Civilians in Konoha, forging their own paths

It is worth mentioning that the Iron Kingdom is also located to the east of the Fire Kingdom and borders the Fire Kingdom. However, the Iron Kingdom is a permanent neutral country composed entirely of samurai and does not participate in disputes in the ninja world.

This time, the border patrol mission will involve more than just the four members of Team 11. They will gather at the Konoha garrison post on the eastern border and other Konoha ninjas performing patrol missions to form a larger team under the arrangement of the post commander. At the same time, the leading jonin or special jonin will be redistributed.

The commander of the Konoha East Border Outpost is Akimichi Torifuze, a comrade-in-arms of the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen and a member of the Second Hokage Senju Tobirama's guard team and a member of the Akimichi clan.

When they arrive at the border outpost, Dihuangwan and the other two may have to separate from their team leader Kurama Heiji to carry out the mission. As a senior ninja, and a rare illusion-type ninja, Kurama Heiji will most likely be put to other important roles at the border.

So on the way to the outpost, Kurama Heiji also gave Dihuangwan and the other two a shot of prevention and prepared them mentally.

Dihuangwan was fine as he was already prepared, but Kurama Feiyun and Inuzuka Ya were obviously a little nervous as their strength had not yet reached the level of Chunin and they lacked confidence.

"Feiyun, Ye, don't be nervous. This is not wartime. The outpost will try to assign tasks according to your strength. With your strength, we won't assign you tasks that are too dangerous. You must follow Dihuangwan's instructions during the mission." Kurama Heiji said.

"Dihuangwan, I may not be behind you this time to escort you all the way. You must remember that everything is based on safety. Don't be reckless or rush into anything. This mission may take at least two months. I don't want to hear that anything happened to any of you!" Kurama Heiji said in a low voice.

"Teacher, don't worry, I will do my best to complete the mission and protect Feiyun and Ye, and we will all be alive." Dihuangwan knew that he would face great danger in the next two months, but his words were full of determination.

He wouldn't let anything happen to any of them!

Two days later, the group arrived at the eastern outpost. After verifying their identities and checking the mission authorization letter, they entered the outpost and waited for the next patrol task arrangement from the outpost commander.

Soon, Commander Akimichi Tofu summoned the 11th Team, and Dihuangmaru and others went to the outpost for the weekly rotation, which was tomorrow. Tomorrow, a group of Konoha ninjas will return to the outpost for rest, and Dihuangmaru and others will replace the resting team to patrol the response area for three weeks.

In other words, Team 11 will spend the night at the outpost and will set out for a rotation tomorrow. Under the arrangement of Akimichi Torikatsune, Kurama Heiji will temporarily stay at the outpost and wait for further task arrangements. However, this has nothing to do with Dihuangmaru and the other two. The tasks accepted by the senior ninjas are above level A, which is not something that Dihuangmaru and the other two can participate in.

As night fell, several teams came from the village to take on missions and arrived at the outpost. Dihuangwan also saw a familiar stranger, Maruboshi Kosuke!

"It's him! The strongest Genin Maru, Hoshikosuke! This is the first time I've seen him! He was one of my favorite characters when I was watching anime back then!" Dihuangwan was obviously a little excited, but also relieved.

'It seems that Maruboshi Kosuke is also in this rotation shift. He and I should be in the same team. Even if Maruboshi Kosuke's strength has not yet reached the level of an elite jonin at the peak, he is definitely at the level of an ordinary jonin. The safety of this mission has been greatly improved!' Dihuangwan thought that God had been kind to him.

At the same time, Maruboshi Kosuke sensed Dihuangwan's gaze and looked towards him. After seeing Dihuangwan's age, attire, and his slightly excited expression, he immediately made a judgment: "Is this a kid who just graduated not long ago? He is so energetic. It seems that this mission will not be boring."

Then he smiled kindly at Dihuangwan and said, "Hello, my name is Maruhoshi Kosuke, I am a Genin in the village. We should be comrades in the same rotation team. Please give me your guidance on this mission!"

"Hello, Senior Gujie! We are Dihuangwan from the 11th class. This is Kurama Feiyun and this is Inuzuka Ye. Senior Gujie will take care of the next mission!" After saying that, he took Feiyun and Ye and bowed deeply to Maruboshi Gujie.

This surprised Maruboshi Kosuke very much, as it was rare to see such a polite child. Ever since Maruboshi Kosuke swore to be only a Genin, he has now reached adolescence. Many ninjas who did not know the truth would look down on him when they saw a ninja of this age who was still at the Genin level, and disdainful looks from them were commonplace.

Just kidding, Dihuangwan knew the strength of Maruboshi Kosuke, and Kurama Feiyun and Inuzuka Ya were both easy-going people, so they didn't feel anything was wrong.

After chatting with Maruboshi Kosuke for a while, everyone went back to their tents to rest.

The next day, the relief team returned to the outpost and reported to the commander Qiu Daoqufeng. Then Dihuangwan and his team were summoned.

After entering the command tent, Akimichi Tofu explained the patrol range to everyone, "Your patrol range is along the coastline east of the Land of Fire. The situation there is relatively stable at the moment, but enemy ninjas may attack at any time. The main opponent is Kirigakure. Your mission is to eliminate all invading enemies and protect the stability of our east coastline."

'The outpost will give each of you three flares. If you encounter an enemy that you cannot defeat or a large-scale invasion, release the flares! Other patrol teams in the surrounding area will quickly provide support! Your patrol time is three weeks. Use the communication eagle to contact the outpost at noon and midnight every day to exchange intelligence!'

"Your team consists of six people. In addition to the original members of Team 11, Genin Maruboshi Kosuke, Genin Anima, and Genin Okamura Taro are also included in the patrol team. This is the 36th Patrol Team! The commander is Maruboshi Kosuke!" After saying this, Akimichi Tofu looked at Maruboshi Kosuke with a complicated look.

As a member of the guard team of the Second Hokage, Senju Tobirama, Akimichi Torifu knew about Maruboshi Kosuke's situation and was also aware of his strength, so there was no doubt that Maruboshi Kosuke would be the team leader.

"The mission has been arranged. The 36th patrol team will set off immediately!" Qiu Daoqufeng said.

"Yes!" Six Dao answered in unison, and the 36th patrol team walked out of the command tent and sentry post and rushed towards the east coast of the Fire Country where they were patrolling!

The outpost was three hours away from the east coastline. During the journey, the patrol members introduced themselves and their areas of expertise to facilitate Maruboshi Kosuke's tactical arrangements.

Maruboshi Kosuke is good at water escape, Konoha style swordsmanship and shurikenjutsu. The other two, Anima is good at fire escape and trap setting, and Okamura Taro is good at earth escape and Senbon.