Karura glanced at Rasa's stern face and knew at once that her guess was right.
But she really had felt the urge to slap Rasa. How had the system known?
Could this be fate?
Karura's thoughts took an unusual turn. When she first encountered the system, she didn't wonder why it had appeared or whether someone had trapped her in Genjutsu. Instead, she weighed the consequences of slapping Rasa and whether she should do it.
No, it was more than that. Karura hadn't even considered whether the system was good or bad for her. She instinctively felt it was on her side.
Did that mean Uchiha Yin was her Fated One?
Karura blinked, bewildered.
But Uchiha Yin is a hero of Konoha, and I'm from Sunagakure. That doesn't seem like a good idea, does it?
Although Sunagakure and Konoha were allies, relations between the two Ninja Villages were nowhere near as good as people imagined.
During the Second Shinobi World War, Sunagakure had been forced into an alliance with Konoha only because Chiyo had died and its forces were depleted.
How could the people of Sunagakure accept that?
Rasa noticed that Karura, too, seemed distracted. She wasn't sensing their surroundings as he had ordered, and displeasure showed on his face.
"Karura, I told you to sense what's around us."
Impatience crossed Rasa's face. He was deeply unhappy that Karura had been standing there in a daze.
"Rasa, we're only a temporary team. You're not our captain, so stop ordering us around," Pakura said bluntly.
"Hmph. Losing focus at a time like this—are you trying to get me killed?" Rasa snorted in disdain.
Hearing Pakura and Rasa argue, Karura snapped back to her senses. "All right, all right, stop fighting. It was my fault for spacing out."
"Karura, you let Rasa