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"But shouldn't ninjas hide their identities when on missions? Isn't this a conflict?"

"Hahahaha!" x3

"Pfft!"

Uchiha Shinda, Tsunade, Nara Shikawei, and even Sarutobi Hiruzen couldn't help laughing!

Nara Shikawei's mouth twitched, and he looked at Akimichi Choshu's confused eyes and patted his shoulder!

"I'm really kidding you, Mr. Tsunade!"

Qiu Dao Dingshu scratched his head and laughed along with everyone else in the field!

"Ah! Haha! Is that so? Hahaha!"

"..."

Sarutobi Hiruzen leaned back in his chair, looking at the harmonious scene of Team 3 with a smile, then he picked up the pipe in his hand and took a puff!

In the hazy smoke, the laughter before our eyes seemed to spread to the entire Konoha!

……

"Dong dong dong! Dong dong dong!"

There was a knock on the Hokage's office door!

"Please come in!"

The third generation Sarutobi Hiruzen stopped creating smoke and opened his mouth to allow the person outside to come in!

"Squeak!"

The middle-aged man Shiba Sairo in gorgeous clothes pushed open the door, walked quickly to Tsunade, and handed her the task scroll with both hands!

"Princess Tsunade, this is the revised mission scroll, please accept it!"

Tsunade had a helpless expression. She took off the scroll with one hand and put the previous scroll back on the desk in front of Sarutobi Hiruzen with the other hand!

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"Sarutobi-sensei, then we will take on this mission!"

"Mr. Caiba, let's meet at the main gate of Konoha Village at 9am tomorrow morning. Is that ok?"

The middle-aged Shiba Sairo in gorgeous clothes was overjoyed and bowed repeatedly!

"No problem! No problem!"

"I will definitely lead the team to arrive on time!"

Tsunade shook the scroll in her hand, waved to Team 3, and led the way downstairs!

"Then let's go back and prepare. Remember to get up early tomorrow!"

Shiba Sairo was not dissatisfied with Tsunade's actions. Instead, he took two quick steps to the door of the Hokage's office and watched Tsunade and others go downstairs. Then he returned to the Hokage's desk and showed off to Sarutobi Hiruzen!

"As expected of Princess Tsunade! The way she shook the scroll just now was quite similar to the daimyo style I saw at the festival last time!"

The corner of Sarutobi Hiruzen's mouth twitched. His extraordinary hearing as a shadow allowed him to faintly hear the sound coming from below!

"Tsunade-sensei, are there bandits and enemy ninjas constantly blocking the way during escort missions?"

This is Qiu Dao Dingshu asking curiously!

"No! Just a few boxes of ninja tools, at most there are bandits! Ninjas from the enemy country will not come to steal these!"

This was Tsunade's casual answer!

"Tsunade, do you really want to return to the Fire Kingdom capital?"

This is Uchiha Shinda's concern!

"I haven't been back for a long time. My grandmother was very kind to me, and I wanted to go back and see her. But the atmosphere there made me uncomfortable. It felt too strange, just like Shiba Sairo today!"

This is Tsunade complaining about the customs of the nobility!

"..."

As Team 3 walked further and further away, the noise they heard became quieter and quieter, causing Sarutobi Hiruzen to withdraw his attention and look at the middle-aged man Shiba Sairo, who was dressed in fancy clothes and talking big, with a familiar smile on his face!

"Cough cough!"

"Mr. Shiba, you just changed the task, and I need you to pay the deposit for the next task!"

Shiba Sairo was stunned for a moment, then immediately took out cash from his lining and handed it to Sarutobi Hiruzen!

"It's my pleasure! Please accept it, Hokage!"

The third generation couldn't help but sigh!

Why do people always come to the Hokage's office to pay money?

Then he skillfully put the banknotes in his hand into the drawer!

Sarutobi Hiruzen keenly felt that the cash that Shiba Sairo took out was much more than the deposit!

So, as a Hokage, it is reasonable to take a kickback from time to time, right?

Chapter 109: The Thousand-armed Buddha is enshrined in the Jialan Temple

Fire Nation.

On the main road between Konoha Village and the capital, a convoy was moving slowly under the scorching sun!

Leading the way was a middle-aged man in fancy clothes, sitting on a short-legged horse with squinting eyes. The hem of his fancy clothes was stained with a layer of gray by the dust from the continuous journey, and the clothes on his upper body were stuck to his body because of the constant sweat, revealing his slightly fat figure!

Behind him were five carriages, each towing a fully enclosed carriage!

There was a layer of black rain cloth outside the carriage, which completely concealed the contents inside. Only from the deep ruts and the constant "squeaking" sound of the shafts could one guess that there were heavy objects loaded inside!

On the left side of the convoy, there was a blonde female ninja wearing a Jonin vest, followed by three Genin dressed differently!

The first one was wearing a black uniform with a pure white feather robe on his shoulders. His sleeves fluttered as he walked, but no dust was raised under his feet. Even the dust raised by the carriage in front of him would inexplicably disappear in front of him, and only the shallow shoe prints left by his feet could be seen!

The second one was wearing a light-colored coat, had a pineapple-like hairstyle, had earrings on despite being very young, wore black ninja boots, and had a Konoha forehead guard on his left hand, half covering a round clan emblem!

The third one is fatter, with round cheeks, wearing a blue jacket, a Konoha forehead protector, the same earrings, round hands with no elbows, and a word "food" printed on the lining on his chest!

The four of them followed the convoy on foot!

The two people in front walked briskly, without any change in the rhythm of "413".

