- To-san! - The red-haired projectile immediately crashed to his feet, hooking his hands firmly into the edge of his vest and hanging onto it with all his tiny weight. - Are you done?
- Almost," I smiled at my daughter, picking her up in my arms and kissing her cheek, "I'll be there in time for dinner.
- We'll eat in about fifteen minutes," Linley said, looking at us with a smile.
- As far as I remember, the paper was on the top shelf in the closet of your office," Saya answered my question, looking away from the stove.
- Thank you," I kissed her cheek, handed the little one to her mother and ran to the second floor.
It took a little while to find the paper in the closet, but I found three small squares under a pile of scrolls and returned to the range.
- So, take the papers, clamp your fingers and give a little chakra, - I instructed a little rested students, - which result is responsible for what - so you know.
- Yes, Sensei!
Taking the chakra paper, both of them frowned funny, and then almost simultaneously dropped them - one of them burst into flames, and the other one crumbled the ground. Well, that's what I figured.
- I've got Katon!" Hoshi jumped up and down, turning to me.
- Doton," Asani showed me a pinch of dust in her hands.
- Fire and Earth," I rubbed my chin thoughtfully, thinking of suitable techniques in my repertoire, "in principle, the attack and defense elements provide a fairly broad range of teamwork, and although I have other elements, there are several suitable ninjutsu that even geninas can do. But...
- But? - echoed the students.
- But that will be tomorrow, when you rest and restore your chakra reserves," he announced to the couple, smiling broadly.
- Sensei!
- No Sensei! All tomorrow, now go to lunch! - He waved away the genin who were outraged to the core. - And don't forget to stretch.
- Hai, Ryo-sensei," the kunoichi stretched frustratedly and leisurely stretched their way out of the lot.
I'd taught them that I didn't change my mind and it was useless to argue.
I hurried into the house after seeing them crawling, but if it wasn't for the intensive training and accelerated metabolism of the shinobi, I would have gained a decent amount of fat. It's nice when the women of the house not only know how to cook, but love to cook!
I frowned as I looked over the Ne surveillance tapes, even though at first glance there was nothing different from the normal activities of the Anbu branch under Shimura Danzo's command, something told me that serious trouble was coming.
Over the past few months, the shinobi's activity had increased somewhat, though no major operations were planned, and the time of peace was supposed to reduce the workload by using the regular Anbu in internal and external tasks. In the past, Shimura alone had done this, freeing up his forces for the immediate defense of the village and the war at the front, but there was no need for that now.
Putting aside the finely scribbled sheet, I picked up another and quickly ran my eyes over it, noting that the tracked fighters were being sent mostly toward Grass and Rain. What could that mean? Was Danzo paranoid about the Stone?
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