"Chirp—"
A crisp bird cry rang out from in front of Ajisai's lower abdomen. An enormous monstrous bird burst from the Curse Mark on her abdomen, its sharp beak successfully blocking Yugito Nii's incoming claws.
Yugito Nii was knocked back by the immense force. She rapidly adjusted herself in midair before landing steadily. The moment Moriyue saw those paper flakes like fine snow, he knew Ajisai's identity. After all, Ninjutsu that used paper as their core were rare, and she had even incorporated Space-Time Ninjutsu. The only one capable of such a technique was Ajisai.
The books he had read these past few days had not been for nothing. Though his clone had done most of the reading, that was unimportant. He knew full well just how rare a talent for Space-Time Ninjutsu was. Tenten was one of the few people with exceptional talent in Space-Time Ninjutsu. Such people were generally technical specialists; things like Sealing Scrolls required their assistance.
Seeing Ajisai attack them, then recalling Ajisai's fate in the original story, the corner of Moriyue's mouth twitched slightly.
"The S-rank mission she received... couldn't be to assassinate us, could it?"
Watching Ajisai struggle desperately, Moriyue became increasingly convinced that he had guessed correctly.
But being right changed nothing. A fight was still a fight. Although Yugito Nii had been sent flying by the giant bird, Ajisai's situation was not much better. The clothes over her lower abdomen had vanished, turning her formerly conservative outfit into a crop top. A large patch of blood stained her abdomen, caused by summoning the giant bird just now.
Having widened the distance between herself and Yugito Nii, Ajisai saw that the gap in strength was too great and chose not to continue fighting. If she could not win, she would retreat first and