Emergency Intelligence

"Pfft—hahaha! Nawaki, you... look at your back! Hahaha!"

Nawaki froze and instinctively reached behind his back, only to feel the texture of paper.

He twisted his head as hard as he could and barely caught sight of a corner of white paper peeking out from behind his shoulder.

Then he abruptly reached behind himself and tore one off.

Three large words were written on it: [Explosive Tag].

He tore off another one. Another [Explosive Tag].

He kept tearing... [Explosive Tag], [Explosive Tag]...

Nawaki's back was densely covered in these handwritten "Explosive Tag" slips!

He looked like a walking Explosive Tag arsenal!

"HYU—GA—TIAN—YI!!!" Nawaki's face instantly turned bright red.

Steam practically rose from his head as he tore every slip off his back and threw them onto the ground.

Then he charged straight at Tianyi with an angry roar. "I'm going to kill you!!!"

"Hey, hey, it's just practice. Don't get so worked up!" Tianyi had expected this and slid back.

He swiftly ducked behind Moonlight Kaede, who was wiping tears from his eyes as he laughed, using him as a shield.

"Kaede, get out of the way! Don't blame me if you get caught in the crossfire!"

"Haha... Nawaki, calm down... haha..."

"Tianyi, don't run!"

The three of them immediately descended into chaos, and Nawaki's furious roars filled the training ground.

Along with Moonlight Kaede's uncontrollable laughter and Tianyi's occasional amused excuses.

Up in the distant treetops, the tense atmosphere had long since vanished.

Jiraiya slapped his thigh and laughed without a shred of composure. "Hahaha! Sticking notes on him!

That kid is way too wicked! Still, he used that Hidden Mist Technique incredibly smoothly, and his timing was great!"

A trace of appreciation flashed through Orochimaru's eyes as he said softly:

"His tactics were clear. He first used an