Sparring, Settled!

"It's all right. She just fainted because she got too excited."

Looking at Yukina lying on the bed, Rin slowly straightened and spoke to Nao, Hirohiko, Obito, Kakashi, and Asuma, who were gathered nearby.

"Yeah, she's all right."

Chiba also straightened up and let out a sigh of relief. When Yukina fainted, he had truly panicked, especially when he touched her forehead and felt its scalding heat. For a moment, he had even felt at a loss.

Gently readjusting the ice pack on Yukina's head, Rin swept her gaze around the room and said in an irrefutable tone, "Let Yukina rest quietly now. Nao, Hirohiko, you stay. Everyone else, go downstairs."

"I'll also..."

Hearing Rin's words, Chiba instinctively spoke up, intending to stay behind with her to take care of Yukina.

"You're going downstairs too!"

Before Chiba could finish, Rin cut him off with an unquestionable command. For some reason, Chiba sensed anger—an anger so chilling it made his spine go cold.

This is bad! Rin is angry!

At that moment, Kakashi and Obito both jolted their shoulders and clenched their teeth, looking as though they were about to take a step back.

"Ahem! We're going downstairs, right away. Leave this place to Rin."

Then, one of them grabbed Chiba while the other grabbed Asuma. Ignoring their stunned expressions and unspoken protests, they dragged them downstairs in a hurry.

Only after the figures of the four being dragged away vanished down the stairway did Rin turn her gaze back to Nao and Hirohiko, making both of them shudder.

"Now, can you explain what exactly happened?"

Rin asked with a smile that did not reach her eyes.

She saw through us!

At that moment, Hirohiko and Nao's expressions both stiffened. They turned their heads away, the corners of their mouths twitching