The remaining members of the team quickly studied the available information, took out a map of Ho no Kuni from a scroll and began to choose the expected route to and from the customer, quietly murmuring about something, arguing and making marks on a small notebook.
Well done girls, I didn't expect anything less from them. No special excitement, only concentration on the task at hand. And why should they worry, if they had already fought with enemy chunin and even jonin, and the upcoming mission is a courier mission and does not carry any special danger even for genin. At least at first glance, as an inexperienced genin might think.
- Ryo-sensei, we're ready," Hoshi announced ringingly after exactly half an hour of the allotted time.
By this time, the third kunoichi had not only made it back, but had also had time to catch her breath and find herself brought up to speed. All three of them had changed their clothes, had put on additional shuriken and senbon pouches, had put on their protective vests, and looked not like snotty genin, who had only recently graduated from the academy, but like an experienced team, ready to fulfill the task at hand. It was a source of pride that they had managed to achieve such a result.
Especially, if we remember the level of non-clan genin, who were trained by some of my shinobi that I know personally, after about the same period of time. It's tear-jerking to say the least.
- So, what did you guys decide? - I got up from the ground and approached the students.
- Here, - Hoshi handed me a map, - the route we chose.
On a small map of the Fire Country, there was a penciled line that accompanied the main transportation arteries to the customer's city, and then to the place of delivery.
- I wondered," I rubbed my chin, studying the choice of the students, and then looked up at the formal leader and asked, "why the whole route was chosen along the roads and not straight through the forests?
- As far as I understand, we act completely on our own and we should not ask for help in making deliveries? - Hoshi asked first.
- Well done, I'll watch and intervene only when I realize that you can't do it by yourself, - I nodded to her, - this is your mission, not mine.
- Then we'll move along the roads or along them, so that we don't get lost, - nodded the student confidently, - even though we were trained in orientation at the academy, but we can't take a shortcut through large forests - we can get lost and come out in the wrong place.
- We can use the map to navigate along the roads, even if it takes us a little longer," Asani said.
- Well done, that's a reasonable plan," he praised the couple, "considering your capabilities.
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