At dusk, school let out.
Mitaraishi Anko stood up and quickly turned around.
Then she met Jueming's icy gaze.
"..."
Mitaraishi Anko immediately grabbed her schoolbag and hurried out of the classroom.
Jueming... followed her.
Outside the school gates, Mitaraishi Anko did not dare waste a moment and quickly left.
Yet a figure behind her 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 and backstreets.
At one point...
She stopped.
"Who?!"
She turned around and looked toward the pitch-black alley behind her.
By then, night had already fallen.
The streetlights were on, yet the dark alley remained impossible to make out.
Mitaraishi Anko widened her eyes and stared at that alley.
After a long while...
She slowly turned her head away.
In an instant, she discovered an extra figure standing before her.
It was Jueming.
"Wah~!"
Mitaraishi Anko was so frightened that she immediately staggered backward.
"Y-you, you..."
"Hmph... You offended my Senju Clan and still thought you could run?"
Jueming, blocking the entrance to the alley, curled his lips into a smile.
Mito Uzumaki: "..."
Jueming's expression made him look like some criminal thug, reminding Mito Uzumaki of the times he had beaten up children his age to "borrow" money.
The streetlight shone on Jueming's back.
Jueming walked toward Mitaraishi Anko step by step.
Mitaraishi Anko backed away.
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 nothing she could do about it.
Whether she was scared or not, she had to make the gesture first.
She could not lose in terms of presence, right?
But this time, even her presence failed her.
Because...
Mitaraishi Anko realized 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 have to fleece you dry.
"Hehe..."
Mitaraishi Anko, who had lowered her head, laughed instead.
As she laughed, her shoulders began to shake.
When she raised her head again, a frenzied expression had appeared on her face.
"Do you know?"
She suddenly stopped trembling.
"I've always been suppressing my true nature."
She said.
"Oh?" Jueming raised an eyebrow.
A faint aura began to rise from her.
"I... actually really like seeing blood."
Mitaraishi Anko said in a restrained 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 wild laughter.
"I'll kill you!"
Slurp~.
Then, she stuck out her tongue and licked the corner of her mouth.
That sudden deranged behavior made Mito Uzumaki frown.
"Orochimaru..."
She suddenly thought of someone.
Mitaraishi Anko looked very much like Orochimaru.
Was she an obsessive fan of Orochimaru?
She remembered... when she had still been alive, a small number of Konoha ninja had deeply admired that inwardly depraved fellow, Orochimaru.
Orochimaru's signature moves.
One was an evil grin.
The other was licking his tongue.
Both actions had appeared on Mitaraishi Anko.
This crazed demeanor might have frightened other people.
Unfortunately...
"You're far inferior to Senju Akira."
The mutated Senju Akira had been the truly sanity-shattering existence.
After going through 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 managed to block it.
[Kidney Development +1]
"Good."
Jueming gave a low shout of approval.
It would be best if she could hold on.
Because...
"Next, I'll do my best not to break you!"
Jueming kicked out. Caught off guard, Mitaraishi Anko was sent flying backward.
She climbed back up, and under the stimulation of adrenaline, she maintained an exaggerated smile as she charged straight at him.
The sounds of fighting rang out in the dark alley.
And the ones fighting were two children who had only just started school.
[Kidney Development +1] [Kidney Development +1]...
Looking at the enhancements he had obtained, Jueming felt deeply gratified.
Their fists and kicks collided as the two exchanged blows.
Jueming punched Mitaraishi Anko in the face.
The cheek bearing that frenzied smile immediately twisted to one side.
She turned her head back, and Jueming threw another punch.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Until her cheek swelled up.
With a bang, Mitaraishi Anko was knocked back against the wall.
Jueming kicked at her, and flakes of plaster immediately rained down from the wall.
Compared to Mitaraishi Anko's fervor...
Jueming was incomparably calm.
Like... a cold-blooded killer.
"Surrender."
Jueming said coldly.
"I can let you keep some dignity."
"In your dreams!"
Mitaraishi Anko tried to make that internationally friendly gesture again.
Jueming smashed down on her elbow.
After that blow, Mitaraishi Anko could no longer raise her forearm.
There was no longer any suspense in the battle that followed.
Jueming used Ninja Body Fist.
Fists and kicks rained down, treating her like a target dummy.
And Mitaraishi Anko grew increasingly alarmed.
Because... she discovered that Senju Jueming's punches and kicks were becoming heavier and heavier.
"Damn it! Don't tell me he hasn't even been using his full strength until now?!"
Mitaraishi Anko collapsed onto the ground.
"I-I surrender..."
Having seen the situation clearly, she surrendered.
Humiliation. What utter humiliation.
I, Mitaraishi Anko, have ruled Konoha's streets for years, beaten up countless children my age. I started fighting as soon as I could talk... I've never lost... yet today... today I actually fell...
Damn it, didn't they say the Senju Clan was finished? How did a freak like this suddenly appear...
"You surrender? Good... Next, I'll let you keep some dignity."
Jueming looked down at Mitaraishi Anko, who was sprawled on the ground.
He could not let such fine leeks go to waste.
"She's already surrendered, Senju Jueming."
Mito Uzumaki reminded him.
Even if Senju Akira had left a shadow in his heart, this was still going too far.
"You don't understand."
Jueming shook his head.
Mito Uzumaki did not understand.
She did not know he was using the beating of a girl to strengthen himself.
"Let's start from the soles of your feet."
Jueming kicked out, striking the sole of Mitaraishi Anko's foot.
Next came her ankle.
Then her calf, knee, thigh...
He attacked inch by inch, striking each part once as he worked his way upward.
This way, she would feel pain, but her injuries would not accumulate.
After beating her all over once.
Jueming discovered that the system no longer displayed any prompts.
Perhaps he had fleeced Mitaraishi Anko clean.
Or perhaps there was a cooldown.
Either way, he would study 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...
"Ugh..."
Mitaraishi Anko lay sprawled on the ground, struggling to lift her head.
Staring at Jueming's arrogant retreating figure, she nearly crushed her silver teeth.
"D-Damn Senju Jueming... I'll definitely kill you!"
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