"Tomorrow at this time, within roughly a two-hour window, everyone stay in contact and find suitable hiding places."
As he looked at the others who had finished speaking and felt the Chakra link that had consumed more than half his strength—almost enough to make his body collapse—Hada Ichiba spoke.
His tone was already tinged with exhaustion.
And just as the words left his mouth, the hand seal in Hada Ichiba's hands suddenly released, unilaterally severing the connection.
The humanoid figure of blazing golden flame instantly turned into a streak of golden fire and vanished into the pitch-black darkness. As the golden flames disappeared, the terrain they had illuminated vanished as well.
The darkness became like the darkness behind closed eyes.
"Whew—!"
Then, with a long exhale, Hada Ichiba slowly opened his eyes. In just ten minutes, fine beads of sweat had already covered his forehead. He looked thoroughly exhausted.
Eight people...
Ten minutes had already been extremely tight.
Now, could he only say it was fortunate there were only eight people? If there had been twelve, or fourteen, then perhaps he would not have lasted five minutes. No, not even three!
I was still too optimistic! No... there are still too many flaws! In the end, it's impossible to compare with...
As he opened his eyes and saw that nothing in the tree hollow had changed, along with the alarm device beside him that had not yet been triggered, Hada Ichiba felt a trace of disappointment.
It was as if he had failed to accomplish something he should have been able to accomplish.
There was regret, helplessness, and an even deeper sense of powerlessness.
I should stop thinking about that.
Their luck is still quite good right now.
However, Hada Ichiba quickly rallied and cast those thoughts aside, turning his