The tenth day since the camp stay began, 9 a.m.
Outside Konoha Hospital.
Going by those old scholars' habits, after getting enough sleep, they would definitely gather in the laboratory again. There was still a certain amount of Higan Grass left, and they certainly would not miss the chance to study the medicinal properties of such a rare herb.
They were most likely here now.
Chiba stopped and looked at the entrance to Konoha Hospital, his gaze seeming to stretch onward, beyond the hospital's main building, toward a small, inconspicuous structure hidden outside it.
The headache was figuring out how to ask them.
Every time those guys achieved something in their research, they put on airs. Their vanity had to be satisfied first.
Otherwise...
Tch! What a pain.
How could a bunch like that possibly be Konoha's most prized figures in the medical field?
That helpless thought rose in Chiba's mind just as he prepared to step inside.
Once the thought passed, however, he did not hesitate. He walked straight in and headed directly toward the laboratory.
"Impossible! Absolutely impossible! Even Little Chiba couldn't possibly crack those coded terms. No matter how smart he is, it's impossible! I put real effort into these coded terms. They look simple, but they're extremely broad and can be connected to all sorts of terminology. There's no way he knows."
"But it's been days already, and Chiba still hasn't come. He must have deciphered them."
"Yeah, with Chiba's personality, if he hadn't figured them out, he would've come to ask ages ago. He doesn't care about saving face."
"Right, right, right!"
"But Chiba is the acting Hokage assistant now. He has a lot to do. Maybe he just hasn't had time to come."
"Tch! How could that little bit of official business stump