Nagato, who was driving the carriage, said quietly, "Yahiko, have you forgotten our mission?"
"This idiot has completely forgotten." Konan curled her lip.
"Ahhhh!!" Yahiko suddenly snapped out of it. "I completely forgot!!"
Sure enough.
Nagato and Konan both rolled their eyes. They had come out to train, not to rescue people.
If they kept following Yahiko's approach, when would they ever finish? By the time they saved every city in the Land of Rain, several years would probably have passed.
They silently prayed that their teacher would go easy on them when the time came.
"What do we do? What do we do?" Yahiko began to panic. They had been out for several months.
Yet they had not seen a trace of any ninjutsu or Rain Ninja.
The three of them were still exactly as they had been when they left.
Their chakra had increased somewhat.
But that would never be enough to bluff their way through!!
"All-powerful Nagato! Think of something!!" Yahiko could only look to Nagato for help.
Nagato spread his hands. What could he do? The Rinnegan could not turn into a time machine.
Even if they returned to the past, judging by Yahiko, nothing would change.
Just then, all three turned toward the woods to one side.
Four dark figures suddenly blocked their path.
A man with a foxlike smile narrowed his eyes at the three of them. "You're Dawn, aren't you?"
The three exchanged glances, then looked at the four blocking their way and spoke in unison. "Rain Ninja!!?"
The man with the foxlike smile tilted his head. "Since you know who we are, come with us. Don't resist."
All three jumped down from the carriage, their gazes grave as they watched the three men.
Yahiko demanded in a low voice, "Where are you