"Cut..."
Seeing the wicked smile on Yūichi's face, Shin'un shook his head, not intending to pay him any attention.
Looking up, Shin'un saw the Ninja Hawk swooping down towards him from the horizon.
"Whoosh~"
With a faint whooshing sound, the Ninja Hawk swiftly swooped down to Shin'un's head, flapped its wings a few times, and finally landed on Shin'un's shoulder.
"Gurgle~"
Shin'un raised his hand and touched the smooth feathers of the Ninja Hawk on his shoulder, then took the letter out of the letterbox on its leg.
"How is it? Was it sent by Shikaku Nara?"
Beside him, Yūichi leaned closer, curiously looking at the note in Shin'un's hand.
Shin'un unfolded the note in his hand, glanced at it, and nodded.
"That's right, it's news from Shikaku."
The paper contained very little information, which Shin'un quickly read through. He then turned to Yūichi and said with a smile:
"This is good news that we expected."
" Chiyo two thousand Sand Ninja left behind by Chiyo in the Land of Rain were stopped by Shikaku."
"They originally planned to detour through the Land of Rivers back to the Land of Wind, but they didn't expect Shikaku to have anticipated this and led his team to block their path."
"There was no other way; they had to turn back and return to their original camp."
After saying that, Shin'un folded the note in his hand and handed it to Yūichi, indicating that he should burn it.
Taking the note, Yūichi unfolded it and looked at it. Then, he channeled his Chakra and used a small-scale Fire Style to burn it. He looked at Shin'un with some confusion and asked:
"Return the way you came?"
"So you failed to capture those two thousand Sand Ninja?"
Turning his head, Shin'un looked at Yūichi, shook his head, and said:
Why were they captured?
"It's good to let them return to their camp on their own. That way, although these two thousand Sand Ninja haven't been captured by us, they're practically prisoners since they've exhausted all their resources."
"They're all at the mercy of others."
At this point, Shin'un stood up, stretching his limbs as he jokingly said:
"Furthermore, the Land of Rain is perpetually shrouded in rain and sunshine, and has virtually no vegetation."
"In a few days, we might have to send them some food to prevent them from starving."
"That makes some sense..." Hearing Shin'un's teasing, Yūichi nodded in agreement.
Seeing Yūichi nod, his brow furrowed as if lost in thought, Shin'un smiled and said:
"Alright, your three teammates were only assigned to your team yesterday."
"Although they, like you, have just been promoted from Genin, they were teammates personally selected for you by the teacher from the list. Their ninja talent may not be as good as yours, but at least they won't hold you back."
"As the team leader, you need to take some responsibility, curb your foul mouth, and properly guide them in their teamwork."
"Don't let your team members get injured on their first mission."
Did you know?
"Tch..." Hearing Shin'un's lecture, Yūichi raised his head, his face showing disdain, and waved his hand, saying:
"I know, I know."
"Our team has already disbanded, and you, the former captain, are still lecturing me."
"My teacher said something similar to me yesterday. How worried are you all about me?"
At this point, Yūichi straightened up, smiled, and gave Shin'un a thumbs-up, his bright white teeth gleaming.
Don't worry!
"I will get along peacefully with my three teammates!"
Looking at the familiar-looking Yūichi in front of him, Shin'un's lips twitched.
" Yūichi, I've wanted to ask you for a long time... do you know a Might named Genin?"
"Huh?" Hearing this, Yūichi was somewhat taken aback. After frowning and thinking for a moment, he said in confusion:
" Might... Genin?"
"I don't know you, why are you asking me this?"
Shaking his head, Shin'un replied with a smile:
"It's nothing, I just feel like you and this Might Genin would have a lot in common."
"Common language?"
Yūichi looked puzzled and frowned as he asked.
"For example... you two are the kind of people who don't care about day or night when you're cultivating."
I think it will be more efficient for you to cultivate together with him than to cultivate on your own.
"Oh~" Upon hearing this, Yūichi immediately laughed, stroking his chin as he said:
"Really? Even though he's just Genin, since you've said so, then this Might Genin must have something special about him."
"Maybe we can get to know each other sometime..."
Nodding with a smile, Shin'un stopped joking with Yūichi, coughed a few times, and said seriously:
"Cough cough~"
Alright, enough of this small talk.
"Go find your team members quickly. I also need to go to the central camp to report on the situation with Shikaku."
"Okay, see you next time." Seeing Shin'un bring up serious matters, Yūichi nodded, raised his Teuchi greeting, and then vanished from the spot in Body Flicker Technique.
"Whoosh~"
Turning around, Shen Yun watched Xiong Yi's departing figure in an instant, then he also gathered his chakra and vanished in an instant.
At the entrance to the central tent of the Konoha camp.
A relatively young-looking Konoha Jonin seeing Shin'un arrive in Body Flicker Technique, immediately stood up straight and greeted him excitedly.
" Lord Hirakawa!"
Shin'un smiled and nodded at him before approaching the tent.
Shin'un had only taken a few steps forward when he raised an eyebrow as he heard a noisy discussion coming from inside the tent.
"Listen to me! Cripple their limbs..."
"Nonsense, you want to kill them? I think you should force-feed them poison..."
"No, we should ask Lady Tsunade to research a method that can destroy a ninja's meridians and can be used on a large scale..."
"Enough! Sunagakure isn't stupid; they won't redeem a cripple!"
Hearing this, Shin'un shook his head, lifted the tent flap, and went straight inside.
What came into view was a scene of several senior Jonin around a round table, engaged in a heated discussion.
Among them, Nara Shikahito, whom Shin'un was looking for, stood frowning at the corner of the round table.
" Lord Hirakawa."
" Lord Hirakawa."
Hearing the commotion, the several senior Jonin who were arguing heatedly Jonin around and greeted Shin'un.
" Shin'un? Is something the matter?"
Turning his head, Nara Shikahito raised his hand to press his temples, looking at Shin'un with a puzzled expression.
Shin'un nodded and got straight to the point:
"Senior Shikahito, there's news about Shikaku."
Upon hearing this, Nara Shikahito raised his eyebrows, immediately understanding what news Shin'un was referring to, and promptly inquired.
"Did they manage to stop those two thousand Sand Ninja?"
Nodding, Shin'un replied:
"They stopped it."
Shikaku and his troops blocked their path.
"Now, the two thousand Sand Ninja from the Land of Rain have nowhere to go but back to their original camp."
"Phew~"
Upon hearing this news, Nara Shikahito let out a deep breath, and the furrowed brow that had remained even after their successful victory against Chiyo's team the day before finally relaxed.
That's enough.
Turning around, Nara Shikahito walked to a chair in the corner of the tent, sat down comfortably, and said with a smile:
"With these two thousand Sand Ninja in our hands, Konoha will be the sole winner of this Shinobi World War."