Haruki walked behind Yushi’s chair, his hand resting on the back of the chair, injecting Cursed Energy into it.
He released his hand and repeated the action, injecting Cursed Energy into all the chairs beneath the Amegakure ninjas present.
The Amegakure ninjas watched Haruki’s movements, their faces filled with confusion.
Many times they wanted to ask Haruki what he was doing, but when their eyes met Haruki’s serious expression, they all fell silent, not disturbing Haruki.
Haruki returned to his seat.
All the Amegakure ninjas still stared at him intently.
"Haruki, what did you do?" Yushi asked curiously.
He turned and touched his chair, but nothing had changed. Yushi was even more confused.
So what was Haruki doing just now?
Haruki took a deep breath, extended his hands, and activated Tool Manipulation.
The ninjas sitting on the chairs floated up, slowly ascending towards the top of the tent above their heads.
More accurately, it wasn’t the ninjas who were suspended, but the chairs beneath them.
The ninjas stared dumbfounded at the stools under their bottoms, their shocked gazes sweeping back and forth between Haruki and the stools.
The stools could fly!
It wasn’t that the stools could fly. It was that Haruki controlled the stools to fly.
The ninjas were both surprised and delighted.
"They really can fly!"
"This way, we can cross the quicksand area!"
The excited discussions of the ninjas echoed continuously within the tent.
Haruki controlled the chairs to land on the ground.
Yushi rushed to Haruki in one stride, disregarding that Hanzo was still sitting beside Haruki, and grabbed Haruki’s shoulders. "Haruki, how did you do it? Can you control more chairs? Can you only control chairs? Or other items too? How high can the chairs fly? How long does it last?"
Yushi’s questions poured out like spilling beans. His breathing was rapid, and his pupils gleamed as he looked at Haruki. He wished he could lift Haruki high and give him a few good kisses.
Haruki patiently answered his questions one by one, "This isn’t my power, this is the power of a curse."
A broom floated beside Haruki; he glanced at it, then told Yushi, "This curse can manipulate objects to move."
The Amegakure ninjas’ gazes immediately fell upon the broom. So, this wasn’t an ordinary broom after all.
"I can control more chairs, but I don’t know the exact number I can control." Haruki shook his head.
"Not only can I control chairs, but I can also control other items to move."
"The controlled chairs can fly as high as they want, and as for the duration..."
Haruki estimated, "It should last for two hours."
Yushi could no longer contain the smile on his face. He looked at Haruki with pleasant surprise, Haruki was truly Amegakure’s lucky star.
With Haruki, all the problems they encountered were easily solved.
What else could he be if not a lucky star?
Yushi immediately looked at Hanzo and said, "With Haruki’s ability, we can cross the quicksand area and catch Sunagakure off guard."
His pupils burned with fierce battle intent.
The Amegakure ninjas, hearing Yushi’s words, also became excited, all rubbing their hands together, looking excitedly at Hanzo at the head of the table.
Hanzo’s peripheral vision fell upon Haruki. Haruki had given him too many surprises.
Suzaku was the only Amegakure ninja who remained calm. His gaze swept over the excited crowd and landed on Hanzo, calmly speaking, "If Haruki’s power is needed to cross the quicksand area, doesn’t that mean he also has to participate in the surprise attack plan? The surprise attack plan is fraught with danger, and I believe Haruki should not be involved."
Suzaku’s words immediately poured like a bucket of cold water over the heads of the Amegakure ninjas.
Yushi’s face showed hesitation. Indeed, letting Haruki participate in the surprise attack plan was too risky.
But if Haruki didn’t participate, how would they cross the quicksand area?
Yushi was in a dilemma. Amidst the heavy atmosphere, Hanzo spoke.
He looked at Haruki beside him and asked, "Haruki, tell me your own thoughts."
Haruki looked back at Hanzo, the firm light in his eyes silently telling Hanzo the answer. He withdrew his gaze and looked at all the Amegakure ninjas present.
"I am willing to participate in the surprise attack plan." Haruki’s voice echoed in everyone’s ears.
Suzaku frowned, deep worry hidden beneath his sternness. "Do you think a surprise attack is child’s play?"
Haruki looked earnestly at Suzaku and said, "Brother Suzaku, don’t always treat me like a child who understands nothing. I am a ninja, and I know the surprise attack plan is very dangerous. But fighting alongside everyone has always been my wish."
A brilliant smile involuntarily appeared on his face. "As long as I fight alongside everyone to protect Amegakure, I won’t be afraid of anything."
[System detected Hanzo’s Affection Value +3000]
[System detected Suzaku’s Affection Value +2000]
[System detected Yushi’s Affection Value +2000]
[Currently, a total of 43000 Affection Value has been collected, and your companion Cursed Spirit Rika’s rank has increased to 77.3%.]
"Suzaku, we will protect Haruki, don’t worry."
"Exactly. Don’t worry."
"We’ll definitely bring him back safe and sound."
The Amegakure ninjas knew that Haruki was brought to Amegakure by Suzaku, and there was a deep bond between Suzaku and Haruki, they could understand Suzaku’s worry at this moment.
"Brother Suzaku, don’t worry."
"For brother, I will definitely return safely."
Haruki gazed intently at Suzaku.
Only Suzaku could understand the emotion in his eyes. Suzaku lowered his trembling pupils. That was the look of a younger brother at his older brother.
[System detected Suzaku’s Nostalgia Value +4000]
[Your Cursed Spirit Choso’s rank has increased to 51.3%.]
Haruki shifted his target.
"Sensei, please grant my request to join the surprise attack team." Haruki’s gaze was burning.
"I am your student, sensei."
"I will not fear battle!"
"I will be as firm and strong as you!"
His courage and fearlessness were evident to all.
Hanzo’s eyes were filled with deep satisfaction. In terms of conviction, this child had already surpassed him.
[System detected Hanzo’s Nostalgia Value +5000]
[Your Cursed Spirit Choso’s rank has increased to 51.8%.]
Hanzo believed that Haruki’s future would be even more brilliant than his own.