Another string of rag dolls fell, pelting Anko until she cried out in pain.
Uchiha Yin had placed the dolls there on purpose. They were part of Anko's training.
If he gave Anko no goal and simply made her stand under the waterfall, the training would be less effective.
"Try dodging properly!" Uchiha Yin said, sipping his tea at his leisure.
"You've still got me tied up! Don't say that like it's easy!"
Unfortunately, Anko didn't seem to appreciate Uchiha Yin's good intentions at all.
If the rope hadn't held her, she would have rushed over and tried to beat him up.
She would probably have come off worse, but Anko wasn't one to give in so easily.
That was one thing about her character that Uchiha Yin admired.
"You're my student. Figure out how to handle a little thing like this yourself." Uchiha Yin stretched.
"Once you're on the battlefield, things won't be this easy."
"The battlefield?!" Anko cried. Kurenai and Rin, standing nearby, exclaimed too.
Tu Susu didn't know what was going on, but when she saw Kurenai and Rin react, she cried out along with them.
"That's right. What's so surprising? Plenty of students from your year are already on the battlefield. You're late, if anything," Uchiha Yin said with a nod.
"A sapling raised in a greenhouse will never grow into a towering tree. We leave for the front line the day after tomorrow."
His words left Kurenai and Rin silent.
Even Anko, who was usually so loud, said nothing.
They knew a Ninja's duty, but the battlefield still felt like something distant.
They had never expected to be sent there themselves, and so soon.
The battlefield meant brutality. It meant death.
But it also meant military achievements and a chance to make a name for