Chapter 197: Chapter 197: A Special Mission—Who Wouldn’t Want to Go?

Chapter 197: Chapter 197: A Special Mission—Who Wouldn’t Want to Go?



Just thinking about Kushina's feelings for Takuya made the Third Hokage swallow his words.

If Takuya was willing to retaliate against the Hidden Cloud Village for Kushina, it meant she hadn't chosen the wrong person.

But the problem was Takuya's background... his bloodline...

"Well, I'll leave you to it, old man. You can worry about it yourself," Orochimaru said nonchalantly, seeing right through the Third Hokage's dilemma. He turned and left without a

care.

"Captain!!"

The three kids from Takuya quad had just finished a mission and returned to the village, only to see Takuya waiting for them at the gate.

Hyuga Suzune handed over the mission scroll, which Takuya took with a nod.

"I'm going to be leaving the village for a while," Takuya said to them. "I've been assigned a rather special mission. During my absence, focus on your training and improving your skills. As for when we'll regroup as a team, just wait for my notification."

A special mission?

The moment they heard those words, the eyes of all three lit up. It wasn't just the competitive Uchiha Ryoji and the approval-seeking Aida Sui-even Hyuga Suzune's usually calm eyes were filled with anticipation and longing.

There was no doubt-they all hoped Takuya would take them along on this special mission. "Captain, can you take us with you on this mission?" Uchiha Ryoji asked eagerly.

Aida Sui nodded enthusiastically as well, while Suzune didn't speak, but her eyes gave her away. The young girl clearly wanted to join too.

Special mission? Who wouldn't want to go?

For these kids who hadn't yet stepped outside the village and hadn't seen the harshness of the world, higher-ranked missions were the most exciting thing imaginable.

Takuya looked at their eager faces and his expression turned a bit strange.

"Are you sure you want to go?" he asked.

"Of course!!" they replied.

"Even if this mission is so dangerous that even Jonin has only a one-in-ten chance of survival?" Takuya added.

"Uh..."

They froze.

Wait...

Was this still a special mission? Or was it more like a suicide mission?

What kind of mission had such a terrifying death rate, where even Jonin was unlikely to come back alive?

This was no special mission; this was practically a death sentence.

In fact, the mission truly was one where most Jonin would meet their doom. Only those with exceptional skills had any chance of survival.

"Ugh, I'm not wasting my breath on you. Captain's an Uchiha-he wouldn't stoop to lying." Ryoji turned his head proudly and walked off, as if continuing the conversation was beneath

him.

Aida Sui was left speechless.

Even Hyuga Suzune gave him a strange look before shaking her head and walking away.

Why are they both treating me like this?

Left feeling both insulted and misunderstood, Aida's anger was reaching its boiling point. His young face twisted in frustration.

After parting ways with his team, Takuya found Kushina and reminded her, "I'm leaving the village tomorrow for a special mission. Stay alert while I'm gone and don't wander around. The village uncovered some Hidden Cloud spies, and it seems they're planning to abduct

you."

"What?!"

Kushina's eyes flared with anger, her hair even lifting slightly as if on fire. "Those bastards think they can come after this old lady?!"

Seeing Kushina so fired up, Takuya couldn't help but think that maybe he should talk to

Tsunade about not using the phrase "this old lady" so often.

Kushina's already picked it up!

And her temper had gotten noticeably worse too. She was starting to resemble Tsunade more

and more.

"Don't worry, Takuya," Kushina assured him. "I'll stay right here. If those Hidden Cloud fools

come looking for trouble, I'll make them regret it!"

Heh heh! That big fox promised me that if anyone tried to harm me, it'd step in and help.

So if they want to die, they're welcome to try.

Although Kushina hadn't earned the Nine-Tails' full approval, the fox had begrudgingly

agreed to a few terms after their last incident.

One of those terms was that if she found herself in danger, it would step in to help.

Unfortunately, she only had three chances.

No matter how much Kushina begged, the Nine-Tails refused to grant her anymore.

So if the Hidden Cloud shinobi dared to attack, they might not face Kushina alone, but the fearsome orange chakra of the Nine-Tails itself.

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