After 3 days, Sandaime Hokage's shouts could be heard from his office up to the streets.
Sandaime: "You three have crossed the line. You have no right to accept those missions. I should ban you from taking any missions for the next month."
"Yes," Chikako blurted out.
Sandaime Hokage, seeing this, changed strategy.
Sandaime: "I am changing it. You three are banned from taking any missions for the next 3 months."
Chikako: "Banzai!" Seeing this, Hinari and Ikki also shouted, "Banzai!" Finally, Hokage-sama changed strategy.
Sandaime: "Okay, I am changing this. You three are going to border patrol for 3 months, near the Land of Lightning."
Ikki: "Yahoooo!"
Sandaime was shocked. He thought he had changed strategy, but these kids were still happy. Is this my punishment or their punishment?
Kakashi appeared beside Sandaime wearing his mask.
Kakashi: "Sandaime-sama, knowing Ikki, he will go directly to fight with Raikage."
Ikki: "Ehh, I am not that stupid. [Murmuring] I was thinking about fighting Killer Bee."
Sandaime and Kakashi started to sweat. They knew Ikki was not that stupid, but he was that stupid. Fighting Baka.
Sandaime: "Team Orca won't get any missions for 1 month, then I will hand out a mission to them. You three are dismissed."
He pointed at Ikki, Chikako, and Hinari. They left the office.
Sandaime: "Hayate, when did you know Ikki had stolen extra mission files?"
Hayate: "After helping with your file, he addressed us. Then, instead of showing 1 finger, he showed 4 fingers. It meant he wanted us to prepare for a 1-month period. When we left, he told us about the extra 4 files. Then I knew."
Sandaime: "And then you went along with it."
Hayate: "Yes, you told me Ikki is the team leader, so I went along with it."
Sandaime: "You are also giving me a headache. How was their performance?"
Hayate: "Exceptional. They can be considered Chunin level. They can already function as a team. There was no misjudgment, no miscommunication. They are a good team."
Sandaime: "Good, I also like how he handled the last mission. I am giving you a reward for these missions. You can disperse it among them. How can mission rank be considered?"
Hayate: "The first 4 missions are monster subjugation missions. The last one changed from monster subjugation to information gathering. Enma-sama will get a new monkey in his troop. The first, third, and fourth missions can be considered C-rank. The second mission, because of quite a number of spiders' clutter, is considered a C-rank mission for 2 teams. The last one, because of the sensitivity of the information, can be considered B-rank."
Sandaime: "How was their progress, and Ikki's leadership?"
Hayate: "Normally, it's companionship, but when a decision is being made by Ikki, the other two follow him. He also asks for suggestions and listens to others. Ikki is a good leader. Just sometimes, his character is quite bad."
Sandaime chuckled.
Sandaime: "Any other thing I should know about?"
Hayate: "I have checked their chakra natures. Chikako has Earth, Hinari has Water, and Ikki has Wind, Lightning, and Fire. For Hinari and Chikako, I have started teaching them the basic usage of Tanto. Ikki has also started training in nature transformation in Lightning style. He also started working on different fighting styles."
Sandaime got intrigued.
Sandaime: "Elaborate."
Hayate: [Sigh] "He changed the acceleration of his muscles without the help of any chakra usage. Basically, going from 0 speed to 100% instantly."
Sandaime started to contemplate this, so did Kakashi.
Sandaime: "Kakashi, did you understand what Hayate said? Because this is giving me chills as it is."
Kakashi: "I know Hayate won't say things making them bigger than they are, but this one sentence is making me sweat buckets."
Sandaime: "Cat, call Guy here. If this is a physical technique, he would have more knowledge about it."
Hayate: "Why don't you ask Ikki directly?"
Sandaime: "Why didn't I think about it?"
Kakashi: "Don't put yourself down, Hokage-sama, listening to this made my mind go blank."
Sandaime: "Rat, go and call Ikki to come to Training Ground 10 in half an hour. It has become their training ground."
Kakashi: "Wouldn't it be better to change its name to Orca Training Ground?"
Sandaime: "Good idea, do that."
Hayate: [Hokage and Kakashi have gone mad.]
Even the Anbu who were listening were thinking the same.
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