I don't believe in the will of fire

After many days of continuous rain, the sky became clear, and the refreshing and vast blue sky hung in the sky of Konoha Ninja Village.

At the entrance of Konoha Ninja Village, a pair of long caravans have been waiting there for a long time.

The leader of the caravan was an elderly man with a goatee. He did not hide his dissatisfaction and asked a yellow-haired ninja among the three ninjas wearing Konoha forehead protectors.

"Hey, Mr. Minato, how long do we have to wait? If this continues, we won't be able to reach Qingryu Station at night."

"I'm so sorry!"

Minato, who had grown from a child to a handsome young man and became a village jounin, said with a somewhat embarrassed expression.

"Mr. Kubo, please wait a moment, the child will be here soon."

"What?"

The old man named Kubo looked at the other two ninjas who were completely children except for the jounin named Minato, and said unhappily.

"If I had known that Konoha's ninjas were so unreliable, I would have gone directly to the Ninja United Association in Uzushio City to issue a mission."

Minato could only smile at this. Next to him, the young Kakashi, who had just become a genin, and the nine-year-old Nohara Rin, both sighed at the same time.

Fortunately, at this moment, a powerful voice was heard in the distance.

"Minato-sensei, I'm here!"

Seeing the figure of Uchiha Obito appearing in the distance, Minato finally breathed a sigh of relief and said to Kubo.

"Mr. Kubo, we are all ready to go."

"Well, let's get up and set off."

As old man Kubo finished speaking, driven by the horses, the carriages piled with various goods finally started to move.

At this time, Obito finally ran to his partner, but before Obito could speak, Lin yelled in his ear.

"Obito, how dare you be late for such an important task today!"

Obito also knew that he had made a mistake, so he clasped his hands together and apologized to everyone sincerely.

"Sorry, Teacher Lin, I met an old lady on the road who was staggering with luggage and asked me for directions. The old lady's ears are not good, so I had no choice but to take her to where she wanted to go first. I'm really sorry!

"

"What?"

Lin was speechless for a moment, while Kakashi said directly dissatisfied.

"Lying again! And it's the same excuse every time."

"I didn't lie."

Obito argued seriously, but Kakashi just said coldly.

"I'm not lying. How could it be such a coincidence? You meet someone who is in trouble every time."

Obito retorted.

"That's because you are no longer a good person, so you can't see those who need help."

Seeing that his two companions were about to quarrel, Nohara Lin said to smooth things over.

"Okay, don't argue. Today is an important day. This is the first time our team has performed a C-level mission, and we can also leave the village."

"Yes." Looking at the caravan going further and further away, Minato said with a smile: "Besides, if we don't hurry up, the client will go far away."

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The guard job is actually very boring, but for the Minato team, which is performing this kind of mission to leave the village for the first time, the three genin are very excited, especially Uchiha Obito, this is his first time leaving the Leaf Village.

, to see the scene in the outside world, even Kakashi, who had always been cold and cold, could not hide his curiosity in his eyes.

Because there was a carriage, they didn't even need to walk on their own.

Minato looked at his disciple's excited look, thinking about the purpose of his trip, and fell into deep thought for a long time. However, as the leader of the team, he quickly collected his emotions and said as he walked.

"I would like to reiterate that our mission is to escort Mr. Kubo and his caravan to the Kingdom of Whirlpool. Along the way, all our tasks are to protect Mr. Kubo's safety as the first priority."

"I understand, don't worry, teacher, I am Obito Uchiha of the Uchiha clan. I will definitely protect Mr. Kubo."

But old man Kubo sitting in the front row didn't appreciate it.

"A young boy like you should take care of yourself first, and don't be scared to death by stray ninjas until you pee your pants."

"Wandering Ninja."

The three disciples were all stunned. Except for Kakashi, Obito and Lin's hearts were tightened.

Lin asked nervously.

"Minato-sensei, don't you encounter a ninja duel on a C-level mission?"

Seeing this, Minato smiled helplessly and said.

"Mr. Kubo, please stop scaring my three disciples."

When Old Man Kubo saw this, he made a disdainful sound and said nothing.

Seeing this, Minato said to his three disciples.

"Don't worry, the tasks issued by the village have been carefully considered. Since it is a C-level task, it is true that you will not encounter a ninja duel."

"In general, sensei, do you mean that it is possible to encounter a ninja duel?"

Obito swallowed his saliva and said.

Seeing this, Minato taught his three disciples seriously.

"Well... I hope you understand that nothing in the ninja world is absolute. Just like our mission this time, every time we perform a mission, we must consider all possibilities to have a greater chance of survival.

"

Having said this, looking at the two nervous disciples, Minato also smiled slightly and said.

"But don't worry, even if a ninja appears, there will still be me as a teacher!"

Obito and Lin breathed a sigh of relief, but Kakashi saw this and said disdainfully.

"coward!"

Obito immediately became furious and yelled at Kakashi.

"You guy, what did you say?"

"Am I wrong? As a ninja, to be afraid of a ninja duel is nothing but a coward!"

Seeing that the two were about to quarrel again, Minato hurriedly held down both of them with a slap on the head.

"Okay, Kakashi, don't say that to Obito. At your age, if the village hadn't been very short of manpower, it would have been impossible for you to graduate so quickly and go out to perform tasks. I'm as old as you

At that time, I was still attending classes at the ninja school. Kakashi, you should understand this better than I do, you probably haven’t seen Sakumo-senpai for a long time."

When Kakashi heard this, his expression immediately darkened.

However, Lin suddenly thought of something and said.

"Sakumo-senpai, is he Kakashi's father? Speaking of which, I have never seen him before. Even when Kakashi graduated, I never saw Sakumo-senpai appear."

Lin's heart-wrenching words made Kakashi immediately angry.

"Don't mention that man to me!"

"!!!"

Everyone was shocked, and Lin felt that she had made a mistake and said in a panic.

"I'm sorry, Kakashi, I..."

"Okay, it's not your fault."

Seeing this, Minato comforted Lin, but he didn't say much. After all, every family has its own scriptures that are difficult to recite.

"Everyone, it's better to cheer up and be on guard. We can't relax at all before arriving at Qinglong Station."