"Splash..."
The torrential rain came down without warning. In the blink of an eye, Konoha's outpost came into view.
The Konoha ninja who were not assigned to Alert Mission immediately took shelter in the tents. Meanwhile, atop the outpost's only two elevated structures, the two watchtowers, the two Konoha ninja carrying out their routine Alert Mission each occupied one tower and exchanged helpless glances.
The rain poured down in sheets. Though the roofs above kept even a drop of rain from touching them, visibility outside had instantly changed from the endless grasslands to a curtain of rain with less than five meters of visibility. That was hardly good news for ninja on guard duty or for the outpost itself.
Nor could they do anything to eliminate that disadvantage. They could only focus on their duties as much as possible and try to spot danger as early as they could.
Yet even so, aside from remaining on edge, there was little use in trying their best.
This rain truly was not good news for them.
"Damn rain!"
Inside the crude little wooden cabin serving as the command post, Chizuru placed the last broken clay jar beneath a leak. Listening to the clinking and dripping throughout the room, he cursed irritably.
"Don't worry. This rain will only benefit Maki and those children. It won't do them any harm."
Seeing his old friend grumbling away, Asakura could not help but laugh and tried to reassure him.
Clearly, his old friend, the captain of the gorilla unit, was worried about how the rainy weather would affect the rescue team that had left.
The rain was indeed highly disadvantageous to the outpost, but it had far less impact on the rescuers. After all, the rescue team had someone with the Byakugan. They did not need