Chapter 37

The four turned into phantoms, moving rapidly towards the distance; in the blink of an eye, they had disappeared from where they were.

By the time the four appeared again, they had already arrived in front of Inuzuka Rei.

And at this time, Inuzuka Rei had already been waiting here for a long time.

After all, being a person of the Inuzuka Clan, skills like reconnaissance were indispensable.

Plus, Aburame Zhigao had no intention of controlling the bugs to hide, so when Aburame Zhigao controlled the bugs to discover Inuzuka Rei, Inuzuka Rei also sensed the existence of the bugs.

Although Inuzuka Rei didn't know what Aburame Zhigao wanted to do, it was not hard to guess that he had something to do with her.

So after discovering Aburame Zhigao's bugs, Inuzuka Rei stopped with her partner, a big black dog, and waited.

After the four members of Shuofeng's group landed, Inuzuka Rei first looked at the three members of Fugaku Squad, then spoke directly to Aburame Zhigao:

"Lord Zhigao, are you looking for me for something?"

Hearing Inuzuka Rei's inquiry, Aburame Zhigao gently adjusted his sunglasses and then replied calmly:

"Indeed, there is something; as for what, let me introduce them to you first—these are the members of Fugaku Squad.

Uchiha Fugaku, Uchiha Shuofeng, Hatake Kakashi.

Next, their squad will take over from your squad to guard the Seventeenth Area.

Congratulations, you can return to Konoha to rest after the mission ends."

Hearing Aburame Zhigao's words, a look of "as expected" appeared in Inuzuka Rei's eyes.

In fact, the moment she saw the three members of Fugaku Squad, she had probably already guessed the general reason.

After all, their squad's mission had been carried out for more than three months, and the mission time should be ending.

A squad of ninja coming at this time, although one person less than a normal squad, so what?

After all, it was led by an Uchiha Elite Jonin and next Clan Head, and there were two genius youths; such a squad was much stronger than an ordinary squad.

Hmm~ this ordinary squad was referring to her own squad.

After all, a Chunin of the Inuzuka Clan paired with three ordinary Genin—the combat power was far worse than Fugaku Squad.

And for a squad with this configuration, plus this timing, besides taking over her squad to perform the guard reconnaissance mission, it seemed there was no other reason.

So at this time, Inuzuka Rei was not surprised at all, responded calmly to Aburame Zhigao with "I know," and then cast her gaze on the three members of Fugaku Squad.

Of course, the main target was still Shuofeng and Kakashi.

Uchiha Fugaku had been famous for many years; she had already known him.

Of course, whether Uchiha Fugaku knew her was another matter.

But even so, Uchiha Fugaku's attraction to Inuzuka Rei was not as great as Shuofeng and Kakashi's.

After all, one side was a ninja who had been famous for many years and was powerful but already familiar, while the other side was a youth genius who was famous for a time and had extraordinary strength but had not truly been seen.

Which of these two sides could attract the attention of Inuzuka Rei, a ninja with a free-spirited personality, seemed already very obvious.

"Haha, are these the Twin Stars of our Konoha? The future pillars of Konoha? I didn't expect them to be so handsome.

Work hard, strive to be promoted to Chunin as soon as possible, and let those old guys in the village see that the future still depends on us young people."

Laughing heartily, Inuzuka Rei said directly to Shuofeng and Kakashi.

For her, hiding things was really not her personality.

Of course, what Inuzuka Rei didn't know was that Shuofeng and Kakashi had already been promoted to Chunin; otherwise, she wouldn't have said this sentence, but would have said promoted to Jonin.

But there was no help for this; after all, the time Shuofeng and Kakashi were promoted to Chunin was not long ago.

And at that time, Inuzuka Rei was still performing the guard reconnaissance mission and couldn't possibly know what happened in the village.

But Inuzuka Rei had said it after all, which meant she had made a joke of herself at this time.

Looking at the heroic girl in front of him, Kakashi's expression was somewhat conflicted, not knowing whether he should tell her that he and Shuofeng had already been promoted.

After all, if he said it, Inuzuka Rei would definitely die of social embarrassment on the spot.

Hmm, the term "social death" was learned from Shuofeng.

After all, having been together for so long, he would unconsciously pick up some of the other's catchphrases, especially those that described things particularly vividly.

However, Kakashi's conflict was no longer necessary, because Shuofeng, who was standing beside him, already had a mysterious smile on the corner of his mouth at this time.

He liked hitting and stimulating people the most. Especially when the object being hit and stimulated couldn't do anything about him.

A girl with such a hearty personality, if she were to die of social embarrassment on the spot, she should provide him with quite a bit of resentment energy, right?

Thinking of this, the arc of Uchiha Shuofeng's mouth became even more obvious.

"If you're talking about Chunin, your wish to let the old guys in the village see has already been realized; after all, not long ago, Kakashi and I were already promoted as an exception by the Hokage."

Calming his mood, Uchiha Shuofeng said, pretending to be calm.

Hearing Uchiha Shuofeng's words, Inuzuka Rei's expression suddenly became awkward.

She really didn't know this news!

Thinking of her pointing-out appearance just now, Inuzuka Rei couldn't help but blush.

Of course, with her hearty personality, she didn't have any particularly hard-to-accept emotions.

After all, this kind of making a joke of herself had happened more than once to her.

Of course, this was under the condition that no one added insult to injury.

But now, would there be no one to add insult to injury? Don't forget there was still a ninja of the Aburame Clan on the side.

For people of the Aburame Clan, coming up with an analysis or adding insult to injury at a critical moment was already a passive skill.

Of course, they themselves didn't feel it.

Sure enough, in the next moment, Aburame Zhigao lived up to expectations and spoke.

"Hmm, Shuofeng and Kakashi are now ninja of the same rank as you.

Rei, you also need to work harder; don't be surpassed by your juniors.

Although it seems you have already been surpassed, precisely because of this, you need to work even harder."

Well done!

Uchiha Shuofeng gave Aburame Zhigao a "yeah" in his heart; such a god-like teammate was very rare.

After he spoke just now, Inuzuka Rei didn't emit resentment energy, which made him quite disappointed.

He didn't expect that a hearty personality would actually have the effect of resisting negative emotions.

As a result, the situation took a turn for the better, and Aburame Zhigao added insult to injury.

In this way, he should be able to harvest resentment energy, right?

Uchiha Shuofeng thought silently in his heart.

Sure enough, after Aburame Zhigao added insult to injury, Inuzuka Rei's face suddenly slumped quite a bit.

Same rank as me, don't be surpassed by juniors, although already surpassed, need to work harder?