- It's a pity, we have enough work now and the loss of three good iryonins is felt, - he was a little upset, - even though the pay is a little higher now, so that people don't run away, but it's still quite hard, if it weren't for your seals, we could lose twice as much.
- Let them invest money and I'll do more," I shrugged, "or recruit and train more staff.
- Oh, it's not so bad about the training," the guy perked up and looked at me with a sly squint.
- What does that have to do with it? - I raised my eyebrow questioningly, seeing that he wasn't going to continue and was waiting for my question.
- This year, we've had quite a large number of volunteers from the Academy's primary grades, compared to even the best years of enrollment.
- It's strange, considering the decreasing influx every year, and it's mostly the latter grades," I said, rubbing my chin thoughtfully.
Something's not right here.
- Oh, that's still okay, but their reason for starting the training... 'I want to be an awesome iryonin like Ryo-nisama,' Yoshi recited seriously, but his eyes were laughing.
Aaa?!
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After blocking the kunai with his sword, Hiroshi retaliated with a sword block, forcing his opponent to take a few steps back and slashing at the second one that had just come in from the left side, clearly expecting to take advantage of the slight hiccup. The attempt failed, but it forced him to break the distance and the former shinobi Kumo took advantage of this moment and the advantage in speed to move to the side and shield one opponent from the other, well, and win himself a couple of seconds to attack.
A faint spark ran almost imperceptibly across the sword and the opposing guy managed to block the blow with his kunai, but Raiton's charge jumped from weapon to weapon and the enemy, who had not expected it, received a strong electric shock. With a chakra-enhanced kick, Hiroshi pulled out a few shurikens and threw them after him.
The second fighter didn't expect his partner to be disarmed so quickly and turned into a projectile, so he barely had time to dodge to avoid being swept away by the flying body, but he couldn't dodge the projectiles. The vest with armored inserts did not let the shurikens get to his body, but the chakra user's limbs were not so well protected, so the wound on his right leg instantly reduced his mobility.
Hiroshi took advantage of this by throwing another handful of projectiles, only this time they were connected by a thin fishing line. The second shinobi, who discovered this at the very last moment, had time to infuse the kunai with chakra and put it in front of him, but that was enough time for the former shinobi Kumo, now a perfect puppet named Hiroshi, to take advantage of it and get within striking distance of his opponent with his sword. A small jab through his clothes caused the shinobi to jerk under the strain for a few moments before collapsing to the ground.
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