightly breaking the rules wouldn't be a problem.
"Minato, do you think their current strength is sufficient to complete C Rank Missions?" Hiruzen asked Minato.
Minato replied with a serious expression, "I think there's no problem."
They had already proven their strength during the bell test. Let alone C Rank Missions, Minato felt that B Rank missions would also be fine.
"From now on, when Minato Squad takes on missions, they won't have to follow the standards for new Genin." Seeing that Minato also recognized the strength of the three of them, Hiruzen walked over to the registration ninja and said.
"Rin, I told you there wouldn't be a problem." Obito ran to Rin with a big smile, taking credit.
Kakashi always said he was stupid, but Obito felt he was incredibly clever, just not good at theoretical knowledge.
"It's just as you predicted, Obito. That's amazing." Rin praised him with a slight smile.
She hadn't expected that quickly doing D Rank missions would actually be useful. She had already prepared words to comfort Obito.
"What really worked wasn't doing a large number of D Rank missions, but rather the internship experience and Captain Minato," Kakashi stated his opinion.
The only change in their team members was Might Guy being replaced by Rin, so there wasn't much difference from the internship period. Captain Minato was also very strong. Kakashi believed these two factors were the reasons for obtaining C Rank Mission privileges again.
"I think you're just jealous of my intelligence, Kakashi. Why didn't you mention a way to take C Rank Missions before?" Obito said smugly, completely disregarding Kakashi's words.
Kakashi: …
He didn't understand where Obito got the confidence to use that word.
However, there were too many people here, and the Hokage was also present, so Kakashi decided to save Obito some face and didn't bring up Obito's academic performance to debate his "intelligence."
Seeing Kakashi remain silent, Obito felt that Kakashi had admitted his point. He excitedly ran to Minato's side and started choosing missions with him.
"Are there any missions that will pass through beautiful scenery?" Obito asked curiously.
"This is work, not a vacation…" the registration ninja replied speechlessly. It was the first time he had heard such an odd request.
"Scenery, huh? Then let's take this escort mission to the Land of Hot Water." Minato thought for a moment and pointed to a C Rank Mission.
The Land of Hot Water is located northeast of the Land of Fire. In Minato's impression, the scenery was no worse than the Land of Fire, and it also had many natural hot springs.
The registration ninja asked again to confirm, and after receiving an affirmative answer, he registered the mission for Minato.
"The Land of Hot Water, huh? A country I've never been to." A look of curiosity appeared on Obito's face. Currently, he had only been to three countries: the Land of Rice Fields, the Land of Grass, and the Land of Rivers. What impressed him most was the desert in the western Land of Rivers.
For Obito, who had lived in the lush forests of the Land of Fire since childhood, the vast, endless yellow desert was truly astonishing.
"Oh, right, Jonin Minato, the border reconnaissance squad sent word that there have been quite a few Cloud ninja appearing in the Land of Hot Water recently. Be careful when performing the mission," the registration ninja reminded him.
Normally, this mission wouldn't encounter ninja, as it was just escorting an ordinary person to a very ordinary place.
But now Kumogakure and Konoha were at war, and if ninja from both sides accidentally met, it would definitely be a fight to the death.
"Thank you, I will." Minato smiled and thanked him.
Next, Minato took Kakashi and the other two to find the client.
"You must be the ninja who accepted my mission. My name is Izumi Muneki. I'm already ready to depart, we can leave anytime," Izumi Muneki said with a smile.
"In that case, let's depart now." Minato nodded and said. He never procrastinated with missions.
Izumi hadn't prepared a carriage, so the five of them walked together towards the Land of Hot Water.
Their formation was Minato and Obito in front, Kakashi and Rin guarding the sides, and the client protected in the middle.
"Captain Minato, I feel your Space Time Ninjutsu is really amazing. If you place a Kunai at home, and then place some Kunai at the battleground, you could go back and rest when you're tired, and then return to catch your opponent off guard. Wouldn't that be invincible?" Obito said, a sudden thought striking him.
The more he thought about it, the more he felt that this "Home Returning Minato" tactic was truly unsolvable. Perhaps only the omnipotent Mugetsu Sage could contend with it.
Minato was stunned after hearing this, feeling that Obito's imagination was quite rich.
"While that's a great idea, Flying Thunder God isn't as convenient as you imagine," Minato explained with a smile.
"Flying Thunder God's teleportation has a distance limit. If the distance is too far, I can't use Flying Thunder God."
His Flying Thunder God wasn't infinite in range, and the further the distance, the more Chakra it consumed.
"The enemy won't foolishly stay in place either. During the time I use Flying Thunder God to leave, he can also go to other places."
There was actually a solution to this point, which was to directly leave a Flying Thunder God mark on the enemy.
But this led to a new problem: it was difficult for Minato to leave a Flying Thunder God mark on powerful opponents, and for weaker ones, he could defeat them without marking them.
Of course, the main reason was that the first problem couldn't be solved, so the "Home Returning Minato" tactic couldn't be realized.
"Then just leave a few more Kunai in the middle, tie a few short lines together, and the distance will be longer, right?" After Obito finished speaking, he even admired his own cleverness, having instantly solved the fundamental problem.
"Obito, a ninja's Chakra isn't infinite," Minato explained with a smile.
Going back and forth like that, even if he rested for an hour at home, it would be useless. He would have already consumed a lot of Chakra before even reaching the opponent. This kind of long distance teleportation is very Chakra consuming.
"Uh, I guess so." Obito realized that Chakra was indeed a problem.
For example, he could use the Flame Breathing characteristic to quickly form a single hand sign and release Ninjutsu. Theoretically, as long as he kept releasing Ninjutsu, no one could get close to him, but his Chakra wouldn't support it.
When night fell, Minato found a more secluded spot, set up a tent, and prepared to rest.
They, as ninja, could travel day and night, but the client was an ordinary person and needed a good night's rest.
Obito took this opportunity to continue imparting his mission experience to Rin.
"You must pay attention to Kakashi's words. If Kakashi says that nothing will definitely go wrong, then you need to be careful, because that's when something is about to go wrong," Obito said with a serious expression.
"No way?" Rin felt Obito's words sounded like a joke, but Obito's expression seemed genuine.
"It's all just coincidence!" Kakashi, unable to hold back, spoke up to explain.
"But it was always like that during previous missions! Once is a coincidence, but how can four times in a row be a coincidence?" Obito retorted.
"Then how about this, you tell us if we'll encounter ninja on this mission?" Obito continued.
Kakashi's mind raced, and for a moment, he didn't know how to answer.
Normally, C Rank Missions wouldn't encounter ninja, but it was wartime, and the registration ninja had said that Cloud ninja were active in the Land of Hot Water. This made it difficult for Kakashi to say.
"See? You're not even confident yourself." Obito's face broke into a victorious smile.
"Nothing will go wrong with this mission." Provoked, Kakashi thought for a moment and chose the more likely option.
Although there were Kumogakure ninja in the Land of Hot Water, it was still an entire country, and the probability of both sides meeting was still very small. The mission's destination was also in the southern part of the Land of Hot Water, a city close to the Land of Fire, which further reduced the possibility of encountering enemies.
Moreover, the previous four C Rank Missions had all gone wrong. Kakashi felt that no matter how unlucky they were, it couldn't possibly go wrong five times in a row.
"He really said it! Rin, this isn't a joke, we really need to be careful," Obito said with a serious expression.
According to Kakashi's past record, Obito felt they would definitely encounter ninja.
Watching the two of them argue over something strange, Rin smiled helplessly and said, "I'll be careful, thank you for the reminder, Obito."
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