In the early morning, Kakashi woke up. This time, it wasn't the alarm clock or his biological clock that woke him up, but rather a pleasant smell that stirred him from sleep.
Before opening his eyes, Kakashi was puzzled by the delightful fragrance. When he finally opened his eyes and saw the unfamiliar ceiling, he remembered that he hadn't returned home yesterday but stayed at Mutsuki's house instead.
Perhaps because he had slept well yesterday, Kakashi felt much more relaxed physically and mentally.
Then Kakashi walked out of the room and went downstairs.
"Awake already? I just finished making breakfast. Let's eat together," Mutsuki, who had just set the breakfast on the table, saw Kakashi coming downstairs and smiled as he spoke.
"Thank you, I appreciate it," Kakashi thanked Mutsuki.
Glancing at the dining table, Kakashi noticed there was a lot of food, perhaps because he was there. Breakfast was lavish, with sweet-smelling red bean rice, steaming miso soup, thick tamagoyaki, and grilled fish.
"Itadakimasu" Kakashi said as he sat at the table.
It had been a long time since he had said those words during breakfast. When eating alone, there was no need to say it.
After finishing Mutsuki's breakfast, Kakashi's cluttered thoughts disappeared. At that moment, all he felt was how delicious everything was, completely immersed in the world of food.
After devouring all the dishes in front of him and finishing the steaming miso soup, Kakashi felt pleasantly warm all over.
Finishing his meal and seeing the empty plates before him, Kakashi realized he had unknowingly eaten so much.
[Disciple Hatake Kakashi's trust level has increased, current trust level: three]
"It seems you quite like the dishes I make," Mutsuki stood up to tidy up, smiling happily. It was worth all the effort he had put in, finally seeing the trust level go up.
"It's because your cooking, Yumi-sensei, is simply delicious," Kakashi said earnestly.
While it was hard to determine the strongest ninja in the shinobi world, if someone were to say that anyone cooks better than Mutsuki, Kakashi would be the first to object. This was cuisine at the level of Genjutsu.
"Let me help clean up," Kakashi offered.
Once again, relying on Mutsuki for guidance and enjoying a lavish breakfast, Kakashi felt a bit uneasy not doing anything in return.
"Sure" Mutsuki didn't refuse, smiling.
Accepting kindness from others sometimes brings them closer together, deepening trust.
After washing the dishes, Kakashi and Mutsuki went to the Southern Border Forest to practice.
Mutsuki's treatment was effective, and Kakashi didn't experience any mental or physical fatigue today, temporarily returning to normal.
"This is your justification for calling me weak? Just after a day of training, your legs can't even stand straight." Kakashi displayed aggression as he looked at Obito after the Total Concentration Breathing practice.
"You... you don't understand. You have no idea how exhausting it is to maintain Total Concentration Breathing," Obito said, his words becoming somewhat disjointed from fatigue.
"Even if it's tiring, it's still training. Can't you be a bit stronger?" Kakashi intended to settle scores from the past few days.
Obito rolled his eyes and slumped to the ground, looking exhausted, someone who didn't understand Breathing Techniques yet was making him dizzy.
Mutsuki nodded inwardly, seeing this as a sign of recovery. As long as Kakashi could focus on sparring with Obito, there shouldn't be a problem.
"After we return, take a good rest. We have a mission tomorrow," Mutsuki announced.
Originally, Mutsuki planned to train the disciples until the day of Obito's birthday before going on the mission. But seeing Kakashi like this, Mutsuki felt it was necessary to address Kakashi's issues first.
Kakashi's issues are difficult to resolve within the village, so he needs to seek some help from outside.
Mutsuki doesn't expect them to be resolved in just one mission. After all, they've had two consecutive accidents. Even if he's someone with bad luck, he shouldn't have three consecutive accidents. So, they need to do more missions to find opportunities.
"Great, another mission!" Obito's eyes lit up as he struggled to stand.
Every mission he undertook now became a topic of conversation with Rin, and also a capital for boasting when they returned to the Ninja Academy.
While other classmates were discussing what miscellaneous tasks they had done, he would proudly share his experiences of A-rank and B-rank missions. Obito couldn't help but imagine how envious those classmates would be.
"Everyone, be careful and don't get hurt," Rin reminded softly.
