Kapitel 43: Сhapter 43
I couldn't sleep properly before my first mission with Rank. Obsessive and by no means the brightest thoughts simply did not allow me to fall asleep that night. And the anxiety did not even think of leaving me, tormenting me from the inside and stimulating huge releases of adrenaline into the blood ... Yes, I met the morning of a new day here never rested. Rather, on the contrary, he was very nervous and sluggish, going to a meeting with the team with huge bags under his eyes.
After meeting with the team, I realized that it wasn't just me who had a bad night. My partners looked no better than me, more like not the freshest corpse in their appearance. Even ninken of our Inuzuka looked somehow rumpled and disheveled, apparently fully feeling the anxiety of his mistress. Only the teacher didn't care about anything, he calmly took us to the Hokage residence, approved the mission to clean up the bandits and ordered us to move out of the village…
At the same time, it is noteworthy that Sensei absolutely did not want to delay or delay the implementation of this mission. All the time urging us on and not giving us much time to rest. But our mission was exactly at the Rain country, which it takes at least three weeks to get to by wagon, and this is taking into account that she will move outside the caravan and with normal traction horses in harnesses.
We were going to overcome all this distance using the upper paths for movement… So the teacher also inflated such a pace that I was already afraid for the guys. Without getting enough sleep, they were already far from being in their best shape, and then there was a similar race and the constant mention of the teacher about the fact that while we are crumpling in one place here, the peaceful people of our country are suffering from the attacks of bandits… Which we personally know only that they are somewhere out there, on the borders with another country.
Bitch! It's as if they are trying to drive us and throw us into meat grinders, or, which is also likely, into some kind of trap… Yes, and the teacher behaves somehow strangely… I even had thoughts that our sensei's place was taken by someone under the hange, but such a theory failed. A long enough conversation with sensei left me almost no unnecessary doubts, and the sudden attack on the man was not crowned with success…
I was very roughly broken, having previously received a couple of blows to the liver and jaw, but I still managed to hurt Sensei ... thereby proving that there is no hang on him. And a more sophisticated disguise technique would most likely have failed after my attack. For which, by the way, they even praised me later, encouraging my paranoia, but I still got a notable one in the poke. For attacking their sensei during the Shinobi mission and they can kill ... I was just kicked off properly, having arranged the already familiar and ridiculously tedious lecture on this subject...
Well, it's not the point, the main thing is that our sensei passed my test completely and completely. Well, I also learned that our teacher is a sensor, albeit a rather mediocre one… But a small area around us, he could quite examine himself for possible dangers, which is why he behaved somewhat unusually - it was difficult to maintain not the simplest equipment for several hours in a row…
Although, it still poorly explained his haste. And after my check, he did not want to slow down, on the contrary, our journey became even more difficult.… Let us be overtaken by rain, a real downpour, I would say. Because of which it became especially difficult to move along the upper paths, and the chakras to stay on slippery branches and logs began to require much more. Akita fell from a decent height a couple of times, almost getting injured even before the start of the main stage of our mission. And the little Yamanaka was no better. He was never particularly hardy... well, even I was frankly tired by that time, secretly regretting that I had started my teacher check at all.
After the educational beating of my carcass, it became much more difficult to move. A couple of blows to the liver affected, and more minor injuries also made themselves felt, irritating my already tired consciousness… In addition, because of the beginning of the rain, Sensei did not want to waste time organizing a full-fledged lunch break. Instead, he simply ordered us to take food pills, which, although they contained all the necessary vitamins and calories needed to restore, did not make it any easier.
Fatigue, you know, tends to accumulate. And during the rain, when all clothes get wet despite any water-repellent fabrics, it feels especially acute. The body has to struggle not only with the already quite familiar loads, but also with high humidity, which literally pulls strength and warmth out of the body… And no chakra helps with this. Well, at least not fully so accurate.…
Because of what, after thirteen hours after the start of our mission, Izumi simply could not continue the race… He almost brought himself to chakra exhaustion, and physically he was almost on the verge. It was Akita and I who somehow continued to hold on, being more resilient and accustomed to physical exertion... I generally felt quite cheerful. The wounds received by that time began to fade, and my natural endurance was still taking its toll.…
- Yamanaka carries Uzumaki further. Give your equipment to Inuzuka! - Our teacher ordered dryly, still not wanting to make a halt ... which, to some extent, became the last nail in the lid of our coffin. It has become simply impossible to carry an extra forty-five kilograms, which also greatly outweigh it. And Akita was forced to take over my pouches and a small backpack, which also did not contribute to comfortable movement…
But we did not start to arise, realizing that at the moment it is completely useless, and our teacher seemed to have completely gone crazy… It was impossible to reach before, which means it's not worth trying. It's better to save energy and breath, especially since by the end of the first day we were frankly at the limit of our strength. Even I was already more like a hunted horse, feeling uncontrollable cramps in my calves… And in general, I was barely standing on my feet. Fortunately, at least the chakra was still there…
- Camp for the night. You have four hours to sleep, after which we will continue moving. Yamanaka, you're on guard, and you've already had enough rest on your comrade's back. Natsubashi-sensei gave the order dryly, stopping in a small clearing in the forest... Fortunately, the rain had passed by that time, leaving behind only wet clothes and wet grass on the ground… Which, however, did not prevent me from getting quite comfortable between two branches of a century-old tree and immediately passing out. I wasn't even afraid of falling from a three-meter height, just not having the strength for such obvious emotions…
I didn't even care about the fate of my own comrade, especially since Izumi really managed to take a nap on my back. For which, at some point, I wanted to personally wring that neck, and finally get rid of such a nasty load on my shoulders… I have accumulated too much fatigue and irritation for such thoughts to cause me at least some rejection. But I still kept myself in hand, starting to realize that this whole race was most likely arranged by the teacher for a reason…
Most likely, it was some kind of test, perhaps part of some kind of training, or something like that. I couldn't say for sure, but to the best of my abilities and capabilities, I tracked the actions of our sensei, beginning to understand that there was no personal desire to eliminate the gang of bandits as soon as possible. He is still cool and calm, carefully watching us, and generally behaves as usual… Exactly like in our training sessions, which is still a little calming.
Although, I did not feel any hope that all this hell would end in the near future. It's still a long way to the land of Rain, and our teacher's mood was very unambiguous ... Which, however, at some point ceased to worry me a little less than completely. I just passed out in the branches of a wooden giant, wanting to restore at least a little strength for tomorrow's race… And I don't care about the surrounding dampness and wet clothes. I really have no strength left to pay attention to such trifles... and the chakra flowing in my body, one way or another, will protect me from the possible consequences of sleeping in such conditions. Well, at least I hope so.…
Wöchentlicher Energiestatus
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