On the eaves, Sayu poked out her round face, looked at the figure beneath the house, and quickly retracted her head.
And muttered to herself:
"Mmm... this person feels really dangerous..."
"Does someone like this... really need Sayu to protect them..."
"Just now... he almost discovered Sayu..."
"But... Sayu is very confident in her Ninjutsu for concealing aura... he shouldn't be able to find Sayu now..."
After muttering to herself, Sayu blinked her pair of large gray-red eyes and gently let out a breath.
Although the fact that she was almost discovered by Yuuko just now surprised Sayu slightly.
But now that she was mentally prepared, Sayu was no longer worried about her whereabouts being exposed.
If her concealment Ninjutsu was ranked second in Inazuma, no one would dare to claim first.
Otherwise, how could Sayu happily slack off and sleep in every day?
"He should have eliminated his suspicion by now and gone inside."
Thinking this, Sayu poked her head out from the eaves again, intending to check on Yuuko.
Only upon poking her head out did she realize that Yuuko's figure was completely gone from beneath the house... "Eh?" Sayu couldn't help but let out a sound of surprise.
The sudden situation left Sayu slightly unable to react.
Yuuko was clearly beneath the house just a moment ago, so why was he gone in the blink of an eye?
Just as Sayu was about to look for Yuuko, a helpless voice suddenly came from behind her:
"I wondered who it was. Why is a child climbing onto the roof of my house?"
This voice immediately made the beast ears on Sayu's hat stand straight up.
She quickly turned around and looked at Yuuko, who had appeared behind her without her knowing, her small eyes wide with shock:
"Im... Im... Impossible, Sayu clearly... concealed her aura..."
Looking at the young Damselette's surprised expression, Yuuko sighed helplessly:
"You don't look like a bad person, so why are you wandering around on my roof?"
These words allowed Sayu to calm down slightly. She stared straight at Yuuko, her eyes full of vigilance.
After a moment, Sayu suddenly pulled a black ball from a pouch tied to her leg and quickly threw it downwards.
Bang!
The black ball hit the eaves of the house, quickly exploded, and then released a large amount of thick smoke.
The entire rooftop was covered.
After the smoke cleared, the young Damselette wearing the beast-eared hat was gone... In a patch of grass a hundred meters away from Yuuko's house, Sayu's round head popped out.
Her listless eyes now held a hint of shock.
She looked in the direction of Yuuko's house and lamented in a dead-fish-like tone:
"Truly... a dreadful... person... I feel... I can put him on the list of dreadful people..."
"It's a good thing Sayu reacted quickly and got away..."
Afterward, an expression of confusion appeared in Sayu's pair of dull, gray-red eyes:
"What a... strange mission... why would they make... Sayu protect someone so formidable..."
Sayu couldn't understand why her superiors would ask her to protect someone even stronger than herself... After thinking for a long time, Sayu still couldn't figure it out, so she shook her head vigorously:
"Never mind... Since I got away, I'll wait a while before approaching again... Hmm, compared to that, sleeping is definitely more important..."
Saying this, Sayu vigorously stretched her small arms and let out a groan.
Since her whereabouts had been discovered by the protection target, Sayu decided to slack off for the night and approach again later once the target lowered his guard.
She just didn't know why, but at this moment, Sayu inexplicably felt a sense of dread... Sayu quickly looked in the direction of Yuuko's house, and only slightly relaxed when she saw no one approaching.
"Phew... Although that person is dreadful, Sayu's escape technique is flawless... there's no way he could find Sayu again..."
Regardless, Sayu was extremely confident in her techniques of escape and concealment.
"Hmm... All in all, I'll catch up on sleep first... and think about the mission tomorrow..."
Saying this, Sayu prepared to temporarily retreat.
However... just as Sayu finished speaking, she sensed an extra presence behind her... "So you accepted some mission to wander around near my house? Who are you, and which organization are you from?"
The voice coming from behind instantly tensed Sayu's small body.
The ears on her beast-eared hat stood up immediately.
Sayu turned around and looked at Yuuko, who had appeared behind her without her noticing, utterly shocked:
"Im... Impossible... Sayu clearly concealed her aura... and left no trace... How did you track me down..."
Looking at the frightened young Damselette before him, Yuuko said helplessly:
"How I found you isn't important, is it? You answer my questions first."
"Hmph..." Sayu stared at Yuuko for a few seconds, wanting to escape, but found that the area around her was locked down, leaving her nowhere to run.
Yuuko hadn't moved at all, yet she felt like he could grab her at any moment... This oppressive feeling was unprecedented... Sayu was unwilling to give up and tried to escape multiple times.
But each time, Yuuko grabbed her from behind, leaving her to struggle and flail her limbs in mid-air... Finally, Sayu sat down on the ground, gave up resisting, and said in a discouraged tone:
"Mmm... Discovered by the protection target... and unable to escape... Mission failed..."
Yuuko stood in front of Sayu and said helplessly:
"It's always 'mission, mission.' Are you a ninja? Does Inazuma still have ninja organizations?"
Sayu remained silent, offering no reply.
"So why are you wandering around me, and calling me a protection target? Who sent you to protect me?"
Sayu still didn't respond, a look of conflict appearing on her small face, but she continued to guard the secret of the Shuumatsuban, refusing to reveal the truth.
Seeing the persistence of the young Damselette, Yuuko also sighed helplessly:
"Forget it, I won't force you. Just stop wandering around me afterward, and I don't need protection, understood?"
After a pause, Yuuko added:
"If you're worried about being punished for mission failure or something, just occasionally pretend you're protecting me. That way, your superiors won't be able to blame you."
Sayu looked up at Yuuko in surprise, a spark of light appearing in her gray-red eyes:
"Is that... allowed..."
Yuuko spread his hands and said:
"Since you're unwilling to speak, you must have some unspeakable difficulty, so I won't interrogate you further.
And if you keep your secret and I keep mine, it's good for both of us, isn't it?"