Hyuga Ao's target this time was named Kuroki Shinya. He was a Jonin, male, and twenty-five years old.
Before the war, Kuroki Shinya had gotten into a conflict with his comrades and eventually killed one of them before defecting.
I don't know whether anyone has encountered this kind of person before: knowledgeable, confident, endlessly talkative, and impossible to shut up.
He always believed he was right and trusted his own eyes completely. No matter how big or small the matter, he was willing to use ten thousand words to prove himself right—and most of the time, he really was.
Even when he was wrong, he refused to admit it unless you shoved the evidence in his face.
At that point, he would change the subject.
When you made a mistake, he would nag you endlessly, yet whenever he was rambling on, he never once watched your expression.
Kuroki Shinya was exactly that kind of person.
That day, he got into another argument with his comrades, and one of them, his mentality pushed to the breaking point, suddenly attacked.
Kuroki Shinya also proved why people like him could talk so much: they were usually stronger than you.
Kuroki Shinya quickly suppressed his comrade, then began taunting him. After being suppressed for so long, his comrade finally exploded.
His comrade lost his head and swore to fight him to the death. After several exchanges, he finally failed to hold back, and Kuroki Shinya accidentally killed him.
At the same time, the mission failed, causing enormous losses.
In his panic, Kuroki Shinya chose to defect.
After the war, Konoha finally had the time to deal with rogue ninjas.
Hyuga Ao was on her way to the Bounty Exchange in the Land of Hot Water.
According to intelligence from the Anbu, after defecting, Kuroki