Chapter 53 Jonin Zuoxun

At noon that day, Shangguan Mo and his party were stopping by the roadside to rest.

There were some low buildings faintly visible in the direction in front of them, which seemed to be the edge of a small city.

Shangguan Mo and Tian Feng were each chewing dry food in their mouths, their eyes were a little unfocused, and they looked listless.

Several people practiced till late last night, and they were woken up by Mousse Watanabe early this morning before dawn.

This boring journey makes people feel even more sleepy as soon as noon passes.

Only Watanabe Mousse leaned on a carriage and looked at the map in his hand.

"Speaking of which, why do we have to pass through Youmeng City in front of us? There are too many people and it will only cause trouble for our mission!"

Tian Feng said with some dissatisfaction, then his throat choked, as if he was choked by the harsh dry food, and he quickly poured a large mouthful of water into his mouth.

"I don't know, but when I was in the mission hall, Jounin Zuoxun specifically told me."

Toneri Watanabe said calmly.

"Oh? He actually goes to the mission hall? Doesn't he usually hate dealing with those merchants and nobles?"

Tian Feng was a little surprised, but didn't think much about it.

They are all companions of the same village, and since we have an explanation, I think it is for their own good to come.

Only Shangguan Mo was confused.

"Jounin Zuoxun? Who are you talking about?"

"It's just another male jounin in the village! No way! You don't even know him?"

Tian Feng looked at him somewhat exaggeratedly.

"Oh……"

Shangguan Mo nodded slightly, and the image of a cheerful middle-aged man appeared in his mind.

……

On the day Shangguan Mo left the village, Tangyin Village.

Mission hall.

The space here is quite spacious, but the decoration of the hall looks very crude to outsiders, which makes some businessmen in the hall who come to release tasks more frivolous, and the contempt in their eyes is not concealed at all.

Until, a thin old man appeared.

"Lord Zhi Yujing!"

"I heard that you were injured. I was worried about your health. Now it seems that I was worrying too much. Aren't you doing well?"

"Yes, Master Zhi Yujing, why do you have time to visit us small businessmen today! I should be the one to visit you with a gift..."

The hall instantly became lively and even exaggerated.

Zhi Yujing walked in slowly, with a smile on his face.

If Shangguan Mo were here, he would be able to tell at a glance that the leader of Tangyin Village looked even more aged than when he first saw him.

Behind him were two Yuyin ninjas, their eyes never leaving Zhiyu Jing, with some worry in their eyes.

In front of these wealthy people, Zhi Yujing seemed very happy, smiling and greeting the few people who came to issue employment tasks.

After talking for a while, seeing that Zhi Yujing, the leader of Tangyin, seemed a little tired, these businessmen also decided to leave and stopped disturbing them.

After walking slowly around the hall, Zhi Yujing was ready to leave.

He came to the mission hall this time just to pass on the news that he was in good health through the mouths of these Tang Country businessmen.

For more than a month, he has hardly appeared in the village. There are some rumors whether in the village or outside, which makes the residents of the village a little unstable.

At this time, he had basically recovered from the injuries he suffered in the previous battle with Jizo.

However, the severe damage to his internal organs caused his body functions to decline rapidly. In addition, he was already sixty years old. After that battle, although he saved his life, his strength was not what it used to be, and he was even unable to take action. Even he himself doesn't know yet.

Just as he turned to leave, a person in the hall caught his attention.

Startled slightly, Zhi Yujing walked towards a Tang Ninja sitting in the hall.

The mission hall is a place for accepting employment and issuing missions to the village ninjas. Therefore, there are usually one or a few Yugakure ninjas sitting here.

When the business is busy, there will be several ninjas in the mission hall accepting employment from the people of Yuno Country. These employment tasks will be rated by difficulty level, and finally they will be released to Yuyin ninjas with corresponding strength according to the task level and difficulty.

Based on the scale of Yugakure's ninjas, these Yugakure ninjas who sit in the mission hall are generally genin, and the cold winter has not completely passed yet, and there are not many ordinary people who come to Yugakure Village to release tasks.

But what makes Zhi Yujing feel a little strange is that it is obviously the off-season for missions, but the person sitting in the mission hall is actually a chuunin.

And he knew it too.

Yuyin Village was founded and developed by him. Except for some genin that he couldn't name, he was very familiar with the other chuunin.

He personally recruited each of these chuunin in the village or watched them get promoted.

"Raccoon dog, why are you here?"

Zhi Yujing looked at a male ninja in his thirties sitting behind the desk.

The soup ninja quickly stood up, bowed his head and said respectfully.

"My lord, I don't have a mission today, so I came to the mission hall to take a look."

"Well……"

Zhi Yujing nodded noncommittally.

"I see, it's okay, I'm just curious, so please keep busy."

He said with a smile.

"Yes! Working for the leader, my subordinates don't find it hard!"

Tanuki shouted sullenly, but there was a subtle flash of relief in his eyes.

But what kind of person is Zhi Yujing? Half of his body is already buried in the soil. It can be said that he has become a mature man.

Naturally, he took note of Tanuki's performance.

But he still had a smile on his face, nodded kindly to Tanuki, and then turned around and left the mission hall with the two Tang ninjas.

As soon as she walked out of the mission hall, Zhi Yujing's face quickly turned gloomy, and her eyes were thoughtful.

"Go and check who in the village has accepted the mission today. Remember, you have to do it in a secretive way."

"Go and check which ninjas have entered the mission hall today, including the records of leaving the village. If you find out, tell me."

After just thinking for a moment, Zhi Yujing quickly said to the two cronies behind him.

……

"Lord Leader, there are not many ninjas in the village who have taken on new missions today. There are only three teams, but one of them... well, it's a little strange."

In a room, Zhi Yujing was listening to the report of his cronies.

"Why is it weird?"

Looking at the subordinate with a strange expression, Zhiyu Jinghua's white eyebrows raised slightly.

"It's Watanabe Jonin with his son Wada Feng, two young chuunin, and... the genin who just graduated from the ninja school - Shangguan Mo!"

The soup ninja paused for a moment before continuing.

"Oh, by the way, they took on an escort mission from the Country of Fire."

"Um……"

After hearing this, Zhi Yujing felt relieved and nodded lightly.

He personally arranged this lineup just to pave the way for Shangguan Mo, the young man he had high hopes for.

He already had a premonition that his time was running out, but he was still worried about the future of Tangyin Village.

Although Shangguan Mo is not even an adult yet, although he has just graduated from the ninja school and is just a fledgling genin.

But he had known Shangguan Mo's character from Jingxia Linoguchi for a long time, and he was very optimistic about this young man.

I also believe that it is a wise choice for me to leave the choice of the village in his hands in the future.

But in fact, he had no other better choice.

Shangguan Mo, who had performed so well in several battles, had naturally been noticed by him for a long time.

Young and mature, thoughtful, weird, kind-hearted, and powerful, Shangguan Mo has almost no shortcomings in his eyes, except for being a little lazy and unwilling to take responsibility.

And Watanabe Mousse is treated as his own brother. With his strength as a Jonin, he will be Shangguan Mo's most powerful supporter in the future.

Tian Feng and Toneri Watanabe are the most talented young people in the village. It should be easy to be promoted to Jonin in the future. If they establish a good relationship with Shangguan Mo at this time, they will naturally become his right-hand man in the future.

It can be said that he has clearly arranged Shangguan Mo's future path!