Asuna, as the princess of the Land of Fire, is the most noble and important member of Konoha.
Ashina's return journey was originally out of respect for the Princess of Konoha, and the escort team should have a strong Jonin. Just like before, when the Princess of Konoha was received from the Daimyo House, Konoha's blue beast, Maito Gai, personally escorted her.
But at this time, Konoha is in a state of high alert during wartime. The combat power of the village is very weak. As a garrison itself, it's already difficult to get a Jonin level ninja to go out of the village to perform a mission.
But fortunately, Kirito took the initiative to accept this important mission, which can be regarded as a great help to Konoha. Of course, Konoha and the others can't thank Kirito, after all, the culprit who put Konoha in such a situation is Kirito.
As the princess's bodyguard, no one doubted Kirito's strength, since he almost turned Konoha upside down.
On the contrary, at this time, there is no second person in Konoha who is more suitable to perform this mission than Kirito.
Although there is absolutely no problem in terms of strength, but as a big Konoha, if they let the Daimyo know that Konoha only sent a guy who isn't even a ninja to escort the princess, it would be absolutely unreasonable. Therefore, Konoha also sent another ninja team as a symbolic follower.
Originally, Team 10's Genin, who already had the experience of escorting the princess, was enough, but because of the aftereffects of forcibly using Forbidden Jutsu in the Chunin Exam, Lee Luo Ke was unable to perform the mission.
Therefore, the mission was assigned to Team 10's Neji Hyuga, Tian Tian, and another member from other classes.
In the Chunin Exam, Uchiha Sasuke, who showed good strength, became the third candidate.
In Team 7, Uzumaki Naruto followed Jiraiya to practice, and Hatake Kakashi, who used the power of Mangekyo before, is now lying in Konoha's hospital.
Haruno Sakura can be ignored.
Sasuke had nothing to do, so he agreed to the task.
Therefore, the members of the team escorting Her Royal Highness are Hyuga Kirito, Hyuga Neji, Tian Tian, and Uchiha Sasuke.
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"Our team is quite rare," Tian Tian said as she looked around, "What's strange is that the leader of this mission is Kirito."
"…" Both Neji and Sasuke remained silent. Indeed, in their opinion, whether in terms of strength or comprehensive aspects, the leader should be one of them. Three ninjas, but a person who isn't a ninja is the leader. Isn't this strange?
Although the two of them more or less knew that Kirito was not a completely ordinary person, and that he was hiding his considerable strength, they still did not believe him.
People always judge things based on their own knowledge, but the conclusion they get is often not accurate.
Neji was a little better. After the battle with Naruto in the Chunin Exam, he began to recognize himself. His arrogant and unruly attitude was restrained a lot.
However, Sasuke's defeat at Gaara's hands and witnessing Naruto's rapid growth made him feel like he was just standing in place.
This is what he can't tolerate. Now that Naruto worshiped the legendary Sannin Jiraiya as his teacher and was undergoing arduous training, his strength soared immeasurably.
However, when Sasuke looked back at himself, he realized that he had learned Hatake Kakashi's famous Lightning Release Forbidden Technique, Chidori. Obviously, he had learned such a powerful technique, but he couldn't really defeat any powerful opponents!
First, when he fought with Kirito, he used Chidori with all his strength, and Kirito used some kind of powerful Taijutsu. Although they didn't win because of Kakashi's strong intervention, after that, his Chidori pierced through a tree trunk, while Kirito's Jutsu shattered the whole tree. It was obvious who was stronger and who was weaker.
And now, Konoha handed over the mission leader to Kirito. Doesn't it mean that even Konoha officials think that Sasuke's strength is inferior to others?
Sasuke clenched his fists, and his face looked very ugly. He was screaming in his heart. What the hell have I been doing all these years?!
If this goes on, when will I be able to catch up with that man?!
Neji seemed to be aware of Sasuke's uncertain thoughts. Neji, who was crowned as a genius since he was a child, was also quite touched by this and said. "Don't be too arrogant.
You and I are just ordinary people. Only through continuous efforts can we change our fate as ordinary people … "
However, Neji's advice didn't sound good to Sasuke. He stared at the latter fiercely and sneered. "Oh ~ You're really good at talking, Neji Hyuga.
You actually lost to Anbu Naruto, the previous Genin No.1, but you're just so-so. "
"Hey!
How can you talk like that! "
Neji didn't speak, but as his companion, Tian Tian, couldn't help but frown. Obviously, she was dissatisfied with Sasuke's provocation.
However, for Tian Tian's words, Sasuke once again cast a contemptuous look at her. "I know you. It seems that you were fighting with that Sand woman. You used all your strength, but you couldn't hurt her, right?"
"You!" Sasuke's words suddenly made Tian Tian angry.
Sasuke didn't care at all and continued to ridicule her. "I'm really sorry. When I was chasing Sand Ninja, that woman was no match for me!"
"It seems that you're deliberately looking for trouble!"
Tian Tian gritted her teeth and took out a scroll from her waist, her eyes burning with rage as if she was about to attack.
Sasuke urgently needed a fight to regain his confidence and immediately continued to provoke her. "You have to think clearly. You'll get hurt if you challenge me."
"Stop, Tian Tian."
Neji on the side suddenly spoke, stopping the angry Tian Tian. Then he fixed his eyes on Sasuke and said faintly. "Uchiha Sasuke, let me ask you something first."
"What?"
"Do you really think that Uzumaki Naruto is a weakling?" Neji said word by word.
Sasuke's face suddenly sank, and he couldn't help but think about who was standing in front of him when he fell in front of Gaara, exhausted and unable to do anything. When Gaara revealed his true face, he could only tremble powerlessly. Who was the one who stood on top of the behemoth and fought a monster-level terrifying battle with a posture that he could only look up to?
"Bang!"
Sasuke slammed his fist on the ground, then slowly raised his head. His aggressive eyes were staring at Neji in front of him, and he said coldly, "Hyuga Neji, do you dare to fight with me!"
Neji frowned, but he didn't intend to retreat. He slowly stood up and said in a deep voice. "Well, if you want to fight, then let's fight."
"Hey, Kirito, your companions seem to be fighting. Aren't you going to mediate?" Sitting in the carriage, Asuna asked Kirito, who was riding a horse in front of him.
Kirito waved his hand at him and said faintly. "Ah ~ It's normal for young people to fight. Don't worry about it."