Inside Shindai's tent.
Shindai was stuffing things into his small backpack; this time, he absolutely had to give Chiyo a huge surprise, to completely break that old geezer Chiyo's composure!
Obito, who had been rejected by Shindai, stood with his hands on his hips and said, "Aren't we companions? We're a team! How can we let you go on a mission alone?"
Shindai casually replied, "Mine is a solo mission!"
Obito tugged on Kakashi beside him: "Say something, why don't you! Are you just going to watch Shindai go and get himself killed?"
Shindai made a fist gesture at Obito: "Killed my ass, don't talk nonsense! I'm in a good mood right now, I don't want to hit you!"
Kakashi was actually quite worried about Shindai.
Because Orochimaru had said that Shindai's chances of failure would be high, and the probability of death was not low either.
Kakashi said to Shindai, "Shindai, this mission of yours isn't a solo mission. Because Lord Orochimaru said you're a member of our squad, and it's up to us to decide whether to go or not. And since I'm the captain, the decision is mine."
Obito, who had always had reservations about Kakashi's captaincy, didn't argue this time. He chimed in, "That's right, Kakashi is the captain, you have to listen to Kakashi!"
Shindai squinted at Kakashi: "What? Kakashi, you're going to boss me around too?"
Kakashi sighed, feeling a bit troubled: "Do you think I want to? First, Lord Orochimaru said that Chiyo's departure route is from behind their station, meaning you need to bypass the Sand Ninja station and pursue at full speed.
This means you won't be able to accurately and effectively judge your surroundings. It's very possible you won't find Chiyo and instead get surrounded by Sand Ninjas, isn't that right?
But if we're there, I, you, and Obito can advance in a triangular formation, with each person guarding one direction, which would be much safer."
Shindai's hands, which were packing things, paused. What Kakashi said made a little sense.
Rin Nohara heard something amiss: "That's not right, it sounds like you guys aren't planning on bringing me."
Kakashi said to Rin Nohara, "This mission is very dangerous, so..."
Rin Nohara immediately pouted: "Am I not part of your team anymore? Am I just redundant in your three-person world?!"
Kakashi helplessly said, "I didn't mean that."
Obito directly decided: "Then let's set off quickly!"
Shindai grumbled, "What do you mean'set off quickly'? I haven't even agreed yet. Forget it..."
Shindai straightened his back and said to Kakashi, Obito, and Rin Nohara, "It's fine if you want to follow me, but from now on, Kakashi's captaincy is revoked. I'll be the captain. Do you all agree?"
Obito immediately said, "I agree! You're the captain from now on!"
Kakashi's dead-fish eyes glanced at Obito.
His captaincy was just revoked like that? They weren't even going to ask for his opinion?
Luckily, Rin Nohara...
"I agree too!"
Kakashi's dead-fish eyes looked at Rin Nohara again. Why did Rin Nohara want to revoke his captaincy too?
Just as Kakashi was about to speak, Shindai continued, "Since you all agree, then I'm the captain."
Kakashi:...So no one was going to ask for his opinion, huh? His captaincy was just revoked like that, huh? That's too much!
Kakashi's mouth moved, but he still chose not to speak.
Let it be revoked, it's only temporary anyway. Besides, his opinion was completely unimportant now, because no one was listening to him at all.
Shindai instructed, "Since I'm the captain, all actions from now on must follow my arrangements. Understand? If you don't understand, you're not allowed to go!"
"Understood!"
Obito and Rin Nohara responded very enthusiastically to Shindai.
Then, Shindai, Obito, and Rin Nohara all looked at Kakashi, who hadn't responded.
Kakashi reluctantly agreed, "Got it."
Shindai, with his small backpack on his shoulder, said, "Let's leave immediately. We're short on time. We'll talk about this mission on the way."
This time, Squad Kakashi... oh no, it's renamed now, it's called Squad Shindai.
Under Shindai's leadership, they set off to pursue Chiyo.
On the way, Shindai said to the three of them, "Since you eavesdropped, you know I'm going to deal with Chiyo. Remember, it'll be a one-on-one showdown between me and Chiyo. You're not allowed to interfere; just hide on the side. Your role is to escort me to find Chiyo!"
Obito asked, "Huh? We're not allowed to interfere? I was planning on going all out! Why one-on-one? Isn't ganging up better?"
Shindai twitched the corner of his mouth and retorted, "It's just one Chiyo, how are you going to go all out? Cut off Chiyo's limbs and place them in four directions to represent 'going all out'? As for ganging up... honestly, even with a few more people, we probably can't kill Chiyo. We absolutely cannot kill Chiyo with just our strength."
Rin Nohara was very confused: "Since you, Shindai, know you can't kill Chiyo, why are you still risking danger to find her?"
Shindai sighed: "Did you think I was just talking when I said I was confident alone, but it would be dangerous if you came with me? I've made thorough preparations. My goal is simply to disgust Chiyo, to break her composure, and then see if there's a chance to slap her old face.
So, there's no way I'll engage her in a direct fight. I'll use all sorts of methods to affect her. Therefore, if you join the battle, it would actually put me at a disadvantage, because it's very likely to turn into a direct confrontation. Do you understand?"
This time, not only Kakashi and Rin Nohara, but Obito also understood.
"So that's how it is. Then how do you plan to disgust that Chiyo, Shindai?"
Shindai smiled mysteriously: "You'll see when the time comes. If we don't find Chiyo, then there's no point in saying it now. I'm absolutely confident I can make her lose her composure, and big time! You and Ebizo, Rasa, want to disgust me? Let's see who can disgust whom more!"
Shindai let out bursts of evil laughter, which made the three of them feel uneasy.
In terms of being despicable, they had never seen anyone more despicable than Shindai; even Jiraiya couldn't compare. So... the three of them truly believed Shindai could really disgust that Chiyo.
Meanwhile, on the other side, Chiyo was on her way back to the Land of Wind.
However, Chiyo was not moving fast; one could even say she was moving leisurely.
Because in Chiyo's opinion, she was very safe now. Otherwise, she wouldn't have chosen to leave alone, and she wouldn't be busy next, so she wasn't in a hurry. She treated it as a stroll, returning to the village while thinking about Sasori and who might be spreading rumors.
Chiyo suddenly stopped. Her loose eyelids suddenly twitched, and she had a very bad premonition.
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