The rain in the Eastern Kingdom of Oil seems... Dirty compared to ours in the Western Land of Oil. Maybe it was because of the dark earthy and ocher tone mixed with dark metals that their buildings are made of but ... It's not my taste, let's put it that way. It may seem obvious when you think about it since our country is three times smaller than here and abounds in greenery that has no equal, unlike the kingdom where it is limited and close to our borders, but I did not imagine that the damage caused by the oil produced in large quantities would be so significant.

Here they extract it from the ground with platforms across the country, we use ninjutsu in which 3 families are specialized in. So yes, by jumping from roof to roof without stopping you can not claim to know everything about the country you are visiting... But still... I know it's a minor detail but it's the type of thing that I immediately notice when I leave the village ... Maybe it's a way to show myself that I kinda miss home. But we live in a ninja village so it's a bit unfair to judge it just by the looks ... Especially coming from the guy who wore a face mask during all his school days just so people won't recognize and embarrass him ...

Fortunately the hoods of our outfits were adapted to acid rain, you never know ... We were certainly not affected and we come from the country producing the best oil, but contrary to us the smell of oil in the air was omnipresent in this kingdom, all like their wells which contrasted drastically the modern and urban decoration of the village.

We had been gone since the morning, and the road that normally takes 3 days on average was accomplished in one day. For us it is a habit, for others it is a feat ... As my father would say, 'it's a matter of perspective'...

On this night covered with dark clouds, we crossed villages in less than five minutes and cities in ten minutes, always sending a jonin as a scout in advance so that we did not have to stop for long on the way.

Jumping silently on people's properties team by team, we passed like the south wind in the Setsudan village. By the time they noticed us, we weren't there anymore. And yet, civilians do not know that they have 2 teams of genins, 3 teams of chuunins and 3 more teams of jonins hovering overhead without making a single sound, like owls in the darkness of night.

We had heard about our potential opponents before, so we students were curious when our teachers and superiors favored low masses, which worried some. At first glance, it is a group of deserters killing and kidnapping ninjas making the mistake of stumbling upon them... No one expected it to be much more than that. But for now, the most surprising thing for us was that the village of Suna called on us. Not to say that we were not cut out for the job, but in the fifth consecutive year of peaceful and commercial alliance, it is quite surprising that he calls on us.

This operation was masterfully directed – no pun intended – by Arata Akarui, the youngest of my uncles ... Legitimate... Of which we know the existence ... For now.

In short, major of all his promotions from an early age to the point of having passed jonin at 17 years old, when his classmates were still chuunin at the time for 3 years on average is not an easy task and yet ... That was his journey. He is one of the geniuses of the clan and my first teacher when he was still 17 and I was 5 years old, training me on the orders of my mother to be able to teach his own pupils at the academy first at that time. Now we are both on the same mission to support the ninjas of Suna, the first official of the village. I was still thinking about the discussion I had with him the day before we left, on one of the rooftops of our estate.

It was hot at home yesterday, so hot that we had to ask the Akahyōga clan to come and make us ice rocks that can last all night ... Everyone was outside: uncles and elders who debated vigorously while waving their poor otters resting on them, aunts and cousins who had decided to comb their hair in the flower gardens near the cool rocks, others who stayed with the children having tea and watching the flowering trees, and the youth doing what they do best, training in the yard with the sternest of our aunts and uncles while the red pandas supported and encouraged them by eating their plants nearby... All punctuated by the sound of bamboo fountains everywhere in the field.

It allowed me to see Ishida's talent before his time, so that's good too... The sun slowly reaching sunset bathing our village in its orange and red hues, Arata was lying with his arms behind his head and his eyes closed. Simple, isn't it? That's his definition of happiness. That's how he likes to live. And so do I. I love learning new jutsus and training, but nothing beats the tranquility of my home. Helped by my partner Bashira who delicately arranged my equipment in their place in my open bag, cleaning the weapons may seem like a haunt, but for what I do with them, it was just essential.

"Looks like Hiro's house will be very big, as big and fancy as his mother's house opposite to his..."

"Mom Hoshiyo insisted that he stay close to her, thank you Bashira", I replied delicately giving Bashira a kunai that she put in its compartment, "she said that he is uncontrollable if he is too far away... I don't understand what she means, he looks like usual when he travels ..."