"Don't worry, Rin-chan. With me and Yumi-sensei around, there won't be any problems," Obito reassured, patting his chest.
"Obito, are you underestimating my youth? When the time comes, I will use the most passionate youth to protect my comrades!" Guy flashed his shiny white teeth and laughed heartily.
"Then let me rephrase that. With Yumi-sensei, Guy, and me, there will definitely be no problem." Obito thought for a moment and said. The current Guy is indeed very dominant. Except for Shisui with his activated Sharingan, everyone who encounters him has a headache; he's truly difficult to deal with.
Kakashi: ...
"Yumi-sensei and Guy are indeed reliable. As for you, forget it. If it weren't for my timely support during the last mission, you would have been severely injured." Seeing Obito provoking him, Kakashi also responded without hesitation.
"You're too reckless in battle, thinking too little. You didn't even notice when the opponent was exchanging injuries."
"Obito, be cautious in battle," Rin said with some concern.
"It was because I went to help him that such a situation arose," Obito fired back, even bringing up the incident from the previous mission when Kakashi remained inactive for a full ten minutes.
"Full of energy, but still, save some energy for tomorrow's mission." After watching for a while, Mutsuki smiled and put an end to the argument between the two.
Seeing Mutsuki speak up, the two temporarily ceased their hostilities.
...
The next morning, Mutsuki led his disciples to the Hokage Building to receive the mission.
"Is there a C-Rank Mission in the Land of Rivers today?" Mutsuki asked directly.
The Land of Rivers has been affected by the wars between the Hidden Cloud and the Sand, making it relatively easy to find opportunities.
In fact, it's easier to find opportunities in the Land of Grass because the Land of Rivers is only affected by the war, while the main battle between the Hidden Cloud and the Sand is in the Land of Wind. On the other hand, in the Land of Grass, the Hidden Rock and Konoha are currently engaged in combat, essentially serving as the main battlefield.
However, because of this, most of the missions in the Land of Grass are related to the war, and Mutsuki's team cannot take them due to being interns.
"Land of Rivers, let me check." The registered ninja began to look through the mission list.
"There's one to exterminate the mountain bandits near Sankawa Town, and another one is to escort the client back to the capital of the Land of Rivers."
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"Then let's go for the one to exterminate the mountain bandits near Sankawa Town," Mutsuki suggested after a moment of thought.
Having looked at the map of the Land of Rivers, he knew that Sankawa Town was closer to the Land of Wind, increasing the likelihood of encountering opportunities.
The registered ninja swiftly completed the procedures and handed a paper to Mutsuki.
"It's the same country as the last mission, huh," Obito curiously approached and glanced at the paper.
"What's wrong? Don't you like the Land of Rivers?" Mutsuki tidied up the documents and asked.
Obito scratched his head with his right hand before replying, "I wouldn't say dislike, but the mayor of that town from our last mission left a bad impression on me. But I guess there aren't many bad people like him."
The last mayor indeed disgusted Obito, making it difficult for him to understand why people could be so bad. Couldn't everyone just get along?
"Such people should be punished with the iron fist of youth," Guy also remembered the mayor from their last mission. It was the first time he realized people could be so wicked. He thought those who mocked his father were already too much, but compared to what the mayor did, that was nothing.
"It's normal not to like those kinds of people. I don't like them either," Mutsuki chuckled and patted the heads of the two as he left the Hokage Building with the disciples.
There was one thing he didn't say: that such people would definitely not be few in this world, thanks to the feudal system.
The reason Obito felt there were fewer of such people was because he had grown up in Konoha. Konoha's transcendent status and harmonious atmosphere gave Obito this illusion.
"Does anyone need to go back for anything? If so, hurry up and get it. We'll leave directly afterward," Mutsuki asked as he opened the discussion.
All three disciples shook their heads. Mutsuki had reminded them yesterday, so they had packed everything beforehand.
"Then let's depart. The sooner we complete the mission, the sooner we can return," Mutsuki said directly.
"Is there no client this time?" Obito asked curiously.
"Naturally, there are clients for the missions, but the clients are not in Konoha; they're in the Land of Rivers," Mutsuki explained.
Except for escort missions, where the client must be in Konoha, for other missions, as long as the commission fee is paid, the client doesn't need to stay in Konoha.
Mutsuki felt it was good this way. Having a client along would slow down their travel pace, but without one, they could reach their destination quickly.
