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Return Journey.
Akira Tsubaki, Kakashi, and Yūgao Uzuki marched on the road.
Strangely, Akira Tsubaki stared at the woods beside the road from time to time, as if he had discovered something.
This made the other two vigilant, and they split up to investigate.
"There is no one in the woods," Kakashi turned back, not understanding why Akira Tsubaki kept looking at the trees.
"There is no movement on the other side," Yūgao Uzuki reported.
This is strange.
Since no one was there, what was Akira Tsubaki doing staring at the woods?
In the end, Kakashi asked.
"Akira, is there anything unusual in the woods?"
"Huh? Don't you think the trees are cute today?"
While responding, Akira Tsubaki moved his gaze to the woods again.
"Cute?"
"Cute trees?"
Kakashi's mind was overwhelmed, and even Yūgao Uzuki had question marks all over her head.
This was the first time they had heard trees described as cute.
But in Akira Tsubaki's eyes, today's trees were indeed a bit cute.
They even seemed to greet him with a gentle 'shasha.'
"So, what's wrong with me? Did I become a tree lover after sleeping?"
Even Akira Tsubaki found this extremely strange.
In fact, ever since Kakashi woke him up this morning, he had been in this weird state.
"Could it be the reason why my attributes doubled?"
Suddenly, he remembered that he hadn't looked at the Attribute Panel today.
Name:Akira Tsubaki
Age:12 years old
Strength:458[Super · Kage-level]
Physique:2304 [Immortal level]
Agility:186[Kage-level]
Spirit:640 [Ultimate Immunity]
Chakra Amount:3588
Skills:None
Ninjutsu:Planetary Devastation (Class S) [Quality Evolution]
Ability:Wood Style Elementary Mastery (Trait: Affinity)
Comprehensive Strength Evaluation:Genin
Scanning the panel, his eyes fell on the Ability column.
"Doubling today resulted in Wood Style? Elementary Mastery? Affinity Trait?"
Akira Tsubaki was full of questions.
He always thought that Wood Style was just Wood Style. This ability shouldn't be subject to the doubling system. But in fact, today it had doubled.
After thinking for a while, Akira Tsubaki suddenly realized.
"Before, my Wood Style was just awakening, but now it's at the level of a large house with three bedrooms and two living rooms?"
"Is this the Yamato-level?"
As for the 'Affinity' feature, that must be why he thought the trees were cute.
But what use is this affinity?
Is it just that he and the trees look pleasing to each other?
"But it's fine. I am a Tree Affinity, not some other messy affinity!"
Outside the fortifications.
Twelve Genin gathered together.
In the middle, several corpses lay on the ground, lifeless.
Namikaze Minato did not say a word, his eyes filled with remorse and helplessness.
He had already reminded these teams that there were many traps inside and outside the fortifications, yet several people were still killed.
Ninjas need to go through hardships. It can be experienced in life, but there is only one chance.
"They were still too careless," Obito sighed.
In just a few days, he had grown significantly, no longer the cowardly flower he used to be.
"Hayate Gekkō was obviously only minorly injured, but he died suddenly," Ibiki Morino felt complicated.
This teammate concealed his injuries and ended up as a corpse too.
"At least they still have corpses, but what about Akira?" Rin whispered.
She thought Akira Tsubaki was the most pitiful, leading a team to sneak in, his life and death unknown.
Rustle~~
Suddenly, several figures came from far away, and it was Akira Tsubaki who had returned.
"Look, Akira Tsubaki's team is back!"
"They came back alive?"
"I knew they'd be fine."
Obito and Rin were overjoyed.
Anko pouted.
Ibiki Morino nodded toward Akira Tsubaki.
"You came back?" Minato asked briefly.
"Well, I'm back," Akira Tsubaki responded briefly.
Yūgao Uzuki ran to Hayate Gekkō's body, choking up continuously.
Kakashi looked at the corpses and fell silent.
"This is a letter from Hayate Gekkō to you."
Handing over a piece of paper covered in bloodstains, Namikaze Minato walked up to Yūgao Uzuki and handed over another piece of paper as well.
"A letter from Hayate Gekkō to me?"
Akira Tsubaki glanced at Hayate Gekkō's corpse, a bit puzzled.
Written by Hayate Gekkō before his death?
Couldn't he save himself if he had time to write?
Unfolding the folded letter, Akira Tsubaki saw crooked handwriting, stained with blood.
[Akira, I was distracted, and I ran into a Detonating Tag trap. I think I'm going to die.]
[Your parents died in battle, my parents died in battle, and so did Yūgao's parents. Are we kindred spirits?]
[I remember when I was in the Academy, you were the only one who never called me by my nickname. Likewise, I never called you Dead Last.]
[I hope you can read this letter. If so, it means that you are still alive, and Yūgao is still alive.]
[I have good news for you. Before I died, I awakened the Bloodline Limit. I turned out to be a genius.]
[I want to protect Yūgao, but I am going to die, so I decided to entrust this protective heart to you.]
[By the way, I heard Obito say you have a big public bath? This way, I feel relieved...]
After reading the letter, Akira Tsubaki remained expressionless.
He felt that the key point of Hayate Gekkō's letter was in the last line, and the rest was all emotional nonsense.
Unaffected by the letter, Akira Tsubaki found Minato-sensei and began to report on the tasks for the past two days.
Roof.
Akira Tsubaki sat on the eaves with Namikaze Minato.
After listening to Akira Tsubaki talk about the experience of the past two days, Namikaze Minato was sincerely moved.
This student has grown up! Got stronger! His Taijutsu has reached an extremely high level.
Then, Namikaze Minato thought of something and said.
"One of the two Cloud Shinobi you fought against should be the son of the Third Raikage (A), and I'm not sure about the other (Killer Bee)."
"Also, the withdrawal of Cloud Shinobi's vanguard should be related to you."
Akira Tsubaki was stunned.
About myself?
"How is this possible? I was just fighting those two people initially."
Akira Tsubaki didn't think it was his doing.
Could it be that he just exchanged blows with the AB combination once, and the opponent's large army retreated?
How is this possible?
"You, it seems that you still don't know the horror of your physical skills!"