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MISSION NUMBER: 006958
TEAM NUMBER: 1/TEAM TENTEN
OBJECTIVE: Return Master Carpenter Fujioka to his home on Benisu Island.
RANK: C A
STATUS: FAILURE SUCCESS
SYNOPSIS: Team 1 (”The team”) picked up Fujioka at the gates of Konohagakure and left at 09:00 on December 20th. Standard travel by foot until reaching the country border. No disturbances until the team boarded the boat by which we were to make it to the island...
It’s quiet - suspiciously so. There’s no reason to travel with the motor off if they’re not going to be pursued, but Fujioka’s insisted on being careful. It’s doubtful that a highway bandit is going to pursue them across a strait. But he doesn’t complain, doesn’t say anything because it’s not his place. It’s been a long walk to get here and he might as well enjoy the down time until they hit land again.
The boat moves smoothly and he’s tempted to close his eyes for now, just to take a quick nap. It wouldn’t be too terrible - there are four other sets of eyes looking out for trouble, if he includes their little vessel’s pilot. Yet there’s something pulling at the edges of his subconscious, trying to tell him that there’s something he should be paying attention to - it’s keeping him awake.
It’s always a good idea to trust your instincts, reassures his godfather from a memory he’d thought long-forgotten. The blond has always been a wealth of helpful advice, even when he hasn’t wanted it.
So he keeps his eyes open and continues to scan the gentle waters beneath them. There isn’t much but a small fish here and there, and after a while, he gets bored again.
Midori begins to hum and he rests his head on his hands, still quietly guarded.
From the center of the boat, the Carpenter speaks up.
“I’ve got a bad feeling.”