Eiji's slender fingers rested on the hilt of his sword. He had not even drawn it yet.
Bang, bang, bang.
Several dull impacts of flesh, the tearing sound of sharp weapons slicing through flesh, and waves of agonized cries rang out from within the thick mist.
The battle began quickly and ended just as quickly.
Soon, silence returned, leaving behind only a faint smell of blood.
Mei Terumi charged out with several elite subordinates.
Only after seeing the corpses on the ground did she finally relax. "We made it."
Clearly, her subordinates had intercepted those crazed assassins.
However, when Mei Terumi looked up toward where Eiji and the others had been, there was no one there.
Mei Terumi cursed inwardly. Those Konoha bastards were truly detestable.
Meanwhile, Eiji and the others took several winding turns before finally stopping in front of a dead end.
"Let's go to the next location. Mizukage, where in Kirigakure do you think would be suitable for hiding?"
Yagura pondered for a while. He also wanted to find the so-called Konoha Rogue Ninja as soon as possible and bring this farce to an end.
"There's an abandoned school ahead. Let's take a look there."
Eiji nodded. "All right."
The group had just turned around and walked a few steps out of the dead end when they saw a tall figure blocking the way.
The newcomer's face was wrapped entirely in bandages, revealing only a pair of beastlike eyes.
Yagura recognized him at a glance: Momochi Zabuza.
Back then, he had single-handedly slaughtered all the other students in his class, forcing Kirigakure to end its brutal training methods.
Eiji sized up the legendary figure. "Mr. Bandage Man, are you here to save the Mizukage or kill him?"
Zabuza slowly drew his ninja blade. "Konoha shinobi, you shouldn't