"Exploding Tag!"
The girl who had stomped the ground and was about to charge forward was suddenly swallowed by flames and smoke. From the second floor came several muffled gasps.
"What happened? Why did it suddenly explode?"
At that moment, on the same second floor, the Blond-haired Blue-eyed Youth stared at the flames and smoke that had instantly engulfed the little girl, undisguised shock on his face. Both hands gripping the railing, he leaned his head far out, as if getting closer to the explosion would let him see what had happened.
"Idiot! It's an Exploding Tag!"
At the same time, behind her teammate, the Blond-haired Blue-eyed Youth—Uzumaki Naruto—Haruno Sakura could not help stepping forward and craning her head out slightly as she spoke.
"It's just... how did that Exploding Tag end up beneath her feet?"
Then, looking at Ikeda Ichiro, who had stopped rolling in a dog-pouncing posture and sat up in a half-kneeling position with one hand reaching toward his Ninja Tool Pouch, she muttered.
The flames and smoke were clearly from an ordinary Exploding Tag.
There was no need to look closely to know that an Exploding Tag had detonated beneath Hada Anna's feet.
There was no doubt about that.
The question was, how had the Exploding Tag gotten under her feet? There had not been one there when she attacked just now.
Where had that Exploding Tag come from? "It was Ikeda Ichiro."
At that moment, a familiar voice slowly sounded behind them, carrying surprise mixed with gravity.
"Kakashi-sensei..."
Almost at the same time, Sakura and Naruto turned toward their teacher.
The one speaking was their teacher, Hatake Kakashi.
However, Kakashi did not react to his two students turning around. He merely watched the ashes still burning in midair, his brows slowly furrowing.
"He probably threw