Looks like there was no escaping.
With a tap, Gekko Hayate narrowed his eyes slightly and abruptly halted. Looking at the Sunagakure ninja who had suddenly appeared before him, his forehead protector visible and killing intent sending a chill down his spine, a thought flashed through his mind.
In the end, he had been one step too late.
Those two had discovered him first. If he had been just a little faster, he would probably have escaped by now and headed to the Hokage Building to report directly to the Third Hokage.
But now, the man before him was Sunagakure's supervising Jonin. Since the Third Kazekage trusted him so much, he was probably not easy to deal with.
At the very least, Hayate would not be able to escape.
"Isn't this the examiner? What are you doing here alone?"
At that moment, seeing Gekko Hayate stop the instant he intercepted him, one hand gripping the hilt of the sword on his back, Baki wore a relaxed smile.
He clearly did not regard Gekko Hayate as someone to be particularly wary of.
He noticed my Body Flicker Technique immediately, stopped while still at a safe distance, and used the momentum of stopping to prepare for battle.
From that alone, this Gekko Hayate has solid fundamentals. Judging by his posture, he should be a ninja with extensive taijutsu experience.
At the very least, his stance and that stop just now had almost no openings.
And even the openings I can see aren't necessarily safe.
They may very well be traps he deliberately exposed to lure me into attacking! According to the intelligence, Gekko Hayate is a Konoha Special Jonin, ranked between Jonin and Chunin. By Konoha's classification, Special Jonin should be specialized versions of Jonin—ninja who excel so greatly in one area