Inside the hotel.
A battle was underway upstairs—
After hearing the unusual noises, Nara Yan Shui gripped a kunai but did not act. He saw Baki in the distance, subtly blocking the corridor leading upstairs.
Was this a test of Lin Ke?
What an utterly undisguised move. They clearly had the Chunin Exams as a platform, yet they still had to use such little tricks during a mission...
He watched Baki. Back in the Land of Rivers, they had nearly come to blows. If not for the other party's wariness of Lin Ke's techniques, they could have killed them all there.
Do not think alliances meant there would be no killing. In the end, ninja were professionals who walked in darkness.
Everyone participating in the Chunin Exams was from allied nations, yet deaths still went unpunished. When people on different missions encountered one another, aside from comrades from the same village, there was simply no one they could trust.
Still, this allowed him to guess that the other party was a very cautious, traditional ninja.
Nara Yan Shui's mind raced.
Traditional ninja emphasized using intelligence to kill with a single blow, never prolonging a battle. Once they truly acted, even if they had to pay a price, they would go all out to seize the chance to end the fight.
Crash!
The sound of shattering glass rang out.
Had Xia clashed with that female ninja? Nara Yan Shui was somewhat worried. He did not know much about how his three subordinates had grown over this period. Judging solely by the normal rate of progress over two months, they should lose very quickly.
Since two of the three subordinates were already fighting, Yuan Wei downstairs was likely no exception.
By then, no matter how unexpectedly capable Lin Ke was, he would