Only then did Tazuna notice the unusual expressions on the three girls' and the jonin's faces. He finally began to worry and said quietly, "I won't move. Please, you have to protect me. Nothing can happen to me!"
Hearing this, Ino Yamanaka grew a little angry, a rare occurrence for her. "Mr. Tazuna, we'd do that even if you didn't ask. You really are terrified of dying!" She shot him a disdainful glance.
Unexpectedly, Tazuna showed no sign of anger. He merely said forlornly, "At my age, I'm no longer afraid of dying. But there are still so many things I haven't done. I can't die yet!"
Ino Yamanaka acted as though she hadn't heard him, her pale eyes constantly scanning their surroundings as if trying to find where that person was hiding.
Hinata, meanwhile, stood to one side and instantly activated her Byakugan. After carefully searching the area, she finally spotted a figure with chakra flowing through him at the very edge of her visual range. She quietly told the others, "On a tree trunk two hundred meters to the northwest! He's very strong!"
Ino Yamanaka and Sakura Haruno immediately turned their eyes in that direction, staring fixedly as they waited for the man to approach, their expressions tense. Hinata's assessments were always objective. If she said he was strong, he was certainly not someone they could handle. Even so, none of the three was afraid. After all, they had Uchiha Yin as their powerful backup.
Looking in that direction, Sakura Haruno said to Uchiha Yin with a grin, "Sensei, we'll still do our best against this one, but we're counting on you to save our lives!"
Uchiha Yin chuckled. "Don't worry. With your teacher here, how could I let you die?" As he spoke, Hinata Hyuga, who had