"Is this the place?" Kakashi looked at the wasteland before him, then swept his gaze over the few uneven houses nearby. "Where's the so-called new home?"
Tenzo wore an exasperated expression completely at odds with his age. He then replied, "I think I understand why Yuhara called us here. A new home? It probably hasn't even been started yet. Or rather, without us, how could there be a new home...? Senior Kakashi, you know Earth Release, right? Among the shinobi Yuhara knows, there aren't many who can use it."
Actually, it wasn't that Yuhara knew few Earth Release shinobi. He simply didn't know many shinobi in the first place.
Hearing Tenzo say that, Kakashi's expression became rather colorful as well. In the past, the people who ordered him around had been either the Fourth Hokage or the Third Hokage. Now even a "junior" could order him around?
"So we were dragged here to work as laborers?" Kakashi truly lived up to his reputation as a genius. He immediately identified his role. "Fine, I'll work as a laborer. But where is Yuhara now?"
"Who knows? After returning to Konoha and resting for a few days, Yuhara seemed to become busy again," Tenzo said.
Actually, Tenzo was somewhat lost at this point in time. After breaking free from Orochimaru's and Shimura Danzō's control, his life as a shinobi had finally gotten on track. However, compared with the desperate struggle to survive in the early days, he now somewhat lacked a goal in life. He had been fine while busy fighting, but after leaving the battlefield and suddenly finding himself idle, he had become something of a slacker simply because he couldn't adapt.
By the same token, Kakashi was quite free these days as well.
"Even if he wants to build a house,