"No wonder you dared to move so openly. I took a look. There are twenty-seven traps in the open, and I don't know how many are in the dark. Where did you hire these experts?”Wave Feng Water Sect asked with a smile.
"It's not as exaggerated as you say. Although there are many traps here, as long as you enter from the main door, nothing will happen. That's just to guard against some boring people. As for Master, do you think I still need to invite him? Don't forget what kind of person my uncle is. He's very good at this. I just learned a little when I was bored in the past.”
As the crowd gradually dispersed, the house of " Hitagu-Hippo " began to return to silence, and the sky gradually darkened.
"Uncle." The hippo Hanyu looked at Yanqian Yuanzuo, who was tidying up the table, and said,""Thank you for making you busy today.”
Yanqian Yuanzuo gave off the impression of a taciturn middle-aged man. No expression could be seen in his murky eyes, just like an unfathomable swamp, the depth of which could not be seen. "It's nothing. This is very good."
Hippo Hanyu spread his hands, not knowing what to say.""I'll be going out on a mission starting tomorrow. I'll have to trouble you to take care of Mother and Aunt Ling Ye.”
Genzo nodded and continued with his work.
"This is your mission letter. Since the mission is simple, I won't be following you. Hanyu, you're the vice-captain.”Mitarai Shiroyuki irresponsibly threw down the quest scroll and left very quickly, not giving the three of them any chance to ask questions.
"Then, that's it." The hippo Han Yu looked at Asma and Hong, who were staring at him with wide eyes." The mission is to cut down trees for Uncle Wang in the village.”
"Just this?" Asma and Red were a little disappointed. No wonder Purple Cloud ran so fast! There was no difficulty at all!
"This is it! Let's go!" Compared to their disappointment, the hippo Han Yu was in high spirits.
"Uncle Wang, it's done." The hippo Han Yu clapped his hands and pointed to a pile of wood beside him.""Your leg is inconvenient. If you have such a thing in the future, come and find us!”
"Sigh, I have no choice. My daughter is a ninja who went out on a mission and didn't come back. I can only do these things myself. Besides, my family doesn't have that much money to issue missions!”Uncle Wang sighed. He was an old man in his fifties. He used to be a ninja, but he lost his right leg in the first ninja war. He could only walk with a walking stick, which was very inconvenient.
"I see! It's alright, my name is Hippo Hanyu. If you have any problems in the future, you can come to my house to look for me. As long as I'm at home, you'll definitely come.”The hippo Han Yu sympathized with the disabled people who survived the battlefield and hoped to help them as much as he could.
"Thank you so much!"
"It's nothing."
"We're leaving."
"Hanyu, will you really help him?”Red asked curiously.
"Of course, helping others is the foundation of happiness. This is also my way of forbearance.”"Asma, can I ask you for a favor?" Hanyu replied firmly.”
"What is it?" Yuan Fei Asma was just thinking about his phrase,'Helping others is the foundation of happiness.'
"You know that I'm not very good at writing reports, so I'll leave the mission report to you later.”The hippo Han Yu asked sincerely.
"Alright then!" The honest Asma was moved and agreed to this difficult task.
For the next few days, the three of them were busy delivering letters, buying groceries, repairing roofs, and taking care of children. Asma and Red were getting tired of these jobs, but Hanyu was still enjoying himself. Other than the mission, he also dragged the two of them to help the lonely people clean the courtyard, weed, and irrigate the manure. They were extremely busy every day.
"Hanyu, Asma, Red, we have a new mission.”Captain Purple Cloud, who had disappeared for more than a month, finally appeared." It's only a C-rank mission. Protect an old man to see his grandson.”
"So fast?" Hama Hanyu ignored the murderous looks from Asma and Hong and complained.
"Is it fast? On average, you have accepted three missions a day, and so far, you have completed more than a hundred D-rank missions. More importantly, because you are too enthusiastic, the number of D-rank missions in the village has decreased by more than two hundred in a month. In order to avoid affecting the income of the village, we have increased the difficulty of the missions for you.”
"I think they want to transfer me out.”Hearing Hong's laughter, the hippo Han Yu muttered.
"Alright. I told you to follow the rules." Zi Xiao interrupted Hippo Hanyu's complaints and said,""Han Yu will still be leading the team for this mission.”
