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This was an assignment that shook Anri to the core, though not because of the possible events that could happen, but instead because of the simple fact that this may actually be way out of his league. He as someone that was recently discovered expected to be put in charge of protecting in-general goods, maybe a bunch of pots or food or something, but not actually ammunition! It doesn't take a genius to see this as something that could attract certain individuals looking for some free real estate, especially since the idea of having an entire shipment of munitions would sound appealing to even the people guarding it. This had to be out of his league, this had to be.

Although, seeing Taeru there at the temporary camp set up was something that helped put the one-armed male at ease. It was worrisome to consider the idea of him actually being this far back in action with nothing but an arm, but with her, somehow he knew they would make it work. He took count of the other people handling the shipment itself; counting three heads in total for the drivers, two horses connected to the shipment cart, and then him and his friend. This wasn't exactly a large group. He knows he had been gone for a while, but couldn't someone else join up with them for this? Iwagakure hasn't died, has it?

Other than the tents scattered about the ten-meter radius of the campsite, there was the cart itself. From what he had seen it seemed to be primarily tools such as kunai, blades, shuriken, and boxes of needles. They were pretty standard items overall, so he guessed he could see why they didn't wish to expel more forces than just two, but something rubbed him off wrong about this, almost as though they're possibly underestimating what they're about to actually travel through. A whole number of things could happen that made him a bit paranoid such as the possibility of a bandit attack, landslides from the mountainous terrain, the wagon breaking down, or anything else. He would have to make sure to not let recent events for him to screw up, especially what with their beginning to move out while the tents were packed.

One by one he watched the tents get loaded into the cart, and soon enough with the sounds of weighted wheels digging through the rock and gravel they were off to begin this trial. It would be but an hour later and the terrain hasn't changed much, with a mixture of rock and trees greeting them. "We need one of you fancy ninja to move this boulder out of the way!" One of the drivers spoke up as he waved his hand in the air. Anri looked on to see that some rocks have blocked the path before them, although with a steep incline into a forest on their right it seemed pretty simple to fix. "I'll do it!" He exclaimed, running up to them. Since Taeru would be stronger she would need to actually conserve her chakra for any possible attacks. It seemed only to make more sense to have it be done that way.

Facing one side of the boulders, he would form the Ox hand seal, and just then the ground beneath the boulders became mud, carrying them the entire way off the path, where they would go tumbling down the side of the road with a series of thud and crashes, the trees violently rustling. From there, as the mud began to harden, a lone boulder would come tumbling down the mountain slope behind Anri, leaving the one-armed Genin unaware until it was too late, where all he could do was turn and watch, his grey eyes opening in fear as the bandaged boy was already attempting to find a way out of this.

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