Offend the Senju Clan and Think You Can Run?

At dusk, school was over.

Mitaraishi Anko stood up and swiftly turned around.

Then she met Jueming's icy gaze.

"..."

Mitaraishi Anko immediately grabbed her schoolbag and hurried out of the classroom.

Jueming... followed her.

Walking past the school gates, Mitaraishi Anko did not dare delay for even a moment and quickly left.

Yet behind her, a figure seemed to be following her like a shadow.

Mitaraishi Anko began to run.

That figure gave chase.

Mitaraishi Anko ran and ran, passing several streets and darting through alleys.

At one moment...

She stopped.

"Who?!"

She turned around and looked toward the pitch-black alley behind her.

By then, night had already fallen.

The streetlights had come on, yet the dark alley remained invisible.

Mitaraishi Anko widened her eyes and stared at that alley.

After a long while...

She slowly turned back around.

In an instant, she discovered a figure standing before her.

It was Jueming.

"Wah~!"

Mitaraishi Anko was so startled that she immediately stumbled backward.

"You, you, you..."

"Hmph... You offended the Senju Clan and still think you can run?"

Jueming, standing at the entrance of the alley, curled his lips into a smile.

Mito Uzumaki: "..."

Jueming's expression of an evil force made Mito Uzumaki recall the times he had beaten up peers to "borrow money."

The streetlight shone on Jueming's back.

Jueming walked toward Mitaraishi Anko step by step.

Mitaraishi Anko retreated.

The next second, she raised her arm and gave Jueming an internationally friendly gesture.

It was entirely instinctive.

She had been used to fighting since childhood. There was no helping it.

Whether she was scared or not, she had to make the gesture first.

She could not lose in terms of momentum, right?

But this time, she could not keep up her momentum either.

Because...

Mitaraishi Anko discovered that even her fingers were trembling.

"Are you scared?"

Jueming said flatly.

Don't think I'll let you go just because you're afraid of me.

I still need to fleece you dry.

"Heh heh..."

Mitaraishi Anko, who had lowered her head, laughed instead.

As she laughed, her shoulders began to shake.

When she lifted her head again, a fanatical expression had appeared on her face.

"Do you know?"

She suddenly stopped trembling.

"I've always suppressed my true nature."

She said it.

"Oh?" Jueming raised an eyebrow.

A faint aura rose from her body.

"Me... I actually really like seeing blood."

Mitaraishi Anko suppressed her voice.

"I've always tried hard to be a good girl, but I can't help it..."

Gentlemen, I love fighting.

"HAHAHAHA!!!"

The next moment, Mitaraishi Anko burst into manic laughter.

"I'll kill you!"

Slurp~.

Then, she stuck out her tongue and licked the corner of her mouth.

That sudden perverse action made Mito Uzumaki frown.

"Orochimaru..."

She suddenly thought of someone.

Mitaraishi Anko looked very much like Orochimaru.

Was she Orochimaru's fanatical fangirl?

She remembered... when she had still been alive, a small number of Konoha ninja had greatly admired that inwardly twisted fellow, Orochimaru.

Orochimaru's signature moves.

One was an evil grin.

The other was licking his tongue.

Both actions had appeared on Mitaraishi Anko.

That crazed posture might have frightened others.

Unfortunately...

"You're far inferior to Senju Akira."

The mutated Senju Akira was the one who truly made people lose their sanity.

After experiencing certain events, Jueming's will had become even harder than iron.

Jueming threw a punch.

Mitaraishi Anko caught it.

Though it took effort, she still blocked it.

[Kidney Development +1]

"Good."

Jueming gave a low shout of approval.

It could not have been better if she could endure it.

Because...

"Next, I'll do my best not to break you!"

Jueming kicked out. Mitaraishi Anko was caught off guard and sent flying backward.

She climbed up. Driven by adrenaline, she maintained an exaggerated smile and charged straight back at him.

Sounds of fighting rang out in the dark alley.

And the ones fighting were two children who had just started school.

[Kidney Development +1]

[Kidney Development +1]...

Looking at the enhancements he had gained, Jueming felt deeply gratified.

Their fists and feet collided as the two exchanged blows.

Jueming punched Mitaraishi Anko in the face.

The cheek bearing that fanatical smile was immediately knocked to one side.

She turned her head back, and Jueming threw another punch.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Until her cheeks swelled up.

With a bang, Mitaraishi Anko was knocked back against the wall.

Jueming kicked at her, and the wall's surface immediately began flaking off.

Compared to Mitaraishi Anko's fervor,

Jueming was unbelievably calm.

Like... a cold-blooded killer.

"Admit defeat."

Jueming said coldly.

"I can let you keep some dignity."

"Dream on!"

Mitaraishi Anko still tried to make that internationally friendly gesture.

Jueming smashed down toward her elbow.

After that blow, Mitaraishi Anko could no longer raise her forearm.

There was no more suspense in the battle that followed.

Jueming used Ninja Body Fist.

His fists and kicks came together, treating her like a target dummy.

And Mitaraishi Anko became more and more alarmed.

Because... she discovered that Senju Jueming's punches and kicks were growing heavier and heavier.

"Damn it! Has he not even used his full strength until now?!"

Mitaraishi Anko collapsed onto the ground.

"I, I surrender..."

Having clearly seen the situation, she surrendered.

Humiliation, what utter humiliation.

I, Mitaraishi Anko, have dominated Konoha's streets for years and beaten countless peers. I started fighting as soon as I could talk... I've never lost... yet today... today I actually fell...

She thought.

Damn it, didn't they say the Senju Clan was finished? Why did such a freak suddenly appear...

"You surrendered? Good... Now I'll let you keep some dignity."

Jueming looked down at Mitaraishi Anko, who lay sprawled on the ground.

He could not let such a fine leek escape.

"She already surrendered, Senju Jueming."

Mito Uzumaki reminded him.

Even if Senju Akira left a shadow in your heart, aren't you going too far?

"You don't understand."

Jueming shook his head.

Mito Uzumaki did not understand.

She did not know that he was using beatings on a girl to increase his strength.

"Let's start from the soles of your feet."

Jueming kicked out, striking the sole of Mitaraishi Anko's foot.

Then came her ankle.

After that came her calf, knee, thigh...

He attacked inch by inch upward, striking each part once.

That way, while it hurt, the injuries would not accumulate.

After striking her entire body once.

Jueming discovered that the system no longer displayed any notifications.

Perhaps he had fleeced Mitaraishi Anko completely bare.

Or perhaps there was a cooldown.

Either way, he would investigate it again in a few days.

Jueming crouched down.

He "borrowed" some money and several lollipops from Mitaraishi Anko's pocket.

Then he strode away...

"Mm..."

Mitaraishi Anko lay sprawled on the ground, struggling to raise her head.

As she watched Jueming's arrogant retreating figure, she nearly ground her silver teeth to pieces.

"D-Damn Senju Jueming... I'll definitely kill you!"