Perfect!
Therefore, when Aoba, who had put away the Ninja's forehead guard, took the initiative to follow the scar-faced man and his group into the alley, his goal had been achieved.
A minute later,
Aoba was like a hardworking little squirrel, attacking the scarred man lying on the ground with a bloody nose and a swollen face.
The intensity of the scene could only be described as male on the left and right, male on top of male!
It was not until he had plundered all the valuable things on their bodies that he said in a very depressed tone, "Just this much? You are a boss, after all. Why do you bring your little brothers without bringing any money?"
As early as when Aoba easily defeated them, the scar-faced man already knew that he had encountered a hard target this time!
However, when he heard that the other party still continued to mock him after taking the money, he could not help but retort, "I say, friend, it's fine if you eat black, but it's a bit too much to have such a foul mouth!"
When Aoba heard this, he immediately felt very guilty. Yes, the other party were all loan sharks. How could I do this?
Therefore, he wanted to persuade the other party and beat up these guys again!
A minute later
"Don't hit me, big brother. I'll call you big brother, okay? Why don't you continue to have a bad mouth? It's better to suffer from a few words than continue to be beaten." The scarred man, who was about to be swollen like a pig, spoke with a bit of leaking air, and tears were about to fall.
He just wanted to ask for a debt. In the end, not only did he not pay the debt, but he also couldn't afford to offend him.
After seeing the other party, Aoba could not bear to continue fighting. After all, they were just children!
But just as he was about to take the money to find a guide to go home, he suddenly had an idea. He turned his head and asked, "Do any of you know how to go to Konoha?"
The scar-faced man hesitated for a moment and did not dare to make a sound.
However, his little brother was sold him right away!
"Boss, didn't you say that you were going to Konoha to issue a mission? You wanted the 'The Legendary Sucker' who owed money but did not return it!"
"Yes, Boss, you must know how to go to Konoha!"
The scar-faced man suddenly had a fire in his heart.
Who would betray their boss like this!
This month's salary, and last month's salary, you don't want it anymore, do you?
Alright, I admit that being unable to pay for three consecutive months is a little bastard.
But this is not a reason for you to be so self-righteous and sell me out!
Then, before he could clean up the door, he saw an excited smile on the devil's face.
.........
Outside the small town, Aoba led a few dejected fellows on the road.
What he thought was actually very simple. In any case, the scar-faced man knew how to go to Konoha from here, so why would he spend the money to hire a guide?
Wouldn't it be better to save some money to buy food instead?
What?
Are you asking these guys what else they can do besides loan sharks?
Of course, they're working!
What's the use of such a small road fee?
When he arrived at the next town, he was ready to send these guys to work and make money, and then he would comfortably draw water.
In this way, although it was a bit slow, it was still much easier than when he came.
In any case, he would not be able to get up quickly with these burdens, and the scar-faced man only knew this route was the safest.
It was impossible to go deep into the mountains and forests like when he came, relying on the high mobility of the ninja to travel.
Therefore, Aoba, who had been forced to do nothing, could only enjoy it with peace of mind.
He played with the civet cat when he had nothing to do and beat up men who wanted to escape.
Seeing that he was getting closer and closer to Konoha, he also completely relaxed.
…....
At this time, Mikawa, who had completed the task, was reporting the results of this task in the Hokage's office.
The atmosphere was particularly heavy!
After listening to the report, Sarutobi, who knew that Aoba had taken the initiative to draw away the enemy so that his whereabouts were unknown and his life was unknown, sighed heavily.
When he asked Mikawa to take this mission, he did not expect that so many changes would happen.
He just wanted Aoba to calm down and try not to contact Jinchuriki in the future.
At the same time, he was also preventing Danzo from secretly making his move.
After all, this old friend of his would not care about the dead Minato.
For his own philosophy, Danzo could even kill his old friend, let alone a child.
Therefore, this was actually disguised protection and warning.
However, the plan could never keep up with the change. It was too late to regret it now.
"Because of the negligence in the frontline war, the mission level has been upgraded to A-level. The mission reward has been increased to one million ryo."
"In addition, I will send another team to search for Shinomiya Aoba until we find him or confirm his death."
Although doing this would waste Konoha's limited manpower at the moment, to give an explanation to Mikawa's class, Sarutobi could only do this.
After all, he had specially given this urgent mission to Mikawa's class. Now that there was a problem, he naturally had the responsibility.
However, Mikawa's class was indifferent. They were not happy because they had an additional A-level mission on their calendar, nor did they care about the compensation of one million ryo.
Compared to money, what was that compared to losing a person?
Moreover, this mission should not be accepted by them at the moment!
As for sending people to look for him now, it was just comforting. After all these days, could there be any more miracles?
At most, it would take a few days, and then they might give up.
Mikawa walked out of the Hokage building.
Because of Aoba, no one was in the mood to celebrate, and no one had the motivation to do tasks.
Fortunately, Sarutobi also knew how big of a blow the death of his companions would bring to them, so he directly gave them an extended vacation.
When the members of Mikawa's class were replenished, they would come back to do the mission.
This was not cold-blooded, but death was the end of the ninjas.
Especially in the war era, a large number of people had to die almost every day.
So there was no use for them to continue being sad.