After a long time, Kakashi nodded solemnly.

"I understand. I will take good care of the three of them."

Hearing Kakashi's promise, Hiruzen also breathed a sigh of relief, and a reassuring smile appeared on his wrinkled face.

"Then this C-level mission will trouble you, Kakashi."

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At seven o'clock the next morning, the sun had just risen.

According to what Kakashi said, the three genin from Team 7 came to gather in front of the Hokage Building.

After finding the relevant personnel and completing the procedures for leaving the village, it also means that Team 7 has finally ended its boring and boring D-level mission career and has the ability to perform C-level missions.

"Kakashi-sensei, let's carry out the mission quickly, I can't wait now!"

Naruto looked excited and couldn't help but want to carry out the C-level mission as soon as possible.

This is the first time he has left Konoha in his grown up life. For him, this is a very rare experience.

Sasuke and Sakura were similar, but they were able to control their emotions and did not show it on their faces even if they were excited. Looking at Kakashi, Sasuke asked:

"Kakashi, what is the content of this C-level mission?"

In order to perfectly complete the first C-level mission in his life, Sasuke prepared quite a lot of ninja tools last night.

Although he knew that he would not encounter ninjas in C-level missions, he could not help but prepare a lot of ninja tools in excitement. His expectations and enthusiasm for C-level missions were no less than Naruto's.

Kakashi glanced at him and said, "It's a protection mission."

"Protection mission?"

Sasuke was thoughtful.

Naruto asked happily: "Protection mission? Are we required to protect the princess?"

"Idiot, Naruto, if this mission is to protect the princess of a country, then it is at least the beginning of an A-level mission."

Sakura reminded.

Unlike Naruto, Sakura's knowledge of ninjas is still very complete.

Although protection tasks are generally C-level tasks.

But the people who need to be protected in C-level missions are ordinary people or businessmen.

If it is a famous name of a country, a princess or a prince, it will basically start as an A-level mission, and may even evolve into an S-level mission.

The difficulty may not be high, but the level of status determines the initial level of the task, and it is impossible to achieve a true balance.

Moreover, people who reach that level of status cannot lack this commission fee.

Since it is a C-level mission, the person being protected is definitely not a noble class such as the princess daimyo. Sakura guessed that the person they protected this time was either an ordinary person or a businessman. And if it was a businessman, it would only be

An ordinary small businessman.

If you are a big businessman, you may entrust the Ninja Village to issue B-level missions and ask ninjas above Chuunin to protect their lives on the way.

"Sakura is right, Naruto, you don't have to think about protecting the princess or anything like that."

Kakashi touched Naruto's head.

"Then where are the people we want to protect?"

Naruto asked.

Although the person he was protecting was not a princess, Naruto was a little disappointed, but he quickly cheered up.

Kakashi turned his head and looked aside and said, "The other party is already here."

Taking a closer look in the direction Kakashi was looking, the smile on Naruto's face suddenly disappeared, and his expectations were gone.

Sasuke and Sakura also looked similar, but compared to Naruto, the disappointment on their faces was not as obvious.

Walking towards them was a drunk old man with a half-filled bottle of wine in his hand.

He was wearing exotic travel clothes, and on his head was a kind of hat with a pointed top and a unique shape.

He drank alcohol early in the morning, and drank until he was drunk, which directly reduced the impression of Naruto and the three of him to the lowest level.

"Tch, he's a bad old man who got drunk this morning."

Naruto spoke bluntly.

The drunken old man glanced at Naruto and the others.

"Are you the ones protecting me this time? What the hell, they're all a bunch of young brats, and the shortest one not only looks stupid, but also speaks like he's uneducated."

His words directly made Naruto's fist harden.

Because he is the shortest person in the team.

Even as a girl, Sakura is a little taller than him.

"Damn it, you bad old man, I'm going to kill you!"

Before Naruto could rush forward, Kakashi grabbed him by the collar and intercepted him.

"What do you want to do? This is our client. Do you want to complete the mission after killing him? This is the C-level mission you have always dreamed of."

"If I'm protecting this kind of person, I might as well go on a D-level mission."

Naruto stopped the urge to hit and folded his hands in front of his chest, as if he was seriously considering the matter.

"Once you accept a mission, it's impossible to withdraw it."

Kakashi glanced at Naruto and told him that it was impossible to cancel the mission at this time.

Moreover, there are all kinds of people who come to Ninja Village to entrust tasks. Kakashi has seen even weirder and worse people than this.

It can only be said that as genin, the three Narutos are still not strong enough, and their understanding of the outside world is too one-sided.

This mission can be used to broaden the horizons of the three of them.

"Yes, I paid the money. Although they are a bunch of brats, but since they are ninjas, they will work hard to complete the work."

The drunken old man laughed.

Naruto cut again. Although he was dissatisfied with the other party's previous attitude, he also acquiesced to the rule of protecting the other party at all costs.

After everyone calmed down, Kakashi took the initiative to introduce the old man to Naruto and the others.

"This is our client, Mr. Dazuna from the Country of Waves. He is a master of bridge construction in the Country of Waves. Our task is to protect him from returning to the country and ensure that he is not disturbed by external factors while building the bridge. It is us.

That’s the mission this time.”

Kakashi briefly explained the origin of the other party and what he was going to do in this mission.

"A master at building bridges? But if we are just building a bridge, why do we have to let ninjas go over to protect it?"

Sasuke asked not understanding.

Dazna said: "Because the bridge I built will lead directly to the Land of Fire, it has offended the interests of some people. Recently, there have been more gangsters and wandering samurai wandering around the construction site. I need you.

The ninjas of Konoha, help me clear away the gangsters and wandering samurai who are troubling the bridge construction work."

"That is to say, there will be battles during the mission, right?"

Sasuke curled up the corner of his mouth, looking eager to try, and his hands were already itching.

"That's right. Forget about ordinary gangsters. Those wandering warriors are not good people. Some warriors have even committed murder cases."

Dazna replied.

As soon as the word "murder" was uttered, the atmosphere in the air became slightly heavier.

The so-called "passing a murder case" refers to a samurai who has killed someone.

Naruto and Sakura's expressions became slightly unnatural.

Sasuke looked normal and was not frightened by Tazuna's words.

"Okay, you two, relax. I, the Jonin, are here. Besides, wandering warriors are generally not very strong. With your strength, if you be careful, you won't have much trouble dealing with them."

Kakashi comforted.

Naruto and Sakura felt much more at ease now.

"I hope so. These brats are unreliable. Then you, the second generation White Fang, will be needed to help."

Dazna is not vague at all when it comes to summoning people.

When Konoha accepted his money, of course it had to follow his rules.

As for Kakashi, he was slightly afraid.

After so many years, he is no longer an ordinary bridge builder.

He was also familiar with the powerful ninja who was famous in the Land of Fire.

Among them, Kakashi is among the best.

He didn't know the psychology behind Konoha's decision to place a ninja of this level in the Kingdom of Waves openly. In short, he needed to be careful about everything.
To be continued...