At exactly nine o'clock, Shinobu, the group of directors of the Asogane, finally appeared. Unexpectedly, he was another old acquaintance. Konoha's brain, Nara Shikaku, who had a relationship with Asogane, was once in the Konoha camp.
It seems that the Third Hokage really spared no effort in wooing the Ino-Shika-Cho trio. Now they have handed over the younger son, Asuma Sarutobi, to Nara Shikaku. In the future, they will hand over the descendants of the pig, deer, and butterfly to his younger son. From the above, it seems that the Third Hokage has fully realized the value of the Ino-Shika-Cho.
Or maybe it is because super giants like Uchiha and Hyuga are not so easy to win over, so the Third Hokage will target the Ino-Shika-Cho family.
But now is obviously not the time to think about this issue. Facing the future Nara Shikaku, who is known as the "Konoha Brain," Chao Yanqian feels a lot of pressure. Maybe this guy is far inferior to Orochimaru in strength, but in terms of intellect, he is definitely stronger than Orochimaru.
Acting in front of this guy, the risk of exposure is too great.
It was almost the moment he met Nara Shikaku that Chao Yanqian decided that in the future, in front of this guy, he should act as little as possible, as long as he maintains the attitude of 'caring for his companions and loving Konoha.'
"Meet you again!" Nara Shikaku first greeted Asakusa.
"Hello, Mr. Shikaku!" Chao Yanqian said lightly.
"Mr. Shikaku, good morning!" Sarutobi Asuma and Yūhi Kurenai also stood up.
"Well! It seems that you are all familiar with each other, so there is no need to introduce yourselves." Nara Shikaku said casually.
"Mr. Shikaku..." Sarutobi Asuma said with red eyes.
"I know." Nara Shikaku sighed and whispered softly: "Since you become a ninja, you must have the consciousness of sacrifice at any time. Chao Yanqian should have such consciousness already!"
After a period of conversation, Chao Yanqian already knows how Sarutobi Asuma's previous teammates sacrificed.
During the period when Nara Shikaku went to the front line to fight against Sunagakure, Sarutobi Asuma's team followed a Chūnin on a mission. Originally it was just a simple C-level mission, but unexpectedly, an accident happened. They met Sand shinobi. The two sides fought a battle. Sarutobi Asuma's teammates unfortunately lost their lives.
"If you want to save your own life, you have to work hard to become stronger," said Chao Yanqian.
Yūhi Kurenai heard the words and glanced at Chao Yanqian, thinking of what Chao Yanqian had said before during practice. Indeed, if they could have been stronger when they met Sand shinobi at that time, perhaps their teammates would not have died.
"I already have a certain understanding of the strength of Chao Yanqian, and I believe Chao Yanqian also knows me better. Therefore, if it's a test, it can be avoided for now, and the three of you will follow me to pick up the task," Nara Shikaku said lightly.
After a period of contact, Chao Yanqian discovered that Nara Shikaku, like his son Nara Shikamaru, was a bit afraid of trouble, but he was a little colder and less innocent than Shikamaru.
People like this are undoubtedly more terrifying. Nara Shikamaru may still be emotional at some point, but Nara Shikaku will not be for a long time. Years of ninja career have long polished Nara Shikaku's heart very hard.
In other words, with Nara Shikaku's intelligence, he has already seen through something, so he doesn't pay too much attention to certain things.
Thinking of this, Chao Yanqian became more vigilant. In the future, in front of this person, he must be very careful.
In fact, from the beginning to the present, Asakusa has never done anything unfavorable to Konoha, and even so far, there has not been such an idea. However, compared with these original characters, the love of Konoha by Chao Yanqian is fake, and the love of his companions is also fake.
Especially since Chao Yanqian is still doing human experiments with Orochimaru. If this incident is discovered by the Third Hokage, it will be almost a fatal blow to Chao Yanqian.
Soon, a group of four people came to the mission assignment office.
Konoha's prestige in the ninja world has greatly increased after Konoha's victory over Sunagakure. Many mission clients will first consider Konoha's ninja when posting tasks.
Seeing that there is still a large area of unfinished C-level quests, it is easy to guess how busy the Konoha ninja are now.
The amount of entrusted tasks is too much, which is both a good thing for Konoha and a troublesome thing at the same time.
If Konoha refuses these tasks, it will give people a perception that Konoha has lost too much power in the battle with Sunagakure, and Konoha's reputation will be greatly reduced.
But if you accept these tasks, you must send a ninja to complete them. I believe that the Third Hokage is also having a headache at this moment!
But compared with Konoha, the defeated Sunagakure is probably going to be even worse. After all, Konoha is happy and miserable, and Suna is really miserable now.
Defeated in the Ninja World War, it means that the credibility is reduced. I am afraid that the number of tasks in Sunagakure has been reduced to the lowest point in recent years.
"Escort merchandise! What do you think?" Sarutobi Asuma chose a task of escorting supplies and said to everyone.
"It's too long!" said Asakusa.
"Not good!" Nara Shikaku also refused.
"Why?" Sarutobi Asuma was puzzled, and at the same time, he blinked at Chao Yanqian.
Asakusa immediately understood that Sarutobi Asuma had chosen a task of escorting commercial products, and the journey was still very far away. I guess he wanted to play in the mountains and rivers with Yūhi Kurenai!
However, this kind of boring mission, if there is no ninja war, will be of little help to Chao Yanqian, and it will waste a lot of training time. Chao Yanqian will never choose such a task.
As for the reason why Nara Shikaku refused, it was even simpler. It was all because of laziness and reluctance to go too far.
"Why don't you do this task!" Chao Yanqian pointed to a B-level task and said, "Go to the border of Kirigakure to spy on Kirigakure's movements."
This is a good task. It takes a short time. Maybe you can fight the Mist ninja.
"No!" Nara Shikaku still refused.
This mission is too early for Asuma Sarutobi and Yūhi Kurenai, especially Asuma Sarutobi being the youngest son of the Third Hokage, so nothing can happen. And Yūhi Kurenai is also a ninja from the Genjutsu clan. In the rookie stage, the village will never arrange too dangerous missions for them.
It looks like Chao Yanqian, who performed spying missions just after graduation, and even fought against Sand ninja.
"That's it!" In the end, Nara Shikaku made the decision and chose a simple C-level mission to help the residents of the Land of Fire drive away the beasts.
It takes less time and is not difficult, and Chao Yanqian did not refuse.
To be honest, Chao Yanqian now feels like he has been pitted. Doing tasks with the two next-generation ninjas was a waste of time and there was no opportunity for experience, and it hardly helped the strength of Chao Yanqian.
Fortunately, under normal circumstances, such a team will not encounter any danger, and usually has a lot of free time, so it just happens to be an opportunity to learn more from Tsunade.