But his laughter was cut short when Minato smacked his injured arm, making him wince in pain.
You're evil!
It was just a joke-did you really have to hit me where I'm hurt?
"Xin,"
After a while, once the laughter had died down, Nawaki suddenly spoke up.
"When all this is over and we're back in the village, will you train with me? I want to work on my taijutsu and kenjutsu."
The more time Nawaki spent with Xin and Minato, the more he realized his own shortcomings. He wanted to get stronger.
"As long as you don't mind getting beat up, you're welcome to join us," Xin shrugged. "Another punching bag wouldn't hurt."
I've been beating up Minato for years now-might be nice to have a change.
Minato shot Nawaki a sympathetic look.
"Uzagi Xin!"
Just as they were talking, Xin was thinking about what to make for dinner when an Anbu ninja appeared.
"What's up?"
"This is a mission from Lord Danzo, assigned to your squad. Prepare to depart in two hours."
Handing Xin a mission scroll, the Anbu ninja then left the tent.
"What the heck?!"
Nawaki let out a groan of frustration. They had just gotten back to camp, barely had time to sit down, and now they were being assigned another mission. Was there really no other team available to handle this? Damn you, Danzo!
After spending so much time with Xin, Nawaki's opinion of Danzo had become entirely negative. Getting slapped with a mission right after returning to camp was just plain unfair.
Xin didn't bother complaining. Instead, he opened the mission scroll and, after a quick glance, a smirk spread across his face. He kicked Nawaki lightly.
"Quit whining. It's actually good news. Our mission is to escort a group of injured shinobi back to the village, and then we get to stay there and rest."
With shinobi returning from various fronts, the camp was overloaded with medical cases. This meant that Danzo had no choice but to assign some teams to escort the less severely injured back to Konoha.
This would help ease the burden on the camp and prevent too many wounded from gathering in one place, which could lead to negative morale.
So, Xin's team had been given an escort mission. Given how Xin had proven himself on the battlefield, Danzo naturally wouldn't overlook him for this crucial task.
Escorting injured shinobi was no small responsibility; if they were ambushed, the entire mission could end in disaster.
The camp had already been breached, the medical unit decimated, and Danzo himself had been seriously injured. His reputation was hanging by a thread. If even the wounded didn't make it back safely,
Danzo might as well kiss his position in Konoha goodbye.
"That's awesome!"
One second Nawaki had been complaining, the next he was practically bouncing with excitement, wiggling his hips in a way that made Minato want to kick him. It looked ridiculous.
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