Chapter 174 The Country of Tea (Page 12)

Wearing a mask to hide your true face is indeed a bit bluffing, but your strength is immediately exposed after you actually take action. I just don’t know how this strength compares to the bandits.

After dealing with these masked men, Sasuke, Sakura and Kakashi immediately went to meet Naruto.

I don’t know Gaara now…

It's true that there are some red eyes, but at least it's not like the second-level chanting when fighting Sasuke in the chuunin exam.

Surrounded by rich blood, the sand protected the two ninjas who were traveling with him. The gourd behind him was completely wet and turned dark.

"Gaara, are you okay!"

When he was calming down, Gaara glanced at Naruto who was speaking. Are he familiar with him?

"fine."

"I heard they wanted to kill you. Why? Is it because you are a Jinchuuriki?"

"I'm used to it, it's okay."

With everyone killed in front of him, Naruto couldn't ask Gaara to forgive others.

The tailed beast Shukaku that appeared in the village before was later found to be Gaara. Naruto held back those personal words in his mouth, feeling uncomfortable in his heart, but he had no position to speak out.

Seeing Kakashi coming with the other two people, I thought it would be solved over there.

"Continue the mission."

"What should I do with those people tied there?"

"give it to me."

Gaara's handling method is obvious based on the crime scene here.

Kakashi led the three of them to go ahead and not look at Gaara to clean up the mess.

The mission was completed very easily, with only fifty bandits.

As soon as the agreed time came, the battle was resolved within minutes after going up the mountain. Then Kakashi notified people from Konoha who were waiting at the rear to escort these bandits to the nearest prison. Their fate was even better than those of the Sunagakure Anbu.

Previously, he heard Kakashi-sensei and Sasuke talk about the seriousness of this mission, so Naruto also imitated them in elevating the importance of this mission and suggested taking a group photo. Being the same Jinchuuriki and seeing what happened to him today, Naruto naturally felt a little more fond of and worried about Gaara, but at the moment he could only do so much.

The first joint mission between Konoha Village and Sunagakure Village after re-establishing peaceful relations ended successfully.

Shukaku, who occasionally quarreled with Gaara, was particularly quiet during this mission for some reason.

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—Mission in the Country of Tea—

After returning to the village and completing this task, I heard that Kakashi was being sent out again soon.

Due to lack of manpower, Tsunade will often take the initiative to assign large and small tasks. Busyness can dilute many complex emotions, but diluting does not mean disappearing.

Many things that were bound to happen were delayed, causing Sasuke to be fully armed when walking around the village every day, and his concentration needed to be maintained at a high level. In other words, you will feel safer in places with many people, such as hospitals or the Hokage Building.

That's right, it's talking about the four sound ninjas who don't know when Konoha will appear and lure them away.

If Kakashi leads the team, he will usually take over the mission and then come to find people from Class 7, so that Tsunade can avoid listening to Naruto's picky complaints. Today, only Naruto and Sakura were called to the mission handover office. Obviously, Kakashi-sensei is not here again.

"This mission is for you to protect someone important."

"Although it is a B-level mission, it may be upgraded to A-level, so be prepared."

"Protecting whom?"

Tsunade accepted the task but still said confidently, "I don't know."

"The Todoroki Taisha Shrine worship ceremony held every four years in the Kingdom of Tea has competitions. It should be to protect a certain contestant inside."

"The person who came to issue the mission had already been attacked once on the way."

"You will know the specific situation when you go to the Country of Tea and ask Mr. Jiro. Both Naruto and Sasuke know him, so I will leave this task to you."

"We will arrive in the Country of Tea within today, let's set off now."

"Yes."

This Jiro leader is the head of the Wasabi family in the small town of Dekai Port in the Kingdom of Tea. Unlike armed groups like Ninja Village, they are just a bit shady in nature.

I have a good relationship with Tsunade. When I get rich, I will pay him my debts first. I even falsified accounts before taking office as Hokage. Because it may be very risky, I didn't go to him specifically because I was afraid of bringing danger to him.

Sasuke has been to the Land of Tea several times in the past two years. Like its name, its specialty is all kinds of tea. Chujiagang is one of the famous tourist cities.

I picked up the mission in the morning, and it was indeed expected that I would arrive at the destination around dinner time.

The three of them entered the border of the Country of Tea, and quickly chose a small tea shop to rest and catch up on the missed lunch. After all, the Country of Tea was right in front of them, and the taste of the specialties was different from what they had in the Country of Fire.

In fact, the difference is not big. There are no tariffs on the border between the two countries. It is just for a psychological effect.

"The weather is so nice, the life of a ninja is really pleasant."

"I heard before that Konoha was attacked by Sunagakure. From the looks of it, it's probably just a few petty thieves."

"You guys look really bad."

The provocateur appeared out of nowhere. There was no one else present at the moment. Naruto couldn't control himself at first.

"What did you say?!"

Ignoring Huang Mao who was irritated by himself, this man held a wooden stick in his mouth and struck up a conversation with the only woman in the team.

"I didn't expect to meet such a cute girl in such a remote place."

"My name is Morinoi Tuten. I wonder what the lady's name is?"

The sudden compliment, this guy named Yi Tuotian was a bit handsome, Haruno Sakura blushed, and anyone else would be stunned by such a straightforward conversation.

"If you want to strike up a conversation, just say so, and you still have to belittle us. I think you're looking for a fight! Sakura, ignore him!"

"So it's called Sakura. It's such a cute name."

"How about it? Do you want to give up being a ninja and come and spend the rest of your life with me?"

"It's so disgusting for you to say something like this when we just met!"

"Let me tell you, you ninjas are disgusting! You are wandering around the land of the Kingdom of Tea, be careful as I make you look good!"

Seeing Naruto standing up, rolling up his sleeves and about to have sex with Itatoten, Haruno Sakura quickly spoke to persuade Naruto not to be so angry.

When Naruto refuted Haruno Sakura and wanted to continue arguing with the man, he looked up and saw him stopping in an awkward posture at the door of the store.

"What are you doing? Do you want to go out and take action?"

"Okay! I'll go out with you to show off!"

Naruto walked out of the store, but saw Yi Tuotian still there motionless...

"Eh? Sasuke, is this a body-holding technique?"

"Only people who don't have the talent to be ninjas but are envious of ninjas would mock like this."

"There are people like this everywhere in the village. Aren't you used to it? If you meet one, you'll fight. I'm afraid you'll be exhausted just eating Ichiraku Ramen."

"It's okay for those people to say bad things about me behind my back, but this guy said it to my face so arrogantly!"

At this time, the female shopkeeper who entered the store came out with snacks and bills.