"Can I punch him? What does this brat mean by this?"
"I want to punch him too. He suddenly established contact—doesn't he know we just escaped Sunagakure's pursuit?"
"I agree, punch him! That bastard Ichiba never considers our feelings! This is a life-or-death battle! What if he suddenly established contact without any warning and scared someone into crying out?"
"Yeah, yeah, yeah! I think he did it on purpose, just to scare us!"
"Brother Ichiba is such an idiot! Hahaha!"
"Uh... Anna, I don't think you should be laughing right now."
Hada Ichiba's lazy, indifferent voice quickly drew furious condemnation from the golden flame humanoids.
To be honest, there was nothing inherently wrong with suddenly establishing contact for the people of Kusagakure.
This kind of sensory connection had no warning to begin with. It was impossible to schedule it down to an exact time. All the initiator could do was activate it when they felt the timing was right and had found a safe place.
But Hada Ichiba's languid indifference was simply too punchable.
Especially for those who were still shaken or had just been startled, it sounded as though he had done it on purpose.
As if he were deliberately causing trouble.
As if he feared the world was not chaotic enough.
In an instant, they could not vent that frustration without cursing him a few times.
No! Before they even felt the anger rise, they had already started cursing him on instinct.
In a sense, it had become second nature.
It had become such a habit that even Hada Ryuhiko, who had always refused to give Hada Ichiba a pleasant look, did not have time to curse at the end and merely complained instead.
"Ah, so everyone heard that."
However, despite the obvious complaints and curses, as if