Yuzuru's attempt to negotiate was bound to be pointless. Aside from the fact that people tended to become irrational at some point during a war, his opponents undoubtedly believed that wiping out the two of them was the truly rational choice.
It was this sort of attempt at negotiation that seemed utterly incomprehensible.
Did he even know what it meant to be "seeing red"?
But Yuzuru's attempt to negotiate didn't mean he actually thought he could stop them. In truth, his most immediate goal was simply to buy time.
The moment he sensed enemies approaching, he had already started gathering Natural Energy as quickly as he could. To speed up the process, he had even rubbed Toad Oil over his skin.
"Pick off weak enemies and run from strong ones. Do you really think it's that simple?" Kakkō put Yuzuru and his companion to the test.
However, he asked the question with such condescension that he seemed to believe his side was far stronger than the two of them.
"Isn't war all about using strength to overwhelm the weak?" Yuzuru saw nothing wrong with avoiding a fight. Did they really have to clash to the death?
Yuzuru had no reason to risk his life.
"Senior, let's take one each. You take the sensor ninja, and I'll take the Explosion Release ninja... All right?"
Unfortunately, avoiding a fight required the other side's cooperation, and that was no longer possible. Yuzuru had no choice but to fight.
As for the two of them working together, the poor visibility on the battlefield made that less effective than fighting separately.
"Sure, but can you handle him?" Shinnosuke Kohinata asked in return.
Iwagakure's Explosion Release ninja were well-known on the battlefield. That reputation alone was a kind of deterrent. The combat applications of the Explosion