"But that still doesn't prove that something major is definitely going to happen. If it's just these arrangements, Chiba could very well just be taking precautions."
Asuma frowned slightly at Kakashi's words, but spoke up nonetheless.
What he meant was that he did not believe what Kakashi had mentioned constituted conclusive proof that some earth-shattering event was bound to occur.
"Yeah."
This time, Asuma had made a perfectly reasonable point, and even Might Guy nodded.
They knew Chiba's style. Sometimes, he put more effort into prevention than adapting on the fly. This might simply be a precaution; it did not mean that something major was certain to happen during the Chunin Exams.
Kakashi was being a little oversensitive.
At least, based on what they could see now, they could not say for certain that something major would happen.
"But neither can you say that this isn't a sign that something serious is about to happen during the Chunin Exams, can you?"
Hearing the two of them, Kakashi was not surprised. He merely spoke in a casual tone.
He was not being oversensitive.
He had also considered the possibility that these signs were merely precautionary measures.
But the core of the matter was this: did these signs point to precautions, or did they truly foreshadow a major event? Clearly, that was not the issue.
"What do you mean?"
Hearing that, Asuma and Might Guy both froze, instinctively asking the question aloud.
Yet although they had asked, they already had the answer in their hearts.
Both Asuma and Might Guy had realized it.
The crux of the matter was not whether these signs were precautions or proof that something major would definitely happen.
It was that the signs could be interpreted both as precautionary measures and as an indication that something major