"So they all got away!"
Rubbing his chin, Shimura Kentei was not too satisfied with the haul this time. But there was nothing to be done about it. Their side simply had too few people!
"The two men who fought me retreated decisively after Kakuzu was defeated. Both their chakra quality and reserves had reached the Quasi-Kage Level, but their methods were limited, and they had not mastered any powerful ninjutsu. Otherwise, I would not have been able to contend with the two of them for so long."
Kneeling in front of him, Shimura Kenpō wore a grave expression as he considered the reason behind this ambush. Shimura Kentei was pondering the same question.
"The enemy knows us very well. Of the two Quasi-Kage Level experts, one specialized in Earth Release defense, while the other specialized in Fire Release attacks. They countered you perfectly.
"The tactics used against me were equally sharp. The person behind this was probably from the village."
Pushing up his glasses, Shimura Kentei was basically certain that the Behind-the-scenes Mastermind had to be someone from Konoha. Otherwise, they could not possibly know so much about them.
They had even devised two separate battle plans specifically for him. If he had not refined so much Nature Energy into chakra during this period and stored it in the Eight Trigrams Seal, he would have been dragged to death long ago. How could he have kept drawing that bow for so long?
Moreover, the enemy had used genjutsu. That old man's poisoned needle at the end had been even more vicious.
If his lenses had not been ground from diamond and possessed astonishing hardness, that poisoned needle would have pierced his brain long ago and killed him.
One trap after another—their malice and ruthlessness had reached the extreme.
"Brother