All of Naruto's growth was under the control of Konoha's higher-ups.
At this stage, Naruto and his companions had been bound to each other and passed the killing test.
Sandaime was very satisfied with this.
He stood in front of the window and couldn't help but sigh again, "When I see Naruto, I will think of Minato. They are all warm little suns. I believe that under the example of Naruto, this year's Genin will be the future hope of our Konoha. These children are all very talented." He smoked his pipe, his heart happy.
Konoha's top fighting force had withered too quickly in the previous few big events, and now Konoha urgently needed new Kage-rank experts.
Naruto, who has the power of Kyubi, and Sasuke, the orphan of Uchiha, are obviously the objects of their attention.
Behind him, Danzo sneered and did not say much.
Because he understood that no matter what he said, Sandaime would have a strong enough reason to suppress him.
If he wanted to have real power in Konoha, he must become Hokage.
....
After a period of commission, Sasuke's resentment finally broke out completely.
"Why do you still want to do these garbage commissions? I don't think it will help you at all. What I need is to leave the village and carry out the commissions."
In simple words, Sasuke wanted to go out to see the scenery.
On the other side, although Sakura did not say much, her expression also agreed with what Sasuke said.
Kakashi looked at Naruto, who smiled and said gently, "Kakashi sensei, in fact, our strength has already surpassed Genin. Even if we face Chunin, we can still fight. Maybe we can accept a more difficult commission."
"Is that so?" Kakashi nodded thoughtfully: "Since Naruto has said so, let's go to the commission office to see if there are any suitable commissions."
Kakashi was still very at ease with Naruto.
Naruto had a steady and gentle personality, and he would not do things that he was not confident in.
Moreover, Naruto's strength had already surpassed Chunin's, so he could completely protect his teammates in the commission.
....
Soon at the commission, Team 7, led by Kakashi, met the drunken Tazuna.
When they met for the first time, Tazuna's words made Team 7 feel rather uncomfortable.
He looked drunk like an old man, and with an accent, he scolded, "Aiya, why are they all children? Can they do it? They feel unreliable?"
Sasuke leaned against the tree and did not even look at Tazuna.
Sakura stood next to Naruto, carefully sorting out the various props needed for the commission (camping), preparing to spend a romantic day with Naruto.
Naruto glanced at Tazuna indifferently. His old face was gentle, and no one knew what he was thinking.
But looking at how he was too lazy to pay attention to Tazuna, it was obvious that he was not in a good mood.
"Don't underestimate them. They are the best of Genin. They are more than enough to carry out your commission." Kakashi languidly said, maintaining his disciple's tone.
"Well, I hope it's reliable." Tazuna snorted.
But for some reason, Naruto could feel his uneasiness of him.
"Why would he feel uneasy? It was clearly just an escort, and Genin was safe enough. Why would he feel a trace of fear?" Naruto's eyes narrowed slightly.
In the light of Naruto's probing eyes, Tazuna felt restless and cursed loudly. "Alright, let's go quickly. I still have to rush back to build a bridge. I feel like you are not professional."
The Nami no Kuni was a small country made up of small islands. Because the traffic on the roads was monopolized by the Gatō Company, the Nami no Kuni's economy had always been in a sluggish state.
Tazuna hoped to build a bridge to let the small islands that were watching from the other side of the river flow smoothly and interact with each other.
Save the country's economic crisis.
This was a move to enrich the country and the people, but it touched Cardo's cake.
It was easy to imagine that in the future, he would face the assassination of Ninja sent by Gatō.
In order to build the bridge safely, he came to Konoha to issue a commission.
However, because of the lack of funds, he concealed this information, causing Konoha to mistakenly think that the assassination was just an ordinary mountain bandit.
Tazuna looked worriedly at the unreliable Team 7, his heart full of worry.
Fortunately, there was Jonin Kakashi, who gave him a little comfort.
He knew that this move might put this group of Ninjas in a dangerous situation.
But he had no other choice but to hide it.
He was not sure about the level of Ninja who came to assassinate him, but he believed that with Jonin as an escort, the whole process should be relatively smooth.
With such an uneasy feeling, Tazuna hoped that he would not be discovered, and after the truth was exposed, Ninja's team would continue to complete the mission.
"Then let's go. This time, our destination is the Nami no Kuni. The journey this time is longer. Everyone must protect Mr. Tazuna." Kakashi stood up and assigned the tasks.
The strongest Naruto naturally got the role of personal protection, while Sasuke and Sakura guarded Tazuna.
Considering that Tazuna was just an ordinary person, and an old man at that, the speed of the team was very slow.
After walking for nearly a week, they finally left the border of the Land of Fire.
Along the way, Kakashi always looked lazy, as if nothing could make him look like a non-salted fish.
At first, Sakura was very excited, and regarded this commission as a camp with Naruto. Every time it was time for dinner and night, he would give a lot of attention.
This kind of day was still very pleasant at the beginning. She always enjoyed the beautiful scenery along the way with great interest. In her mind, she always remembered the words that Naruto once said: "It is also a kind of happiness to see Sakura's flower-like pink at this time of the year."
But as time passed, the originally beautiful scenery became dull and tasteless, and Sakura's mood also became low at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Along the way, Sasuke was practicing hand seals, deeply immersed in the words "merging cultivation into life".
However, what he did not know was that in the later stages of Ninja's world, he was able to instant-cast Ninjutsu.
The hard work he was doing now had little to no gains in the later stages.
Naruto was in a good mood along the way. He smiled as he admired the scenery along the way.
But in his opinion, these scenes were not as good as the moonlight that was dyed with blood in his memory.
He kept thinking back to the night of slaughter and the birth of Hollow.
All of this made him have an impulse to do research.
He wanted to explore the secrets of Ninja's world.
They walked and stopped all the way. When they passed a puddle, two Ninjas suddenly jumped out of the puddle, holding chains in their hands, and crushed the stunned Kakashi into pieces.
Leaving behind the helpless Naruto and the shocked Sasuke and Sakura.
"This Kakashi really has mastered the fishing to the extreme."
And after the successful attack, Ninja looked bloodthirsty and rushed to the next target.
This smiling fool looks very easy to bully. Let's kill him first.