"But...what does this have to do with us...?"
Shizune raised her head and asked with difficulty.
"Of course it has something to do with you..."
Mui lowered his head and looked at her.
"According to the information I obtained...opening the box requires powerful Chakra..."
"Powerful...Chakra...?"
"The White Devil, Hyuga Sho..."
A glint flashed in Mui's eyes.
"He's the strongest ninja I've ever seen..."
"You!!" Shizune shouted angrily.
"That's right...you two are merely bait. My purpose was to use you to lure out the White Devil."
"D-damn it..."
A dozen minutes later...
"Hehe, we finally captured Tsunade..."
"..."
Tsunade raised her eyes and looked over.
It was the Four Captains.
"Princess Tsunade, you can't move, can you..."
"You can't make a sound either, can you?"
The Four Captains maintained their hand seals.
"When it comes to binding Ninjutsu, no one can surpass us from Kusagakure..."
"Damn it! It's just a lousy Ninjutsu. Watch me tear it—"
Tsunade couldn't finish speaking.
She let out a scream.
Because...
Mui smeared her face with blood.
"As expected of Mui, clean and decisive as ever..."
The Four Captains praised him.
"..."
Mui wasn't happy.
Instead, confusion appeared in the depths of his eyes.
The Four Captains shouldn't have come this early...
Who had leaked the information to them?
Could it...have been that Masked Man?
"Now, all we have to do is use Princess Tsunade's Chakra to open the box. The world will belong to the four of us, hahahaha!!"
The Four Captains burst into laughter.
Damn it...
Shizune lay sprawled on the ground.
"You've unblocked your meridians. You'd better not move, or you'll definitely die."
Mui noticed Shizune's movements and spoke to her.
Next,
he looked toward Tsunade and shouted, "Four Captains! I'm ready to perform the technique!"
Muku, who had originally been seriously