Chapter 52 Promotion to Chunin
In the evening, Jiraiya finally returned to the hotel looking refreshed.
"It smells so strong of powder, Jiraiya-sensei, didn't you go collect information? Why doesn't it look like that?" After soaking in the hot spring, Uzumaki Kushina, who was wearing a loose kimono, immediately looked at Jiraiya when he entered the room. I also smelled a very strong smell.
"Ahem, Kushina-chan, teacher, I went to a special place to gather information, so it is inevitable that I will get some different things. Don't worry about it, hahaha."
Seeing Uzumaki Kushina walking around him and sniffing with her nose, Jiraiya felt guilty and laughed.
Sure enough, this guilty look directly greeted Uzumaki Kushina's "I believe you are the only one who has a devil" expression.
"Okay, okay, you haven't eaten yet. I've asked the boss to serve a big meal. Let's finish eating first."
Fortunately, Jiraiya still remembered that the four of them were still hungry.
The dinner was sumptuous, including abalone, lobster and everything. It must be that Jiraiya was out having fun and neglected the compensation made by his students.
Seeing these students eating heavily, Jiraiya couldn't help but show a pleased expression.
Nothing would make Jiraiya happier than if the students he taught were promising and powerful.
Although only Namikaze Minato is considered Jiraiya's direct student, the other three are also under Jiraiya's name, and they are technically subordinates.
With this friendship, even if several people become jounin in the future, they will have to call Jiraiya "sensei" obediently.
"It seems that the old man needs to decide on that matter quickly." After finishing dinner, Jiraiya couldn't help but murmured.
"Jiraiya-sensei, what did you say?" Aangji was the closest, so he heard Jiraiya whispering to himself for the first time.
Aangji's words also successfully drew the attention of the remaining three people to Jiraiya.
"It's good news, but I can't tell you yet. You'll know it after a while." Jiraiya said mysteriously.
After hearing what Jiraiya said, several people stopped asking questions. After all, the first priority now is to recover from injury and return to the team. Others who should know will always know.
The few of them chatted for a while. Because there were three patients among them, lying down was better for their health, so they quickly went back to their rooms to rest.
In the following days, Aangji and the three of them spent every day in a cycle of eating, sleeping, soaking in hot springs, and changing dressings.
Since the injuries of several people were relatively serious, they all took medicinal baths in hot springs.
The only healthy Uzumaki Kushina is responsible for daily care and preparing various daily necessities for everyone.
Almost two weeks have passed like this, and the injuries of the three of them have basically recovered.
Yes, in just two weeks, whether it was Aoji's broken ribs, Namikaze Minato's broken arms, or even the most seriously injured Uchiha Ent's displaced internal organs, they all recovered in this period of time. Yes.
"I'm still at a low point in the self-recovery ability of everyone's body in this world." This is Aangji's most intuitive feeling in the past two weeks.
Since it was the first time he suffered such a serious injury, Aangji thought it was the same as in his previous life.
In the previous life, the three of them with such injuries would not have been able to move freely within three to five months.
But in the ninja world, people with a stronger system may be able to be active in three to five days.
This specifically refers to the prophesied son in the future, which is the son of two of Aangji's friends now!
Anyway, when Aoji watched anime in his previous life, he never saw any record of Uzumaki Naruto lying in bed for more than a week.
"Ah, it feels so comfortable after taking a bath in the hot spring." Uchiha En said, stretching, as he just walked out of the hot spring.
"Yes, this hot spring town is really well-deserved. No wonder it has always been so lively and prosperous." Minato Namikaze followed behind Uchiha En and sighed with a smile.
"Gudong, Gudong~"
Aangji, who came out one step ahead, had already drank a cold drink.
"Wow, hot springs paired with ice drinks are really great, but it's a pity that we can't drink at this age." Aangji put down the drink bottle in his hand and said with regret.
"Oh, it turns out that Aangji-chan understands this truth." Jiraiya followed and walked to Aangji and patted his shoulder, showing a cowardly expression.
"Sure enough, Kosoji is my kindred spirit." Jiraiya had already poured himself a glass of wine, and then continued happily.
Aangji really wanted to slap away Jiraiya's hand on his shoulder.
Who is the same as you?
My idea was just to have a drink!
Have a drink, you know?
