Time went back to a few minutes earlier.
North of Moon Island, not too far away, a shark was swimming feebly.
Wounds were scattered messily across its body, clearly left by all kinds of ninja tools.
Strangely, however, not a drop of blood flowed from those wounds.
Only on closer inspection could one see that Chakra was wrapped around the area near each wound, which was why, despite being injured rather badly, it had left no trace at all.
Without a doubt, this was no ordinary shark.
In fact, that was indeed the case.
This shark was a genuine Summoning Beast.
At that moment, two ninja were hidden inside its belly.
They looked indescribably wretched. Like the shark, they were covered in multiple wounds, as if they had just fought a battle.
After one of them finished bandaging his wound, he said with a face full of relief, "Dahui, it's all thanks to your Summoning Beast this time. Otherwise, we probably wouldn't have made it back. I wonder how those guys discovered us?"
Opposite him, the other man bit down on one end of the bandage and likewise finished wrapping his wound.
Only then did he say, "Hmph, how else could they have discovered us? It's all because you kept dragging your feet and insisted on fooling around outside. If you'd listened to me and returned earlier, how could we have drawn the village's attention?"
Hearing Chikamura Dahui's complaints, Koike Raiko gave an awkward laugh, then said, "It's not like we get to come out easily. I just wanted to relax a little. Who knew the noses on those Anbu in the village were that sharp? They found us so quickly. What a shame."
Seeing Chikamura Dahui's expression growing uglier and uglier, Koike Raiko's voice also grew quieter and quieter,