Chapter 76: Chapter 76: Minato's Team's Last Mission!
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"This should be the last mission we do together."
After the family celebration, Rong Sen's life gradually returned to normal.
As the time for graduation from the ninja academy's advanced class approached, the time for the team's disbandment also continuously drew near.
"Bringing new students?"
Knowing the development of history, Rong Sen did not expose it. This year was the time for Obito, Rin, and Kakashi to graduate. Minato would become their team leader.
In fact, if not for Rong Sen's young age, he would also have been assigned such a mission, unless he joined some special department, like Anbu.
His age was not suitable, and this batch of graduating students were originally the same cohort as Rong Sen. It was hard to accept that students from the same cohort suddenly became teachers.
"You could say that. The Hokage-sama gave me a pair of interesting new students."
Minato replied with a smile, not giving too many specifics, just using "interesting" to describe them.
Kato Dan was still recovering from his injuries. This last mission was still to be carried out by Minato and Rong Sen together.
"Teaching Kakashi?"
Rong Sen directly burst the smoke bubble Minato released, making Minato stumble, almost hitting a large tree. The corner of his mouth twitched. Minato looked at Rong Sen and said loudly:
"How did you know?! I only found out yesterday."
Rong Sen pointed at himself, exasperated: "Please, Minato, I'm also a student from this batch, alright! If the Hokage-sama can put everything aside to make you a team leader, there must be some talents worth cultivating, besides Kakashi, are there any others?"
Genius is not that easy to come by. Among the graduating students, besides Kakashi, who else?
No, that's not right. Kakashi just accompanied others to graduate. He had already graduated from the ninja academy a year earlier than Rong Sen.
"You're right."
Minato smiled wryly and nodded, feeling a bit superfluous. Such an obvious thing, and he had even deliberately tried to hide it, forgetting that Rong Sen was also from this batch.
Rong Sen's growth speed was too fast, far surpassing others, making Minato unconsciously forget these things. As a result, he tried to provoke others but ended up being despised.
"Kakashi indeed waited for several years. It's truly not easy."
Thinking of Kakashi, Rong Sen couldn't help but recall that annoying face and his four-five degree dead fish eyes.
Ever since joining Minato's team, Rong Sen spent most of his time on missions. His opportunities to meet Kakashi decreased, but Kakashi remained unchanged, just as before.
"It's truly not easy. Graduating at five, becoming a Chunin at six. What a terrifying record. I doubt anyone can break it later."
Minato, however, was very satisfied with this arrangement. A genius like Kakashi, the village would not arrange him casually. If you check later, you will find that whenever a student with powerful innate talent appears, they will always be led by a powerful teacher.
The first ones were Sarutobi Hiruzen, Shimura Danzo, and Uchiha Kagami, personally led by the Second Hokage, Senju Tobirama. Afterwards, Orochimaru, Jiraiya, and Tsunade were still personally led by Sarutobi Hiruzen, who was Hokage. Minato belonged to Jiraiya, and he himself was under Tsunade. Kakashi was with Minato.
From these examples, it's not difficult to discover that for these genius-level students, the Hokage will arrange powerful teachers for them. And these teachers, even if not the Hokage himself, will still have a strong medical background.
This was also a form of covert pre-assistance.
Rong Sen rolled his eyes, looking at Minato speechlessly:
"Don't think I don't know what you're thinking. It doesn't matter if you can't break it. I just need to remember that I'm stronger than Kakashi."
"Haha~~~"
Rong Sen didn't fall for it. Instead, he used his strength to compare. Minato couldn't help but laugh out loud, finding Rong Sen very cute at this moment.
Actually, Rong Sen truly wanted to break Kakashi's record back then, but he quickly realized it was futile. He was one year older than Kakashi. Even if he applied for graduation first, what would it matter? Kakashi would immediately explode. To prevent his chrysanthemum from being picked, Rong Sen decisively chose to ignore it, letting Kakashi do as he pleased, while he continued to stay in school.
That period was also an important period for him to fill in the blanks.
...Requesting fresh flowers...
"Don't be smug. Kakashi, that problem child, isn't that easy to teach!"
Rong Sen snorted. You can be happy when you buy your medical license.
Minato's team, consisting of Kakashi, Obito, and Rin, was indeed a vibrant team. The complex relationships within the team were enough for Minato to enjoy. A love triangle. Rong Sen suspected that the Third Hokage liked doing this kind of thing, which was why he arranged it this way.
Obito liked Rin, but Rin liked Kakashi. This love triangle was not so easy to handle.
"Is there a need to curse me like this?"
Minato smiled wryly and shook his head, but he also looked forward to teaching Kakashi. Kakashi was a genius who had gained fame early on. Although he wasn't as flashy as Rong Sen later, Kakashi was still good. Minato was very much looking forward to a genius like him growing under his tutelage.
...
"How about we make a deal?" Rong Sen suddenly changed the subject.
"Oh?" Minato looked at Rong Sen, not knowing what kind of deal he wanted to make with him. Was it about this mission?
"I don't like the Land of Rain, and I especially hate carrying things everywhere. The opponent's strength belongs to the elite Jonin class, which is relatively strong. I'm responsible for handling him, and you're responsible for carrying the mission items, how about that?"
"!!!!"
Minato's eyes widened. He retorted exasperatedly: "Cut it out! Don't think I don't know your strength as a special Jonin. You hate what I hate."
The location of this mission was in the Land of Rain. It was one of the countries Rong Sen disliked the most. The mission was to pursue and kill a rogue ninja from Konoha. The opponent had the strength of an elite Jonin. It was extremely rare for a civilian ninja to grow into an elite Jonin. Unfortunately, due to some benefits, he cruelly killed his teammates, which directly changed his identity from a Konoha ninja with good identity and strength to a rogue ninja who hid everywhere.
Because of his strength and the opponent's cunning, the mission did not require capturing him alive, but rather directly killing him. However, they needed to bring his head back to complete the mission.
Rong Sen didn't like carrying a human head around, and he had some things to do in the Land of Rain, so he would return to the village a little later.