He didn't want to be half or fully drunk every time like Jiraiya.
Drinking is for enjoyment. Two or three drinks at a time. If you are in a good or bad mood, four or five drinks is the limit for Aangji.
If you continue to drink it, it will not be enjoyment, but suffering.
If Orochimaru knew about this, I believe he would definitely regard Aangji as a confidant at the wine table. The two people's ideas are surprisingly consistent!
Orochimaru also likes to have a glass of wine occasionally, but these two guys, Tsunade and Jiraiya, always come to ruin his good mood.
Not because the three of them grew up together and became apprentices to the Third Hokage together.
He would definitely catch the two of them drunk one day for experimentation!
The scene of Jiraiya drinking a small drink and putting his arm around Aoji's shoulders, as well as what Aoji said just now, happened to be seen by Uzumaki Kushina who came out of the female hot spring at this time.
In an instant, Aoji was stared at by Uzumaki Kushina as if you and Jiraiya-sensei are the same person.
"No, Kushina, please listen to my explanation, I..."
"No need to explain, Aangji, I understand."
Aangji was about to explain something when he was interrupted by Uzumaki Kushina with words and expressions that said I understand everything.
What do you know?
Aangji really wanted to cry without tears.
At this time, Uchiha En and Namikaze Minato were watching all this with gloating, and did not go to explain to Aoji.
Then Namikaze Minato and the other three went back to the room to prepare for dinner.
"Jiraiya-sensei, my reputation has been ruined by you, are you responsible for making amends?" Aangji turned his head and looked resentfully at Jiraiya, who was drinking one glass after another.
But at this moment, the person who caused all this didn't care at all.
"Oji Aoi, only we can live a wonderful life like this. Ordinary people won't understand, so you don't have to care about their opinions."
"But I don't want to understand either!" Aangji held back the last words and didn't say them out.
Forget it, don’t think about it anymore, I’ll make you even more angry if you think about it too much.
It seems that the three Minatos went back to eat.
Um? go for meal!
"Minato, En, Kushina, you guys wait for me." Then, Aoji immediately left Jiraiya behind and chased after his friends.
"Tsk, tsk, young people are impatient and need to be tempered." Jiraiya, who was still staying in the same place, said sarcastic words to himself.
After eating and drinking, Aangji and his three patients no longer need to take medicine, bandages, or plasters today.
Because today is the last day for several people to stay in Hot Spring Town.
Aangji and the other three have been recovering from illness for half a month, and Jiraiya has been out searching for information every day for half a month.
Now that the injuries of Aangji and the three of them have basically recovered, Jiraiya has gathered enough information according to what he said, and it is time to continue on the road to carry out the mission tomorrow.
After all, this is a four-year mission, and it is far from the end of the mission, but there is no time for a few people to stay in Hot Spring Town and enjoy it.
"Dudu"
Just when Aangji and others were preparing to take a rest, there was suddenly a knocking sound coming from the window.
Several people were instantly alert, because normal people would knock on the door, and the hotel room Aangji and the others lived in was on the second floor. How could any normal person knock on the window at night?
It's very clear, the person knocking on the window is definitely not a serious person!
The four of Aangji each took out kunai. If someone outside rushed in, they could immediately launch an attack.
Jiraiya didn't care about this and walked directly to the window to open it.
Seeing Jiraiya's performance, several people also put away their kunai, thinking that it was probably not someone or something that would bring them danger.
As soon as the window opened, a clever black shadow jumped in.
A few people took a look and saw that it was a trust eagle, and it was the kind used exclusively by Konoha Anbu to deliver information.
It seems that Hokage-sama has a message to pass on to Jiraiya or them.
Jiraiya reached out and untied the scroll tied to Xin Ying's feet, and then released Xin Ying from the window.
The trust eagle didn't stay long. It just screamed and flapped its wings and flew towards the sky. It soon disappeared in the dim night.
Jiraiya opened the scroll and browsed it quickly, then raised his head and looked at the four Aangji with serious eyes.
Aangji and the others thought that the Hokage had some new mission, so they all sat upright.
This kind of situation has not happened before. During the period when he started to perform this A-level task, the Third Hokage occasionally issued some small tasks to a few people.