"Let's go, let's go. I'm really looking forward to it. I wonder what kind of enemies we'll encounter. Hopefully not the Raikage or Tsuchikage. Just kidding," Obito fantasized about the enemies they might face on this mission.
Kakashi's mouth twitched a bit, unable to hold back. They were going to deal with mountain bandits, not the Hidden Cloud or Hidden Rock Village. If they encountered the Raikage or Tsuchikage, why not the Six Paths Sage?
"Dream a bit more logically. We're dealing with mountain bandits, not ninja villages," Kakashi couldn't help but say.
"If it's a dream, why does it have to be logical? We're just joking around. Although the mission is to exterminate mountain bandits, encountering ninja is also normal, right? Last time we were just driving away fierce beasts, but we encountered ninja. It's no different," Obito retorted.
Obito's response left Kakashi speechless. Encountering ninja on a C-Rank Mission was anything but normal.
However, considering that Obito had encountered accidents on both of his C-Rank Missions, it wasn't surprising that he had such thoughts.
"You'll know after you finish this mission. The first two times, we just had bad luck. There won't be any ninja in this mission," Kakashi said.
He felt that even if they were unlucky, encountering accidents on two consecutive C-Rank Missions should come to an end.
"My dear friend, don't be too confident in your words. Didn't Yumi-sensei say it? It's wartime now, so accidents are more likely to happen," Guy said, stroking his chin.
Guy's thoughts were similar to Obito's; encountering ninja during missions was normal for them.
Kakashi remained silent. He felt that it was only because Obito and Guy had done fewer missions that they had such misconceptions. Before joining Mutsuki's team, he had done dozens of C-Rank Missions without encountering any accidents.
"Let's push ourselves to travel as fast as possible. Before leaving the Land of Fire, everyone should use the Breathing Technique to travel. Use Total Concentration Breathing if you can," Mutsuki said with a smile.
For Mutsuki, doing C-Rank Missions was essentially a way to train his disciples in different locations, and the necessary training would not be lacking.
"Kakashi, how about we see who can run faster and farther?" Obito challenged. He was confident in this aspect because his Total Concentration Breathing was the strongest among the disciples, and Kakashi had only recently learned the Breathing Technique.
"Not interested," Kakashi replied lightly, seeing through Obito's intentions at a glance.
"The fiery youth should indulge in more competitions! Obito, let's go!" exclaimed Guy enthusiastically.
"Yumi-sensei, can you be our referee?" Obito agreed and asked Mutsuki.
Although Kakashi wasn't lured into it, Guy had previously defeated Kakashi in battle, so technically, defeating Guy would also count as defeating Kakashi.
In fact, Obito had wanted to have a real battle with Kakashi a few days ago, but Mutsuki had just started teaching Constant, so Obito thought he would become stronger with the new teaching before challenging Kakashi again. Right now he wasn't a hundred percent sure of defeating Kakashi.
Mutsuki nodded with a smile and then shouted, "Ready, three, two, one, go!"
"Stone Breathing, Total Concentration Breathing!"
"Flame Breathing, Total Concentration Breathing!"
Obito and Guy instantly went all out, rushing forward like cannonballs fired from a gun.
Although Kakashi didn't participate in the competition, he silently used the Breathing Technique to run at full speed.
Obito started a bit faster, but soon he was surpassed by Guy and left behind.
"Oh no, I forgot that Guy's Stone Breathing boosts his physical strength much more," Obito realized as he watched Guy getting further away.
But in order to win, Obito pushed himself to the limit, striving to catch up with the same effort he put into practicing Constant.
"I need to hurry up and learn Thunder Breathing, I can't fall too far behind," Kakashi thought as he watched the two running madly.
Although he had been defeated by Guy once, Kakashi didn't want to keep losing.
"Phew, I miscalculated. Next time, I should challenge you with Fire Release, Guy," Obito panted heavily.
Despite his efforts, he couldn't catch up with Guy at all. Guy's endurance was much stronger than his.
"Well, that might take a while, because I don't know Fire Release at all right now," Guy replied with a big laugh.
To compete in Fire Release, he has to know it first. But currently, he doesn't have anything related to fire in his repertoire.
After leaving the Land of Fire, Mutsuki stopped this kind of extreme training. Although his strength could handle most situations, it's still better to be cautious.
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