Under the moonlight, the four people confronted each other.
Scarface, as the vice leader of Windmill Village, had just pulled off a big job today.
He had celebrated wildly, drinking a lot of alcohol, and didn't return to his room to sleep until late at night.
When he groggily woke up, the alarm had been ringing for quite some time.
He heard movement outside the courtyard. Then he immediately put on his clothes.
As he rushed into the corridor of the courtyard, he saw a girl wearing ninja clothes, who had just killed one of his men, covered in blood, staggering towards the forest.
He followed her out without hesitation. To follow this girl and then capture her accomplices was his only thought.
The girl stopped in the forest and began waiting for her companions.
So he immediately rushed down and ambushed the girl. Although the girl's strength was indeed good, he still quickly caught her.
Just then, a deafening explosion suddenly echoed from within the village.
At this moment, Scarface's heart was filled with intense anger and fear. He couldn't wait to kill the girl in front of him with a kunai.
But he couldn't do that.
He needed to find out who they were and then take revenge.
Most importantly, with something like this happening, how was he going to explain it to the leader?
He knew very well how terrifying the leader was.
Scarface looked at the three kids in front of him with a ferocious expression.
"Don't speak, don't move, or I'll kill her!"
Scarface shouted in a low voice, turning the kunai back to Mikoto's forehead, releasing her mouth with his other hand, and tightening his grip on her neck.
Tatsumi stopped Nawaki, who was about to rush forward.
The opponent was currently in an unstable state of mind.
If not handled properly, Mikoto could easily...
Right now, genjutsu was the only useful thing. But what if the opponent was also highly skilled in genjutsu?
Even if the opponent fell for the genjutsu and broke it in a second, that second wouldn't be enough to save Mikoto.
The opponent's strength was at least at the level of a special jonin. What if the genjutsu failed!
Tatsumi kept telling himself to calm down.
He analyzed the situation in front of him. The opponent hadn't made a move yet, probably because he was also wary of them.
Although they weren't wearing headbands, ninjas of this age with this kind of strength couldn't have been trained in some ordinary small place.
The most likely possibility was that they were Konoha ninjas. Then there must be a team leader hiding around, using a hostage to better confront the unknown jonin.
"What do you want...?" Tatsumi asked.
At this moment, a look of pain appeared on Mikoto's face. Clearly, the hand Scarface was using to strangle her neck was tightening: "What do I want... What do you think I want?"
"Over the years, I've worked hard from being an ordinary person, like a dog, to get to where I am today."
"What I think about all the time is having the power to protect them and give them the best life possible."
"No one can bully them! I'm almost done with my time and can take them away from this hell."
"But you guys, you ruined everything in one night. He'll kill me! Capturing you is enough."
Scarface's emotions were somewhat unstable, and he spoke intermittently.
The more Tatsumi looked at Scarface, the more familiar he felt.
He felt like he had seen him somewhere before!
The expression on Scarface's face was somewhat distorted. Then, he chuckled in a low voice, and the hand holding Mikoto's neck tightened.
Mikoto's lips, gazing at Tatsumi, trembled,
breathing hard and barely, but the expression on her face was becoming more and more painful.
She was still trying to make a sound, "D-Don't... mind me..."
Tatsumi had never hated his weakness as much as he did now.
Although he understood that Scarface would definitely not kill Mikoto so easily, he really didn't want Mikoto to suffer like this.
Tatsumi suddenly took a step forward,
Catching sight of Tatsumi's unusual movement, Scarface suddenly looked over: "What are you doing? Want to die?"
"It's nothing." Looking into the other's eyes, Tatsumi indicated that he had nothing in his hands.
Then he smiled, "I killed those people, and I set the explosive tags... You should hate me."
"She's my most important companion. You want a hostage, you can have me. Can I exchange with her?"
"Hahaha. What am I hearing? I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it..." Scarface squeezed the kunai in his hand, his expression seeming somewhat crazy.
"Do you know that a ninja is a creature without companions? It is the destiny of a ninja to lurk alone in the darkness!"
"You're really naive. You're quite the man, haha... haha..." Scarface mocked.
Mikoto shook her head, tears already welling up in her eyes.
She sobbed, "Tatsumi, don't mind me... you guys get out of here."
Scarface was still waving the kunai, "You think I'll listen to you? You're all going to die! The question is, who dies first."
"Honestly, I'm a little afraid of you geniuses. You're still kids, but your strength has already reached this level. Why couldn't I have been born in such a good environment!"
"What are you thinking? Are you thinking about distracting me or something, and then using genjutsu or other ninjutsu to take me down?"
Scarface took out a kunai and threw it in front of Tatsumi.
"Look, there's a kunai here, go pick it up." Scarface gestured to Tatsumi.
"Now stab the kunai into your right hand. As long as you do it, I'll let the girl go."
"Tatsumi, don't." Nawaki grabbed Tatsumi.
"Hurry up! Isn't she your important companion? Don't you care about this girl's life?"
Tatsumi knew very well what Scarface was up to.
The hand was the most important thing for a ninja. If one hand was crippled, a normal ninja would not be able to form hand seals. Then the ninja would lose his threat.
Tatsumi bent down and picked up the kunai, and Mikoto struggled.
"N-No... d-don't..." Later, Mikoto opened her mouth wide and couldn't speak.
Tatsumi gritted his teeth and stabbed the kunai into the ground. The kunai directly pierced through the back of his hand. Blood gushed out, and Tatsumi gritted his teeth and showed a painful expression.
"Like this... is it okay now..." Lowering his head, Tatsumi seemed to be enduring the pain.
Scarface was stunned for a moment. He had originally estimated that the other party would hesitate for a long time even to stab himself, but who knew that the boy in front of him would be so ruthless.
His hand subconsciously loosened the grip on Mikoto's neck.
Scarface did not relax his vigilance. The boy in front of him was too ruthless. He was considering whether to kill the boy first.
"Hey!" Tatsumi suddenly raised his head.
Scarface's attention was drawn to Tatsumi.
"Do you know a couple in a hotel in Rogue Town?"
"Heh... what... what are you talking about?" Scarface became a little distracted when he heard Tatsumi's words.
Tatsumi's voice seemed to contain genjutsu.
Under the impact of that sentence, Scarface's head was a little out of control.
The appearance of the couple appeared in his mind.
The hand holding the kunai slowly trembled.
Tatsumi's face became paler and paler, and sweat flowed from his forehead.
This genjutsu was different from the genjutsu he had used before. This was a suggestive genjutsu. It was still a bit difficult for him to cast such a high-level genjutsu on a ninja like the one in front of him.
He continued, "That couple has already been killed by my teacher! I saw it with my own eyes."
Scarface's face immediately turned pale.
Just as Tatsumi relaxed his vigilance, Scarface suddenly raised his head, and in an instant, the kunai flew out of his hand.
Tatsumi's body flew up and slammed heavily on the ground, the kunai piercing through his left chest, and blood bloomed.
In an instant, Mikoto's eyes turned blood red.
"Ah--"
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