Izumi stood before Shiranui Genma's headless corpse, holding a ninja sword still dripping with blood.
"I've returned from hell!"
She wanted to shatter the two men's resolve and gather more intelligence.
For example, whether anyone else had mastered the Flying Thunder God Formation, or where the scroll for this technique was hidden.
Although Blazing Sun Country also had teleportation arrays, their locations were fixed, and activating them consumed enormous amounts of energy. They were far less convenient than the Flying Thunder God Formation.
Of course, it wasn't that Tang Ping lacked the ability. He simply had too many projects on hand and had no time to devote to teleportation arrays.
It was already good enough that he had spent some time developing them. Others could slowly continue the research afterward.
He couldn't possibly handle everything himself.
But Yamashiro Aoba's Flying Thunder God Formation was far too complete. Once acquired, it would save an enormous amount of research time.
That was why Izumi had deliberately acted this way.
She had also sensed danger.
Yamashiro Aoba!
He gave her that feeling, as though he could kill her.
Normally, that should have been impossible.
He was merely an Elite Jonin, while she was a Beyond-Kage-level powerhouse. The gap between them was far greater than a single level. She should have been able to deal with him with a casual slash, yet her instincts told her that he had some devastating trump card.
For the strong, intuition was more trustworthy than their eyes. So Izumi was being cautious and probing him not only to obtain the Flying Thunder God Formation, but also for safety's sake.
She was no reckless brute who would charge in headfirst simply because she had a way to save her life.
If necessary, she could do that too, but there