Ninja at the top of the food chain

Chapter 19
In Hokage's office, Lei Luo met Sarutobi Hiruzen as he wished.

"Lei Luo, where have you been these two days?" Hiruzaru Sarutobi put away the three ninjutsu scrolls that Lei Luo handed over, and asked seemingly casually.

'It seems that Anbu has not grasped my whereabouts. This thought crossed Lei Luo's mind, and he said calmly on the surface: "This subordinate has been practicing in the death forest."

Hiruzaru Sarutobi sighed softly, and complained: "It's good to be self-motivated, but you also have to control time?"

"Oh?" Lei Luo put on a posture of listening attentively.

"Your three team members went to your house, restaurants near your house, and the training ground, but they couldn't find you. Now the mission is about to start, and you didn't do any work to adjust it. It's hard for me Don't worry." Hiruzaru Sarutobi's meaning was very simple, complaining that Lei Luo hadn't been seen in the past two days, as if he had completely forgotten about the team members.

"Sorry, Hokage-sama." Lei Luo didn't talk nonsense, and admitted his mistake directly and sincerely.

"Oh, forget it..." Hiruzaru Sarutobi waved his hand and said, "Your three team members are all at the entrance of the village now, you can go find them, and they will tell you the content of the mission."

"What are their names?"

Hiruzaru Sarutobi reported three names, Lei Luo nodded to remember, and then left Hokage's office.

When he came to the gate of Konoha, Lei Luo was surprised to find that it was very lively here.In addition to the two ninjas guarding the gate, there are about two dozen ninjas and three carriages full of supplies.The scene was bustling, and the ninjas gathered in twos and threes to talk in small circles.

Lei Luo quickly walked to the front of the crowd, and asked loudly: "Who are Fujiwara Satoshi, Aoki Ren, and Zuoi Naoko?"

"Here, Captain!" A hand was stretched out from the crowd, calling out to Lei Luo.

Lei Luo glanced at the location and walked straight over.

Coming to the person who raised his hand, Lei Luo looked at him and the two people standing beside him.

"Captain, we finally see you!" It was a dark-looking boy who greeted Lei Luo just now, and he was smiling at the moment. "I'm Satoshi Fujiwara, and the two here are Ren Aoki and Naoko Sakai."

Qing Mulian is a rather delicate and elegant young man, seeing Lei Luo's eyes glanced over, nodded and said: "Hello Captain, please take care of me in the future."

Lei Luo nodded slightly, then looked at the only woman in their team.

"Captain, you are really busy with your work." Naoko Zuojing was probably above average in appearance. Although she was also smiling, Lei Luo could hear a trace of complaint in her tone. "We haven't seen your true face until today."

Lei Luo didn't respond to this. He looked at his three nominal subordinates and asked, "To make a long story short, what task?"

The three of them looked to be around fourteen or fifteen years old, a few years younger than their own body, and they should all be ninjas who had just graduated two years ago.

The three boys and girls looked at each other, and finally Satoshi Fujiwara took a step forward and explained to Lei Luo.

Skipping some meaningless nonsense, it is simply an escort mission, transporting a batch of supplies from Konoha to the camp in the Land of Rain.

There are a total of six teams in the entourage, three of which are led by Jōnin, the other three teams, including Lei Luo, are all led by Chunin, and the rest are all Jōnin, which means this is a joint mission.

Since the delivery route is within the territory of the Fire Nation, the chances of enemy ninja attacks are low, so the mission is rated B, which is considered a relatively safe mission during the war years.That's why there are so many ninjas involved.

After the task is finished, it is time for each team member to explain their abilities.

If the team members want to maintain a tacit understanding, it is necessary to know each other well.This is not only for the convenience of the captain in arranging tasks according to the strengths of each team member, but also for the beautiful coordination during the battle.Originally, Lei Luo and his team should arrange several drills in these two days, but because Fujiwara Satoshi and the others couldn't see Lei Luo's figure, they had no choice but to delay until now, and they could only rely on their mouths.

Lei Luo listened to each of them bragging about their abilities in high spirits, feeling a little out of sorts, going in one ear and out the other.In fact, these three ninjas are neither big family ninjas, nor do they have any advanced ninjutsu. Lei Luo is really not interested in what they are good at.

But he still pretended to listen carefully, nodding from time to time.Lei Luo only felt a sense of drowsiness in his mind. To be reasonable, he ran back to Konoha from the country of tea in the early morning, and he hadn't had much rest yet.

"Captain, what are you good at?" Fujiwara Satoshi looked at Lei Luo expectantly, and Aoki Ren and Zuoi Naoko on the side were very calm on the surface, but quietly pricked up their ears.

"Oh, yes." Lei Luo stopped nodding and noticed the expressions of the three subordinates. He coughed twice calmly and gave the answer: "I am good at...taijutsu and ninjutsu."

If this task hadn't delayed his time to absorb the learning materials given by Yuko, he felt that he would be able to do it soon and be "good at" illusion.

By the way, what did these three cheap players say they were good at just now?

Lei Luo rubbed his temples. Under normal circumstances, his work attitude is meticulous, and he will definitely not be as slack as he is now.But he was a bit sleepy, and the strength of the three renminbi was far different from his, so he couldn't blame him for not caring at all.

Fujiwara Zhi saw that Lei Luo was so vague in dealing with it, and his face was not very good, so he couldn't help but asked with concern: "Captain, are you feeling unwell?"

Interesting young man, Lei Luo secretly thought.

He purposely staggered two steps, and with a hoarse voice, he said to the three team members: "I stayed up a little late yesterday, and I'm not in a good state now, maybe I need to take a rest."

As he said that, Lei Luo coughed twice again, "I'm really sorry, you three. I'll go to the carriage to rest. If there's anything urgent, come and call me."

Without waiting for the three ninjas to respond, Lei Luo hurriedly left the spot and naturally sat on the back of a carriage.He leaned against the boxes of supplies behind him, closed his eyes and fell asleep.

Fujiwara Tomo and Aoki Ren looked at each other, neither knowing what to say.Naoko Zuojing seemed a little angry, but there were too many people around, she didn't dare to lose her temper, she just muttered softly: "Who is this person, he is too irresponsible."

The three were silent for a while.

In the end, Qing Mulian smiled bitterly and said: "I think the captain's complexion is really not very good, maybe he is really tired."

Fujiwara Satoshi also nodded, "Let the captain rest, I'll go talk to the captains of other teams. The left and right are just an escort mission, and there are three jounin in the team, so there should be no danger."

Although Naoko Zuojing was a little angry, she was not a brainless person, and it would be fruitless to offend her immediate boss rashly.So I had no choice but to suppress my emotions, and said helplessly: "Since you have all made up your mind, let me go and watch the captain, lest others disturb his rest."

Qing Mulian said: "I will go with you."

At this moment, the leading Jonin stood at the front of the line and said, "Everyone is here, let's go!"

(End of this chapter)