Midori is a bit surprised by the duo standing at the delivery point, herself, particularly the Jonin that was standing by with the old lady. This seemed like quite a low-level job for a Jonin to involve themselves in anything going on with it, so she gives Hotarubi a shrug when he turns towards her with an expression of disbelief. She doesn't really understand it herself until the questioning switches from questions about the mission to questions about why their chakra signatures were picked up. Midori's face instantly turned to a frown, with something of a rebel snarl growing on her black-painted lips. Despite her reaction to the news that they'd been somewhat having their chakra signatures "watched" in a sense in the fake Takigakure and now they, or at least Hotarubi, was being chastised for the necessary removal of the seals in order to protect themselves, the Jonin really seemed to have it out for the Chuunin and not her, likely due to the fact that Hotarubi was the higher ranking ninja.
Although Midori considers telling off the Jonin, she also figures that Hotarubi can probably handle it as he and the higher ranking ninja go into the office, with Midori being left with the completion of the mission. She couldn't hear what was really going on with their conversation as she gives the older woman a hard stare, as though daring her to start a blame game while the Genin takes her payment for the mission, leaving behind Hotarubi's share. She figured he would still want his portion in order to help him prepare for his next mission, while Midori wanted to go and do some training back in the ninja village proper. While some training was allowed in the false village, most of it was required to be fairly low-level, and she wasn't the type to put much stock in lower level techniques herself. She grunts as she drops her own pack to the ground and leaves it for the old lady to figure out what to do with it; as far as she could tell, they only needed to get the goods to this position, and with that portion of the job done, Midori left to return to Takigakure itself, although she kept in the back of her mind the strange treatment Hotarubi had received for what she saw as excusable in the context of the mission.
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