"That's right! We can't let the killers get away with it! We have to avenge our parents, our clans, and our village!"
Seeing that their emotions were becoming impossible to control, Kakashi said coldly, "Don't you know how strong you are? You're not even Jonin. What makes you think you could survive a war between the great powers?"
Even as he spoke, Kakashi kept praying. Naruto, hurry up and get here.
If Naruto didn't show up soon, Kakashi felt he would lose control of the group.
Yet just as the villa's hall erupted into a clamor...
Someone knocked on the villa's front door.
Although everyone knew this was the temporary camp for Konoha's bodyguard ninja, even the Land of Waves generally wouldn't send anyone to disturb them.
The voices inside the villa immediately fell silent.
Many of the agitated boys and girls drew their kunai and took fighting stances.
They instinctively assumed that the enemy had found Konoha's survivors.
But at the sound of the knock, Kakashi secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He knew Naruto and Sasuke had arrived.
At this hour, in these circumstances, it had to be them.
"Get ready. I'll go see who it is."
The Konoha 10 quickly found cover, drawing kunai and shuriken so they could strike at any moment.
Kakashi and Guy walked toward the villa's front door.
"Kakashi, who would come here at a time like this?"
Guy looked at Kakashi as he asked.
"I don't know. Don't ask anything yet. Let's see what's going on first."
Without giving Guy another chance to ask, Kakashi unlocked the door.
"Creak..."
The villa's front door swung open, and a cold sea breeze swept into the house.
Outside stood a tall young man dressed in black, holding hands with a tall, stunning woman whose long