"Get serious... otherwise... you'll definitely be the one who dies..."
Although Hyuga Sho had said he wouldn't kill Haku,
that didn't mean he wouldn't frighten him.
If Haku ended up losing his life because of his own kindness...
then that would become a joke for the heavens.
"..."
Haku gripped his kunai and silently formed hand seals.
With one hand!
"Oh? This is interesting..."
"Water Release... Water Shockwave!"
The most commonly used C-rank Water Release Ninjutsu was unleashed by Haku, surging toward Hyuga Sho.
Hyuga Sho easily stepped back and dodged it.
"Now... I have the advantage..."
Haku said.
"Secret Technique..."
Haku formed another seal with one hand.
"Thousand Killing Water Needles!"
The water that had splashed across the forest didn't disappear.
Instead, it rose into the air and condensed into countless spikes.
Each of these spikes was like a water-based version of Senbon.
Under Haku's control, thousands of needles shot toward Hyuga Sho, trapped in the center!
"Don't worry, I'll avoid the impo—"
He couldn't finish the word "rtant."
Hyuga Sho's figure suddenly transformed into a mass of purple light and flew into the sky.
After tracing a parabola through the air, he returned to the ground and changed back to his original form.
Only then
did fragments of grass and wild vegetables, pierced by countless needles, spray in every direction.
"..."
Overwhelmed by shock, Haku froze on the spot.
"Is this... the Meteor Step the Demon Brothers mentioned?"
On the night Gato was killed,
the Demon Brothers had watched the entire process in full.
That naturally included the fleeting glimpse of Meteor Step when Sha Wusheng stormed into Gato's headquarters.
Meteor Step was a technique similar to the Body Flicker Technique.
By using Mental Energy together with Taijutsu,
the user would appear like a shooting star.
Mental Energy