It seems to be... a small team!
"Strangeness!"
"Why do these people seem to be heading this way?"
"Is something going on?"
Araki appeared to be staring at the spoon, but inwardly he began to wonder; this was completely unexpected.
Araki sensed that these people were approaching step by step and were expected to reach the doorway in a few seconds.
This action made him almost certain that these people were coming for them.
I don't know if it's aimed at me, or Kushina; I'm wondering if it's Mikoto.
Araki, it's you!
"It's you!"
Kushina and Mikoto cheered almost simultaneously. Just then, Araki came to his senses and realized that the spoon on the table had stopped pointing at him.
"Please wait a moment." Araki smiled helplessly, immediately stood up, and walked towards the door.
"Hey, you're not going to run away, are you?!" Mikoto exclaimed anxiously.
Kushina nodded in agreement, sharing the same thought, her beautiful eyes fixed intently on Araki.
"Won't."
Araki shook his head, pointed to the door, and said, "I'll go check the door. It seems it wasn't closed properly when I came in."
"You can forget something like that?" Mikoto said, expressing disbelief.
"I'll go check it out. After all, you wouldn't want others to hear about your drinking, would you?" Araki said calmly.
"Damn it!" Mikoto clenched her fists tightly. She felt offended by Araki, but she had no evidence.
As Araki reached the doorway, he could clearly sense four auras surging towards him.
He gently raised his hand and turned the lock. The instant he opened the door, two figures darted out from behind him with lightning speed.
These are two wooden figures; their facial features instantly become clear and colored, making them look exactly like Araki.
These are two Wood Clone.
at the same time.
The appearance of the Wood Clone began to change.
The two Wood Clone instantly transformed into other forms. Upon closer inspection, they were revealed to be the third member of the Junior Detective League, besides Fugaku and Mikoto: Uchiha Ueki.
This is a Wood Transformation superimposed on top of a Wood Clone.
The most significant characteristic of Wood Release Ninjutsu is its realism!
Wood Release Chakra itself is rich in life energy. In principle and essence, Wood Release Clone are not much different from Shadow Clone. After all, when the Second Hokage Tobirama Senju, was developing Shadow Clone, he referenced Hashirama's Wood Clone.
Apart from Madara Uchiha's unique Mangekyō Sharingan, no one else in the entire ninja world could see through the Wood Clone.
The same principle applies to Wood Transformation, which can make the disguise so convincing that it is difficult to distinguish between the real and the fake.
Now, if anyone saw those two figures, they would only think it was Uchiha Ueki; they wouldn't suspect anyone else was there.
"Snap!"
Araki closed the door again, smiled, and walked towards the dining table, saying, "Looks like I was wrong. I really didn't lock it properly. But I'm relieved this time; I locked it again."
"I told you you were doing this on purpose. You were just trying to escape, weren't you? Now you're being punished. It's Kushina's turn. Tell me, which do you choose, truth or dare?" Mikoto said irritably.
"Of course, that's the truth." Araki smiled slightly, as if nothing had happened.
"Um..."
Kushina pursed her lips, pondering what question to ask Araki. She had already asked him once, and if she continued now, the topic would seem too deliberate, and she felt it would be strange. She was unsure for a moment.
"Besides Might Duy and Tsunade, do you have any other teachers?"
Instead of venturing into more common topics, Kushina started asking about things she had always been curious about.
Now is the perfect opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of Araki.
There has never been such an opportunity before.
These words were spoken.
Mikoto immediately looked at Araki, and at that moment, many ideas popped into her head, and she understood how to ask the next truth question.
After all, she had more questions about Araki before.
It's not about feelings.
It's about the case itself!
"Some."
After listening, Araki nodded seriously and said, " Ibuki-sensei."
"Who is Ibuki-sensei?" Mikoto couldn't help but ask.
"Our Ninja Academy teachers," Kushina explained, then looked at Araki and said, "I didn't expect you to include Ibuki-sensei."
" Ibuki-sensei is very important to me. Without him, I don't know what I would be doing now, so he is definitely my teacher!"
Araki's expression was serious, with a smile playing on his lips. Everything he said up to this point was still the truth, without any lies.
Kushina's questions were all unhelpful!
The questions haven't reached a point where he can't answer them.
and...
When Araki answered this question, Ibuki-sensei and some past experiences came to mind.
If it weren't for Ibuki-sensei signing him up for the medical-nin interview, he wouldn't have been able to become Tsunade's student so smoothly.
This is a very strong causal relationship!
after all.
For Araki...
He was just an ordinary student at the Ninja Academy, with no possibility of ever having contact with Tsunade.
If it weren't for Ibuki-sensei...
Therefore, Araki will definitely not pursue the path of medical-nin.
A year from now, when he graduates from the Ninja Academy, he will still have to do some potentially very dangerous missions, just like other ninjas.
It can be said that...
His Ibuki-sensei, provided him with tremendous help.
Araki was not an ungrateful person. He never said anything about what Ibuki-sensei had done for him, but he always remembered it.
"My turn! My turn!"
Mikoto stared at Araki with eager anticipation. She had already decided what to punish Araki with, whether it was truth or dare, she had thought it all through clearly.
"Um..."
Araki pondered for a moment, then said, "The truth."
"Where would you rank in terms of strength at the Ninja Academy?" Mikoto stared intently at Araki, asking the question that had been on her mind.
at the same time.
Araki's two Wood Clone sensed the commotion outside and began to move.
The two split up.
Each Wood Clone contains ten Explosive Tag mixed with Purple Blood poison, allowing it to kill its target by self-destructing upon detection.
Even if the opponent manages to survive the explosion, the Purple Blood Poison will cause their wounds to bleed uncontrollably until they die completely.
As for why two were used...
Araki's decision at that moment was to use one clone as the main attacker and the other as a backup for observation. If one clone could solve the problem, then he would definitely not waste the second one. Ten Explosive Tag were worth a full 2,000 ryo!
That's a considerable expense!
Most importantly...
Araki hoped he was overthinking things and that these people had nothing to do with him. In that case, he could simply gather intelligence without having to pay the price of Explosive Tag.
This will make me feel a little more at ease.
After disguising themselves as Uchiha Ueki, the two Wood Clone quickly separated to their respective positions to observe the situation.
For Araki, the Wood Clone are no longer for combat, but for suicide, specifically designed to deliver Explosive Tag and poison to the opponent's face.
Right now.
Araki's two Wood Clone each observed the current situation from different perspectives.
In their line of sight, they could vaguely see three figures sneaking in from the direction of his residence.
Araki's two parts were like pieces of wood, completely devoid of any life force, and remained completely hidden from the gaze of the three figures.
Besides these three figures, there was a fourth figure in the distance.
However, the figure seemed to be a squad leader, not easily coming down to fight or give any orders. Everything was in a very tacit silence, as if they had already thought out all the plans before they arrived.
"This is..."
At that moment, Araki's two Wood Clone both focused their gazes on the foreheads of the three figures, and could see the patterns on their ninja Forehead Protector, indicating that all three were ninjas from Kumogakure.
"It's them again!"
Araki's two Wood Clone knew almost without thinking what was going on.
If there are no surprises, it should be those ninjas from Kumogakure that he dealt with earlier. It's normal that those ninjas didn't report back to Kumogakure in time, since they were all dead and the dead have no way to send messages back.
So for some time after that period, Kumogakure was probably in a state of waiting for the mission to return.