"Oh, you'll understand soon enough tomorrow, I guarantee you!!" He told me lying down, already exhausted from the events of the next day. "How is your right arm, by the way?"

"You heard about that?" I asked him surprised.

"Come on, Yocchi ... Who didn't hear about the little prince's injury ? It's not everytime that you just crash into the hospital roof with a limb burnt at the tenth degree at like 3 am ..."

I didn't answer because I didn't have much to say for now.

"... I don't know what jutsu you're creating this time but if it puts your life in danger it's not worth it, kid ..."

I couldn't do anything but stop what I was doing to stare at him with Bashira.

"What ? ... What ??"

"... Grandpa is still supervising my training so that means I'm doing something alright" I said while looking down on him after a long silence because ...

This man is even worse than me. He created LIFE-ENDANGERING jutsus with even less years of training than me.

"He forbidden me to try to use it during the mission, or on anyone for that matter ... It's not finished and asks me a lot of time."

"I have no idea of what you preparing, and Father is really secretive about it so ... I won't ask much for now. Speaking of which, you don't seem to worry about the mission..."

"Because I don't", I replied simply as I passed to the shurikens.

"Eeeeeeeh, it's clearly not you who is in charge of the mission...!"

It was at this moment that Bashira decided to stand up on her hind legs to fold his front legs on the ground, intriguing us both.

"What", I asked before realizing after she did it again, "ah, I passed some kunais to the little ones to train yesterday, I have not recovered them yet... Sorry..."

I patted her soft head as my uncle watched us in silence while she was standing on her hind legs, looking into my soul with her lovely eyes.

"She knows your stock?"

"Pretty much, she has trouble with shurikens past 20, though."

"Maybe I should have signed my contract with the red pandas, when I think about it ..."

"More seriously, are you worried? This might be the first time coming from you ..."

"Don't make me say what I didn't say, it's just that you seem much more confident than you did back then... I mean the beginnings with your team–"

"I GET IT," I said embarrassed, "WE HAD A LITTLE TROUBLE AT FIRST..."

"A little bit of trouble???" He asked indignantly.

"It's in the past, let's say that. We have ... Found an agreement. An agreement that works. We are beginning to know our abilities and limitations. I don't just train for myself... And neither do they."

"... I must admit that it surprises me to see you talking about it so there is progress ..."

"..."

"... Yoite?"

"Hm, maybe you're right", I said as I returned from my sudden waking dream, remembering the first mission at that precise moment. "Tomorrow you'll see," I added, turning to him with a confident smile.

"I don't want to ruin your moment, Yocchi but... I forget that you are not aware of the level of enemies that can be crossed ... The lowest is level C in the Bingo Book."

"... !!!"

"Some are recent level As. And those are the main ones."

"... That's why the Mountain Lion of Kurogane is here, right?" I retorted embarrassedly.

"Shut up", he said after a brief laugh, "I didn't teach you to defend yourself so that you would come and hide behind me!"

A drop touching my face ripped me out of my waking memory of the day before I started by fixing the simplified solar eclipse symbol on the back of the operation leader, as I was doing now. No time to dream, I'm on a mission: I decided to redo my Jutsu discreetly without stopping running under the watchful eye of other genins ... After all, they have already had my two teammates with them on missions but I am on other missions since my promotion, so we created a certain expectation of the genin team 1 of the village against our will ...

Crossing the Flat Salt region, it was only there that silence began to settle ... I must admit that I was quite happy that they all finally kept quiet... Since the beginning of the mission, I spoke as little as possible, even when ... Some jonins in particular came to test me as usual, I remained silent. With them in these kinds of conditions, it's better for them to think I'm angry and let me concentrate in my corner. The rain was less violent than when we arrived, it was already that. Even our steps were discreet, only the sound of the wind broke the calm of the night despite the slush under our sandals. For me rain or not, it's almost better in the first case.

On the horizon we began to distinguish our first destination, Waniguchi City in the province of Kazekage ... It was then that Arata spoke without turning or stopping.

"Genins, chūnins, jonins, listen to me carefully: if your team has been selected for this mission, it's because the Kuroshuryō has enough confidence in you and your abilities for you to be the showcase of the village ..."

"... !!!"

"What surprises you, genins and chūnins ? We're this far from the village and you still think that it's a simple mission ?"

"The land of Stone are also their allies, right ? Why don't they come to support them ?" Asked a young black chūnin with locks – and always a mean look on his face – named Kuriken.

