"Phew... that scared me to death."
Watching the Silver Moon Black Robe tear off his shredded sleeve, then looking at Teacher Asuma across from him, rubbing his waist but seeming largely unharmed, Ino Yamanaka let out a long breath and spoke with lingering shock.
Her words were filled with intense lingering fear.
"Wh... what... just... mmmph mmmph happened?"
At that moment, Akimichi Choji, standing in front of Ino Yamanaka, snapped out of his daze and abruptly pulled out a freshly opened bag of snacks. With eager haste, he grabbed some chips and stuffed them into his mouth, speaking as he chewed.
No.
He should have been asking.
Of course, with his mouth full of snacks, the crucial parts of his question came out as muffled "mmph mmph" sounds. Hardly anyone could understand him.
"I don't know either... what just happened?"
Still, hardly anyone did not mean no one. Behind him, there was someone who understood.
At the very least, Shikamaru Nara understood, and he answered Choji's question, even if that answer was that he did not know.
At the same time, judging by Ino Yamanaka shaking her head, she had likely understood what those "mmph mmph" sounds meant as well.
It was just that, like Shikamaru Nara, neither of them had seen what had happened.
With their dynamic vision, all they saw was Teacher Asuma rushing forward with a side kick. No, they had not even seen how he rushed forward. They had not seen Teacher Asuma's Body Flicker Technique at all. In fact, by the time they realized their teacher had charged in, it was already the instant his side kick was blocked and he paused.
Then, the next second, they saw their teacher turn sideways, his right foot sweeping past the Silver Moon Black Robe's face.
And at