"Click...... Click......"

Chiba slowly lowered his hand, and large chunks of thinned rock skin continued to peel off from all parts of his body, "popping" and falling on the slightly dark ground, shattering, and finally turning into a little powder, dissipating into the air.

"Poof!"

Suddenly, Chiba's knees bent, and the whole person fell to his knees, gasping violently in his mouth, and drops of sweat rolled down his cheeks, arms, chest, and back, gathering into a stream and dripping on the ground.

Is it in time?

Is it too late?

"Whew...... Whew......"

Chiba sat on his knees, his upper body erect, almost leaning back, and his head was also facing the air, his eyes were closed, and he was gasping for breath, as if he had been fished out of the water, and in his heart, he was entangled with this question that could not come in time.

In the past four months, under the desperate training, what he can improve at this stage has been improved to the limit, if it needs to be further improved, it has to be a year or two, one as the focus and the foundation of the eight modes of physical arts, this is a ninja power that eats time, ninjutsu, two self-created ninjutsu have been fully mastered, the final version of the self-created ninjutsu, although it is not perfect enough in Chiba's vision, but it is enough to be used in actual combat, which also gives Chiba a lot of confidence. As for the sealing technique, it is going very well, but it will take time to make a substantial breakthrough, but the sealing technique is not very effective in actual combat, which is also expected by Chiba, as the sealing technique that is extremely difficult to practice among all ninja forces, in such a short time, to have such progress, Chiba is already very satisfied.

Moreover, the use of the scroll of the Sealing Ninjutsu and the medical chakra bandage can also greatly reduce the consumption of chakra in battle, and the effect of making up for the disadvantages of the Eight Gate mode is quite good.

Four months to reach such a level, overall, Chiba is already very satisfied, even a little unexpected.

It also gave him a lot of confidence in changing the fate of Obito, Kakashi, and Rin in the future Battle of Kannubihashi.

"Chiba, what are you doing? Hurry up, hurry up, you're going to be late!"

At this moment, Yukina, with a smile on her face and a rare look of excitement, suddenly flashed behind Chiba, on the edge of the clearing of the grove hundreds of meters west of Kakashi's house.

Belch...... It's too late!

Hearing Yukina's voice, Chiba barely turned his head sideways, gasping for breath in his mouth, opened one eye with difficulty, and glanced at Yukina, but couldn't say anything.

"Today is the day Kakashi was promoted to Shinobi, and the day our new home was completed, didn't I tell you yesterday?

And seeing that Chiba couldn't speak, Yukina almost stomped her foot and said angrily.

Yes, in addition to today's promotion of Kakashi, it is also the day when the new cabin is completed, and Chiba was entangled before in time, but it was too late, that is, whether he had time to participate in Kakashi's celebration and the banquet of the new home that only belonged to the friends of the same period.

At this moment, it was already four or five o'clock in the afternoon, and the banquet was almost about to begin.

I'm sorry, Yukina.

The corners of Chiba's mouth barely pulled out an apologetic smile, now his limbs were weak, his sweat was like pulp, and he couldn't move a finger.

"Can't you think about things other than cultivation? Today is Kakashi's big day, and it's also the day our new home is completed, can't you take a day off!"

Seeing Chiba's apologetic smile, Yukina's heart jumped for no reason, her cheeks were slightly red, she was a little ashamed and angry, she stomped her feet, and stepped forward, regardless of Chiba's sweaty appearance, and helped him up.

When she rested Chiba's weak hand on her shoulder, her head lowered involuntarily, and after bowing her head, her ears covered by her black hair seemed to be dyed red.

But...... If you don't want to cultivate, you're not Chiba!

Although I don't know why you work so hard and why you work so hard, I believe in you, and there must be your reasons.

And, sometimes, it feels like you know something we don't know and you're being chased by something we don't know.

That's why you're working so hard......

But, rest assured, we will be waiting and there will be your support until you are ready to tell us.

And at this moment, in addition to the pounding of her heart, a series of thoughts passed through Yukina's heart, and in her mind was that night, Hirohiko suddenly talked to her about why Chiba was cultivating so desperately, which is actually very suspicious, Chiba's strength is already very strong, and he has even defeated S-class ninjas, so there is no need for him to cultivate so desperately. However, he is still cultivating desperately, there must be some diligence in this, not to mention Hirohiko, a person who is familiar with him, it is estimated that a more sensitive person like Kakashi may have also discovered this.

And the final result of this negotiation is her above thoughts.

They will always be by Chiba's side to support him, waiting for Chiba to inform them of everything.

However, even so, I still hope that you can rely on us, not alone!

And after that series of thoughts flashed in his heart, Xue Na, who had already helped Chiba out of a considerable distance, quietly opened his eyes, and his eyes were focused on the potholed open space behind him, covered with dark bloodstains, and he thought a little lost in his heart.

After four months of uninterrupted practice in Chiba, this newly opened open space finally changed into the glade behind the original log cabin.

During this time, it was almost daily for her to see Chiba come back scarred, and even Chiba's bath water after bathing was red.

Say not to worry, that's impossible, that day Hongyan came to talk to her, in fact, it was because Chiba dragged back from his injury every day, and he couldn't stand it anymore, so he couldn't help but tell her, and even thought about forcing Chiba to rest and not let him train so hard. But in the end, they held back their fears and didn't do anything to stop them.

Just watched silently, trying not to show a worried look, lest Chiba worry, afraid that he would be distracted in his cultivation and seriously hurt himself.

Now, Chiba must be stronger!

Supporting Chiba all the way away, feeling the solid muscle touch on the hand holding Chiba's waist, Yukina's heartbeat seemed to speed up a little, and the weight on her right shoulder that belonged to Chiba made her unconsciously smile slightly.

The point of view of her white eyes was the two shallow footprints in the center of the clearing, where Chiba was just now, and the circular rift centered on the footprints, scattered and cracked.

But no matter how strong you are, you still need us.

However, just as the smile was revealed, there was such a thought in her heart.