In Konoha, This Naruto Has Decided To Take It Easy

Chapter 404 When Are You Free?

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"Oh, Anko." Shizune nodded, as she also had an impression of Anko. Anko often hugged her and forced her to eat sweet dango. The first time they met, Shizune even thought that Anko had a fondness for women.

"She is a Jonin and has teamed up with you for a mission before. In that case, you can let her lead the team." Shizune said, then suddenly looked up and asked, "By the way, when are you going to apply for the Jonin Exams?"

"Me? I’ll take it with Hinata."

"Hinata? She’s applying too?" Shizune was a little surprised, "If that’s the case, tell her to come find me directly. I can streamline some of the more tedious processes for her."

"Alright." Naruto agreed.@@novelbin@@

Then, he stood on the side and watched Shizune stamp the mission documents. Handing them to Naruto, Shizune reminded him to go to the mission hall and select a suitable mission.

After bidding farewell to Shizune, Naruto headed to the mission hall on the second floor and picked out a suitable mission.

When the people in the mission hall saw the mission papers, they had no objections. The document was approved by the Hokage herself, so it could not be more formal. Even with Sandaime’s established protocols, there was no room for argument.

This is the advantage of knowing the right people. Naruto wasn’t about to go through the formal process if he didn’t have to. Shizune’s involvement made everything smoother, otherwise, he would’ve had her handle it anyway.

As the saying goes, ‘Don’t speak when you drink, and don’t drink when you speak’. This secret was something Naruto could use to keep Shizune in check forever, well, unless Tsunade found out early, in which case, all bets were off.

No one made things difficult for Naruto. His face was practically a pass to go anywhere in the Hokage Tower.

In the mission hall, an elderly man sitting at a desk seemed anxious, his expression uneasy, as if he couldn’t sit still.

Fortunately, in the end, Naruto didn’t stir up any trouble. He just picked a mission in the Land of Rain and left.

Times have indeed changed, Konoha can even receive missions from the Land of Rain now. In the past, the Land of Rain was the territory of Nagato and his men, where they wouldn’t hesitate to make Konoha pay with their lives.

But now, Konoha has actually received mission requests from the Land of Rain. The world really was turning strange.

While going downstairs, Naruto opened the mission scroll for a quick look.

"Oh, an A-Rank mission: dealing with Rogue Shinobi of unknown origin."

‘Has Nagato really fallen this low? Or maybe Uchiha Obito completely broke him? He couldn’t even handle a few Rogue Shinobi anymore?’

‘Speaking of Konan's six hundred billion Explosive Tags… it would be nice to steal a few.’

After putting away the scroll, Naruto didn’t bother with other people’s business. He had his own matters to deal with. Going to the Land of Rain was just on the way. After all, Nagato was still like a camel that, despite being starved, was bigger than a horse, so there should be no accident.

With the mission scroll in hand, Naruto headed to the office in the corner of the third floor to find Anko. However, she wasn’t at her desk. Someone told him she had gone to the restroom, using work time as her own personal break.

After sitting and waiting there for half an hour, Naruto finally understood what was going on. He quietly stood up and headed toward Anko’s house.

"What? You waited for me there for half an hour? Hahaha!!" Anko rolled around on her couch, laughing so hard that she was almost drooling.

"Are you a pig?" Anko looked completely shameless as she pulled out a sweet popsicle and began licking it. She glanced at him and said as if it was matter of course, "It's almost time to get off work, so of course I'll find an excuse to leave early."

"Leaving two hours early?" Naruto almost coughed up blood. He had seen lazy people before, but never someone this outrageously lazy. Anko was practically the queen of slackers.

"Pretty much." Anko responded nonchalantly.

The late summer days were short, and the weather was already trending toward warmth. Summer was approaching quickly. At home, Anko dressed casually, her loose clothes revealing quite a bit with every bend.

Her toes were long and slender, painted with red nail polish, and they were casually placed on the couch.

"You... seriously... Where’s the popsicle? Give me one too."

"Fridge. Get it yourself."

So Naruto walked into the kitchen, opened the fridge, and pulled out a popsicle. A normal person wouldn’t stock so many popsicles at this time of year. But as soon as he opened the freezer, he found it was filled with them.

"Why do you stockpile so many popsicles?" He asked casually while tearing open the wrapper.

"To eat." Anko answered bluntly.

Naruto: "..."

With a thud, Naruto flopped back down on the couch. He tossed the mission scroll toward Anko, and said, "The mission has been assigned. Remember to go to the Hokage Tower to complete the formalities."

"Oh? What mission?" Anko asked lazily as she caught the scroll with her feet and put it aside.

"Aren’t your feet dirty?" Naruto said with disgusted expression.

"They’re clean. I washed them." Anko lifted her feet, her red nails shining brightly, and she stretched them towards Naruto and said, "Smell them if you don’t believe me."

"Ugh, boring." Naruto coughed, "Old lady, we leave tomorrow at noon. So arrange your schedule."

"Tomorrow? That soon?" She seemed a little surprised.

"Why? Got something going on?"

"Not really, but I was supposed to be on vacation tomorrow." Anko replied lazily.

Naruto: “…”

‘I take back what I said earlier. This old hag wasn’t just lazy, she was also pretty clever. She had learned to take vacations during mission time. Unbelievable.’

"The day after tomorrow, then?"

"Nope, I’m on vacation the day after tomorrow too." Anko lay back on the couch, her entire posture that of a sloth resigned to its fate.

"The day after that?"

"I’m not on vacation the day after that, but I’ll probably call in sick." Anko said.

"So when are you free?" Naruto swallowed his frustration and asked.

"Let's do it tomorrow. Since you’ve already set the time, let’s just go tomorrow. I wouldn’t want to delay your plans." Anko sat up on the couch, now sitting cross-legged with the popsicle in her mouth.

"Okay, see you at the Hokage Tower tomorrow at noon."

"Don’t be late," she said.

"Don’t be late." Naruto echoed.

The next day.

After waking up and washing up, Naruto went to Konoha Hospital, and left a note in Sakura's office. Then, he went straight to Hokage Tower. The mission would take roughly half a month to complete.