"Shadow Clone?"
Ao blurted out, the color immediately draining from his face.
At the same time,
Kaguya Daizo rushed over as well, but after looking around, he found no trace of Hyuga Ritsu in the thick mist. More precisely, the mist was rapidly vanishing.
In the blink of an eye, the mist, having lost its Chakra support, completely dissipated.
"Where is he?"
Kaguya Daizo looked around but failed to spot Hyuga Ritsu. He turned back to Ao and instinctively asked, "Ao, where did the White Yaksha run off to this time?"
"Run off to where? We've been played!"
Ao let out a roar, his face as dark as the bottom of a pot.
"A Shadow Clone? You're saying we've been struggling all this time against a Shadow Clone?" Suikazan Fuguki's expression was equally terrifying.
"Isn't it obvious? I saw the White Yaksha get hit by your Senbon Needles and turn into white smoke. What else could it have been if not a Shadow Clone?"
"Fuck!"
Suikazan Fuguki swore furiously.
The humiliation and rage made him feel as though his brain were boiling.
"Enough, Fuguki. This isn't the time to lose your temper."
Ao was the first to calm down.
Frowning deeply, he tried to analyze the situation. "If we've spent all this time fighting a Shadow Clone, could this be a trap Konoha set for us?"
"It can't be a trap. If it were, Konoha Ninja would already have us surrounded three layers deep."
Suikazan Fuguki immediately rejected the idea.
Ao frowned, but he did not argue with Suikazan Fuguki. He too felt that a trap was unlikely; their current unharmed state was the strongest evidence.
He activated his Byakugan and saw no ambush lying in wait nearby.
"If this isn't a trap aimed at us, then what exactly is