>>5805522It’s noon and your team is gathering at the east gate. You meet Kenji Sato there. He’s much older than you expected, maybe late 40s or early 50s. Him and Hotaru establish some pleasantries while you eavesdrop.
“Sato-San, I was surprised to be receiving your request. The outskirts of Konoha are quite safe for travel, did you truly think 15,000 Ryo was worth the escort?”
“Ah! My grandmother has always been very fond of wolves, they were her particular specialty as a zoologist. When I was a young boy she had a nasty habit of feeding them and coaxing them closer and closer to her home. Eventually I ended up getting bitten by one of her ‘domesticated’ ones during a visit-” He shows a bite mark on his forearm. “-And I’ve been scared of visiting ever since. But she’s 94 now, probably doesn’t have much longer. I don’t want her to pass without having said some final words.”
Naoki approaches, sticking quite close to Kenji as your party begins walking out of the gates. “Wouldn’t the Inuzuka be our village specialists in canines? Why was your grandmother, a civilian, specialized in researching them?”
“Ah! Well, ninja clans do have their specialties, but the Inuzuka tend to be more focused on dogs than wild wolves. In addition, the bigger clans tend to have civilian workers swimming in their wake, so to speak, so-”
Kenji seemed friendly enough. You allow your focus to shift to scanning the forests.
>1d100 or 1d100+10 for your alertness.>Do you talk to anyone or do anything special while you’re walking?>Any special strategies like summoning water clones, what you’re doing with your sensing water spheres, etc. Keep in mind that it’s a four-hour trip and your chakra isn’t inexhaustible. 