185. Hunting for heaven
“eight o’clock, minus thirty degrees, seventy two meters, Heaven scroll, Suna.”
Once team Yamato reached the center they quickly ran past it to the heaven scroll side of the forest. It didn’t take long for Hinata to find a group of genin with their objective. Without any words the team changed their trajectory.
It didn’t take long for them to reach the ninja that Hinata had found and so they got to work. Using hand signs Hinata told the other two not only who had the scroll but where they hid it. Like predators stalking their prey the trio separated to attack from different angles.
-No lethal force unless absolutely necessary- Nozomi communicated using hand signs. Seeing as they are Suna-nin, meaning “Allies” of the leaf, Nozomi decided against outright killing them. Điscover new chapters at novelhall.com
The trio looked towards their opponents, two waiting for the go ahead while the last analyzed the enemy. Though their opponents are just genin Nozomi decided to take the situation seriously. After all, “The first and easiest way to become a corpse is to underestimate an enemy” that is what Tomoka drilled into her and Hinata’s mind.
Finding who should be the leader as well as the weakest link through observation was easy seeing as the trio was too relaxed for their situation. Using hand signs Nozomi assigned targets to the other two before giving the go ahead.
“Well color me impressed, you three are the first to finish and not only that but you beat the record by a lot, five hours to be exact.” Iruka appeared in a puff of smoke after they opened the scrolls inside the tower.
“What was our time?” Nozomi asked curious, her internal clock told her that no more than an hour should have passed, maybe just half.
“forty three minutes.” Iruka responded oozing pride. After all, they were his students at one point.
“Neat, What was the previous record?” Hinata was the one to ask this time. It was expected really, after her shyness had disappeared it was replaced by competitiveness.
“Five hours and fifty seven minutes. At the time it was considered an unbeatable record.” Iruka answered in a conversational tone as he signed for them to follow him.