Slaughter

Kanami finished speaking.

The twenty-odd Cloud Ninja around them all felt a chilling coldness pressing down on every nerve in their bodies.

Judging from your tone, you must be Chi. I wonder if you could...

The white-haired Darui yawned, lazily got up, placed one hand behind his back, and prepared to draw the large sword from his back.

Just then, he suddenly felt the ground tremble.

Is it the same Ninjutsu as before?

Darui quickly jumped back.

Sure enough, just as he had predicted, after he jumped away, countless thick trees burst forth from the ground at the spot where he had just been standing.

A slight smile played at the corners of his lips.

"The same Ninjutsu won't work the second time it's used..."

Puff!

Before he could finish speaking, a bloody, green tree-like growth emerged from his chest.

Puff puff puff!

Just as he was filled with doubt and surprise, countless trees pierced through him from behind to in front of him, with dark red blood hanging from their tips.

"How..."

His face was deathly pale, devoid of any color, and an expression of disbelief crossed his face. He died shortly afterward.

This happened very quickly. Cloud Ninja were looking at Darui expectantly, their strongest fighter at the moment!

The next second, he was instantly nailed to the ground!

They were all pale-faced, their faces showing deep fear!

The sense of relief I felt when I learned I was assigned to kill Konoha and Sand Village examinees was gone.

They felt that their lives now rested entirely on the decision of the red-haired boy before them.

That bright red hair left an indelible mark on their minds for the second time.

The vibrant red contrasted sharply with the dark red dripping from Darui's body.

"I told you to gouge out your eyes, not to talk so much nonsense," Kanami said calmly.

The Elite Jonin Cloud Village seemed to feel no pressure whatsoever.

"Lord Darui! You wretched thing! You..."

Karui, the red-haired, dark-skinned woman who was the first to recover from the complex emotions of shock, fear, and retreat, revealed a fierce glint in her eyes!

Only anger could suppress her inner fear; only a loud scream could make her voice sound powerful and resonant, without letting the tremor leak out.

But before she could finish her harsh words, she was stunned speechless by the murderous gaze that swept over her by the young man in front of her.

The anger that had just been ignited immediately went silent.

Fear gripped her; in the other person's deep, dark eyes, she saw only one word—"death."

If she continued speaking, she could sense that she would be killed just as swiftly and decisively as Darui!

Seeing the other person's throat bob but no sound come out, Kanami smiled.

The warm sunlight shone directly on his face, and the two contrasting qualities of indifference and warmth blended perfectly on Kanami.

However, these Cloud Ninja could only see indifference and killing; warmth was only seen by the black-haired, white-eyed girl beside him.

"Gouge out his eyes, for the last time."

Kanami spoke calmly, and his voice was very gentle and pleasant to listen to.

It could reach the ears of the surrounding Cloud Ninja like the whispers of a deadly demon.

In an instant, it pulled them back to the bloody scene of a red-haired boy standing atop a fifty-meter-tall giant, slapping their idol, the Fourth Raikage, into a bloody pulp.

Hinata Hyuga held Kanami's hand, and the warmth from his palm made her feel very safe, even though she was facing more than twenty Cloud Ninja who hated them.

Compared to the ruthless Kanami Kanami she knows now, she prefers the simple, everyday days she spends with him in the Forest of Bones, where they don't have to think about anything, only knowing that he will be by her side.

However, she wouldn't speak up to stop Kanami, as that would be an insult to him.

She knew that Kanami was angry because of her.

Who wouldn't like their man to stand up for them?

If she could, she would want to be Kanami's most virtuous wife, making him breakfast every day.

However, she could also sense the speed of Kanami's progress. If she relaxed, she might fall behind Kanami's pace, so she was also working hard silently.

Meanwhile, Kanami was also waiting for her.

After a long while, seeing that no one around him made a move, Kanami was too lazy to waste words. With a thought, the countless trees that had already sprouted from the ground swept towards the Cloud Ninja hiding in the shadows.

Puff puff puff--

In an instant, a piercing sound rang out.

It sounds very dense.

Without the Lightning Shadow's orders, they couldn't escape even if they wanted to.

The Cloud Village has never had any rogue ninjas. Besides their worship of strength above all else, another reason is their zero tolerance for rogue ninjas.

Whenever a rogue ninja appears in the village, they consider it a great disgrace and will send powerful forces to relentlessly hunt him down.

Unlike other villages that merely offer a bounty without actually carrying out a real manhunt.

Choosing to attack, their hearts, filled with fear, were barely able to muster the courage.

"Stop! I'll dig!"

Karui roared and placed his hands on his eye sockets.

She had already sensed the despair emanating from those around her; even if she gave the order to attack now, it would be futile and would only hasten her death.

However, even as she shouted angrily, the splattering sounds around her continued to echo.

"Stop!"

In her rage, Karui exerted force with her left hand, instantly turning her eye socket into a hollow, bloody eyeball held in her hand.

Kanami merely glanced at him sideways.

"I've said it before, everyone, you dug it up, that was your choice, not these people's choice."

Soon, nearly half of the twenty-odd Cloud Ninja were gone.

Upon hearing Kanami's voice, those lucky ones who had not yet been chosen by the trees immediately understood.

They all put their hands over their eyes.

"Don't look."

Kanami and closed his lips, uttering softly.

This is what he said to Hinata beside him. Although he knew she had Byakugan, he still reminded her, as if it were an instinctive habit.

Hinata nodded slightly, still covering her eyes with her two small, fair hands as before, but the gaps between her fingers were still large enough to see her pupils clearly.

Some clever Ninja would place their hands on their eyes without actually gouging them out, and instead observe their surroundings.

But when they realized that the rampaging trees were not slowing down at all, they understood that the other party truly did not care about their lives.

He is truly keeping his word.

Immediately, a chorus of wails erupted around them. Soon, the two surviving Cloud Ninja were seen weeping blood, their eye sockets filled with black holes.

As for the others, although they also had their eyes gouged out, they only had one eye gouged out.

Kanami's requirement was to dig up two of them.

More opportunities and reminders have already been given.

So after they dug up only one, Kanami did not hesitate at all, and directly used his mind to control the Verdant and powerful tree to pierce through all those people.

Only the two people behind him were quick-witted, realized the reason, and hurriedly grabbed him, thus escaping a disaster.

"The same as you."

As soon as Kanami finished speaking, all the trees covered in blood mist rushed towards Karui.

Karui's heart skipped a beat.

She also only gouged out one eye.

Does it really have to be two eyes? She can't do it; she's unwilling to give up her own eyes!

"Impossible! I will never give you my eyes!"

"Stop!!"

A massive Chakra hurtled in from afar, its sound rolling like thunder!

"Then what right do you have to demand that my wife hand over her eyes!"

A fierce glint rose in Kanami's eyes, and his angry roar echoed back like thunder!