Land of Grass, Yu Ze, He Yin, Zong Mi, and the others' small camp—the hunter's lodge used for dining and training.
"I wonder if Chiba has made it back to the village yet."
He Yin set down the scroll in her hand, glanced at the gloomy sky beyond the door, and let out a soft sigh before complaining, "After being gone for two months, he only came back for an hour before rushing off again."
"Maybe he had some important news. He's an S-Rank Ninja of Konoha now, and he's so famous outside. The fact that he could spare an hour to visit us probably means he was already very worried about us."
Yu Ze, seated across from He Yin, looked outside as well and smiled faintly.
His mind drifted back to Chiba's sudden visit a few days ago. Chiba had only exchanged a few words with them, asked about the camp's progress toward becoming more organized, and inquired about Snow Eagle, who had happened to be away those days. Then he had left without even staying for a meal. But considering Chiba's status, Yu Ze felt that Chiba truly cared for them very, very much.
Over the past two months, in pursuit of organization and camp development, they had added many specialized training programs tailored to individuals. They had also gradually begun infiltration training. First, they infiltrated ordinary villages without ninja, lived there for a month under false identities, and integrated into the village. Then they slowly moved on to villages inhabited by ninja, living there for three to five days without being discovered by the ninja. After that, they selected specific ninja organizations or small ninja villages, such as Kusagakure, infiltrated them, gathered intelligence, infiltrated them again, and gathered more intelligence—learning as much as they could. This was