Shinji was locked in a fierce battle with a demon. After landing a successful hit, he immediately leaped far away to observe.
During their exchange, he had smeared the poison Tsunade had concocted onto his ninja tools, then used them to attack the demon. As expected, the demon's abnormal regenerative ability was suppressed. The poisoned wounds seemed to have been splashed with sulfuric acid; amid a sizzling, corrosive hiss, they healed much more slowly.
But before long, he frowned.
As time passed, the poison's effects gradually weakened, and the demon's wounds eventually healed completely.
"Tsunade underestimated the demons' physiology."
Shinji grumbled.
But he couldn't really blame Tsunade. Her poison was more than enough to deal with ordinary ninja, but it clearly wasn't potent enough against demons, creatures beyond their understanding.
Still, with these combat results, the next poison Tsunade concocted would likely give demons a real headache.
"Ah!"
As Shinji assessed the poison's potency, a scream came from nearby.
He hurriedly looked over and saw one of Team Kakashi's members torn in half by a demon. It held the body above its head and greedily drank the blood.
His expression darkened as he surveyed the other battlefields.
Aside from the demon Shinji had engaged and the one drinking blood, five demons remained.
Tsunade was suppressing one, Kakashi was fighting another, and Yakumo was using the blood-manipulating ability of the Red Dragon Eye to suppress a third.
The remaining two were overwhelming the squad's other members. Even Shizune, who was no pushover, was in grave danger.
Whoosh.
In the blink of an eye, another squad member was torn apart by a demon.
Realizing their opponents were stronger than expected and that her poison wasn't as effective as she'd hoped, Tsunade shouted, "I'll cover the retreat! Split up and escape!"
Everyone immediately