Chapter 64
Uchiha Fugaku noticed Haruto Saito's hesitation and lowered his voice. "If you don't want to take on this mission, I can assign you a B-rank mission instead."
"No, this mission is fine!" Haruto replied immediately, turning his attention back to the scroll for a closer look.
The intelligence report stated that Tanaka Teiji usually resided in the central-southern region of the Land of Rain, in a place called Shiroishi Mine. It was a silver mine where Teiji had established a base, guarded by five thousand troops.
Tanaka Teiji was also surrounded by a number of highly skilled samurai, some of whom possessed strength comparable to elite jōnin. The greatest danger of this assassination mission lay in these formidable bodyguards.
"If there are no issues, we'll meet in the forest outside the village's western gate tomorrow morning," Uchiha Fugaku instructed.
"Understood!" Haruto nodded, still fixated on the mission details.
Fugaku's lips moved slightly as if he wanted to say more, but in the end, he remained silent. He sighed, stood up, and left.
This was the best he could do.
The assassination of Tanaka Teiji was a high-risk A-rank mission, even among other A-rank missions. From a certain perspective, some dangers could be avoided.
While it seemed that the biggest threat came from Teiji's elite bodyguards, the real danger lay in the environment of the Land of Rain. That nation was crawling with rogue ninjas and mercenaries. Even Hanzo the Salamander, the leader of Amegakure and a so-called "demi-god," had failed to stabilize the country's perpetual conflicts. The sheer level of chaos in the Land of Rain was unimaginable.
Late at night, Haruto returned home. He trained until midnight before finally getting some rest.