They are all D-level and C-level missions that Aangji and the others can complete during their journey. Anyway, this A-level mission lasts for 4 years, and there is no conflict with taking on other small missions during the period.
What's more, if you only do one A-level mission in 4 years, that would be unreasonable.
It just so happens that these D-level and C-level tasks can be done by Aangji and others, which can be regarded as adding some experience to them.
After all, the promotion of the ninja position itself depends on the accumulation of tasks.
Therefore, this time Aangji and the others were naturally prepared to listen to Jiraiya about the new mission assigned to them by the Third Hokage.
Feeling that the atmosphere was almost brewing, Jiraiya finally spoke up.
"Congratulations, you have been promoted to chunin starting today!" Jiraiya said with a smile.
"Jiraiya-sensei, can you say what you just said again?" Uzumaki Kushina still wondered whether she heard something wrong.
"Haha, don't be surprised, little guys, you heard it right. Since we are currently on a mission outside, I, on behalf of Lord Hokage, will clearly inform you that you are now a chuunin in Konoha Ninja Village. "
No longer maintaining a serious expression, Jiraiya repeated what he meant just now.
"But, Jiraiya-sama, it has only been about three months since we graduated from the ninja school, and we have not done many tasks. Is it okay to be promoted so quickly?" Namikaze Minato, as a disciple of Jiraiya, asked on behalf of everyone. Got this sentence.
"Don't worry, think about it. With your strength, you have no pressure at all against chuunin. Even an elite jounin like Cyborg who masters the boundaries of blood inheritance will fall into disgrace in your hands." You have to have confidence in yourselves.”
"Furthermore, from your final cooperation in killing Cyborg, we can see your bravery and strategy."
"Jiraiya-sensei, I didn't help at all in that battle." Uzumaki Kushina was a little helpless thinking about her impact on that battle.
"The last ninja who was killed by Kushina was a Jonin of the Land of Grass. Without you, Minato and the others would have been left to their own devices. How could you not have been of any help? If there were ANBU, they would have been killed. That grass ninja got an important piece of information."
Jiraiya's words were not meant to comfort Uzumaki Kushina.
But the information obtained from that grass ninja was too important, even more important than the fact that Cyborg was killed by Aangji and the others!
But it’s not appropriate to tell this information to a few people right now.
Even the top management of Konoha have no time to evaluate this matter now, they just hope that the grass ninja will not cause any trouble during this period.
After listening to Jiraiya's words, Uzumaki Kushina nodded in understanding.
She roughly understood that if Minato, Aoji, and En were promoted to chunin because they defeated a powerful enemy.
Then he must have inadvertently allowed Konoha's higher-ups to get some incredible information from that grass ninja.
"In addition, this A-level mission, Hokage-sama has upgraded it to an S-level mission. The group of ninjas you solved included elite Jonin who mastered the limits of blood succession, so each of you will be credited with an additional A. level mission."
While Aangji and the others were still happy about being promoted to Chunin, Jiraiya once again announced great news to them.
"Really, that's great, long live Mr. Jiraiya!" Uzumaki Kushinai was the first to jump up and shouted happily.
Although Aangji and the others did not show it, it was not difficult to see their inner joy from their excited expressions.
Of course, the more experience you have in high-level tasks like this, the better.
Not only can you exchange money and ninja tools in the village, but you can also exchange ninjutsu.
No one would complain that too many tasks have been completed, let alone an A-level task.
As for being promoted to chuunin, he is actually considered to be the middle management of Konoha and is out of the scope of a soldier.
A chuunin can already lead a genin team, and even the teachers of ninja schools are usually only chunin.
Compared with genin, chuunin not only receive benefits from the village, but can also take on higher-level tasks.
Under normal circumstances, genin can only accept D-level and C-level missions, chunin can accept C-level and B-level missions, and jounin can accept A-level and S-level missions.
However, Team Aangji is obviously not in a normal situation, so the last point can be ignored.
And this is the benefit that Jiraiya helped the four Aoji apply to the Third Hokage half a month ago!
Now, this benefit has finally reached a few people!
Cangji and the others seemed very excited to hear such two pieces of good news before embarking on their journey again the next day.
They had already decided to go back to their rooms to sleep, but it was delayed for another two or three hours.
Finally, when we were tired, we went back to our rooms and fell asleep with joy.
