Flutter, flutter.
The sound of flapping wings came over.
A brightly colored parrot descended from the sky and landed on the shoulder of a Leaf Village Chunin, then whispered something into his ear.
Immediately after, the Leaf Village Chunin turned to an eleven- or twelve-year-old young ninja beside him and said, "Captain, Xiao Ba says the enemy is just ahead."
This young man was none other than Qian, and the Leaf Village Chunin who had spoken was no one else either, but his subordinate—Kamijo Yoichi.
As for Xiao Ba, it was naturally that parrot.
In addition, there were two others present: one was a sixteen- or seventeen-year-old Leaf Village Chunin, and the other was a Leaf Village Genin who had just graduated from the Ninja School.
That was right, he had just graduated.
Thinking back to last year, after the students of their class graduated, they still had more than two months of buffer time. It was not until late January that they followed the support troops to the Rain Country Battlefield.
But this class...
Qian calculated the time. It had already been ten days since his last "leave," and it was now roughly late October.
In other words, they had come to the battlefield almost as soon as they graduated.
From this, it was clear just how short on manpower the Leaf Village was.
However, sending newcomers to the battlefield like this could not reverse the situation.
Because their strength was too low, and their numbers were too few. They could not affect the overall situation at all. Aside from serving as cannon fodder, they had no meaning.
Just like this guy in front of him named Simu Teng. He had only gone through one battle, and his Chunin teacher and two teammates had all been killed.
It was