Although the two people at the back occasionally used the shadow of the carriage to avoid the sun, as the sun gradually rose higher, they could only grit their teeth and move forward in sweat!

"Lu Wei, Ding Shu, hold on!"

"The Yuanzang Mountain is ahead! There is a temple in the mountain where we can rest and avoid the scorching sun at noon!"

The blonde female jonin who was walking in the first position on the left twitched her ears slightly!

Although she didn't look back, she still noticed that the footsteps of the two people behind her began to become heavy. She looked at the situation around her and immediately spoke out to encourage them!

Obviously, the convoy was the third team led by Tsunade and the transport team led by Shiba Sairo!

After hearing Tsunade's words, Nara Shikawei and Akimichi Choshu had not yet reacted, but Uchiha Shinda's expression moved and he spoke first!

"Tsunade, is there anyone in that temple you mentioned?"

"There's no village or shop in the middle of nowhere. Are you sure it's here?"

Nara Shikawei and Akimichi Choshu couldn't help but look up and look at Tsunade in front of them. It was obvious that their attention was also drawn by Uchiha Shin's words, and the originally heavy breathing in their mouths became smoother.

"Of course there is!"

Tsunade was about to answer when suddenly a slightly heavy middle-aged male voice responded first!

Nara Shikawei and Akimichi Choshu turned their heads slightly and saw that Shiba Sairo, who had just been leaning on the carriage, had stuck his head out and spoke seriously to the back!

"When I came to Konoha before, I rested in the 'Halfway Temple' in the mountains!"

"How could Princess Tsunade remember it wrong?"

But just by looking at how he turned around and gave Tsunade a flattering smile after he finished speaking, you could tell that his explanation was not directed at the three Uchiha Shindas!

When they set out two days ago, Shiba Sairo originally wanted to hire a carriage just for Tsunade for her to ride in!

After being rejected by her, he wanted the coachman to give Tsunade a ride, but she firmly refused again!

But along the way, he still took every opportunity to curry favor with Tsunade!

Although Tsunade has been ignoring it!

"Then why is it called the strange name 'Halfway Temple'? Is there any allusion to it?"

Uchiha Shinda did not have the same expressionless disgust as Tsunade!

After hearing Shiba Sairo's explanation, he became a little curious about this upcoming temple!

"Could it be that the temple is halfway to becoming a Buddha, hence the name 'Halfway Temple'?"

Shiba Sairo looked at Uchiha Shinda strangely, but out of respect for Tsunade, he still told Tsunade's black-haired disciple the origin of the temple!

"The origin of this temple is that more than 30 years ago, the first Hokage established Konoha Village and ended the attacks between ninja villages with the one country, one village system!"

Shiba Sairo glanced at Tsunade, and seeing that her gaze slightly shifted, he couldn't help but explain more enthusiastically!

"The then Grand Master, now the Daimyo, in order to show his respect for Konoha Village, selected Mount Enzo after a survey by the monks and funded the construction of a temple, in which the Thousand-armed Buddha is enshrined as a symbol of the eternal friendship between Konoha Village and the Land of Fire!"

"The real name of the temple is 'Kalan Temple'!"

"But because of the Enzo Mountain as the boundary, it is only halfway to the capital and Konoha Village!"

"So, those of us who travel back and forth frequently also habitually call this temple the 'Halfway Temple'!"

"Is there no rumor about this temple in Konoha Village?"

"It is said that the Thousand-armed Buddha was created by the First Hokage himself using Wood Release, and then was brought into the temple by the Daimyo!"

Shiba Sairo ends the story of "Halfway Temple" with a question!

Uchiha Shinji had a huge spit in his mouth and he didn't know where it came from!

Please enter the Thousand-Armed Buddha!

You guys are worshipping Senju Hashirama, right?

Didn't Senju Hashirama use the "Senjutsu·Wood Release·True Thousand Hands·Head Buddha" in front of the Fire Country Daimyo?

As expected, the ceiling of the ninja world has been greatly lowered now. Has the moves of the Ninja God become myths and legends?

Uchiha Shinichi looked at Tsunade in front of him again. He couldn't see her expression from the back, but he guessed that she had mixed feelings, right?

"So, Mr. Shiba Sairo, how far is it to 'Banduji'?"

He turned his gaze to the middle-aged man in gorgeous clothes again and asked the question that Nara Shikawei and Akimichi Choshu were most concerned about right now!

Shiba Sairo looked ahead and saw a huge mountain standing thousands of meters away!

"Well, maybe there is..."

He quickly estimated the distance in his mind and spoke with certainty!

"… About seven or eight kilometers!"

Akimichi Choshu and Nara Shikawei, who were listening with their ears pricked up in anticipation of hearing good news, were petrified!

Then, two loud shouts rang out from the convoy, echoing in front of Yuanzang Mountain!

"No!!!" x2

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A road runs through Yuanzang Mountain!

On both sides of the road, you can vaguely see moss-covered dog heads carved by the craftsmen who built the road!

Of course, it could also be a ninja job, after all, it is a national project!

After Uchiha Shinda and his group entered the mountain and walked about two kilometers, they saw a wide road forking on the right!

One side goes straight, and according to Shiba Sairo, it is the road that leads directly to the capital of the Land of Fire, and the other side leads to the "Halfway Temple"!

Led by Shiba Sairo, the convoy walked into the right fork in the road and continued forward for about a mile. The road under their feet suddenly changed from a dirt road to a bluestone road, and there was a Buddha statue carved every five meters on the mountains on both sides!

Going further ahead, there stands a stone archway with three large characters engraved on it!