It's been 24 years, why am I reincarnated in Konoha without a system?

Chapter 157 New Class 7, United in Hatred, Locked Up Village

The Hokage's office.

"Well done, thank you for your hard work this time!" After understanding the cause and effect, the Third Generation nodded and turned his cold gaze to the captured woman.

"Disguise herself as a female entertainer to infiltrate the Land of Fire and gather information on Konoha? Take her to the interrogation department and tell Ibiki that I need to know her identity and purpose of infiltration by tomorrow morning."

"Yes, Lord Hokage." The Anbu immediately accepted the order and, with the silent woman in tow, turned and left for the interrogation department.

Ishikawa didn't say much about it, and handed over the mission scroll without even looking at Hana.

"Very good, this is the reward for the mission. Take a day off tomorrow, and come back the day after tomorrow to pick up the new mission." After confirming that the seal was correct, the Third Hokage showed his usual kind smile and took out a stack of bills.

"Yes, Hokage-sama." Ishikawa remained outwardly calm, but inwardly he thought to himself, "Just as I expected."

Their team is under the special attention of the Third Hokage. He is going to the Battle of Kannabi Bridge in the third war next month to change the timeline, so he has to make plans as soon as possible!

Upon leaving the Hokage Building, Ishikawa saw Karin and the other two waiting outside, chatting animatedly with Naruto and the others.

"Here, this is your reward for this mission, ten thousand taels each." Ishikawa stepped forward, took out three banknotes, and handed them over. He was always very generous when it came to distributing rewards.

For example, if the B-level reward was only 50,000 taels distributed among the four of them, he could directly distribute 30,000 taels.

"What? Ten thousand taels! That's enough to buy so many bowls of Ichiraku Ramen..."

"Exactly! If I had this much money from a single mission, I'd buy all sorts of nice clothes and accessories."

Before Karin and her two companions could react after receiving the money, Naruto and Sakura beside them had already exploded! Their eyes were gleaming as they stared at the enormous sum of ten thousand taels of silver, their mouths practically watering…

Only Sasuke, who came from a wealthy family, was unmoved by this and merely stared at Ishikawa with a flickering gaze.

"Huh? Isn't this normal?" Karin waved the money notes, looking completely oblivious to the hardships of life. They had received five thousand taels more from the previous B-rank mission than they had this time.

"Normal? We only got 500 taels for a D-rank mission before, this is not normal at all..." Naruto shouted indignantly, while Sakura next to him nodded frantically in agreement.

"You said it yourself, it's a D-rank mission reward, but we're offering a B-rank reward." Ishikawa interrupted the pointless conversation, then looked at the three of them curiously, "By the way, what are you doing here?"

"Of course I've been waiting for you!" Sasuke, who had been silent, spoke frankly, his eyes burning with intense passion.

"Hmph, you were so arrogant before, saying you'd pamper us when we got back. Now we're going to challenge you, you arrogant senior!" Naruto finally remembered the main point, patted his chest, and stood next to Sasuke, filled with righteous indignation.

“That’s right, and we’re a trio. You’re a Chunin senior, so it’s not unreasonable for the three of us to take on one of you!” Sakura, remembering her anger at being ignored before, stood beside Naruto and Sasuke, unwilling to back down.

Three against one, they shouldn't lose!

"Oh? Three against one..." Looking at this unusually familiar scene, Ishikawa's lips twitched and he looked at Sasuke speechlessly. "You didn't even refuse those two who were dragging you down. It seems that your relationship has indeed grown quite a bit."

"Of course, Sasuke and I are peeing together right now... Waaah... What are you doing..." Naruto shouted without thinking, but before he could finish speaking, Sasuke covered his mouth with a look of embarrassment.

Even Sakura, standing next to her, had blushing cheeks and a shy, coy expression on her face. Her mind involuntarily drifted to the scene where Sasuke and Naruto were forced to go to the toilet together with their hands connected.

How embarrassing! Even though she likes Sasuke, she'd rather be dead than be with him like this!!

"What a complete idiot! Is this what we're talking about right now?" Sasuke cursed in a fit of rage, sweating profusely. He regretted ever asking this guy to test Ishikawa's strength with him.

But if no one restrains him, he might fall before he even makes a move, just like last time! Damn it…

"Ahem, well, senior brother, I understand your relationship. But a duel is out of the question. I have no interest in playing dueling games with you. If you insist, then defeat Tarojiro first before coming to me." Ishikawa's eyes were strange as he shifted the blame. Wasn't he training his underlings precisely to deal with situations like this?

"What? You're leaving it to us??"

"Big brother, we don't want to bully children either..."

The two underlings who were watching the show never expected to get caught up in it themselves, and they quickly protested and shook their heads in refusal.

But as soon as they said that, Sasuke and Naruto, who were already resentful and looked down on the two, instantly became furious! It's one thing for Ishikawa, the Chunin captain, to be so arrogant, but you two, both Genin, are acting so arrogantly? Are you looking down on them?

"A duel! I challenge you to a one-on-one duel!"

"Let's defeat them first and then go find that guy. We can take them down quickly, one by one."

Naruto and Sasuke, their eyes blazing with displeasure, blocked Tarojiro's path.

"Karin, let's go." Seeing that the plan had succeeded, Ishikawa immediately seized the opportunity to call Karin to leave.

As for watching the battle here? What a joke! Without the Sharingan and the Nine-Tails' power-up, how could Sasuke and Naruto possibly be a match for Tarojiro right now?

Ishikawa dropped Karin off at home, and then went home to wash up and rest so he could recharge for his training that night.

Another night of exhilarating cultivation, the next morning.

The Hokage's office.

“We’ve tried all the torture instruments, but she hasn’t said a word! Now we can only ask that person to come out and help us directly probe her memories to obtain information.”

"Is that so? He's quite a tough nut to crack." The Third Hokage sighed slightly upon hearing Ibiki's report, then picked up the Hokage hat and led Ibiki out of the office.

The two had just entered the corridor when they bumped into Kakashi, who had come to submit his mission. Because he needed to rebuild the destroyed golden statue, Kakashi hadn't come to submit his mission immediately last night.

"Kakashi, go to the mission hall and find Iruka to handle this. I have something to do now, so I'll go find Inoichi." The Third Hokage casually dismissed Kakashi, then walked towards the Analysis Class.

"Analysis Team Captain Yamanaka Inoichi? What happened?" Kakashi murmured almost imperceptibly, nodded, and led the golden statue toward the mission hall.

After a series of tedious procedures and pleasantries, Kakashi walked out of the Hokage Building an hour later with his mission reward, only to hear Ibiki shouting behind him.

"Huh? You said she has memories of me from my childhood? But I have no recollection of her at all?" Kakashi was astonished and bewildered when he heard Inoichi's explanation after arriving at the interrogation department.

"Well, all I've found out so far is that she's a spy from the Village of Locks in the Land of Keys. Although I haven't found out much, I have a feeling that she's not simple and is quite a troublesome person! So Kakashi, it seems that I can only ask you to use your Sharingan to help investigate for now."

"The Sharingan..." Kakashi's breath hitched, and he looked at the woman thoughtfully.