After Najenda left, everyone's eyes turned to Uchiha Kazama.
"Is it really that hard for you to understand?!"
Uchiha Kazama looked just as puzzled.
"Do you even hear yourself!?"
"We're Night Raid!"
"Our job is to assassinate key figures, not confront the Empire's forces head-on!"
"Now tell me, how are we supposed to take that!?"
Mine's temper flared at once.
She was rather blunt by nature.
Whatever came to mind, she said outright.
But after saying all that, Mine felt a little regret.
Because that bastard was now staring at her as though she were an idiot.
"We're already very strong."
"Let me put it this way."
"If I wanted to, I really could wipe the Imperial City off the map!"
"So what do we have to fear!?"
Uchiha Kazama spread his hands, showing that he genuinely couldn't understand their worries.
"You..."
Mine was momentarily speechless.
After getting to know Uchiha Kazama over this time,
she knew he wasn't exaggerating his strength, but stating a fact.
The only reason they thought this way was that they had grown used to their old lives.
Simply put, they were stuck in their old ways of thinking.
None of them had been on any actual combat missions during this time.
So they hadn't experienced their own improvements firsthand.
Naturally, they had continued thinking the way they always had.
"All right, given the current situation, we're safe for now."
"Besides, with the defenses I've set up, there shouldn't be anyone in this world who can come straight into our base."
With that, Uchiha Kazama stood and left the Conference Room.
Uchiha Kazama still had a few things to do.
Namely, he needed to see this world's protagonist-Tatsumi.
At that moment, Tatsumi was confined in a special training room.
"Kazama!"
Seeing Uchiha Kazama approach, Tatsumi