What did this mean...
What did Chiba mean? At a time like this, he wanted her to find Teacher Minato and Teacher Kushina? And bring Hirohiko along? Why? And what did that hug of his mean? At this moment, Yukina, who had gently torn the paper to pieces, hoisted Hirohiko—who looked as though he could wake up at any moment—onto her back again. She slowly rose from the branch, but could not help looking back, her face full of confusion.
She could not understand it.
Why had Chiba left behind such a note?
For Chiba, he had already successfully gotten her and Hirohiko out of the danger zone. Yet now, he was asking them to find Teacher Minato and Teacher Kushina, to head to another battlefield, another dangerous place? That was completely impossible.
She was no longer that little girl who blindly believed every lie Chiba told her. She had her own ability to think logically.
And under the current circumstances, this simply should not have happened.
No matter how she thought about it, it was impossible!
Given Chiba's personality, he would never let them throw themselves into danger again, especially after he had already gotten them out of one dangerous situation.
Chiba had always coaxed and tricked them into leaving, facing danger alone and never allowing them to be put at risk.
What he was doing now was far too abnormal.
What happened to Chiba? At that moment, this thought flashed through her mind.
And there was that hug before he left. Though her heart still raced and her face still flushed whenever she thought of it, something about it felt wrong.
Chiba would never make such an intimate gesture. Given how dense he was, he would never think of such a disgusting idea that so many boys had—using