The Demon Brothers clearly did not know much. The only valuable information was confirmation that their employer was indeed Gato, and that Gato seemed to have hired other ninja as well—ones stronger than the two of them.
Other than that, the Demon Brothers had no useful intelligence. This was somewhat below Kakashi's expectations, and it made him further raise his assessment of the difficulty of the mission ahead.
"Looks like that really is all you know. All right, you two can do it now. But don't force yourselves. This is something you need to get used to slowly."
After finally confirming that the Demon Brothers no longer held any value, Kakashi turned to Menma and Sasuke, who were waiting behind him, and spoke.
Menma and Sasuke appeared calm.
But the moment Kakashi's words fell, their bodies trembled involuntarily. Even in this cruel, dark world, killing someone for the first time was ultimately a psychological burden they had to overcome.
Anyone who could kill for the first time without changing expression or feeling the slightest ripple in their heart was probably an utterly terrifying existence on a psychological level!
Menma and Sasuke both possessed firm resolve.
But this was still their first time.
Even though Menma had lived two lives.
In his previous life, he had been an ordinary student who had never even killed a chicken!
To suddenly kill a person directly—if he said he was not trembling with fear, then Menma would be some kind of humanoid monster.
But Menma understood even more clearly that he had to go through this once.
And this opportunity before him was the most suitable one.
The previous two battles had been easy because Menma's current strength far surpassed that of ordinary Chunin. Whether it was Mizuki or the Demon Brothers, neither could