"I knew it wouldn't be that simple!"
Mei Terumi gave a soft snort. She wasn't surprised.
Kisame and the other three had also prepared to fight. Suiren, still inside the gate, instinctively sensed something was wrong, but before she could figure out what was happening, the eighteen bald men sprang into action.
"Lightning Release Chakra Mode, Activate!"
All eighteen activated Lightning Release Chakra Mode. Their bald heads couldn't have their hair stand on end, but the aura they unleashed was still astonishing.
The pressure was especially overwhelming with all eighteen activating it together.
Even Kisame, as powerful as he was, felt the sword in his hand tremble a little.
He knew that Kumogakure's Lightning Release Chakra Mode could only be mastered after reaching Kage Level and transforming one's chakra.
In other words, all eighteen of them were Kage-level Experts. Ninja standards had continued to rise as bloodline transplant experiments, Sage Jutsu Curse Marks, Tailed Beast Chakra seals, and other methods were refined, but having eighteen Kage-level Experts gathered at a single school in Kumogakure was still utterly insane.
What's more, one of each man's eyes was a ghostly white, while the other was scarlet. They had obviously been implanted with the Byakugan and Sharingan, and who knew what other bloodlines had been transplanted into their bodies.
That was an utterly insane setup, too.
"Attack!"
The bald man leading them shouted and swung his specially made folding stool at the group. The others attacked as well, giving Mei Terumi and the other four no chance to strike back.
The eighteen men surrounded the five and beat them mercilessly. They showed no restraint even toward Mei Terumi just because she was a woman. At most, they avoided touching certain private areas directly, using tools instead.
Of course, they weren't simply beating them