This will be easy.

We began to tie them tightly to the tree.

I secretly create some ropes plus I'm prepared to apologize if they ask me where I got it from.

So we quickly left in the middle of the night…

One of the subjects who was unconscious raises his head.

…

"Is it okay that we just left them like that? What if they wake up and take a shortcut to their base that we didn't anticipate?" Rai asks

"Don't worry, I already took care of it"

"Mn?" He glanced at Sayuki's face but it shows no emotion.

"What did you do?"

"I put a delayed action poison on them plus some insects to track them, if they're heading our way then they must have something to do with where we're going"

He widened his eyes a bit surprised.

'Are those insects poisonous?'

I look back a little ashamed of their fates.

I quickly turn my head forgetting these 'dead' men.

…

As we kept jumping through the trees I suddenly remembered something.

'I wonder how the relationships are in the interface, it's been a while since I checked them''

Tenten:♥♥♥(3.6)

Ino:♥♥♥(3.9)

Naruko:♥♥♥(4.3)

Satsuki:♥♥♥(3.8)

Sakura:♥♥♥(3.3?)

???:♥♥♥♥♥

A part of them are as before.

Naruko's counter catches my eye.

"It seems that the events of that time have deeply marked him *sigh*"

He then moved on to Ino's section.

'He didn't go as high as he expected but at least things seem to be going well' I look at Ino's counter compared to Naruko's.

I breathe a sigh of relief knowing that at least when she returns to the village she won't hate me for being with Sakura.

With a stone out of my heart I prepare to look at the last one.

Then my attention falls into question.

'I hadn't expected Sakura's counter to go up even a bit, I even thought that she would hate me for a very long time'

'Is he some kind of masochist?'' I have a strange look seeing this strange.

I wonder what that question mark next to it means.

Unfortunately there is no description about it so I can only imagine it.

'Knowing Sakura's character, it is most likely that she wants to beat me up when she arrives in the village, so I think that this counter does not affect the result much'

Satsuki and Tenten's counter hasn't changed at all.

It was to be expected because my interaction with them is limited lately.

'I'll fix that later, for now I should focus on how I'm going to deal with Ino and Sakura's problem'

Ino, for his part, is a very intelligent person, so I know that he has definitely guessed something about what happened, on that side at least we won't have the situation misunderstood.

As for Sakura, even though she's not stupid, I bet she's been carried away by her emotions now.

*sigh* Looking at my options, this may have several developments of which I hope this is resolved in the most peaceful and understanding way possible.

…

After walking around for a while Sayuki clucked.

"Tsk, they lasted less than I thought"

I look a little puzzled.

"Well, I guess I overestimated them a lot"

"What bad luck to those guys…"

…

"We should be about 10 to 15 minutes away by now"

"Well, I think this deserves a good rest" I sit on the floor ready to take a little nap, you have to be in good condition.

Sayuki frowns seeing me so lazy.

"No, not this time, we are close to enemy territory, resting now could be counterproductive so let's continue"

"But I need it, I can't fight without my daily rest, I couldn't even sleep well last night"

"No, we'll leave now" Then she starts walking with Rai following her leaving me behind.

"That can't be, I know you are tired too"

They completely ignore me.

I can only follow them to avoid being left behind.

"Hey, this is unfair, don't leave me here!"

….

After a few minutes of walking we arrived.

"So this is that gold mine huh" she watched in the distance as a group of people seemed to be carrying rocks.

Among them there are people who stand out with whips.

"And those must be the bandits, they look so normal, I think that after all we had met with an accident"

"Don't claim victory so quickly, did you at least see what his boss was like to say that this is very common?" Rai contradicts me.

"Enough, look"

She looked away from Rai and looked ahead, there in the distance you can see how a figure seems to be hitting another on the ground.

"Oops, that must must leave you unable to sleep on your back in bed"

I say thinking about how annoying it would be to have constant back pain.

"These should be our targets" Sayuki ignoring my earlier comment.

"Then we should go in now and eliminate them quickly or we should wait for the night, I think the night is a good option as it ensures our chances"

"Why so much complicity? Let's quickly eliminate them, after all they are just ordinary people"

"Barbarian tactics" Rai glares at me instantly.

"At least I'm not a coward" This time it's my turn to penetrate him with my eyes.

"It's called tactic as opposed to mindless savagery"

Rai understanding that I mean him grits his teeth slightly.

"What did you say?"

"Stop it, you two" Just then, before things escalate, Sayuki interrupts.

"We must focus on doing this mission in the most efficient and prudent way possible." She adjusts her glasses.

"We'll go at night"

I instantly put on a victorious smile.

"What(!)?, but that-"

"Have you not noticed the strangeness of the matter?" She interrupts before Rai can continue.

"Strange?"

"Yes, since we came to this place everything seems to be very disconcerting" She adjusts his glasses again.

Rai instantly becomes thoughtful as I do the same too.

"On the way here we asked several people but no one knew about this place, much less if there were bandits, besides that shortly after we were attacked"

"Yes but what do they have to do with each other?" Asked.

"While I was checking the belongings of the attackers, I realized that they were not carrying luggage, so they were not travelers but people who had a specific objective"

I was slightly surprised.