184. Leader Nozomi


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Pfft.” Hinata couldn’t hold it anymore and ended upughing. The sudden tension was cut as the other two joined her.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Though I am serious, I don’t feel like being team leader this time around.” A whileter once the trio’sughter died down Tomoka talked once again.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Sure, no problem. Do you want to be team leader Hinata?” This isn’t the first time Tomoka shoves the team leader position to them so Nozomi didn’t really mind.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Nah, I was team leaderst time.” Shrugging after hearing Hinata’s answer, Nozomi epted her position as team leader.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Anything specific we should do or watch out for Tomoka?” After all, the girl always had ns within ns and Nozomi didn’t want to mess them up somehow.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Not really, no, though I would like to avoid the pedo-snake if possible. I don’t want you getting his love bite.” That made Nozomi shudder. She is a hundred percent sure Tomoka wouldn’t let that happen and even if it did she would get rid of it. That didn’t mean she would want or like in any way shape or form to have pedomaru biting her.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“That was already part of the n anyway, no way I am getting near him.” With that said and done the girls began moving through the forest.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Actually, Tomoka, could you have a phantom or summon find and follow team Kagami? That way we can be as fair away from them once pedomaru appears.” With a nod Tomoka decided to use both. A momentter hundreds of thumb sized spiders disappeared into the foliage looking for their target. Some of those spiders were Tomoka’s phantoms as well.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“So what’s the n, oh great leader.” This is amon urrence where the girls would tease the current team leader.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“We have the earth scroll, considering ourbat capabilities we could just look for people and beat them up…” Both Hinata and Nozomi could hear the paus in Nozomi’s sentence.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“But…” Seeing as Nozomi wouldn’t continue unless one of them said it as well as knowing that Tomoka wouldn’t be the one she decided to y along.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“But, that is too much wasted effort. Instead, I suggest we hunt a few. Take their scrolls and look for people to exchange with.” Tomoka could see the logic behind Nozomi’s n. If they find the scroll they need in their initial hunt then great. If not they could look for people with extra scrolls and trade.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Sounds good.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“So I guess I am in charge of finding others.” Hinata just said for the sake of the conversation. She already had her byakugan active from a while back. She has also found a few teams already.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Yeah, Also, is there any way for you to look for their scroll and see which one they have?” Nozomi just thought of the possibility.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Sure… Huh, everyone close by has only earth scrolls.” It didn’t take long for Hinata to look for the scrolls. Unlike normal Hyuga nsmen she is able to split her concentration into many small strings allowing her to look at many ces at the same time. All of this is thanks to Tomoka’s training.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Makes sense actually. I bet all heaven scrolls entered from the opposite gates to the forest. Like this many useless battles will be fought first ensuring the disqualification of even more than half the participants.” Tomoka decided to provide her opinion of the situation.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“So if we want a heaven scroll we will need to move in a circle to get out of the earth area or just go straight to the center and past it.” Nozomi said thinking out loud.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“We might as well go to the center first. Chances are many teams from both earth and heaven scrolls are getting there anyway. It will save us some time even if it means we will have to engage inbat more.” With a decision made team Yamato began dashin full speed ahead towards the center area.