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The mission was classified as S-rank in terms of difficulty, danger, and importance. Guarding the Third Hokage, who was about to sign a peace treaty with Suna, was a crucial and extremely dangerous task for these 32 ninjas.
To be more precise, the danger of this mission was actually fluctuating. If nothing unexpected happened and everything went smoothly, the Hokage could complete the signing ceremony with the Kazekage without any obstacles. In that case, these guard ninjas wouldn't face any danger.
But conversely, if anything unexpected happened during this process, these 32 people might be doomed.
According to the ninja's principle of caution, if a mission's difficulty and danger were at least D-rank and at most S-rank, then the mission would be classified as S-rank.
Certain things must be considered in the worst possible scenario to make the best possible preparations. You won't panic when the time comes, and you can achieve the best results.
Haori was one of the participants in this mission. This was his second S-rank mission.
Of course, this mission was actually not that dangerous for him personally. Even if Suna really broke the treaty, he was confident that he could escape.
He could fly…
(ShixT9: Lmao)
He could even escape with the Third Hokage if things got really bad. He just didn't know if the Hokage had considered this possibility when assigning him this mission.
Well, he definitely didn't. The Hokage wasn't that kind of person.
The 16 Leaf Village ninjas who would enter the restricted area before the Hokage would be temporarily gathered together. Then, they would be divided into pairs and act accordingly.
The leader of these 16 people was Minato Namikaze. As for whether the Hokage had considered the possibility of using Flying Thunder God to escape in certain situations when assigning Minato this mission…
He definitely didn't. The Third Hokage was not that kind of person.
For these 16 ninjas, their mission began three hours before the actual meeting ceremony.
Three hours in advance, the 16 Leaf Village ninjas entered the completely sealed restricted area. But they didn't immediately begin a detailed search. Instead, they first went to the center of the meeting place.
The arrangements had already been made there in advance. The flags of the Land of Wind and the Land of Fire, symbolizing the identities of both sides, had already been hung up.
The arrangements on both sides were the same. When the Leaf Village ninjas entered the restricted area, the Suna ninjas did the same.
A total of 32 ninjas from both sides would meet in the center. The purpose was to recognize the markings of the other side's 16 people. Once the Kazekage and the Hokage entered and began the talks, only these 16 ninjas from each side could move freely within this area. If they encountered anyone who wasn't one of these 32, it would mean that the talks were in danger.
So, these 32 people had to recognize each other.
Haori didn't recognize the leader of the Suna ninja side, but it was obvious that they recognized him.
Because the ninja's name was Ebisu.
He first scanned Minato before fixing his gaze on Haori.
There was no way around it. The Yellow Flash was too dazzling. Although Minato mainly operated on the Iwa and Kumo sides, Suna couldn't possibly not have detailed intelligence on him.
As for Haori, Ebisu couldn't forget him. White hair and a bare mask. That night, that day, that Suna… How much damage had this ninja, who was not much older than him judging by his height, caused to Suna?
If he could, he really wanted to see what kind of face was behind that mask.
Actually, he didn't need to see. The face behind the mask was just a very ordinary… cough, princely face.
Haori noticed that the other side's leader had specifically paid attention to him. He ignored it… It wasn't that he didn't care. It was that he couldn't do anything about it. According to Haori's estimate, he was probably already on the Suna ninja's hit list.
There's a kind of love called hatred to the bone.
Forget about what Haori did on the battlefield. After all, he bombed their home. It's no wonder the Suna ninjas wanted to kill him.
But now, no matter how dissatisfied they were, they had to endure it.
With just a glance, Haori memorized all the characteristics of the other side's 16 ninjas. And using his special abilities, he also marked the more fundamental, unfakeable signals of these people to ensure that he wouldn't mistake them.
Although it was a meeting of reconnaissance ninjas from both sides, there was no communication between them. They just looked at each other for about five minutes, then they dispersed.
Everything was arranged. There was no need for further explanation. They just needed to carry out their tasks.
On the Leaf Village's side, the ninja paired with Haori was a ninja named Hyuga Hizashi. He was an elite Jonin from the Leaf Village's Hyuga clan. He was also the twin brother of the current clan head. With the Hyuga name, his own strength and use of the Byakugan were naturally beyond question.
This team had a very important task. Haori could use his summoning beast to create a high-altitude platform. Hizashi's Byakugan could then be used to detect over long distances from this platform. The entire battlefield could be seen.
The ninja paired with Minato was the Yamanaka clan Jonin, Yamanaka Inoichi, who could use detection and communication secret techniques. His task wasn't combat, but to be Minato's communication tower.
Except for the seven groups besides themselves, Yamanaka Inoichi would contact each group every five minutes to ensure that Minato could grasp the real-time situation.
Haori's team was undoubtedly the key contact target.
After the meeting was over, the 16 ninjas on the Leaf Village's side immediately dispersed according to their pre-arranged groups.
Haori directly used the Summoning Jutsu, taking Hyuga Hizashi with him into the air.
This mission was important and tense. Haori and Hizashi had no opportunity to talk or get to know each other in detail. They had to do their duty.
For ninjas, a 50-kilometer range wasn't that big. If they had to run a long distance, it wouldn't be a difficult task as long as their chakra was sufficient. But the difficulty of this mission was that the ninjas had to search every inch of this 50-kilometer range for any potential dangers.
Fortunately, this was the Land of Wind. The surface was bare with no vegetation. Otherwise, if they were in the Land of Fire, where forests were dense, the complexity of this mission would increase exponentially.
However, hidden dangers still existed, just not yet discovered.
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