Looking at Purple Cloud's disappearing figure, Hippo Hanyu was completely speechless. Purple Cloud's performance had completely overturned his previous understanding of him. In his impression, Purple Cloud was a very responsible person, but now, she was throwing everything to a Genin to do. What was going on?
The hippo Hanyu was furious, while Asimahe was extremely excited because he could go out for missions.
"Do any of you know where Thousand Stone Town is?”Hippo Han Yu asked as he looked at the mission scroll.
Asma and Red looked at each other and shook their heads in unison.
"No way!" Hippo Han Yu was about to cry. It seemed like he could only buy the map himself.
His three hands and six eyes moved across the map of the Fire Country and finally found Thousand Stone Town in an inconspicuous place. After preparing their luggage, the next morning, the three of them saw their client in the mission hall, an old man in his sixties.
After the group handed in their passes, they stepped out of Muye's door. After talking to the old man, Hippo Hanyu realized that all the homework he had done was unnecessary. Although the old man was over sixty years old, his body seemed to be in good health. His memory was also very good. He clearly remembered the road from Muye to Thousand Stone Town.
The old man's name was An Baiyuan. It was said that his ancestor was a very famous Onmyoji. As for how famous he was, Hippo Hanyu did not know. However, An Baiyuan himself was an interesting person. Not only was he knowledgeable, but he also had a lot of life experience. He was very friendly and talkative. Along the way, Hippo Hanyu chatted with him very well. It was as if they had become friends regardless of age.
As if they were listening to a story, the three of them listened to the old man talk about the history and legends of Onmyoji, as well as the rise of ninjas and the decline of Onmyoji. It was very vivid, so time seemed to pass especially quickly along the way. After more than half a month, they had already sent An Baiyuan to Thousand Stone Town.
Under the old man's urging, the three of them agreed to rest in Thousand Stone Town for the night.
"Hanyu, come here for a moment." The hippo Hanyu, who had woken up in the middle of the night to go to the toilet, heard An Baiyuan's call and walked over.
"Old Master hasn't rested yet."
"Yes!" "I'm old," An Baiyuan said."It's not easy to fall asleep. Oh right, Hanyu, I have a little gift for you.”
"A gift?" The hippo Han Yu was slightly surprised.
"This is it." An Baiyuan took out a scroll from under his pillow and handed it to the hippo Hanyu.
"What is this?" Hippo Han Yu saw the sincerity in the old man's eyes. Under the old man's guidance, he opened the scroll." This is a psychic scroll?？”
Looking at the shocked Hippo Hanyu, An Baiyuan smiled and nodded. He stroked his beard and said,""That's right. This is the Psychic Scroll that you ninjas speak of. It's also the Spirit-branded Retainer Seal that we Onmyoji speak of. This was left behind by my ancestors. However, due to the decline of Onmyoji, no one in our clan has the ability to summon Spirit-branded Retainers. "My grandson is doing business outside and needs a sum of money, so he plans to sell this ancestral house. I rushed back because I wanted to take a last look at this place. I can see that you're very interested in the spiritual beast, and there's no use for me to keep this. Why don't I give it to you?”
" This…" The hippo Hanyu really wanted it, but he was still hesitant."This isn't very good!"
"There's nothing good about it. My grandson has completely given up on the family's teachings. I also hope that the family's ultimate arts can be inherited by someone else. Can you just treat this as my last request?”The old man knew that the hippo Hanyu was soft-hearted, so he played the emotional card.
"Alright then!"
"Take these books too! It can help you better unleash the power of the spiritual beast.”The old man pointed at the pile of books on the table.
Looking at the yellowed title page, he knew that it was a very old book. Such a book was usually very valuable. The eyes of the hippo Hanyu immediately lit up. This made him happier than giving him a scroll.
This extremely ordinary mission was a turning point for Hippo Han Yu. From then on, his research on forbidden techniques had a huge breakthrough. Of course, this was all for the future.
After bidding farewell to An Baiyuan, the three of them began their journey back. It was rare for him to have the chance to go out and stroll around, so he took the opportunity to enjoy the scenery of the Fire Country. However, the Fire Country was filled with refugees due to the war, so the three of them felt a huge pressure. In the end, they gave up on the idea of traveling freely and quickly returned to Muye.
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