Border Patrol (Mission)

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Name: Border patrol (East coastline).
Rank: “C” Rank.
IIC Length: 2 days.
Difficulty: Moderate.
Description: To keep the defense of the village the Raikage has asked her ninja to perform border patrol on all sides of the country. Your job will be to watch for any threats and either stop the threats or report to the tower immediately.
Objective: Choose a border and ensure the safety of it.
Personnel requirements: 1-3 shinobis of any rank.
Reward: 28,000 ryo (25,000 for a non-nin). More may be added if a PC threat is involved.

It was a hot sunny day. Or rather, it had been a hot sunny day. Yet now, a cool breeze swept in by the nearby ocean's tide filtered through the atmosphere, giving those who happened to be around this particular east coastline the respite they needed. The golden ball of flame suspended in the air sunk deeper and deeper into the awe-inspiring horizon, painting the sky a shade of sunset red as a lone figure strolled nonchalantly along a quiet dirt road.

Shoko Natamura was a man on a mission. Literally. It felt like ages since the boy had last taken on a mission for his village, but he was glad that he could finally relieve the stress of the past couple of months. And better way to do that than to lavish in his solitude while doing a solo mission like this one.

Shoko would patrol an expanse of the eastern border roughly 200metres in length. A beach-like area that bordered a portion of the Jikoku-Ten ocean. Further up or further down from there would be checkpoints where other shinobi stayed and monitored their surroundings as they patrolled their respective areas. It should be a simple job, though there was a slight possibility that more eventful things could happen over the duration of the mission.

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A gentle breeze brushed against the young ninja, things seemed to be running smoothly in the meantime. The boy had been doing his rounds for roughly two hours now, thoroughly convinced that there was going to be no threat as long as he "kept up the good work." The sunset was looking even more beautiful today and Shoko knew it would soon be getting late, meaning his shift would end.

Everything seemed to be swell, Shoko even had to usher away a few giggling children who were getting too close to coastline. Somewhere that they weren't allowed to be unsupervised and this late into the day. Shoko would stop by from time to time at nearby checkpoints to greet the other shinobi on duty(Who were all quite older than him and seemed that border patrol was something the did often). Shoko liked the simplicity of it all.

Eventually Shoko would recline into staring off into the ocean. A flurry of blues swarmed his vision, breath-takingly, and setting him into a trance-like state as he admired the hypnotic elegance that the sprawling ocean possessed. Suddenly, footsteps broke Shoko out of the trance. The boy, now alert, turned behind himself to see who was passing by. It was a chuunin who had come to tell him that his shift was over. The boy nodded his head before following the ninja back to a checkpoint to sign out.

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The silent ninja re-adjusted his raven-black poncho, pulling his white saved neatly above his nose as he signed out on the register. Shook bid the older shinobi goodbye, being reminded on the time he was meant to show up for his shift tomorrow. Calm winds billowed through the darkening night sky. Things were getting late so Shoko decided he would stop by 24/7 store to pickup a lantern.

About twenty minutes later, Shoko would reach a small yet reliable super-market called "Naegi's Shop till you Drop." He'd been here once or twice, so he could testify that the place was decent. Though the moment he walked in, he felt a cold, tension-filled atmosphere. Immediately, the cashier began sailing wailing at him, muttering what seemed to be incomprehensible rubbish at first, but was actually her informing him that they had just been robbed.

Shoko could've bolted out the door and tracked down the robber, but he was more logical than that. Chasing after a shady figure in the dead of night wouldn't do anymore any justice. Instead the boy did the reasonable thing and called for backup. As he wited for them to arrive, Shoko would get a pen and a pad of paper and begin taking notes on the victim's account of the recent events.

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Well, long story short, a few shinobi arrived at scene and carried out the standard procedures available in such conditions. After evidence and stories had been collected, Shoko was finally allowed to go home after he had been told that the case would be taken to the higher ups to be reviewed before action would be implemented.

The simply shrugged, he was no stranger to this sort of thing and accepted that it happened from time to time. Meanwhile, as the boy left he would pickup a lantern and throw down a few ryo on the table as he exited the store. Minutes later, Shoko would arrive home and set the lantern down on one of his wooden tables.

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It was the next day. Shoko wasn't even aware of when his eyes closed or even when he got out of bed. But he would rise up anyway, being the morning person that he was. Shoko's day would be as uneventful as usual whenever he wasn't heading off to Mount Hiroshi, but today was different from the norm. The boy left the house to go kill some time before his shift would begin.

To cut it short, a couple hours would pass before Shoko would steal a glance at a clock to find out what the time was, surprised that he was already a minute late for his border patrolling shift. Shoko got right to it, making the fairly long trek to one of the security checkpoints stationed at the Eastern coastline. The boy didn't want to waste anymore time.

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The rest of the day went on as uneventful as usual. Shoko's patrol of the eastern border was not in fact hindered by nay external forces and the boy didn't come across any trouble or anything worth reporting. So with the lack of events, the day would end quite quickly and Shoko would find himself marching his way over to the main security checkpoint.

The young boy signed out on the register stationed there, also pulling out his mission slip and asking for it to be stamped by the chuunin in charge at the checkpoint before bidding those there farewell. This was the end of his mission, and Shoko adored it for its simplicity, for there was a lot of hidden value in simply making rounds and doing your part by patrolling your country.


[Exit]


(Mission ended)