Killing the Body, Breaking the Spirit

The moment Utsunomiya Taro saw that familiar face, a shiver ran from his tailbone to his scalp. He recalled those utterly unpleasant memories—memories where life and death were decided on a single thought, where there had been no way to escape!

No wonder, no wonder Kenji Dohihara had prepared to use an Escape Scroll right from the start. He must have sensed something!

But...

But now, even an Escape Scroll could not save them!

If he had been standing behind everyone all along, then he naturally had absolute confidence that he could stop any one of them from returning at the critical moment!

Good heavens, how had they run into this monster again? How many lifetimes of bad luck had this taken?!

"It's you!"

Before Utsunomiya Taro could even speak, another voice shattered his train of thought.

What was going on? Someone else knew him too? Knew how terrifying he was?

Following the source of the voice, he saw an Elite Reincarnator from Tokko.

"According to the intelligence, this man is the Bond Inheritor of Uchiha Yue among the Beiyang warlords! It should be in the materials sent to everyone, on the third-to-last page."

"It's said that he himself possesses the strength of an Intruder."

The Tokko Elite Reincarnator hurriedly explained, and realization dawned on the others who had yet to react.

There were too many important matters requiring attention. It was impossible for everyone to have enough energy to understand every new piece of intelligence. Beiyang had merely tagged along this time to stir up trouble, and there had been far too many viable plans emerging.

Besides, with Tokko personnel accompanying them, they had not paid attention to such peripheral intelligence.

Those who had looked into him had mainly focused on Uchiha Yue. At most, they had found him