After several minutes, Yuhi Kurenai finally came out of the hotel.
"The client needs to make some purchases in Konoha.
You must gather at the village entrance at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning."
Xihi Kurenai instructed, "After we are dismissed, go back and prepare some spare clothes, tents and blankets for camping.
It would be best if you also prepare some ration pills.
If your things can't fit, then go buy a storage scroll.
Your remuneration during this period is more than enough for you."
"yes."
Class 8 nodded in response.
"Gather at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning. Remember not to be late." Xi Ri Kurenai reminded again, then disappeared in an instant.
Izayoi and Hinata also parted ways with Aburame Shino.
"Izayoi-kun, you don't need to buy a storage scroll. I'll bring one over tomorrow." Hinata said softly.
Izayoi pinched Hinata's face and teased, "As expected of a rich lady, you want to support me so soon?"
"Support...support..."
Hinata's face instantly turned red and her voice became trembling.
"Just kidding."
Izayoi touched Hinata's head, then held her hand and said with a smile: "You don't need to bring the storage scroll. I can just bring a backpack. If you need to camp in the wild, I will keep watch and protect you."
Hearing this, Hinata's face turned even redder. She subconsciously lowered her head and looked at the hands interlocked with hers. A happy smile suddenly appeared at the corners of her lips.
My heart feels as sweet as if I had eaten honey.
Although their relationship has not yet completely broken through, Izayoi and Hinata's relationship is no different from that of a couple.
If Hinata had not considered that announcing their relationship might get to the family and cause some elders to obstruct, she would have taken the initiative and confessed to Izayoi long ago.
Once she and Izayoi both become Jōnin, or Elite Jōnin who can become clan leaders and ace fighters, they will be able to be together completely.
Even my father and the elders of the clan could not stop them.
That day will definitely not be long.
Hinata suddenly tightened her grip on Izayoi's hand, thinking to herself.
Izayoi didn't know what Hinata was thinking, otherwise he would have smiled with relief again.
Hinata's personality change is already good enough.
Hinata has a goal and will become even better.
With further guidance, the White-Eyed Princess will shine brightly.
...
The next day, at 7:50 in the morning.
Izayoi and Hinata, each carrying a backpack, arrived at the entrance of the village.
There, Aburame Shino, who was also carrying a backpack, had been waiting for a long time.
"Good morning."
"morning."
"Shino, aren't you bringing a tent?"
"I brought it and put it in the storage scroll. If you need the ration pills, come to me."
"Thank you, but Hinata already has it ready for me."
"..."
After greeting each other as usual, Izayoi started chatting awkwardly with Aburame Shino.
However, the one who killed the chat this time was not the 'cold' Aburame Shino, but Izayoi himself.
Aburame Shino was inexplicably fed a mouthful of dog food. Although he didn't show any change on the surface, he was in a very bad mood.
However, he is not the kind of person who can do anything weird, so he can only choose to remain silent.
Seeing that Aburame Shino was silent again, Izayoi could only whisper to Hinata aside.
In order to avoid being overheard, Izayoi only talked about normal topics and did not tease Hinata.
"Sorry to have kept you waiting."
Not long after, Yuhi Kurenai's voice drew the attention of Izayoi and the other two.
A convoy of more than a dozen people suddenly came into their sight.
Leading the group were Yuhi Kurenai and a middle-aged man in ordinary clothes.
At this moment, the middle-aged man was looking at Izayoi and the other two with a warm smile on his face. His joy could be seen through the window of his soul.
And Izayoi and the other two all noticed that the other party's gaze stayed on Hinata the longest.
But it's not because Hinata has a figure that stands out among her peers, but because of her eyes.
Izayoi released his perception and felt no malice in him.
Apparently, the Byakugan wasn't aimed at Hinata, but because there were Byakugans in the escort team.
The Byakugan of the Hyuga clan is the most famous sensing eye in the ninja world.
With 360-degree farsightedness and perspective, he could see through all low-level invisibility techniques.
Even though Earth Style could merge his body into the ground, he couldn't escape the eyes of the Hyuga clan.
If the team has white eyes, they can detect danger in advance and escape in time.
With just the commission money for a C-rank mission, you can hire a member of the Hyuga clan. That's really a lot of money.
No wonder this middle-aged man is so happy.
Izayoi, who had thought this through, no longer cared.
"Let me introduce you. This is our client. You can call him Mr. Nishimura." Yuhi Kurenai introduced the middle-aged man to Izayoi and the other two.
"Mr. Nishimura."
Class 8 greeted each other politely.
"Hello, I'll trouble you from now on."
Mr. Nishimura is not arrogant at all, but instead keeps a very humble attitude.
Seeing that the client was so easy to get along with, Team 8, which had encountered strange clients in D-level missions and finally got good reviews after a little effort, was relieved.
"Let's go, we can set off now."
After Yuhi Kurenai and Mr. Nishimura handed the exit certificate they had obtained in advance to the gatekeeper Chūnin, Izayoi and the other two walked out of the village where they had lived for twelve years for the first time.
At first, Hinata and Aburame Shino were looking forward to what the outside would look like.
But when they passed the first town, they were greatly disappointed.
Although there are many prosperous commercial towns like Tansho Street in the Land of Fire, there are more ordinary towns and villages. Their construction is naturally not as good as Konoha, which serves as a military base.
Moreover, when nobles travel nowadays, they mostly use sedan chairs carried by people or ride in horse-drawn carriages.
High-tech like trains will take many years to come out.
In less than a day, Hinata and Aburame Shino had no expectations and focused on the mission.
Ninjas move very quickly, and if they travel at full speed, they can get from Konoha, the Land of Fire, to Sunagakure, the Land of Wind, in about three days.
In just over a week, you can reach the most remote place in the ninja world.
But that's for ninjas.
If there are ordinary people in the team, then it depends on their movement speed.
The mining team consisted of a dozen people and two horse-drawn carriages. There was no cargo on the return trip, so the speed was much faster than walking.
Even so, the team still stopped and started, and it took eight days before they left the Fire Nation.
"Hinata, how's the situation around here?"
As soon as they left the territory of the Fire Country and the forest path turned into a mountain path, Kurenai Yuhi opened her Byakugan and asked Hinata, who had veins bulging on both sides of her temples.
"There is no danger within a radius of 20 kilometers."
"What?!"
Hinata gave a safe answer, but it almost made Yuhi Kurenai and Aburame Shino drop their jaws.
There was no way, they were all shocked by Hinata's data.