Chapter 106 - 106 (1/2)
One day, after a meeting in Konoha's camp, Minato asked Ryo to stay. Speaking of Ryo, he's been teaching the trio for half a month.
Over the past two months, Minato didn't ask about his disciples. So today, with him asking Ryo to stay, the later realized that he needs him for something important.
Minato remained silent for a long time after everyone left, So Ryo had to ask: ”Minato nii-san, is everything okay?”
”Ryo, did you train the three well?”
”They're my friends, of course I did. If that is all, I'm off.” Ryo prepared to leave.
”Hold on Ryo. In fact, I have a secret mission that requires your assistance.” Seeing Ryo about to leave, Minato spoke out his mind.
Ryo felt awkward. Minato's behavior meant that there must be something serious.
”What kind of mission?” Ryo cut straight to the chase.
”I'll tell you all. A few days ago, I returned to Konoha to report to the 3rd. durting that period, there were sharp space-time fluctuations in the Wind Country. Because of my work on the Flying Thunder God Jutsu, I'm very s_e_n_s_i_t_i_v_e to such fluctuations, so I noticed it.”
”Space-time fluctuations?” Minato's description made Ryo suddenly think of the movie: ”Naruto Shippūden the Movie: The Lost Tower”. Could it be that Naruto had arrived?
”Yes. The Wave Country is near the Wind Country, and the Hokage speculates that these fluctuations come from the legendary Roran ancient kingdom.” The 3rd speculation also confirmed Ryo's hunch.
”The mission is to go to the ancient Kingdom of Ronan to find out the reason behind these fluctuations?”
”Yes, that's one thing. The other is to protect the Queen of Roran.”
On the surface, Ryo was really calm. But deep down inside, he was ecstatic! He didn't expect to participate in such a mission. This was the only story he knew about that involved the passing through time and space, within the Narutoverse. Ryo was really looking forward to it.
Minato didn't mean to interrupt Ryo's wandering in imagination, but continued to say: ”Hokage Sama asked me to assign someone to complete the mission as fast as possible. I was thinking of going there and taking you along, accompanied by the head of the Aburame clan and Kakashi.”
Ryo nodded. Two Kage tier Ninja, a top tier Sensor Ninja and Kakashi should be enough for the mission.
Seeing Ryo's approval, Minato let Ryo prepare himself to go directly to the Wind Country the following day using Flying Thunder God.
The next day, Ryo and Kakashi came to Minato's tent after having breakfast. There was man with no presence, wearing sunglasses in the tent: it was Shibi Aburame.
Shibi Aburame was Shino's father, one of the twelve strong Konoha Genin in the Manga. He himself was very strong.
”Hello, I'm Ryo Yamanaka, p_l_e_a_s_u_r_e to meet you!” Ryo took the initiative in saluting Shibi.
The latter did not expect that Ryo would actually notice him. He didn't have much presence and was rarely noticed by others. Feeling flattered, he answered: ”Hello, I'm Shibi Aburame. The p_l_e_a_s_u_r_e is mine!”
”Hey Kakashi, don't be so rude, introduce yourself!” Ryo gave an elbow to Kakashi by his size.