As soon as Kenji arrived at the location where the battle took place, he was struck by the destruction around him. He observed the scene carefully until he found the bodies of the two Kumo ninjas who had chased Dazen and his team. Upon seeing the bodies of the enemies, Kenji thought: "They defeated two jounin from Kumo, that's surprising, it seems I underestimated the strength of the three... I hope they aren't too injured. Considering the state of the place, the fight was very difficult."

Kenji quickly resumed his search for his team and soon caught their scent, managing to track them to a hidden location in the forest. Ayume and Hideki had their guard up, prepared for any possible threat, while Dazen slept exhausted next to them, being protected by his companions.

Kenji watched the scene and thought, "They look fine. It looks like Dazen passed out, and the other two are protecting him, that's good."

Kenji approached Ayume and Hideki. When the two saw him, they were relieved and happy, finally able to relax after all the time under intense pressure.

Ayume, hurriedly, said: "Kenji-sensei, we need to get Dazen back to the village quickly, he is very injured from the fight."

Kenji noticed the girl's concern and replied, "Yes, you guys will tell me what happened while we get back."

Kenji then placed Dazen on his back and the three began running at full speed towards Konoha. On the way, Ayume and Hideki explained the entire battle against the Kumo ninjas to Kenji in detail.

Kenji listened attentively, without missing any details. The more he listened, the more surprised he was. The three genins faced a fight where their lives were at risk, but they were able to plan a strategy and take advantage of the few chances they had.

"It seems like I really underestimated them. Especially Dazen, being able to fight in this situation is impressive." thought Kenji.

When Ayume and Hideki finished their explanation, Kenji said, "You guys did great, you exceeded my expectations."

Normally, Ayume and Hideki would be excited by Kenji's praise, but Dazen's situation left them too worried to rejoice.

Noticing the two's concern, Kenji said: "There's no need to be so worried. I've already checked Dazen's condition, he just passed out due to exhaustion, he has some injuries and will need medical treatment, but nothing too worrying. He'll be fine."

Kenji's words comforted Ayume and Hideki, who continued the path at maximum speed. Just before dark, they arrived in Konoha.

Without wasting time, the three headed towards the village hospital, and soon after, Dazen was being attended to by Konoha's medical ninjas.

"You guys stay here and also be attended to by the doctors. Even though you're in better condition than Dazen, you also have some injuries. So, rest well. I'll go to the Hokage's office to check some things. Once I'm done, I'll be back to check on Dazen and you guys."

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Ayume and Hideki nodded and followed the medical ninjas. Kenji wasted no time and headed towards the Hokage's office, thinking, 'The other two must have already arrived and reported everything to the Third. I need to check the details and also report what happened to my team.'

Soon Kenji arrived at the place and went up towards the place and went up towards the Hokage's office, but before they could enter two ninjas stopped him, "You can't enter now Kenji the Hokage is having an important meeting."

Kenji nodded and replied: "I know that, the meeting is also about me, don't worry."

The ninjas didn't doubt Kenji and let him pass.

Kenji then walked by and knocked on the Hokage's office door and waited for a response.

Soon he heard, "Come in."

Kenji then entered and soon noticed the presence of Aiko and her companion, Hiruzem recognized Kenji and said: "Kenji, you have arrived, have you found your team? How are they?"

Kenji then replied: "They are fine, the three of them were able to defeat the kumo ninjas, Dazen was injured, but he is already receiving treatment at the hospital."

Hiruzen and the other two were surprised hearing that the three genin had dealt with the kumo ninjas.

Hiruzen then spoke: "It looks like your team is really strong Kenji, tell me the details."

Kenji nodded and began to tell everything that Ayume and Hideki had reported to him, as he listened to the story the more surprised Hiruzen became, 'I didn't imagine that the three of them were so good, it seems that we will have three more very capable ninjas in the future.'

The capabilities of Kenji's team pleasantly surprised Hiruzen, currently talented ninja were of utmost importance to Konoha.

Soon Kenji finished reporting the entire fight and then Hiruzen nodded: "I understand, the three did very well, it's good that nothing more serious happened."

Kenji nodded and asked, "So about Aiko's mission, what was it about?"

Hiruzen's expression was a little more serious and he began to say: "In recent months Konoha was facing problems in getting information from other villages many of our spies were discovered, Aiko's team was one of the few that had not yet been discovered This time they obtained information about several of the Kumogakure plans and movements, but ended up being discovered if it wasn't for you to find the information completely lost."

Kenji nodded and said, "Yes, but they also know that we have this information so it won't be very useful."

Hiruzen smiled and said: "This is not a problem because of that kumogakure will have to change a lot of your plans and this cannot be done overnight we can take advantage of this and we can also use some of the information to hurt the reputation Kumogakure, anyway we have several ways to take advantage of the situation."

Kenji understood then said, "Right this is good so I think I better go, I have to check the condition of my team."

Hiruzen nodded and said: "Of course, but stop by my office tomorrow, there are some things I want to talk to you about."

Kenji nodded and then left the office and ran toward the hospital, soon he arrived at the hospital and sought Hideki and Ayume finding them quickly.

Kenji then asked them, "How is the condition of Dazen?"

Hideki then replied: "The doctors said he has some broken ribs and that his muscles are very tense because of the electrical discharges, but he will be well after a few days, he has not woke up, but the doctors said this is due to exhaustion he should wake up after resting a little."

Kenji sighed relieved: "That's good, you should also go home and rest I'll stay and wait for Dazen to wake up."

Hideki nodded and looked toward Ayume, she in turn hesitated a little not wanting to leave.

Kenji noticed the girl's hesitation and asked: "Is there a problem ayume?"

Ayume lowered his head and said: "I also wanted to wait for Dazen to wake up to thank, he was only injured that way because he protected me."

Kenji smiled and said: "So that's it you can thank you tomorrow, for now worry about resting."

Ayume nodded still hesitantly and left with Hideki, Kenji saw both of them leave while thinking, 'They went through a lot today, it will help a lot in their growth.'

Kenji then entered the room where Dazen was sleeping and sat on one of the chairs hoping the boy would wake up.