Poison?
Poisoned?
We were... poisoned?
As they watched the relieved smile at the corner of the boy's lips and read the words he spoke from the movement of his mouth, Spectacles Man and his companion's widened eyes flashed with horror.
But...
When? When had they been poisoned?
According to what this brat had said, this poison should have been a toxin that required continuous inhalation over a certain period of time...
But when had they inhaled it?
Then, in the next second, as they still felt nothing, an uncontrollable fear slowly welled up in their hearts.
When had they fallen for it?
To be honest, they had not relaxed in the slightest just because they were facing two children. On the contrary, because these children were taking the Chunin Exams at such a young age, they had taken them seriously enough. Besides, behind these two children stood Hada Ichiba, someone who appeared exceptionally strong and was practically among the top Genin participating in the exam. They had prepared many contingency plans.
When they launched their attack, they had also prepared plenty of backup measures.
For example, their initial killing blow had not been designed for the two of them to reveal themselves. It had been Matsuda, transformed into an Exploding Tag Kunai—the strongest among them—who struck, all to ensure a one-hit kill.
Moreover, this was to prevent the two children from seeing an attack launched by the two of them and taking defensive measures, perhaps even causing their attack to fail. Thus, they had chosen the most foolproof plan: have their strongest member ambush them and kill them in one strike, the safest and fastest way to end the fight.
This was already the utmost caution, the best method they could think of.
They had even been quite certain, after