The Drama Queen

"You're too confident!"

A cold voice came from his comrade, and he watched in surprise as a burst of white smoke rose from his battered companion, revealing a small figure.

It was Qi Shuang.

"You... you... how is this possible..." The Konoha ninja on the ground stared with disbelief.

At this point, he finally understood that the "comrade" who had almost blown him up wasn't one of his own, but a Kirigakure brat using a Transformation Jutsu.

It was the Kirigakure Genin who should have died by his comrade's hand!

Time rewound to after the explosion, to when the sound of rustling footsteps appeared on the battlefield.

"Did you kill that guy?" Kamiya Ki asked in surprise as he quietly approached the newcomer.

Although the dense fog obscured his vision to almost zero, as the caster, he was unaffected by the mist.

When he heard the sudden footsteps, he had sensed from afar that the approaching person was his subordinate, Qi Shuang.

"Shh!"

Qi Shuang made a silencing gesture, pointed towards the other side of the dense fog, and then whispered, "I have fulfilled my mission. I managed to kill that guy."

Then, he asked, "Teacher, how are things on your end?"

Kamiya Ki sighed helplessly, "Our strengths are similar. Although I'm currently suppressing him with the Mist Technique, it will take a little more time to truly defeat him."

Hearing this, Qi Shuang glanced at the other end of the dense fog again. His eyes darted, and an idea immediately formed in his mind.

He then said in a low voice, "Teacher, your vision isn't affected by this fog, so you can see that it's me. But that guy can't."

"He probably thinks I was killed by that Konoha ninja. Why don't I play along, transform into his comrade, get close to him, and then wait for an opportunity to strike!"

"Good!"

Kamiya Ki nodded, secretly pleased. "That's a great plan! If you transform into his comrade, he'll definitely have no defenses!"

With his teacher's approval, Qi Shuang immediately formed hand seals and used the Transformation Jutsu, changing into the appearance of the Konoha ninja he had just killed.

"To make this look more convincing and prevent him from becoming suspicious, Teacher, you should attack me now and lure him over to support me," Qi Shuang added in a hoarse voice, disguised as the enemy.

"Alright!"

As soon as the words fell, Kamiya Ki re-entered the dense fog.

With the sound of kunai clashing, the two began to act out a chase scene.

Afterward, the surviving Konoha ninja heard his comrade's urgent cries for help.

Everything went according to plan. Qi Shuang smoothly reached the opponent's side and, while feigning pushing him away to avoid Kamiya Ki's sneak attack, attached an Explosive Tag to his back.

Using the power of the Explosive Tag, he severely wounded him in one go!

Seeing the opponent's disbelieving expression, Qi Shuang gave him a cold look and sneered, "Does a Chunin always kill a Genin with 100% certainty?"

"You... you underestimate me too much, and you overestimate yourselves!"

While Chunin are indeed stronger than Genin, they are all flesh and blood. If they are struck in a vital spot, they will die.

It doesn't change just because one is a Chunin and the other is a Genin.

The real difference between the two is that a Chunin, being stronger, can more easily strike a Genin's vital spots, and vice versa.

Therefore, a Chunin will also die if struck in a vital spot by a Genin!

"You... you... you..."

Hearing his taunt, the man was so enraged that he coughed up another mouthful of blood, barely able to breathe.

Qi Shuang looked at Kamiya Ki beside him and said solemnly, "Teacher, there are still two of them unaccounted for, but the commotion of our battle here probably won't escape their notice."

"To avoid any further complications, I think we should kill him quickly and leave! If we delay, it might get troublesome!"

"The guy who killed Natsuki in one blow... I feel he's particularly dangerous!"

Although they had only met briefly, Qi Shuang felt that among the four Konoha ninja, that person was the most dangerous.

He was very likely a Jonin-level expert!

Ninja ranks aren't like game levels; they are a mark of one's ability and recognition from others.

Following the laws of nature, the higher the rank, the more powerful the ninja, but such powerful individuals become increasingly rare.

And the gap between each rank becomes increasingly apparent.

Qi Shuang had the courage to fight a Chunin, but he had no confidence against a Jonin.

The gap in raw power was too great; even wisdom couldn't bridge it.

If Kamiya Ki, a Chunin, could still exchange a few blows with such an existence and possibly survive, then for him, a Genin, the chance of survival would be infinitely close to zero.

The most likely outcome would be to be killed in one move, just like Natsuki who died earlier!

Kamiya Ki looked at his subordinate with surprise and walked over to the dying Konoha ninja, slowly saying, "Your intuition is correct! That guy is indeed very dangerous!"

As he spoke, he took out a kunai and aimed it at the opponent's neck.

Perhaps due to the severe injuries from the explosion, the Konoha ninja struggled to open his mouth to beg for mercy, but he couldn't utter a complete sentence, only letting out muffled "Ahhh" sounds.

In his terrified gaze, Kamiya Ki cleanly severed the kunai, instantly cutting his throat.

"If it weren't for that idiot being too careless and getting killed by a little Genin..."

"If we had chosen to intercept them up ahead instead of tracking them from behind..."

"If we hadn't chosen to hunt them down in the first place..."

"If... if..."

Scenes from the past replayed like a slideshow before his eyes. After several struggles, the second Konoha ninja's pupils rapidly dilated, and he unwillingly took his last breath.

"I thought all ninjas faced death with courage!" Qi Shuang shook his head, looking at his opponent's slowly loosening fingers.

Although he hadn't clearly heard what the other person said, judging by their expression and lip movements, they were likely begging for mercy.

Kamiya Ki wiped the blood off the kunai with the opponent's clothes and said helplessly, "There are all sorts of birds in a big forest!"

"Besides, facing a life-or-death crisis, how many people can truly remain indifferent?"

"Everyone has selfish desires; wanting to live and fearing death is not shameful!"

"What's shameful is what you'll do for that 'life'."

As he spoke, he looked solemnly at his subordinate.

"I don't know!"

Qi Shuang answered crisply.

He was very afraid of death and had a strong will to survive; he knew this very well.

If not, he wouldn't have used two consecutive Water Clones to confuse his opponent earlier.

However, he also knew that sometimes, "life" didn't represent everything.

Therefore, he might resort to any means for "life," or he might abandon "life" for something else.

Thus, he didn't know what he would do when that time came.