Chapter 125: Exploring the Patrol Outpost

While his students went to sleep, Renjiro decided to catch up with his old friend. He and Seiichi chatted for a long while recalling their old memories and sharing their new ones.

After chatting, Renjiro made a report and attached it to a messenger Hawk. The Hawk flew towards Konoha.

After a long sleep, the trio woke up. They freshened up and met up with Renjiro who was having breakfast with Seiichi.

Seiichi looked at them and said, "Come join in."

Having learnt a lot about them from Renjiro, Seiichi had a much better impression of them. The trio didn't engage in any formalities and joined them.

However, on seeing the food on the table, all three had the same thought, 'How the heck is this a breakfast!' The entire table was filled with roasted meat.

Fujin grabbed one slice and ate it. His expression immediately changed, 'Fuck! This is so good!'

He ignored everyone and began eating rapidly!

Hoka and Mieko looked at Fujin and grabbed a bite too. They too began eating quickly but paid attention to their manners.

Seiichi laughed lightly on seeing them all eat quickly and said, "No need to hurry. The food isn't going to run away."

All three nodded. Seiichi smiled on seeing them nod obediently. However, soon he was speechless. All three kids ignored his advice and kept eating at the same speed. Renjiro chuckled at Seiichi's reaction.The origin of this chapter's debut can be traced to N0v3l--B1n.

Fujin meanwhile thought, 'An Akimichi saying the food won't run away... As if anyone would believe that."

After eating, Fujin asked, "What do we do today, Sensei?"

Renjiro replied, "Just rest. Take a tour of the patrol outposts and go on patrols if you get bored. It'll be helpful if in the future you get posted for patrol duties. Don't waste your chakra though. We need to leave tomorrow morning."

Fujin replied, "Oh, alright Sensei."

Hoka added, "Yeah, this feels wonderful."

Fujin nodded.

Hotaka laughed and said, "Such sceneries are the main reason why most here have taken patrolling tasks. Beautiful scenery, freedom from daily worries at home and lax responsibilities are the plus points of this job. Situations like yesterday are rare in peacetime. Usually, we just go on routine patrols without finding any disturbances."

Fujin looked at Hotaka and wondered, 'So how did so many ninja cross into the Land of Fire during our last mission? Did the patrol teams just do a terrible job or were some of them bribed? Hmm, there is another possibility. Did Konoha purposefully let them in so that they could be annihilated without any opportunity to run?'

Hoka asked Hotaka, "Can you take us to patrol?"

Hoka wanted to know as many of his seniors and elders from the Hyuga clan often undertook Patrol missions.

Hotaka nodded, "Sure. Let's go."

He jumped off the watchtower. Hoka, Mieko and Fujin followed him. They left the outpost and entered the forests. And ran on tree branches at moderate speeds.

Hotaka said, "I am just taking you on a random patrolling mission. Usually, all Patrol teams have set routes that they have to patrol daily. And there are a few teams that patrol randomly to guard against someone who might know our patrol routes and uses that to avoid us."

Hoka said, "That's smart. That will make hiding very difficult!"

Hotaka nodded and added, "In addition, every Patrol team has one ninja from Inuzuka, Hyuga, or Aburame clans. So our range is much larger and any intruder has to consider all aspects if they want to hide from us."

The trio nodded. They were aware of the specialities of each clan. Hotaka took them on a 2-hour long patrol. Fujin and Hoka used their abilities to help Hotaka on the patrol mission. But they didn't find anything out of the ordinary. They returned back to the outpost.

Not having anything to do, they spent their remaining day meditating. During lunch and breakfast, they interacted with others in the outpost.

In the evening, an Anbu squad entered the outpost! They entered the main building. Renjiro and Seiichi were playing shogi. They both turned to see 4 Anbu ninjas.

The leader of the 4 had silver hair and wore a Kitsune mask. Both realized who the Anbu captain was.