The Shame Into the Naruto World

Ch.49 I'm Taking a Holiday

...I'm Going to Take a Holiday...

Elena and Anko head back to the Hokage's office to report their success. In the small Naruto era, the problems that existed were relatively not too big, at most it was only the attackers of Sunagakure village, there was still no powerful existence that could destroy the entire world with just himself alone. This made Elena's mission —reducing the number of bandit— categorized as a mission with a fairly high ranking until they both reported directly to Hokage.

This mission became a rank C mission because the enemy faced only ordinary humans without Chakra, but aside from that this mission remains dangerous and includes missions that require combat. Unlike the escort mission which is not certain there will be a threatening danger.

"You're done in minutes. It really makes me wonder, how do you do it?" Hiruzen put down the report that Anko had written earlier.

Anko who is a Jonin instructor is certainly more trusted than Elena who has just graduated from the academy. Actually Elena could have written a report, then reported using the name Anko. But if it was please, it would look like Anko who ran away from responsibility and ate a blind paycheck.

Elena chuckled and said, "It's not as hard as you think, really, Sandaime-sama. It just so happened that they were all off guard, so Anko-sensei and I managed to defeat them all quickly."

What Elena says ⅓ is honest and ⅔ is a lie. His honesty only lies in him defeating them quickly without including Anko, while the part of the bandits who are careless and Anko who helped him is included in the lie.

Hiruzen initially did not believe much in Elena's words because in the report, Anko did not mention how they defeated the bandits. But after thinking about it again, he assumed that what Elena said was true. He had rethought, if it was too excessive a novice gernin would not be that easy to slaughter all the bandits. Even if he had quite a strong strength, but they would not be used to killing someone.

"Alright, you've done your first mission well. Now that you can relax again, you sure know that already, right? So, what are you waiting for in this place?" ask Hiruzen.

"...." - ".Anko glanced at Elena in silence.

Upon sensing Anko's glance, Elena said, "Actually I want to take a few days off. Is it okay?"

"A holiday? Haven't you only been appointed to the throne two days ago? But you've asked for a holiday?" Hiruzen was unable to believe Elena's request.

"Yes, I'm asking for a day off. I remember there was somewhere I had to go. So will visit the place for a few days or at most a few weeks before returning here."

"Hmm, actually the working system of this mission is, someone from the outside who asks for ninja help. The village only facilitates so that they can put up a request, not fully responsible for the request itself. So as long as it's not a compulsory mission from the village, it doesn't matter as long as you're aware of the risks."

Ninjas earn their living by working on missions and earning money. If a ninja does not complete the mission, then they will fall poor and go bankrupt due to lack of money. Being a ninja is not a good job. In addition to this job has a high risk, ninja will not get a job if until all the existing missions have been completed by other ninjas.

"Just calm down, you don't have to worry about my family's finances. I have a side job as a writer."

"It's good that you understand" said Hiruzen.

Elena turned away from the room. But before going out the door, he said, "By the way, my income as a writer is several times more than my salary. Maybe in the future I'll rarely take missions."

"...." - ".Hiruzen and Anko were speechless to hear about Elena's statement that would rarely take missions in the future.

They forget that Elena has a side job as a successful writer, who doesn't even need to be a ninja to make ends meet. With Elena rarely taking on missions, it would be a little difficult for the village to utilize Elena's strength.

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Elena and Anko were walking on the streets of Konoha during the day, after they had finished their mission. Elena's extremely fast performance on the mission, made them return home when it was noon, before the afternoon began.

"I'm quite curious about this, but what place are you headed to? You ask for a few days to a few weeks off. I think it's weird for a ninja to ask for a day off when he's just sworn in." Anko turned her eyes to Elena.

Ninja is one profession that is in demand and considered cool by most people in this world, but there are only a few people who have chakra and can become ninjas. When people are idolizing ninjas, it looks a little strange when a ninja suddenly wants to take a day off.

"This is a far and important place. By the way as long as I am in that place, all communication with the village will be cut off. You won't be able to contact me, so you can't say mission if there's a mandatory mission," Elena replied without looking at Anko and keeping a close eye on the road ahead of her.

"I think that place is very important to you. May I know what kind of place it is?" ask Anko.

"How, huh? I think it'll be a little hard to describe." Elena looked up while holding her chin and said, "If told to sum it up, I'd say if the place is perfect for learning the Sun."

Anko was surprised to hear the passage of the Sunjutsu, and this reminded her of her former teacher. He can be very aware and know about the Sainjutsu and the legend of the 3rd Seennin Konoha in the past. He still had a bit of bitter memories with his teacher back then, when he became one of the subjects of the experiment.

Elena glanced at Anko and knew that Anko was surprised, then she offered, "Do you want to come with me?"

Anko took a bit of time before responding before she replied, "Surely, I-I'll come with you. As your Jonin instructor, I am also responsible for your safety."

Anko might still be quite doubtful if the place Elena was heading to would be able to get one to learn how to use Senedjutsu. But on the other hand, he would be really surprised if he could use Senjutsu.

"All right, then tomorrow morning just go to my hostel" Elena said.

#Note of the Author#

Where is Elena going?

Mount Gamalama.

Ryuchi Cave.

Shikkotsu Forest.

#Late Author's Note#