Hearing Minato's offer, Kazuo's lips curled upward slightly more than his usual soft smile.

"I'm afraid that I would hold you down, my best trait is my strategies not my raw power Minato Senpai," Kazuo said as he shook his head lightly.

"Don't worry, you would be a great addition to the team!" Obito practically screamed as he looked at Kazuo.

"If you really think so then it would be my pleasure to join a team like yours, it's like a dream coming true," Kazuo said, his eyes shining as he looked at Minato.

"Right, yeah you would be a great addition. Welcome to the team, Kazuo" Minato replied with a slightly awkward smile on his lips.

"Yeaahh!!" Obito screamed as he practically jumped next to Kazuo to ask him questions about his time on the battlefield.

Kazuo explained everything from when he had first been reborn in this world all the way up to his last battle.

'When will i get a better chance to boast in front of the hokage.' Kazuo thought to himself, feeling the urge to chuckle as he looked at Obito.

'How the hell did Madara turn this dumbass into the legendary ninja of the fourth world war? Seems like Madara's talents were even more impressive as a Sensei and trainer than as a shinobi.' Kazuo thought to himself before turning toward Minato.

"So when is the mission?" Kazuo asked, his smile barely noticebal as his aura changed from carefree to one of seriousness.

Minato and Kakashi immediately noticed the change whilst Rin and Obito seemed completely oblivious.

"Tomorrow actually, meet up with us infront of the village gates, i can't tell you more than that before the mission officially starts." Minato answered as he looked at Kazuo.

"All right Senpai, I'll have to get going now then, i have some matters to take care of in the village before I join you tomorrow. Do I go and register myself with you in the shinobi office as well?" Kazuo asked as he stood up.

Minato nodded as he stood up as well, politely sending Kazuo off.

After heading out of Yakiniku-Q, Kazuo headed straight toward the Hokage Tower.

Inside most of the shinobi-related offices were.

The office that Kazuo was currently heading to was the Personnel and Operations shinobi office, it was also the office with the most influence from the Hokage who could almost be said to personally manage it.

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Once inside of the Hokage Tower, Kazuo took a left turn and after climbing up a pair of stairs and arriving on the second floor, he took another right and finally arrived at the office.

"Hello, im here to tell that im part of Minato Namikaze's team for his next mission." Kazuo said as he looked at a middle aged man behind the counter.

"Minato Namikaze's team? We will have to confirm it, please wait a moment." The man said before heading behind a door to his back.

After around three minutes, he returned.

"The Hokage has called you, he's waiting for you right now." The man said as he pointed to a pair of stairs to the left.

Nodding his head, Kazuo started walking toward the stairs.

'I knew that it wouldn't be so easy, if im correct than the mission Team 7 will be doing is the Kanabi Bridge one, which could be said to be the most important mission in the entire village right now.' Kazuo thought as he headed up the stairs and followed the path he had used in a previous turn to arrive before the door of the Hokage Office.

*Knock* *Knock*

"Come in," A voice said from the other side of the door.

Opening the door, Kazuo headed inside after which he closed the door gently and walked to the middle of the office.

In front of him was the Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen also known as the God of Shinobi.

'I don't need to lie this time so hopefully this will turn out better than the last time we met, Hiruzen' Kazuo thought before he kneeled down on one knee.

Only got up once Hirzuen told him to.

"Kazuo, you're joining Minato's team?" Hiruzen said, in comparison to the cold authoritative voice that Kazuo had heard in his previous turn, this Hiruzen spoke with a soft almost grandfatherly voice as he looked at Kazuo.

"Yes sir, Minato offered me to join his team for the next mission so I accepted since I had no current mission at the time, I would only be coming back out of vacation tomorrow," Kazuo replied, his voice as respectful and polite as he could make it.

"I see, well then you can join his team." Hiruzen said with a smile as his eyes scanned over Kazuo's body.

'He's looking to see if im lying? Could there be a technique for that? If there is then the possibility that he knows it is extremely high, he was named The Professor for a reason.' Kazuo thought before he gave the man a bow.

"I see, well then I'll get going Hokage-Sama if you excuse me."

"One moment Kazuo, I've heard of your contributions in the last battle and I wanted to reward you. It's good that we get to finally meet like this." Hiruzen said, a soft grandfatherly smile still on his face.

'You're two fucking weeks late you fucking bastard.' Kazuo thought to himself as he looked at the man, however, his outward appearance remained the same if not growing softer and slightly showing his joy.

"I'll give you a B-Rank jutsu, You can go check them out at the ninja library and chose one, simply use this when you plan to take one of them out." Hiruzen said as he quickly took a piece of paper and a brush to the side before inscribing some type of seal on it and raising it toward Kazuo.

Taking the paper carefully, Kazuo bowed once more before he was dismissed.

'Next location, the ninja library.' Kazuo thought with a wide grin once he was outside of the library, still, he dared not say or utter anything even in his mind. The Hokage tower was filled with hidden Anbu, a single wrong move or expression could land him back inside the Hokage Office.

And he wouldn't be rewarded for a second time.

'Unless I was a Masochist.' Kazuo thought to himself jokingly.