- Sensei! - They exclaimed indignantly and were on their feet in an instant.
- Now that you have the strength to stand," I ignored the genin, and with a couple of gestures I took control of the water and made them dry again, albeit a bit disheveled, "go set the traps while I get the food!
Murmuring to themselves, Team Seventeen sprawled around, acting with decent cohesion and silently taking each of their areas of responsibility with only glances, no words. It was not for nothing that I had chased all three of them around so much.
I printed out four stumps for Kawarimi no jutsu (Body Replacement Technique), and used them as camp furniture - chairs and a table, like most shinobi do in the field. And I didn't skimp on the food, having printed it out for the students as well, since I know they only have dry ration bars in their NZ stocks, which I've been sick of since the war.
Even hot fried potatoes with a cutlet and tea will taste better. So, the returned genins pounced on the food like locusts, only behind the ears rattled and in five minutes the plates were licked to a shine, and then promptly washed.
I was a little lazy to check their work myself, so I sent a clone, who also had a slightly different task.
- You have an hour to rest, and then we'll continue at the same pace until dark, - I warned my wards, receiving a friendly groan in response.
But the girls didn't waste time - they took sleeping bags out of the sealing and just fell on top of them, they fell down surprisingly synchronously, making me smile at such coherence. If they continue in the same spirit - in a year with a clear conscience I will send to pass the exam on chunin. But the girls are really good. From the moment of release has been about five or six hours, and exhausted only now, and I did not do them any favors and stopped the team only when I realized - further will drop dead from simple fatigue.
The knowledge that came from the clone made me nod with satisfaction - traps and notifiers were set and camouflaged according to all the rules in the most convenient places for the passage. So far they are simple, but in three months, when the control will be better, I will start to give something on fuin, applicable just in the deployment of parking lot, temporary or permanent. It will be hard for experienced shinobi to bypass such bookmarks, and only a few exceptionally paranoid shinobi will be able to expect their presence among recent genin.
And when Asani increases her chakra reserve a bit and learns the element of earth at least on a basic level... I have extensive and not academic experience in burying in the ground, so it will be useful for the girl. And in general, it's a useful skill for shinobi in life.
I took out one of the scrolls on spatial seals that Mito had recently given me and plunged into reading it, keeping one eye on the situation. Konoha wasn't far away, but it was better to be on the lookout.
In exactly an hour I woke up the moaning, grunting, and groaning underlings and made them do a little exercise, eat half a ration bar, and now collect all the traps, so as not to leave any traces, personally supervising the process in triplicate.
Not everywhere kunoichi was able to do it, but I actively advised and shared my experience, including how to properly set mechanical traps and tensioners, so that the possible enemy did not notice them, and in case of lack of triggering, it was more convenient to discharge and bring the used place in pristine condition. What was the point of bothering and hiding one's own footprints, if an experienced tracker would find the former parking lot by such marks? Thanks to that veteran Senju who taught us such useful knowledge at the academy.
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