Yahiko decisively shook his head, forcing a smile onto his face. "Teacher, I don't think I really need it."
"No, I think you do," Hyuga Akira said with a hollow smile.
Soon, Yahiko's screams rang out through the base.
The incessant screams made several wandering ninja approaching the village stop in their tracks.
The wandering ninja exchanged looks.
"Someone else hasn't found it, have they?"
"There's plenty of food there."
"We can't let anyone beat us to it!"
They quickened their pace toward the village ahead.
As mentioned earlier, the Land of Rain had been reduced to a wasteland. For a group of children to still live fairly well, they naturally had to have a large stockpile of food.
Besides, they had driven out quite a few people, so the large food stores hidden here were no longer a secret.
Naturally, that attracted others' covetous attention.
Chapter 215: The three children's shortcomings
"What's that?"
His face bruised and swollen, Yahiko looked toward the village entrance. Nagato and Konan looked that way too.
Hyuga Akira said slowly, "One of chakra's basic functions. You can sense people who possess chakra, and they aren't very good at concealing their chakra fluctuations."
Possessing both chakra and the properties of Nen, the three counted as a special category among shinobi: sensory shinobi.
The three instantly realized something.
"Enemies!" Yahiko's expression changed, and he suddenly shouted, "Everyone, hide!"
The children present quickly heard the order and ran toward the back.
Some children with a talent for being shinobi stayed behind.
"I said everyone!" Yahiko roared at them.
Normally, they dealt with ordinary people, and there was no problem letting these children fight. But now there were chakra fluctuations, meaning their opponents were shinobi at the very least.
They might well be shinobi from Amegakure, and