The two remained silent all the way back to camp.
By then, everyone in camp—students and teachers alike—had already gone to sleep, aside from the teams standing guard. The day's training had been fairly intense, and it required Chakra, draining not only physical strength but mental energy as well. Under such circumstances, the students practically fell asleep the moment they touched their beds.
The teachers, however, were quite pleased with this. It meant the students were working desperately every day on Chakra extraction, control, and all sorts of Chakra applications, while also training their bodies. It was nothing but beneficial for them.
As for overwork, that simply did not exist. They ate well, slept more than ten hours every day, and only trained for eight or nine hours. It would be strange if they could become overworked.
"Then I'll go take a shower first."
After returning to camp, Kakashi parted ways with Chiba with those words.
The Ninjutsu spar had left him drenched in foul sweat. Kakashi would never go to sleep without washing himself clean.
"Okay. I'll go later."
Chiba nodded, waved, and continued toward the office.
However, after Kakashi entered the boys' shower room, Chiba stopped walking and dropped down onto the ground.
As expected, with Jonin-level Chakra, using even miniature versions of two S-rank Ninjutsu was still too exhausting.
Once he sat down, that weary thought could not help but cross Chiba's mind.
Still, it had been worth it. Kakashi's mood showed signs of improving. He would probably be able to emerge from the shadow of losing Obito and Rin.
But whether the confusion he had felt in the original story would still remain was another matter. Either way, it seemed Chiba could no longer do anything about it.
He hoped Kakashi could become stronger than he