By the time Araki returned from Samui's place to the Cloud Residence inn, the lights had already begun to glow.
Araki pushed open the door and found his six genin subordinates already seated neatly inside. At the sound of the door, six pairs of eyes turned toward him in unison.
For a moment, he actually felt a little guilty, as though he had done something to wrong them.
No! What am I feeling guilty for? I obviously went to scout out information on their opponents for them. I even went so far as to sell my own... ahem!
With a shift in thought, Araki composed his expression and nodded. "You're all back? Good. Tell me what each of you gained today!"
He casually took off his shoes, walked inside, and plopped down in the seat of honor, looking utterly at ease.
Then he pointed at someone at random. "Black Bone, you go first!"
"Got it, boss!"
Kaguya Black Bone grinned and took a slip of paper from Zabuza beside him.
"Today, we collected information on the genin from three villages: Sunagakure, Takigakure, and Kusagakure. Sunagakure has three genin, namely..."
"Stop, stop, stop—"
Seeing Black Bone preparing to read straight from the paper from beginning to end, Araki immediately stopped him.
"You don't need to introduce them one by one. Just talk about the people you think are threats, and I'll help you figure out how to deal with them."
"Oh."
Black Bone nodded, then fell silent.
Araki: "??? Go on!"
"I'm done!"
Black Bone blinked and spread his hands at Araki.
Good heavens!
Araki could only think, good heavens!
Every one of you was even more arrogant than me!
You really didn't consider any of the genin from Sunagakure, Takigakure, and Kusagakure worth mentioning?
Convinced that Black Bone was unreliable,