“I’m sorry, but you temporarily cannot accept A-rank missions,” the Mission Assembly Hall staff member said, looking at the three with a slight apology.
“What are you talking about? How could we not be able to accept them?!” Danzo couldn’t help but retort, “With our team’s strength, let alone A-rank, we can even take S-rank missions!”
Indeed, a team with one Jonin and two Special Jonin could accept S-rank missions; whether they could complete them was another matter.
Utatane Koharu instinctively looked at Renye, “Renye-kun, what should we do now?”
Renye frowned, looking at the staff member, “Excuse me, why can’t we accept A-rank missions?”
“I’m sorry, Renye Jonin,” the staff member said with a smile, “I didn’t make it clear before. Not only can you not accept A-rank missions, but you also cannot accept any missions above C-rank.”
Renye’s mouth twitched, “So, we can only accept D-rank and C-rank missions?”
“That’s right,” the staff member said.
“You’re telling us, dignified Jonin, to do C-rank missions?!” Danzo’s eyes narrowed slightly, “I think you’re deliberately causing us trouble…”
As he spoke, a powerful Chakra erupted from Danzo’s body.
The other Ninja in the mission hall saw this and began to whisper among themselves.
Renye watched silently, feeling that something was amiss.
The Mission Assembly Hall wouldn’t prevent them from taking missions for no reason, and the only one who could interfere with the Assembly Hall was the one in the Hokage Office.
Who knows what that Old Man Senju Tobirama is up to?
The staff member was just an ordinary person, and cold sweat immediately poured down his face under Danzo’s pressure.
“This… this is Lord Tobirama’s decision. You… if you have a problem, you can go find Lord Tobirama.”
Hearing this, Danzo immediately withdrew the Chakra from his body, a smile blooming on his face.
“So it was Sensei’s decision… I’m sorry, I misunderstood you.”
Renye raised an eyebrow, showing an “as expected” expression.
He knew it was Senju Tobirama’s doing, but he didn’t know what that Old Man was planning.
“Let’s go, we’ll go ask him about the situation.”
Renye said, leading the two away from the Mission Assembly Hall.
On the way, Utatane Koharu couldn’t help but ask, “Renye-kun, why would Sensei do this?”
Renye shook his head, “Who knows.”
Danzo Shimura, however, looked thoughtful, “Perhaps Sensei has something important to tell us?”
With that, the three fell silent.
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“Old Man, what do you mean by this?”
In the Hokage Office, Renye looked at Senju Tobirama, who was busy with documents, with a puzzled expression.
Danzo and Koharu stood behind Renye, equally perplexed.
Senju Tobirama didn’t answer immediately; instead, he finished reviewing the documents in his hand before looking up at the three.
After a moment of silence, Senju Tobirama slowly spoke, “You won’t be going on missions for a while. I have something important I need you to do.”
“Sensei, please instruct us,” Danzo said.
Hearing that they were to be given an important task, Danzo became incredibly excited.
The fact that Sensei thought to entrust them with an important matter undoubtedly showed Sensei’s trust in them, or rather, his trust in him.
Otherwise, why wouldn’t Sensei give the mission to Hiruzen and the others, but instead to them?
Gaining Sensei’s trust, did this not mean that the future Hokage position could fall to him?
Could it be… that the genjutsu Renye cast was about to become reality?
Thinking of this, Danzo became even more excited, looking at Senju Tobirama with an eager expression.
Although the specific content of the mission hadn’t been revealed yet, he was already impatient to complete it.
A hint of confusion flashed in Renye’s eyes; he didn’t quite understand Danzo’s actions. This guy seemed overly eager.
Senju Tobirama saw Danzo’s reaction and nodded with satisfaction.
Danzo, seeing this, became even more excited.
Sensei’s actions clearly showed that he approved of him!
The Hokage position was secured!
“Sensei, what is the mission content?” Utatane Koharu asked.
Danzo glanced at Utatane Koharu, a cold sneer in his heart.
This foolish woman wants to compete with me for the Hokage position?
How ridiculous!
In his opinion, after Sensei retired, the Hokage position would definitely fall to one of his disciples.
And among them, the strongest contenders were naturally only him, Renye, and Hiruzen.
As for the others, they posed no threat whatsoever.
This was how Danzo thought…
He even felt that Renye could never become Hokage, given his Uchiha identity; the incident with Uchiha Madara a few years ago was still fresh in everyone’s minds.
Under such circumstances, Renye’s identity almost certainly disqualified him from the Hokage position.
But he couldn’t gauge Sensei’s attitude towards Renye, which was why he listed Renye as one of the competitors.
“What I need you to help me complete…” Senju Tobirama stated the mission content.
Upon hearing the mission, the three showed strange expressions.
Renye’s mouth twitched. It seemed that Old Man had successfully developed Edo Tensei.
Otherwise, he would definitely not make them do such a thing…
“This mission is highly confidential; absolutely no fifth person must know!” Senju Tobirama’s expression was solemn.
“Understood!” the three said in unison.
“Alright, you can go carry out the mission,” Senju Tobirama waved his hand.
Renye and the other two left the Hokage Office.
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Night fell, and darkness enveloped the graveyard in the desolate wilderness.
Crows occasionally let out a mournful cry or two, adding to the eerie atmosphere.
Three masked figures in black stood among the mass graves, whispering as they looked at the surrounding mounds.
“Renye-kun, do we really have to do something like this?” Utatane Koharu asked in a low voice.
“Won’t we suffer retribution for this…” Danzo Shimura also muttered, “I wonder why Sensei wants us to do this.”
Renye sighed helplessly, “Stop talking, just dig.”
As he spoke, he swung the shovel in his hand and began to dig the grave.
The mission Senju Tobirama assigned them was to dig up other people’s graves and collect the bones of the deceased.
Of course, those buried here would not have been weak in life.
Because this was precisely the main battlefield of various Ninja clans during the Warring States Period, and countless strong individuals died here.
“Uchiha Renye, what do you think is Sensei’s purpose in doing this?” Danzo Shimura asked.
“How should I know? Just dig,” Renye rolled his eyes, quickly swinging the shovel in his hand.
It was annoying enough to be called here to rob graves, and this guy still had to ask so many questions. Even if he told him, he wouldn’t understand…
Seeing that Renye had no intention of conversing, Danzo closed his mouth and honestly got to work.
“I really shouldn’t agree to such heartless things in the future,” Renye always felt a chill down his spine.
Just then, Utatane Koharu shouted from a distance:
“Renye-kun, this looks like someone from your Uchiha Clan.”
Renye’s mouth twitched. Goodness, he even encountered a senior from his own clan.
PS: On time today, hehe