Long Live The Hokage

Of course, Masahiko didn't have a knife that fell into the hot spring, he just found a place where no one was there, and took out a long knife from the sealing scroll that he carried with him.

This knife was bought when he went to the Iron Country to attend the Five Kages meeting with Hashirama, and it was mixed with chakra conductive metal. Masahiko originally planned to have time to refine the chakra conductive metal inside to create two special shurikens, but he has been procrastinating, until now he did not expect that it would really come in handy.

Slung the knife on his waist, straightened his clothes, Masahiko nodded in satisfaction, "This time, I'm like a wandering warrior..."

Back at the guard recruitment office, besides the scarred face, there was another boy.

The scarred face was talking, "Chunin? Yes, I've recorded it, and everyone will test it later... You're really back!" When he was speaking, he saw Masahiko walking in.

Masahiko smiled and nodded, "Scarface, I'm back to apply, let's talk about the salary..." Although Masahiko is not short of money, he is a thrifty person...

Scarface stood up and gave him a hard look, "Let's go! It's enough to add the two of you. Follow me to the caravan station. Someone will test it for you, and we'll talk about the reward later." Then, with a gloomy face, "If someone lies about their strength, the person who tested you will not show mercy."

But... After threatening, Masahiko still had a heartless smile on his face, while the young man next to him was trembling with fear.

On the way to the chamber of commerce following Scarface, Masahiko smiled and said to the boy next to him, "Little friend, how old are you this year? First time out to do a mission?"

The boy on the other side looked nervous, but when he heard Masahiko's words, he still puffed up his chest, "I'm not a kid, I'm 17 years old!" As he spoke, his expression sank again, "I'm a commoner ninja from Tango Country, this is indeed me. It’s the first time I’m leaving Tango Country…”

Masahiko nodded, feeling in his heart that the country of Tang was indeed peaceful, and he only went out to do missions for the first time when he was 17 years old.

"However, is it really good to be so comfortable?" Masahiko murmured and fell silent.

"Brother, don't you want to ask me why I took this task?" Seeing Masahiko's silence, the boy took the initiative to speak.

But... Masahiko secretly smiled, "I haven't been a big brother for many years... I'm afraid you will be beaten to death in Konoha if you talk like that."

"What can I ask? There are two situations. Either there is a sick mother in the family who is in urgent need of money, and then I was moved to let me protect you in the next escort; or I am unwilling to be mediocre and want to exercise myself. Let me admire you for covering you in the next escort..."

juvenile:"……"

The Scarface in front turned his head when he heard the words, and actually showed a smiling face, which made Masahiko tremble in fright...

All the way without a word, the group of three walked out of the bustling village and town, and came to a wilderness.

In the distance, Masahiko saw a caravan parked, with nearly a hundred people and a dozen carriages.

Masahiko frowned, "The caravan is not small, but the ruts are so deep, what are they transporting?"

On the other side of the caravan, a little old man walked towards him and said to Scarface, "Xin Fan, why did you come back after only recruiting two people?"

Masahiko sensed that the little old man didn't have any chakra in his body, and his body wasn't strong, so he should be an ordinary person. Facing the scarred face, he still has an equal attitude, which can only show that he is the steward or master of this caravan.

Sure enough, the words after Scarface confirmed Masahiko's guess.

"President, that blond-haired young man claims to be a high-ranking samurai. If that's the case, there are barely enough of us..."

The little old man frowned and looked at Masahiko, obviously not convinced. However, he didn't question it directly, but said lightly: "Then let's test the strength of the five people we recruited before."

Scarface nodded, then turned to face Masahiko and the others,

"First of all, let me introduce myself. My name is Nobushige Sanada. I am the captain of the caravan's guard and a senior samurai." As he spoke, he glanced at Masahiko, "It's not called Scarface."

"Okay, Scarface." Masahiko didn't care about this.

Scar's face froze, but the little old man beside him showed great interest.

"Your name is Zhengyan Yi, right...you come with me, and I will test your strength myself." Then, he shouted, "Chongsi! Come here, this boy, together with the five people I brought before, you arrange Test their strength."

A samurai with a handsome face trotted over and brought the nervous boy over.

"Where is the test?" Masahiko asked with a smile, showing no trace of nervousness.

"It's right here, President, please step back a little."

The little old man nodded and backed away more than ten meters.

"Let's do it..." Scarface said lightly, letting Masahiko do it first.

Masahiko shrugged his shoulders and did not refuse. He drew his knife out of its sheath and slashed at it.

Scarface caught it with a frown, but did not fight back, "Are you really a senior warrior? The strength is not bad, but it's okay to chop at the wrong angle, and the gesture of holding the knife is wrong. It's too late to quit now."

Masahiko blushed, he had never practiced sword skills.

"This is my special sword technique, do you want to learn it?" Masahiko denied.

Scarface was silent for a while, his eyes were wide open, and when he slashed out with the knife, Masahiko actually had the illusion of facing the Hatake patriarch back then.

"The momentum is good, but there is no Chakra reaction, traditional samurai..." Although Masahiko doesn't know how to use swordsmanship, relying on his physical strength, he easily took a few stabs from Scarface.

Scarface was slightly silent, nodded, and put the knife back into the scabbard.

Masahiko thought the test was over, but he didn't expect Scarface to yell, "Jihe Zhan!"

The sword-drawing technique was as fast as lightning, Masahiko's heart moved, and the chakra without any attribute changes was poured into the long sword, and the attack came first, blocking the sudden attack of Scarface.

Scarface snorted coldly, "So it's a new warrior, and he has a lot of chakra, no wonder this kind of sword skill dares to call himself a superior warrior!" He turned his head and left.

Masahiko scratched his head, not knowing how to interface.

The little old man at the side came over and said with a smile, "Xin Shige's sudden attack was to prevent unknown ninjas from getting into the team. Don't be surprised. As for the battle between the new school and the old school warriors, the scar on his face was caused by a new school warrior. Stay, so..."

Masahiko nodded, expressing his understanding.

"Then, welcome to Zheng Yanyi... Is that his name? Welcome to join the caravan! This is half of the reward this time, 500,000 taels. I will give it to you first. After the goods are delivered, I will pay the other half."

Masahiko frowned, quickly took it with a smile, and officially joined the caravan.

"Why haven't I heard that there is such a thing as prepayment..."