Sasuke and Naruto stared at each other for three seconds. Then Sasuke raised his head and said proudly, "With my control, do you think I'd miss?"
Naruto thought about it, then shook his head.
Thanks to his Kekkei Genkai, Sasuke had excellent control and aim-better than Naruto's and about on par with Hinata's.
So if it was Sasuke, he should be able to pull it off.
"All right, let's go."
Hinata led the three of them toward the hornets' nest.
A few dozen seconds later, in a small patch of grass not far from the nest.
Four heads huddled together.
"Hey, look. Those are the hornets."
A finger poked out of the grass and pointed at the hornets flying beside the nest as someone spoke.
"Why aren't they in their nest?"
Karin tilted her head, resting it on Sasuke's shoulder as she asked.
"...Because it's daytime."
Feeling the weight on his shoulder, Sasuke fell silent for a moment before explaining.
"Then what do we do? We can't carry out our plan. If we can't get them all in one go, the surviving hornets will come after us."
The buzzing of the hornets' wings filled the air. It was quite a headache.
"How about we wait until noon? Hornets should take afternoon naps, right? After all, it's so hot now. Surely there won't still be hornets flying around outside at noon."
Hinata made her suggestion, and the other three all looked at her in surprise.
"Wh-what is it?"
Looking at the others staring at her, Hinata felt inexplicably shy.
"Nothing. It's just the first time I've heard you say so much, Hinata."
Karin explained. After all, although Hinata hadn't been shy about talking to everyone before, she never said very much at a time. More often, she listened or watched Karin's