Chapter 21 - 3: New mission

"Nori-Sama, this is your Jonin ID card and your new Tactical Gillet, Hokage-Sama is waiting for you." Says a young Kunoichi behind a window while giving our protagonist the elements mentioned above.

"Thanks" Says Nori before taking his new belongings and heading to the Hokage's office.

"Wait for Nori-Sama!" Says the Kunoichoi

"What's going on?" Asked our protagonist

Then the Kunoichi with a slightly timid expression took out a sheet of paper and a pen

"Can I have an signature?"

"Hmm?"

At first he was surprised but finally nodded and signed

"Thanks Nori-sama"

Then he headed again towards the Hokage's office again

"Am I really that famous?"

But he left that question aside for the moment and entered the office.

Sarutobi was sitting on an armchair surrounded by a pile of doc.u.ments that he read patiently and methodically before imposing his seal on it, seeing Nori enter he stopped his actions and looked at him with a smile

"Ohq! Nori I see you already look like you're in great physical shape, you've recovered well, I hope you get all your strength back."

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"Hello Hokage-Sama, I've already recovered 90% of my injuries, I feel ready to start working again." Nori replied with a smile

"And for your eye, will it not bother you? You can keep taking a few more days off." Says Sarutobi

"Thank you Hokage-Sama but I'm ready to do it again."

"Well then I have a mission to give you, it's a mission of rank S." Said the Hokage as he opened his drawer and took out a green scroll and a sealed bleu scroll that he threw at Nori.

Nori grabbed the rolls and read the green scroll carefully for two minutes before putting it in one of his pockets.

""I hope you will be able to carry out this mission in complete discretion." Says Sarutobi with an expression that cannot hide the seriousness of the situation.

"Hokage-Sama, I wonder if I can do this mission alone."

"Why?"

"Because it would be very embarrassing to have a team in a mission that could have such a high diplomatic stake and if the proposal fails they could decide to kill me."

"I trust myself to escape alone, but I'm not sure I can do it with teammates."

Sarutobi thought for a few seconds and then nodded his head

"Well, I agree, but be careful, Onoki has a really bad temper."

Nori nodded and then he left the Hokage building and went straight home.

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A few hours later he left Konoha, wearing his battle dress, sword and backpack with some provisions and then began to set off for Iwa.

His mission was simple but also difficult or rather uncertain, he had to go to Iwa with the second scroll given by the Hokage and transmit it to the Tsuchikage, although this mission seems simple it involves many parameters.

First, he must carry out this mission without leaving as little trace as possible, second, he must enter Iwa territory with complete discretion and avoid any unnecessary fighting, third, in the event of failure of the mission, he must escape quickly from the territory of one of the most powerful villages in the world and even if successful, there is nothing to guarantee his safety after all, the village of konoha would not jeopardize a possible reconciliation for his death.

So this mission was not only an ungrateful mission but also a mission with many dangers but it proves at least one thing.

"The third Hokage trusts me." Nori whispered while accelerating even faster.

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"Sarutobi, why you had giving this task at a this kid, don't forget that although he has great strength, his actions and his improvement remain suspect." Says Danzõ standing in the Hokage's office

Sarutobi then took his pipe and lit it and took a big puff of smoke.

"This kid as you just said has great strength, although he is suspicious in many ways but his parents were Konoha's ninjas, he too grew up in Konoha, he saved his comrades several times on the battlefield and even Haoki with his bad temper is full of praise for him, I am getting old and I think it will soon be time to give way to the young." Says Sarutobi as smoke came out of his nostrils.

"Sarutobi doesn't tell me you're thinking about that kid for Hokage's position!" Says Danzõ with dissatisfaction.

"Not at the moment, there are also other promising young people, but to be Hokage, you need strength, a solid reputation and support from the village ninjas, this kid already has two of these qualities and he's only eighteen years old, but in two years who knows if he won't have these three qualities." Says Sarutobi, staring at Danzõ's facial expression that released a certain hostility.

The silence then settled down for a short while and Danzõ turned around and opened the office door

"Sarutobi I wouldn't wait that long."

Said Danzõ before leaving the office leaving Sarutobi alone with a pensive look.

Then finally Sarutobi turned off his pipe and continued to read the pile of doc.u.ments from on his desk ignoring danzõ's last sentence.