It was interesting to watch the interactions of the youthful shinobi. To Kushin these children were the future for the village, he would kill if it meant they would be stronger, and he had done so many times under that exact justification.
The women was quiet which Kushin was pleased with, it meant that he didn't have to leave without having attained the information he sought, and it meant that she wasn't as stupid as his first assumptions.
They were talking about what combat styles they each used. Shin answered, and answered honestly. It was interesting for Kushin as at the same age he would have lied. He remembered a very similar conversation taking place, one of the boys asking him what he specialized in, he said Genjutsu. When those same kids then moved on Kushin during a battleground practice session they devised tactics appropriate to taking on a Genjutsu specialist, and met a Ninjutsu user. It had been the difference between his team winning and losing, and although he was then called names for lying he couldn't understand why they were upset. They had taken knowledge they wouldn't have known if that conversation hadn't taken place and used it in a scenario where they wouldn't know that kind of thing about their opponent in the first place.
He kept his voice low as he spoke.
So what branch and rank are you? He never turned his attention to where the woman remained, simply started a simple conversation. She sounded like she knew information on Kushin, but he didn't know how much she knew. Branch and rank would tell him how much information she'd likely have had access to at least allowing him to then assume the worst case scenario on that topic more accurately.
The women was quiet which Kushin was pleased with, it meant that he didn't have to leave without having attained the information he sought, and it meant that she wasn't as stupid as his first assumptions.
They were talking about what combat styles they each used. Shin answered, and answered honestly. It was interesting for Kushin as at the same age he would have lied. He remembered a very similar conversation taking place, one of the boys asking him what he specialized in, he said Genjutsu. When those same kids then moved on Kushin during a battleground practice session they devised tactics appropriate to taking on a Genjutsu specialist, and met a Ninjutsu user. It had been the difference between his team winning and losing, and although he was then called names for lying he couldn't understand why they were upset. They had taken knowledge they wouldn't have known if that conversation hadn't taken place and used it in a scenario where they wouldn't know that kind of thing about their opponent in the first place.
He kept his voice low as he spoke.
So what branch and rank are you? He never turned his attention to where the woman remained, simply started a simple conversation. She sounded like she knew information on Kushin, but he didn't know how much she knew. Branch and rank would tell him how much information she'd likely have had access to at least allowing him to then assume the worst case scenario on that topic more accurately.