"Because being a ninja doesn't mean being a volunteer. The land of the Stone doesn't want to intervene as an ally against deserting ninjas who do not kidnap theirs ... Contrary to us, they'll gain nothing from this."

"How...!" Hamako said, turning to the members of her team who were as surprised as she was at our Leader's anticipation.

"We are their closest allies indeed, but business partners above all on this affair. That's why the kazekage also has allies in the land of Fire that will come to help," continued the head of operation still running without stopping like a bullet.

"Because they're involved in this partnership. Certainly they take longer to come than us, but they also left much earlier and should not be long in arriving too..."

Arata then activated his dōjutsu, the 3 black-ringed Chiheigan, which everyone else around him also felt. His eye is a rare one, even in the family. On all the 24 legitimate children of the late Kage – yes, 24, that man needs to be arrested now but without him I wouldn't even be there – 8 have herited the dōjutsu, and only 2 have the '3 ringed' one, my father and him. When I tell you he's a genius, I mean he's genetically built to be a genius.

Where the chūnins marveled at him because I must admit, my uncle Arata is known in Western countries for this eye and very few saw him in action, the genins – who were not on my team – stared at me openly while I ignored them in my race.

This behavior is the typical behavior that reminds me that family missions have big advantages, but also big disadvantages: when your family is a genius factory in the eyes of the world, you are expected to do everything like them as if to retort, as if it would approve your heredity. I don't need that. I don't have to prove anything to anyone but myself, that's why I'm here, why all the members of my team are here... To see what we are worth in front of the outside world. And we were excited to do that.

"You drag, let's move forward", I ordered while passing by them.

"Yes, my two friends said as they passed by them with Tsuruko."

"Oi, Yoite!!" Maname got angry. "We hold the formation!!"

"No need to be rude", said Aoko, sighing as we passed over them before turning to Amane, "not very nice your future b– !!"

Amane covered his mouth directly, red as a tomato, shaking his head before checking if I hadn't heard, and I hadn't heard. Akoya on the other hand ... Shot them with their eyes for a turn on herself after jumping on a branch before concentrating again on the road.

"So what are your orders, Arata-sensei?" Yōjirō said sarcastically.

"Take that sarcasm off your tone, for starters," he said without looking at him.

"I apologize, Sensei, I apologize..."

"There are 2 battle sites, the first is at the entrance of Waniguchi City, the 2nd is in Wani, a few kilometers away", he explained after a sigh. "According to our information, they are experienced jonins and chuunins, with the help of the ninjas of Konoha we will have the advantage of numbers, but unlike them we add the surprise effect."

"The surprise effect, Arata-sensei?" One of the chuunins named Soiichiro asked.

"Hm, indeed the ninjas of the Eastern countries are not used to seeing ninjas of the West and therefore have little information about our jutsus and other strategies unlike us. This doesn't mean that you have to release your best jutsus right away, we are in a real situation, a mistake against our enemies and it can be the last of your life. So act with caution, both students and teachers, because this mission should not be the last for anyone, am I clear?"

"Yes, Arata-sensei!!" We all answered solemnly.

"Team Yadogiri, Team Mizuno, Team Yōjirō, Team Jonin Suzaku, you take care of the fight in Waniguchi, Arata continued, "Team Tsuruko, Team Hiro, Team Tanaharu and mine go straight to Wani."

"DAMMIT", Kaede got angry because she wanted to stay with Arata.

"Anything to say, Mizuno-sempai?"

"Nothing at all!!!" She said, dodging his gaze.

"I couldn't wait to fight by your side, little brother... said Yōjirō who had joined me quickly, "it will wait a little, the time we finish over there ..."

"Because you really think I'm going to leave some enemies for you", I said, smiling at him.

"OHOHOHO, THAT'S WHAT I LIKE TO SEE IN YOUR EYES, BIRD BRAIN !!"

"Shut up", I retorted amused too.

He then patted my head before lifting his blindfold to look at me.

"Impress me for a change, Yocchi, he said after a wink. "Above all, be careful. No–"

" Excess jutsus or unnecessary moves, all moves count ..." I finish for him after making a series of hand signs.

"All moves count, he repeated, "you have taken the good habits from what I see, this is not the time to forget them."

"I'll do my best," I replied, feeling myself bloated.

"Dispersion", ordered Arata at the moment when the formation split in two, "let us head southeast towards the Demon Desert, from there Wani will be straight ahead of us after the mountain pass."

