Soji suddenly pulled out several Shuriken and hurled them at Kakuzu in front of him.
"Hmph, you underestimate me too much." With a light leap to the side, the Shuriken embedded themselves in the wall behind him.
But when Kakuzu looked back at where Soji had been, there was no longer even a shadow of him.
All that remained at the scene were corpses scattered across the ground.
This made Kakuzu's already unpleasant expression darken further.
"You think you can get away? I told you, your heart is mine!" Kakuzu immediately left the laboratory as well.
Once outside, Soji did not pause in the slightest and continued running away from the laboratory.
After running two or three kilometers, Soji was finally caught up to by Kakuzu from behind.
"Tentacle Fist!"
Soji's running figure was suddenly blocked by dense black threads shooting in from behind.
Soji directly used the Body Flicker Technique to leave the spot, appearing not far ahead. He turned around and faced Kakuzu, who had caught up.
"What? Not running anymore?" Kakuzu's voice was savage.
"Heh, why would I run? This place is just right." Soji's reply held no emotion.
Hearing Soji's words, Kakuzu frowned.
"What do you mean?"
"I mean this is the perfect place to fight!"
Soji had never intended to flee from the start.
It was only because he was facing a Kage-level expert like Kakuzu that Soji feared their battle near the laboratory would damage the instruments he wanted.
That was why he had planned to lure Kakuzu away.
Now that they were some distance from the laboratory, Soji no longer had to worry about their fight affecting the equipment inside.
Besides, ever since stepping into the Kage-level, Soji had yet to fight an opponent of the same rank. Kakuzu's appearance was exactly what