After parting ways with Shinji, Tsunade's squad immediately began retreating toward the Land of Fire. However, with a large number of Kusagakure refugees accompanying them, the group was making slow progress.
Watching the first light of dawn appear on the horizon, Shizune, who had been on edge the whole time, finally smiled. "It's finally daylight!"
Yakumo also let out a sigh of relief.
The demons that had rampaged through the night had become a lingering shadow in the hearts of everyone in the group.
Even Yakumo, who was capable of fighting demons, couldn't help but feel a deep-seated fear of those bloodthirsty monsters with their nearly limitless regenerative abilities.
Tsunade said, "Don't let your guard down!"
Shizune asked in confusion, "Lord Tsunade, it's already daylight. Those monsters shouldn't show up again, should they?"
"Hard to say!"
Tsunade shook her head.
To deal with the Upper Ranks, who possessed incredible regenerative abilities, she had secretly developed a super toxin designed to target flesh and blood.
She had thought this toxin would make it much easier to deal with monsters like the Upper Ranks, but she hadn't expected it to be far less effective in actual combat than she'd anticipated.
That made her realize the Upper Ranks' flesh was far tougher than she had imagined.
They might be afraid of sunlight, but having already learned that lesson the hard way, she didn't dare let her guard down or claim they wouldn't appear during the day.
Shizune couldn't help asking, "Lord Tsunade, what exactly are those monsters? I've never heard of anything like them in the Shinobi World!"
Tsunade shook her head again. "I don't know either. But..."
"But what?" Shizune asked.
Tsunade seemed to weigh her words. After a moment, she replied, "But judging by how quickly their flesh can recover, they