Tap!
A faint landing sound, mingled with the dry crunch of soil grains beneath a foot, rang out before the silent Black Flames, making the black cone-shaped belt of fire sway slightly.
Just as the Third Raikage flew into the air and Dodai and the Iwagakure Ninjas blanched in horror, a left foot stepped onto the edge of the burning belt of Black Flames.
Tap!
Then came another sound as the right foot landed with a twisting motion.
Steam humanoid...
Landed!
This is bad!
At that moment, Dodai stared at the steam humanoid before him at an angle, hissing and giving off white heat, and his already wide eyes opened a little further as his heart jolted twice.
Those two faint landing sounds felt as if they had stepped directly on his heart, making it pound in terror.
His face even turned a shade paler! Then, after the thought This is bad!, his mind was filled with an overwhelming urge to flee from this steam humanoid.
Yet the terror pounding in his heart made his body stiffen. For a moment, he could not move at all! The steam humanoid's landing had frightened him into complete immobility! And it was not just him. Those two faint landing sounds seemed to have stepped on the hearts of the Kumogakure Ninjas as well. Their hearts pounded in fear, and the instant the steam humanoid landed, nearly all of them—aside from the wounded and the medics—took a step back in unison.
It's here!
What... what is he going to do next?! At that moment, almost identical thoughts flashed through their minds—thoughts that made their hearts pound and their scalps tingle.
In that instant, the steam humanoid seemed to grow enormously in their eyes the moment it landed, like a mountain standing before them. Their