"Is that so? Then you'd better work hard." Pakura narrowed her eyes and casually formed three more fireballs, blasting an Iwagakure ninja to death.
After being modified by Sarutobi Toru's Hormone ability, Pakura's talent had improved considerably. Combined with the leap in strength she had experienced right after the modification, Pakura was now unquestionably stronger than Rasa had been when he had first developed Magnet Release.
Seeing Pakura's disdainful expression, Rasa secretly gritted his teeth. Yet as he watched her effortlessly summon three enormous Scorch Release fireballs, attacks whose speed and power far surpassed what they had been two months ago, he understood clearly that the gap between them was probably even greater now than it had been back then.
Damn it, how is this guy improving so quickly? At this rate, won't I really become the weakest one on the team?
Leaving aside the jealousy filling Rasa's heart, the dozen or so Iwagakure ninjas were utterly ordinary in strength. Captain Keiji did not even need to act personally, much less Elder Chiyo, who was hiding nearby. In mere moments, Kinnara and the other two had beaten them into a rout.
By the end of the battle, if they had not intended to leave two survivors for intelligence, not a single one of those Iwagakure ninjas would have remained alive.
However, as they interrogated the two Iwagakure ninjas, Sharingan patterns flashed in their eyes, and they immediately stopped breathing.
"It's Konoha!" Pakura cried out at once. Rasa and Captain Keiji both wore grim expressions.
"Are they warning us? Damn Konoha ninjas," Captain Keiji muttered.
After all, the strength of those dozen Iwagakure ninjas had been far too underwhelming. If Konoha truly wanted to eliminate Kinnara's group, they would never have sent only a dozen or so Chunin and Genin.
Yet