Team 10!
The new generation of Ino-Shika-Cho.
The three of them were currently strolling through the streets with snacks in hand.
Crunch, crunch!
Akimichi Choji kept chewing on potato chips, occasionally offering one to his two friends beside him.
"For some reason, all our recent missions have been close to the village. Maybe some kind of danger is about to appear!"
Shikamaru casually shared his analysis.
He had started following his teacher, Asuma, in handling certain affairs, so he knew quite a bit. He was also subtly leaking information to his two friends.
Danger!
The village had already sensed the danger, which was why it had narrowed the range of shinobi activity, ensuring that they could gather their forces at the fastest possible speed.
"Yeah, Father... told me to stay in the village for a while and train in the Super Size Amplification Technique!"
Akimichi Choji answered instinctively, but froze when he mentioned the word "Father."
Naturally, that was because he had just remembered something: both of his friends' fathers had already died in battle.
Of the previous generation of Ino-Shika-Cho, two had now fallen at the hands of Hinata Cang Yue. Only Akimichi Choza remained.
It could be said that Shikamaru was the one who most desperately wanted revenge against the Shell Organization.
Unfortunately, the Shell Organization was incomparably mysterious. All they knew was that it might be connected to Blazing Sun Country; they had no other intelligence.
Right!
Konoha had now identified the identity of that terrifyingly powerful Shell Organization member with nine fox tails.
The Hyuga Clan!
Yes, that much had been confirmed.
They were merely still slowly investigating the exact identity.
Since the other party had been active even before Nine Tails Night, young members such as Hinata Hyuga and Hyuga Neji had been ruled out