Mm...
He had the feeling that although Chiba was planning something this time as well, it was different from before.
Completely different.
That expression...
Looking back at the Japanese-style wooden house, now completely hidden by the trees, Might Guy's brow furrowed tighter and tighter.
Even though they had not seen each other in over a decade, and even though they had not actually spoken much in depth back then, he could still sense that Chiba seemed somewhat different this time.
But he could not say exactly what was different.
And that inability to put it into words left him unsettled.
Compared to Kakashi and Asuma, his friendship with Chiba seemed a step more distant, but that did not prevent him from understanding Chiba.
That calm smile looked almost like the expression of someone who had accepted everything that was about to happen.
For some reason, seeing Chiba wear such a smile made Might Guy deeply uncomfortable.
Yet he still could not say what exactly made him uncomfortable.
Unable to help himself, he raised his head and looked at the peaceful scene beneath the bright sunlight.
Could this be the calm before the storm? The thought involuntarily flashed through his mind.
He felt both worried and wistful.
Perhaps it was the experience gained from years of missions, or perhaps the instincts of a veteran shinobi, but he vaguely felt that this coming storm might be fiercer than any before.
And the fiercest storm he had ever experienced was...
The Third Great Ninja War! A storm even fiercer than that...
Might Guy did not dare imagine it.
Heh...
I'm being too sensitive.
But before long, he dismissed the feeling. Since the Shinobi World had come into being, even during the Warring States Era, there had never been anything more brutal or violent