"Yes, Arata-sensei!!"

"A desert with that name doesn't sound reassuring", Ishida complained.

"Oh? The great Ishida, first genin out of 93 students is afraid of a sandy field?" Akoya scoffed with a nasty smug on her face.

"Shut up," he retorted, "a place doesn't have a name for nothing!!"

"... That's the very purpose of naming a place ..."

"Shut up you too!!" He barked in my face in response while the girls laughed.

"Seeing the three of you like this..." Our moved master began.

"... ?"

The three of us turned to her when questioned, as she smiled at us silently.

"... Reminds me that you still did not send me your mission reports from three weeks ago at the Land of Fangs' frontier."

"... !!!"

The three of us pale silently as she looked straight ahead, as she smiled after walking past us.

"Nobody told me that you started breaking hearts, Arata," Hiro said to annoy him...

"She's very clingy and I love my peace, man"... He said with a laugh with him for a moment, "Tanaharu, can you summarize the information about our fugitives?"

" I have them right here, Arata-sensei," said the jonin, drawing his bingo book before addressing all of us. "If your bingos books are up to date as they should be you should have new pages in rank C and rank B. The first in rank C are the ones people call the Ribbon sisters, deserting kunoichi using ribbons as their main fighting style... Then there are the ninjas of the Oto village Byuro and Kurogami, we do not know exactly what their abilities are or why they're here ..."

"That's why I personally called the Divine Ear of Kuroganegakure-"

"Oh you laughing now?" Said an angry Hiro who hated this nickname because of its origin, "does it make you laugh, you Player?"

"Don't equate myself with the pretentious brats that Yōjirō and you have become..."

"'BRAT' !!? You want us to settle this right now, old WIFELESS man !?"

I couldn't help but look aside while covering my mouth to not burst out laughing. When Hiro is triggered, he doesn't think twice before hitting hard where it hurts.

"That ... Was totally uncalled for, Arata whispered before speaking to the group, "But now I think it's the perfect moment to address the elephants in the room. Because if you heard the rumors, you know who's been seen in this region of Suna lately ..."

My team and I heard several ninjas swallowing their saliva loudly at the same time around us, no matter the rank.

"I'm sure that you've heard about the White Sickle, Tsukikishi The Scavenger ..."

His name was enough to kick the tension up a notch.

"People say that he only leaves limbs and ripped off fingers of his victims behind ..." explained one of Arata's pupil named Makiko. "Obviously he's not the prisoner keeping type aswell."

"But he is best known for his darkest feat performed with his two companions" continued my uncle, "It is now confirmed that they are responsible for the murder of the land of claws' daimyo and his 13 samurai of the Genryūsai Squad two months ago ..."

"WHAT ???" All the genin and chūnin said.

Everyone was flabbergasted by this information. Even me, but I didn't say anything as usual. We're shocked because we have spies in almost every countries surrounding us, and the Land of Claws still hate us because of the battles of the time during the wars, they are still considered a strong country that we keep an eye on.

"How could this be ??"

"With all due respect Sensei, said Karin, how is that even possible ? They're so strong even the Kuroshuryō acknowledged their strength and powerful kenjutsu !!!"

"He even said that they could take a whole country by themselves if their daimyo let them, added Toshiro, ninja village inside OR NOT. This is no small feat, Sensei !!"

"How can they be defeated by Tsukikishi !!?"Asked Shūmei.

"He wasn't alone. As I said, he has two teammates that we can't neglect ... Kuruwa Masamune ..."

"... !!!"

Every pupil was shocked, again. This one is also a well-known fugitive. Not in our country but still described as a strong foe by the big nations. But logically, if this one is there, then the other ...

"And Umisenshi Shō, the Kesshō Gulf Kraken."

"So ... We can potentially face the Waves of Steel Duo ???" Realized Hiro's team leader and pupil Hamako.

"I heard Masamune can use more than 4 katanas at the same time ..." Asked Toshiro slightly worried. "He killed an entire ninja team from the Land of Caves because they looked at him funny ... All while being native from the same country ... And now he killed The Genryūsai Squad, too ?"

"It's still unknown information to the public but seeing the reports, everything aligns with them so far", specified my uncle.

"... We should've stayed home" bitterly regretted – while whispering of course – Sugaru after looking at Hayato and I with her puppy dog eyes, all while the genins were strongly agreeing with her.

