That should be about enough...
Time to rest.
Hirohiko set the plate of grilled meat back on the small table. Looking at Nao's statue in the inner corner of the table, he slowly lay down.
It had already been two hours since Kakashi left. The warm firelight in the room had gradually dimmed, and the burning torch was now reduced to a flame no stronger than a candle's. It would soon go out.
Kakashi really went to a lot of trouble...
As he watched the firelight, that thought passed through Hirohiko's mind.
Though this cell had been set up in the camp, its standards were the same as those of a confinement room. Everything had been modeled after one.
That was also to avoid suspicion. After all, Chiba was far too close to him. If anything was handled poorly, Chiba might be accused of favoritism. Therefore, everything here was the same as in the confinement room. The only somewhat better thing was that this cell had more moments of brightness. During the day, the light shining in illuminated the cell, and at night, there was starlight and moonlight, so the room was not as pitch-black as the confinement room.
After all, this was an open camp, not a confinement room built into the heart of a mountain. The change in environment made it impossible to completely block out the light.
Yet according to the purpose of the confinement room, this cell was not supposed to have any light. Those who had made mistakes were meant to reflect on their faults in darkness and solitude, achieving both correction and punishment. Sometimes, the combined loss of freedom and companionship produced an even more effective punishment.
In truth, Konoha's punishment system was quite effective.
So he should not have had any light here.