Kumogakure prized martial prowess. Successive Raikage and the Cloud Ninja High-ranking Officials had mostly supported military expansion, so they paid particular attention to the strong and talented shinobi of the Major Ninja Villages. They had long dispatched spies to gather intelligence in the great nations and their villages, and the promising young Hanfu had been one of their targets.
However, years ago, Hanfu's unflattering nickname, Moonlight Runner, had caused Kumogakure's intelligence agents to lower their estimation of him by several levels. After all, who would care about a ninja who was good at running away?
But...
The Fourth Raikage watched Moonlight Runner, surrounded by Cloud Ninja yet still bold enough to draw his sword, and his expression turned savage. Damn the intelligence division! Their assessment of Gekko Hayate had been completely wrong!
But it didn't matter. After today, there would be no more Moonlight Runner or Moonlight Daddy. Hmph!
The Fourth Raikage gave an angry snort. The ground beneath his feet instantly shattered, and his massive body appeared behind Hanfu as if he had teleported. He drove a punch viciously toward Hanfu's temple.
His fist hadn't arrived yet, but the violent gust of air it carried had already pressed down on Hanfu's head, giving him the illusion that there was no way to dodge.
But Hanfu merely turned his head, perfectly calm, and looked at him with disdain. "That's it?"
Huh?
What was going on?
The Fourth Raikage's expression shifted. When he entered his high-speed state, everyone else's every movement seemed extremely slow to him. It was as if everyone else was moving at negative triple speed while he moved at triple speed—the two sides existed in entirely different worlds!
Just like the Cloud Ninja nearby: their eyes were still fixed on where they had been standing moments earlier. Their