Kiba's words actually helped Gaara, who had been on the verge of losing control, calm down a little.
Whoosh! Shino and Hinata suddenly appeared beside Kiba. Shino even tucked Kiba under his arm at the waist. Kiba struggled and demanded that Shino let him go, but the few insects that appeared on Shino's face scared him silent, leaving his whole body rigid.
"Sorry for disturbing you just now. We'll be leaving now," Hinata said.
Whoosh! The three of them vanished from where they stood, appeared in a tree, then flashed away again.
All three frowned slightly. Hinata and Shino had moved extremely fast, and Shino had even been carrying someone. The three of them looked ordinary enough, but that display alone showed they were far from simple. That man was powerful. Though his three students had supposedly only been taken in recently, they were indeed extraordinary as well.
The sand gathered in Gaara's hand finally formed into a stopper. Once all the sand on the ground had returned to his gourd, he sealed it with the stopper and said, "Let's go to the Central Tower." He then headed toward the Central Tower. Temari and Kankuro froze for a moment before hurriedly following him.
After they had left, Shino released Kiba. "Shino, why wouldn't you let me fight him? Doesn't leaving just like that make us look scared?" Kiba complained.
Shino said, "We're in the forest right now. There are more than just our two teams here, and they are no ordinary opponents. If a fight breaks out, it won't end anytime soon. There's a ninety-nine percent chance another team will ambush us. This isn't the time to fight over pride. We can talk about it after reaching the Central Tower. We'll run into them again sooner or later."
"Shino is