"Oh wow! So much energy so early in the morning, how youthful." Might Guy showed off his signature bright white teeth again.
"Tch, teacher, you were already here, right?" Tenten said.
Might Guy scratched his head and laughed loudly, "You can't hide anything from you guys, after all, I wanted to see your skills."
"Guy Sensei, hurry up and tell us, what's the mission? I still need to go back and study ninja tools." Tenten said, speechless.
More concerned about her ninja tools than the mission, huh?
"So impatient, but that's youth for you." Might Guy laughed loudly.
"So, what is our mission?"
"Chase down the rogue ninja -- Takenaka Taiji." Might Guy said with a smile.
As he spoke, Might Guy handed them some information. The general meaning was this:
[Takenaka Taiji: A spy from the Hidden Sound Village planted in Konoha. His strength is at the Chunin level. His Chakra natures are Wind and Earth. He is good at using Earth Release to control his opponents.]
"Hidden Sound Village! Orochimaru... It seems he's preparing for the Konoha Crush."
Neji thought to himself, looking at the information.
It seems Orochimaru can't wait any longer.
"Chunin! Wait, Guy Sensei, this should already be a Rank A mission, right?" Tenten asked anxiously.
In the Hokage world, missions are generally divided into six ranks.
Super S Rank, S Rank, A Rank, B Rank, C Rank, D Rank.
A Rank missions are tasks that relate to the movements of the country or village, including guarding important people, and attacking ninja squads. Involving Chunin, it is certainly an A Rank mission.
"Guy Sensei, are we going to carry out an A Rank mission?" Lee asked.
"Yes."
Neji and the others graduated a year earlier than the Konoha 11, and their growth in strength is obvious. Plus, with Might Guy's powerful strength, the Third Hokage allowed them to take on missions that were above their rank.
In other words, they would occasionally take on missions involving other countries and other villages, which were B Rank missions.
Carrying out an A Rank mission was a first.
"Oh wow! We finally get an A Rank mission!" Lee jumped up excitedly.
"This is the perfect time to train ourselves."
The expected worried faces didn't appear. Instead, they were replaced by excited expressions.
A flash of light also went through Might Guy's eyes, and he showed off a set of pearly white teeth, laughing, "My youth is burning."
"I knew it, these two are hopeless." Tenten shrugged, saying helplessly.
Neji was also speechless. As expected, this was Team Guy's style.
"Alright, let's go quickly. If that spy escapes, then we'll have to put in even more effort." Tenten urged.
Whoosh~ Whoosh~ Whoosh~
The figures of the four people darted through the trees, constantly paying attention to the strange things around them.
This made Neji look at Lee and Tenten in a new light.
As expected of Team Guy, they were more mature and stable than the newly graduated Konoha 11. Their fighting skills were also higher than those kids.
Just as Neji was watching Tenten and Lee, Might Guy was also looking at Neji from time to time.
He hides his strength well!
This was his evaluation of Neji.
"However, Lee isn't bad either."
Perhaps because they were both training in taijutsu, his Strong Fist and the Hyuga's Gentle Fist, he had a desire to compete.
However, Hyuga Hiashi always kept a straight face and basically never fought with him, so the two of them had never competed.
And Lee, as his true disciple, naturally took on this important task.
An ordinary person defeats a genius through hard work!
"Let me make this clear first. This mission is to train you, so I won't step in unless it's absolutely necessary. If you have to, you can kill him on the spot." Might Guy said.
"Kill him on the spot!" Neji was a little dazed. This world required killing people.
He had never killed anyone.
"Neji, Neji, what's wrong?"
Suddenly, Tenten's voice came to his ears, bringing Neji back to reality.
"Neji, what's wrong? You're distracted. This isn't like you."
"It's nothing." Neji shook his head.
This mission was important. He needed to see blood. He needed to learn to get used to killing.
If you want to survive in this world, this is the most important lesson.
If you don't kill him, he will kill you.
They traveled day and night, and one day later, the four of them finally got close.
"Neji, Lee, scout the surroundings; Tenten, be ready to provide support from a distance." Might Guy said in an orderly manner.
"Yes!" the three responded.
"Yes! Guy Sensei."
The four moved forward carefully, especially Neji. Strictly speaking, he was no different from a rookie.
This was his first time carrying out a mission, and it was an A Rank mission right off the bat. He was a little nervous.
At that moment, suddenly more than a dozen kunai flew towards them.
"Be careful!" Neji shouted.
"Leave it to me." Lee jumped up, took out a kunai from his waist, and blocked all the incoming kunai.
"It seems the enemy has already spotted us." Tenten said.
"Now, it's time for you guys to show your skills. Go." Might Guy said with a smile.
"Yes!"
Then, the three quickly jumped forward.
In the deep forest, a person with ordinary looks and clothing was traveling constantly.
He was the target of Neji and the others' mission, Takenaka Taiji.
"Tch, they actually only sent three kids to deal with me. Does Konoha really have no one left?" Takenaka Taiji glanced at the three people chasing him from behind and sneered to himself.
"Ahead is an open grassy area, Tenten." Lee said.
"Got it, watch this, Hidden Weapon Barrage."
Tenten jumped into the air, opened her scrolls, and summoned various kinds of hidden weapons from inside, attacking Takenaka Taiji.
Shoo shoo shoo...
One after another piercing sounds rang out. Takenaka Taiji made hand signs and slammed his hand on the ground: "Earth Release: Earth Wall."
A wall of earth instantly rose up, blocking Tenten's hidden weapons.
"Not over yet, Twin Dragons."
Various kinds of hidden weapons flew out from Tenten's two scrolls. Takenaka Taiji could only keep using the Body Flicker Technique to dodge.
"Little girl, you're asking to die." Takenaka Taiji suddenly turned around and shot out two kunai, stabbing towards Tenten.
Tenten quickly flipped over to dodge. At this time, the exploding tags tied to the two kunai exploded, instantly snapping an old tree.
And at this time, Lee suddenly appeared to Takenaka Taiji's left, throwing a punch toward his face.
"Oh? Pretty fast."
Takenaka Taiji's mouth showed a cold smile, and he grabbed Lee's fist.
"Kid, let's die together."
At this time, an angry shout came: "Wind Release: Great Breakthrough."
Lee was shocked and immediately looked back.
He saw that another Takenaka Taiji had appeared behind him at some point, blowing a whirlwind from his mouth.
Lee was blown away in the blink of an eye.
"Kid, die!" Takenaka Taiji immediately chased after Lee, who was flying backward, holding a kunai to stab him.