Rain Ninja Mizushima Kimomo and Ayase Magoto were already in grave danger under Kaito Ito and Yuki Minazuki's combined assault. They could be cut down on the spot at any moment.
When they saw Kaito Ito and Yuki Minazuki forced to give up suppressing them in order to dodge the Wind Style: Shuriken Jutsu they had just endured themselves, joy immediately filled their hearts.
"Saved."
"Run!"
Mizushima Kimomo and Ayase Magoto reacted swiftly as well. The moment they saw Kaito Ito and Yuki Minazuki restrained, they immediately chose to flee for their lives.
However, what they never expected was that just when they thought they could escape, the Chakra beneath their feet had only just erupted with propulsive force, and their bodies had not yet moved even an inch—
two sharp blades simultaneously pierced through their backs and their hearts.
"Urgh..."
"Pfft..."
The two of them felt a pain in their chests. When they lowered their heads and looked at the blades jutting through them, they could not even utter a complete sentence before dying on the spot.
The ones who had killed Mizushima Kimomo and Ayase Magoto were none other than Veigar's two Shadow Clones.
It turned out that when Kisame Hoshigaki had formed Hand Seals to use the Water Style: Exploding Water Colliding Wave, the first technique Veigar had used was the Shadow Clone Technique.
Using the flowing water as cover, his two Shadow Clones had already moved toward Mizushima Kimomo and Ayase Magoto.
Veigar's purpose in doing this was to steal the kills. He would never pass up the Source of Life of two people who were certain to die.
Moreover, these two had originally been Veigar's prey. Kaito Ito and Yuki Minazuki had merely snatched them away.
Now that he had taken them back, Veigar felt