Not long after Kaoumi and Izumi left, they easily found Hinata, Shino, and Kiba at the training ground.
During their recent missions, they had all realized that their teamwork still had many shortcomings.
Thus, they had tacitly agreed to step up their training together.
After all, for these young people who had just graduated from the Ninja Academy not long ago, the challenges they had faced during this period were already quite numerous.
Seeing the strength of their peers growing day by day, an invisible pressure inevitably welled up in their hearts.
Yet this pressure also transformed into the driving force for their gradual growth, allowing their temperaments to slowly become steady and mature.
Kaoumi gave the group a brief explanation before turning away to find Yamato.
However, midway through her journey, she suddenly caught sight of an elderly, hunchbacked man by the roadside.
Kaoumi was slightly startled, and then a subtle, elusive smile quietly appeared at the corner of her mouth.
Without missing a beat, she enthusiastically stepped forward and invited the old man along as well.
When Kaoumi finally found Yamato, she saw him wearing a look of deep distress, utterly gloomy and aggrieved.
As it turned out, the village's reconstruction work had only just concluded, and having gone without adequate rest for several consecutive days, he was already exhausted to the bone.
Hearing Kaoumi's purpose now, Yamato's already sullen face instantly collapsed, and he let ou…
Chapter 209