Pretty quick on your feet

For the first time, this red-haired boy, whom he had always worked as a hunter's Anbu in the shadows, made him feel like he was being hunted!

Even after carrying out hundreds of assassination missions, do I still harbor fear...?

Why is he shaking? He's clearly alone!

Several members of the Anbu trembled, their hands gripping their weapons so tightly that sticky sweat seeped out, making their weapons slack.

Even executioners feel fear. No matter how calm a person is, they will tremble when they truly feel the threat of death; it's an instinct!

Very few people can overcome their instincts!

Above the half-collapsed Hokage Building, Xiang and the two Anbu watched with grave expressions as everything unfolded below.

Mitokado Homura asked him to take action, but he stuck to his decision and stayed by the side of the two advisors.

Once they are both dead, Konoha will be without anyone to make decisions. Even though their decisions caused all of this, as Anbu, he has only one thought—to be loyal to Konoha.

"There's no need to waste time with these Anbu. Let's just grab those two old bastards!"

A glint of shrewdness flashed in Kanami's eyes.

He instantly used the Body Flicker Technique, bursting forth at his maximum speed in a short period of time, and rushed towards the location where he had sensed the two old men!

"Oh no! He's coming for us!"

One of the Anbu behind the elephant frowned and quickly Hand Seals!

The elephant in front shouted, "Wait! Zhu!"

They then headed towards Kanami's direction.

"What are you going to do? Like..."

The elephant blocked Kanami's path from above, shouting, "Chi, stop!"

The two stopped in front of the collapsed Hokage Building. Kanami coldly asked, "Are you loyal to the village, or to those two old bastards?"

"It's the village, of course."

"Then don't stop me from removing the termites. I don't want to kill you."

Xiang never laid a hand on Kanami from beginning to end. Although Kanami didn't understand why, he wasn't a bloodthirsty person.

If the two old men weren't a threat to Hinata, Kanami wouldn't have bothered with these parasites at all.

He didn't have the energy to think about these things; he just wanted to do his best to protect the people around him.

Xiang shook his head and said, "No, if I let you pass, you will definitely kill those two. They can't die yet."

"Hmph, you want to wait until Jiraiya or Tsunade returns to succeed as Hokage before letting the Hokage decide, right?"

How do you know about Lord Jiraiya and Lady Tsunade?

"Does it matter? Let me go. I'll give you face and spare your life for now," Kanami said coldly.

The elephant beneath the mask frowned; the murderous intent in Kanami's words made him hesitant to gamble.

He shook his head again and said, "No, you will definitely kill them."

"Oh."

whoosh--

Kanami threw countless Kunai at the top of the collapsing Hokage Building.

With a sharp look in his eyes, he immediately Hand Seals and summoned a stone pillar from the ground to strike the Kunai!

During the previous battle, he roughly guessed that Kanami was using the Fourth Hokage's signature Ninjutsu, Flying Thunder God Technique!

Clang!

Several Kunai were knocked away by the stone pillar!

Kanami did not appear where Kunai, but instead took advantage of the moment when the elephant was forming hand Hand Seals to quickly pass by!

"Damn it, did they guess I would use Ninjutsu to stop the Kunai?"

Earth Release: Heavenly Clay Drop!

Above the half-collapsed Hokage Building, Anbu named Zhu released clay in all directions.

He knew his opponent was very fast, and that the clay falling from the sky was Ninjutsu that restricted the enemy's movement. Without anyone to cooperate, it would be extremely difficult to hit the opponent with this technique.

Therefore, he placed clay in front of the two advisors and himself. If they still wanted to rush forward, they would be restrained; if they did not rush forward, they would stop.

This gave him time to allow another member of the Anbu Guard behind him to lead the two advisors and escape from the scene!

However, Kanami merely narrowed his eyes slightly, his speed not decreasing at all!

Zhu sneered, "Hmph, naive! Once you're stuck to my special clay, even if you're as strong as an ox, you won't be able to break free, and you won't even be able to use half your speed!"

"That's the difference in experience between us!"

Kanami scoffed, "Experience? You're not even an experience pack."

puff--

Before anyone knew it, Kanami drew his Kusanagi Sword and pierced the thick clay in front of him!

However, as soon as it pierced the clay, the remaining clay locked the sword firmly in place, leaving only a small part of the tip exposed.

Zhu looked at the sword, which was fixed in place by clay, a mocking smile on his lips:

"How laughable. Young people are always so arrogant. When I joined the Anbu at fifteen, I was already a genius. You're just walking the path I once walked."

Upon seeing the sword, Xiang hurriedly shouted, "Zhu! Watch out for that sword!"

Because he had seen this sword before, and it was this very sword that suddenly grew longer and killed Shimura Shunta!

"Be careful? I've already..."

puff--

The cold smile beneath the red mask froze for a moment, and he mechanically looked down.

Then he saw that the sword, which had been firmly controlled by the clay, had somehow pierced his chest.

"Why? My clay is something even the Lord Hokage had to dodge, how could it be...?"

"Sorry, this sword can grow longer; controlling only part of the blade won't help."

With Kanami, the Kusanagi Sword returned to Kanami's hand.

The blood on the Kusanagi Sword slid down the blade, leaving not a single drop on the sword. If it weren't for the large gash in Zhu's chest behind him, one wouldn't be able to tell that the sword had just been stained with blood.

Then Kanami swept past him and rushed straight towards the Two Advisors.

"Zhu!"

Xiang hugged Zhu tightly, her brows furrowed as she glanced in the direction Kanami had chased after.

After sensing that Zhu had stopped moving, Xiang decisively chased after Kanami.

In a secluded corner, two men were observing what was happening at the Hokage Building.

"Interesting. So many Anbu couldn't stop a single boy? Did Mr. Itachi see that red-haired boy when he was in the village?"

Itachi Uchiha's gaze was deep, and it was impossible to tell what he was thinking.

"They're gone."

After speaking, Itachi Uchiha headed towards the outskirts of the village, Kisame Hoshigaki paused for a moment before slowly following.

On the other side, Kanami had already stopped the three.

"Old man, you're quick on your feet, you almost got away."

You actually stole Scroll of Seals!

Upon witnessing Kanami's series of Wood Release Ninjutsu and Flying Thunder God Technique, Mitokado Homura recalled the theft of the archives during the war.

He realized that the stolen scroll must have been taken by the boy in front of him!

"Borrowing is fine, and Ninjutsu was invented so that people could learn it, right? Otherwise, wouldn't it be better to just destroy it? That way, no one would be able to master it."

Kanami looked indifferently at Mitokado Homura and said, "Alright, you two old geezers, as long as you obediently go to bed, I won't kill you."