Everyone heard her, but nobody can blame her for saying that. The Genryūsai Squad weren't samurais you can simply mess around with. My father recognized their strength because they're one of the few fights where my father had to retreat during the third western war. And my father was basically entering his peak as a ninja at the time. How much ? He retreated 4 times in 3 years of war. That's how epic and strong those mens were. That's when Aoko decided to talk for everyone else.

"But these are just rumors, Sensei, right ? she said uncomfortably. We can't just go on a mission based on rumors, right ? That's not our Shuryō's ways ! Heck, that's not your ways !"

"You're totally right."

Arata slowly turned to her with his serious look that made her lose her embarrassed smile little by little until it completely disappeared, because she realized : these aren't rumors anymore if we're here.

"That's why if we tell you to retreat, with or without us, you don't argue, you LEAVE. Understood ?"

"Understood, Sensei !!!" We all said at the same time.

Do I need to precise that my uncle was staring at me while saying that, I don't think so ...

"Enemy in the perimeter, I said along with my team and Tanaharu."

"... !"

Hiro was surprised because he saw that I had not activated anything. In reality no need, they were right in front of us, if he closed it and concentrated for two minutes ... Now wasn't the time... The important thing was this mission. One of the members of the Tanaharu team had just finished his series of signs and was following up with another jutsu at a speed that impressed the chuunins as we prepared for the assault without stopping in the race. We didn't knowingly ignore situations where our superiors showed their talents, it's just that unlike other genins, we know this kind of missions and often work with jonins. It's out of the norm, but that's the way it is.

"Jiton: Rēdā !! ... I have the enemies in place, Arata-sempai for 100 meters around, others are close to the pass but I barely detect them ... !! A team of 4 on each side at 50 meters !! Jiton : Tāgettorokku !!"

"Team Hiro, go right, Team Tanaharu, go left, Team Arata follow my lead and Team Tsuruko in support, tight formation you don't let anything pass."

"Got it!!!"

"Let's do this!!"

By the time he said this sentence, Hiro had to rush past his student to counter an explosive kunai running straight into Hamako's head while Daikichi's jonin team made a huge magnetic iron construction in a handful of seconds that paraded all the other kunais by luring them in before we jumped off the platform.

"CHIHEIGAN !!!" Hiro shouted as he jumped to turn around at those targets, do his series of signs, and activate his dōjutsu in a matter of seconds. "Jiton: Jika No Jutsu !!"

In an instant, all the kunais that didn't explode in his 360-degree field of vision and those they saw on the platform magnetized and then disappeared to reappear in front of the weightless launchers by rushing straight towards them, the scrolls already beginning to ignite.

"WHAT'S THAT!!!? One of them shouted, getting up in panic, "RETREE- !!"

The kunais were sent back to the enemies then a hundred meters from us just before they exploded entire dunes using magnetism.

"Where are you going, the offensive has only just begun!!" A ninja said as he stood up despite the ton of sand scattering in the air from the explosions around him.

By the time he turned around, he was faced with a 2 black-ringed Chiheigan Yasuhiro after a series of signs made so quickly that he caught up with his swords in flight, emitting an aura so dark that he was paralyzed on the spot. He who saw it tens of meters from him was now facing a beginning of whirlwind of twin swords with shrill noises that he was not going to be able to stop.

"GOTCHA ..."

"... !!!!"

"JITON : UZUMAKU KINZOKU GASSHŌ-DAN !!"

Hiro whirled with his two swords so fast that he looked like a real metal tornado blowing the air around him for a short moment, leaving his opponent lacerated and bloodied on the sand.

"Hamako, the orders !!" Hiro continued by taking care of the next one who threw clones at him that he had no trouble killing at once without moving or looking at them.

"I'm on it, Shūmei, let's go!!"

"It's about time!!!"

"Jiton: Jiki Bōru No Jutsu !!"

No sooner did the magnetic energy ball hit the enemy than Shūmei let his rabid taijutsu explode on him unable to move until the attack that would freeze him on the ground... But he had the strength to dodge and rushed straight towards Akoya...

"AKOYA, WATCH OUT!!" Hamako shouted.

"Akoya... I'll let you handle that", said Arata who had just appeared above his 4 enemies.

"Enemy above !!!!" They shouted panicked.

"ABOV-GAAAAH!!"

