Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh...
Amid bursts of rushing wind, several figures darted through the dappled forest at high speed. They seemed to be fleeing something and looked rather bedraggled and panicked.
They were none other than the Mist Squad of Akatsuki, now hunted throughout the Ninja World like rats in the street.
Biwa Jūzō asked urgently, "Ryu, how is it?"
After observing carefully for a while with his red eyes, Ryu said uncertainly, "I think we shook them off."
"Tch!" Lotus spat disdainfully and said unhappily, "What, are we just going to let them chase us around like stray dogs?"
Biwa Jūzō immediately warned, "Don't do anything rash!"
Kisame Hoshigaki smiled. "Leaving aside the shinobi from the other villages, Iwagakure alone has sent hundreds of squads and over a thousand shinobi after us. Other than running, do we have any other choice?"
"Joining Akatsuki really was a mistake!"
Raiga Kurosuki, the last to join the Mist Squad, grumbled darkly.
Not everyone could fight ten thousand alone like Madara Uchiha. For an ordinary Jonin, being able to take on two or three opponents of the same rank was already impressive.
Although all five members of the Mist Squad were Elite Jonin, if they were truly surrounded by thousands upon thousands of shinobi troops, their fate would be obvious.
Like most members of the Kaguya Clan, Lotus was bloodthirsty and mad, but the fact that he had survived until now showed that he could still restrain his anger and retain a measure of reason. So, he reined in his killing intent and cursed, "Those Iwagakure bastards are all insane!"
Ryu replied irritably, "We stole the Rinnegan from the Tsuchikage himself. Of course they've gone insane!"
Lotus grinned smugly. "True enough. That old Tsuchikage has utterly disgraced himself this time. He actually lost the