Ambush.

After a moment we look for a place to rest, tomorrow it's time to go to

kicking butt

It should be the best job right, beating people up and getting thanked for it.

Then when we were about to sleep Sayuki spoke quietly.

"Careful tonight, they're watching us" Then he quickly gets into his sleeping bag.

Rai dilates his pupils a bit but calmly gets into his sleeping bag.

I a little surprised went into the sleeping bag too.

'Wow, she really noticed but it was to be expected since she has those nasty bugs on her body'

Speaking of bugs, I really wouldn't want to give him a hug, I don't want to have those things all over my body.

But changing the subject I should sleep as much as I can because later I won't be able to sleep.

Then I quickly start to sleep.

zzzz

Then ask yourself 'How the hell can you sleep in this situation?! Your life is at risk!'.

Calm down, calm down, don't rush because otherwise you will choke on your own saliva.

I'm not fully asleep, I'm half asleep.

I am in passive meditation.

Which is different from normal meditation, because I would say that active meditation has the objective of entering a state of relaxation in which my objective is to be one with the environment.

On the contrary, passive meditation induces me in a sensation of latency where the objective is to let myself go with the flow. In simple words, my brain is not so focused on being one with the environment, so I can pay some alertness to the outside. defending myself from outside threats as if I hadn't slept in the first place.

Sounds good right?

But let me tell you that obviously this state does not allow my brain to rest much so you need more hours of sleep than a normal person.

But anyway, at least I rest a bit, that's quite good as a method of resting and disguising so that the enemy lowers his guard.

But my companions who are alert are speechless at my careless appearance.

It really looks like I've fallen asleep.

Rai rolls his eyes while Sayuki who has never shown emotions clutches her face denying inwardly (you can see how perplexed she is) (PDA: author's advice: if you want to conquer the unattainable then start by moving her heart somehow) .

Then time begins to pass.

….

The moon lights up in the center of the night sky.

The wind calmly blows the forest, moving the eyes and creating a breeze sound.

Hidden from view among the bushes are three people sleeping in sleeping bags.

Two men and one woman.

Two of them 'sleep' quietly while the third one noisily and carelessly.

While they are quietly 'resting', in the distance are two slowly walking shadows.

They walk silently in the shadows as they speak softly.

"Hehe, we'll start with the other two, the noisy one seems to have fallen into a deep sleep"

"Right, it's been a long time since my sword went through the living body of a ninja, this will be a piece of cake"

Then quickly with stealthy steps they approach the other three sleeping.

So they jump from the tree in sync with each other.

They seem to have familiarized themselves with this move many times.

*through* *through*

It was a perfect stab.

Unfortunately…

"Water Style: Water Pillar"

A thick column of water comes out of my mouth.

*ague* It hits the two men.

Because their trajectories lined up in front of me I was easily able to hit both of them.

I wiped my mouth and calmly got up.

"That should have finished them"

"And you almost gave us too" Sayuki and Rai appear in the tree on the side.

"I think you should have died in an attack from those two to begin with"

Rai snorts and Sayuki just watches me calmly for a few seconds.

Although he doesn't look like it, Rai is surprised that he did such a technique because I was supposed to be a normal ninja.

Sayuki just reassess my capabilities.

Apparently these if they had underestimated me.

Sayuki-'Written results cannot be trusted'

Rai-'This guy has hidden his abilities'

We then direct our attention forward.

Piled one on top of the other are the two subjects.

The subject that was under the other raises his head.

"How? -..." Apparently his partner ate most of the impact.

"You're quite loud" I approach calmly.

He raised a short sword.

"I wonder where you guys came from?" He took the short sword in my hands.

Then he passes out.

*faint*

"..." I blank out my expression.

'I feel like I just made a fool of myself'

I look to the side and Sayuki is already picking bugs out of his clothes.

An infinity of parasitic insects in the form of a dark cloud begins to walk on the floor.

Insects enter through the clothing of individuals.

I look at the whole scene a little uncomfortable.

'I really wouldn't want to have her as a girlfriend, can you imagine I would have to hug her just to feel a bunch of bulges moving through her clothes?'

Thinking about it makes me very upset.

"It seems they don't wear other clothing besides short swords" The bugs come back to her as she speaks.

"I guess it's not a simple mission to eliminate bandits like they told us huh"

Seeing how they moved, it is certain that they were ninjas.

"The movements were strange" Opined Rai.

"Perhaps because they are from other far away lands?" I add.

"Maybe, but seeing that they use short swords reminds me of the land of iron" Sayuki says, slightly touching the corner of her glasses.

"The land of iron is on the other side of the continent, why would they come here?"

She questioned her.

"That's obvious, don't you see they look like deserters?" Says Ray.

I shrug.

"Well, whatever it is, what do we do now, it seems that these guys were deliberately targeting us so we are very uninformed of the current situation" I look at Sayuki who is the team leader.

She looks ahead and thinks a little

"This mission is already out of the description of being a class C mission, so the correct thing would be to return to the village to report as soon as possible"

"I agree" Rai replies.

Just when I'm about to nod I remember Ino and Sakura's faces.

"Wait!" I hastily replied.

"What's happening?"

"Well…we can't go back" she touched my head with an awkward smile.

"Because?" Sayuki looks at me calmly.

"Well, what if these two here were just deserted ninjas passing through here?"

Although we were attacked here, there is still no concrete proof that this is related to the mission objectives.

"What you say could make sense but there is no proof that what you say is correct" Rai answers me with a contemptuous look.

For some reason this guy doesn't seem to like her.

"So what do we do if when we return to the village they punish us for not completing the mission?

That seems to leave him speechless.

"That-"

"Stop talking, what Yubeng says is correct but there's also the fact that we don't have enough information to confirm it" Sayuki interferes before this turns into an argument.

"So what do you suggest doing?"

"Continue with the mission until we get some information that confirms the status of the mission"

I hear the words I wanted to hear.

'He saved me from going back to the village'

"Well, you are the leader" Answer simply.

"It is fine by me…"

Making the decision I turn to the side.

"What should we do with these?"

"Leave them, if they really are members of this bandit gang then interrogating them will take time that we could use to not alert the enemy due to the disappearance of these two"

"So we just leave them like that?"

"Yeah, just use some rope"