As both his feet in the torso of his blood-spitting enemy echoed throughout the area, Akoya cast a disinterested glance and a contempted smile at the enemy despite the concern of the chuunins and jonins.

"Unfortunately... She was faster than me..."

To everyone's surprise – except our group and Arata, I was still doing hand signs in my corner – my blonde teammate shifted slightly to let our sensei Tsuruko, already behind her with a ball of white chakra in her palm so loaded with Jiton for the enemy that she emitted small flashes. The latter, who was running at full speed, was illuminated by the attack and wanted to brake, but too late.

"WHAT–!!!?"

"Hajiku Yashi ..." chanted Tsuruko as she inflicted the attack that sent him fly out several meters into the sand. "Simulation or not, no one touches my students."

"... Impressive", said red-haired jonin in Tanaharu's team named Kobei.

"No time to relax", said Arata who had quickly finished the work with the help of his students, "we have to keep up !"

No one had died, but they were moderately to seriously injured for the most part in the enemies so they were not going to move anytime soon. And those Arata faced are currently sleeping in a crater like a mass grave, in front of the latter who blew before looking at me and raising his eyebrows... That means the mission already annoys him... And she already annoys him because it requires her to make an effort ... And that... He doesn't like that at all.

On his swear words in his beard intended for his superior, the race to Wani resumed and under this light rain, the atmosphere it had become heavy. Silence and alert having become a general priority, we did not want to do anything randomly, the time was no longer for jokes and useless piques ...

Our lives are at stake from our first foot in this desert, and could be the last if we were not vigilant ... And I could not hold back a little smile when I saw us doing what the ordinary human could not because acting directly for the future of our village, even if it is later than at certain times of our past, it remains not an easy task ... I've said it before, that's why I'm here.

For the moment the mission was going well but I did not relax my guard, having just finished my series of signs that I made about every 30 minutes in silence since our departure. It is a technique of concentration of the Jiton chakra, and to recharge my chakra to the maximum simply, you can never be too careful, nor you know what exactly you will use when to turn the tables, so I prefer to play it safe and prepare serenely my trap cards.

After all, distracting the enemy and being able to anticipate his movements literally and figuratively in order to act pragmatically to paradoxically inflict maximum damage with as few hits as possible, that's what I do best... At least that's what I'm trying to do. In other words, the almost ultimate laziness, to reach it would have to see nothing to do obviously ... Speaking of which ...

"You haven't done much, Little Prince," said Semari.

"Yeah ... Makes you wonder if you weren't more useful with your arm in plaster like a few weeks ago !!!" said Hamako to diss me.

"I'd rather obey orders than risk the mission for my lack of vigilance", I said hands in my pockets, watching a snake make its way to the opposite of where we were going, slipping between the vertebrae of dead animals to find rest.

"God, please not now ..." lamented Hayato after a facepalm.

"WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY???" Said the three chuunins irritated.

"You little...!!!" Hamako said helplessly as he closed the pace with his team.

"If you're not happy we can settle this on the training ground once back in the village", I said honestly while looking her straight in the eyes. "Do you want to or not?"

The young woman did not answer and began to look at her master.

"It's not him you have to look at, it's with me that you have a problem, do you want it or not?" I repeated, staring at her.

"You've been doing the smart ass since you don't wear your mask anymore ..."

"Smart-asses don't ask you to show you what they made of on the field, I do–"

"We don't have time for quarrels, chūnins!" Arata said, supporting his statement with a threatening look before leaving followed by the teams of jonins before us.

"Sorry, Arata-sensei" We said both in unison while staring at each other.

"... Eh, close enough ..." He whispered while his pupils were kindly laughing at him knowing that he hates policing.

"The... Chūnins?" The members of the other team of intrigued genins repeated as they looked at me.

"Arata-Sensei must have been wrong, it happens", says Maname, leaving with a budding doubt in him.

I didn't want to tell them, so I didn't tell them. Because I know what they're going to say, if that makes sense. Besides, it's been a while now, and now is not the time, so never mind. My team obviously knows, but they don't really need to know. I don't hate them... I don't think so, but if I want people who tell me that I owe everything to my father all day long, I stay with the elders of the clan, at least they serve me tea before literally insulting me...

We then resumed our journey despite the other team of genins, still intrigued because of what he had just said ... It's true that we see them so rarely that they are not aware of my promotion ... Too bad.