"What? You're going to save Chiba? No! You're going to save Chiba? Snow Eagle, you're going to save Chiba?"
Nozawa Sota stared wide-eyed at his friend before him, his face frozen in utter disbelief.
Hyuga Snow Eagle was going to save Taki Chiba? Hyuga Snow Eagle!
Was going to!
Save! Taki Chiba? Was it about to rain? Was some massive disaster about to strike? A typhoon? A flood? Or an earthquake? The shock and horror in his heart were several times greater than what showed on his face.
All Konoha ninja of their generation—everyone who knew Hyuga Snow Eagle or Taki Chiba, or both—knew this.
The names Hyuga Snow Eagle and Taki Chiba could never be connected in writing. They could not even mention one name in front of the other.
The two of them instinctively hated each other.
And now, could he believe it?
Was he really not hearing things?
Hyuga Snow Eagle and Taki Chiba's names had actually been linked together—linked in writing.
Hyuga Snow Eagle was going to save Taki Chiba!
And he had even used a word like "save," as if he were entrusting his life to it.
How could Sota not be shocked?
How could he not think an earthquake would strike tomorrow? "All right, are you coming or not?"
Faced with the shock and disbelief of one of his few friends, Hyuga Snow Eagle could not help frowning, his voice growing somewhat impatient.
Is it really that strange for me to save Taki Chiba? Kiko, Sota—why are they both making faces like that? That guy may be annoying, but he is Hirohiko's closest friend, the most important person to him. How could I possibly not save him? If it were Taki Chiba, he would probably have no choice but to come save me too!