"Ah, yeah. I wrote it yesterday when I had nothing better to do."
Leaning against the doorframe, Chiba had only just turned to see whether the wall of rain had let up when he heard that question. He answered carelessly.
Yesterday had brought another torrential downpour, making all the plans he had been brimming with impossible to carry out. For some inexplicable reason, Chiba had found himself with nothing to do.
Yes, nothing to do.
With rain this heavy, there was nothing he could do. Even though Chiba had been thinking about the Sealing Jutsu Formula, the properties of the Higan medicine he had prepared had changed, so he could not proceed without caution. The only thing he could do was sit indoors with Kakashi and warm themselves by the fire.
Like the students and Teacher, they sat indoors by the fire.
At least the students and Teacher could discuss safety, ninjutsu, and other knowledge. It was basically just school in a different place. Besides, the feeling of staying together like this had the students quite excited, and their study efficiency had improved considerably.
As for him and Kakashi, they could only stare at each other.
If they tried discussing things, although they had taken different paths, their training had actually reached roughly the same level.
When it came to Chakra Nature Transformation and Shape Transformation, one had developed Chidori, which could be called an extreme in Nature Transformation. The other had developed two S-rank ninjutsu and reached the extreme in Shape Transformation. They seemed to have things they could exchange, but whether it was the extreme of Nature Transformation or Shape Transformation, reaching that level did not mean one aspect had simply left the other far behind. The two complemented each other. To bring Nature Transformation to its extreme,