Time Passed So Quickly

"It really was such a pity—and so ridiculous. Looks like we were worrying too much. No enemy appeared for so long just now, and now it seems there wasn't a sound except for the wind rustling the leaves!" Chun Muzi said to Uzumaki Chenhao with a smile.

Chun Muzi shrugged and relaxed. Staying on guard for so long had truly been exhausting, and she now felt completely at ease.

Uzumaki Chenhao also let out a soft sigh and relaxed. It had been truly exhausting just now, and they had kept thinking there were enemies nearby. Looking at it now, it was indeed ridiculous. They had merely seen some footprints and assumed there was an earthquake nearby. That really should not have happened.

"All right, all right. It was just a false alarm. Now it looks like we can set off without worry again. Still, we need to be more careful from now on. Those footprints were probably left by ninjas out on a mission!" Uzumaki Chenhao said quietly with a smile as he gently put his weapon into his backpack.

"Yeah, yeah. We should be more careful from now on. If we keep being this careless, I feel like we'll exhaust ourselves to death. There were clearly no enemies, yet we got scared by ourselves!" Chun Muzi said quietly with a smile.

Uzumaki Chenhao nodded gently, straightened his clothes, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and began walking forward with Chun Muzi.

Now that they knew there were no enemies, they actually felt more relaxed. It was true—they only wanted to keep moving forward now, to get home as soon as possible so they could properly relax and rest.

"We've already wasted so much time. There clearly weren't any enemies, yet we wasted all that time ourselves. Thinking about it