Kiyohara jumped down from the treetop with Nohara Rin in his arms, looking at Orochimaru, Kakashi, and the others gathering around them.
"Put me... down, Kiyohara."
Nohara Rin lowered her head slightly. Being held like this by Kiyohara made her feel embarrassed and shy.
Especially with Kakashi watching from the side. What was she doing in another man's arms?
Kiyohara looked down at Nohara Rin and could not help laughing.
The girls of this world might all be ninja, but they were more reserved than many of the women he had seen in his previous life.
It was quite an unexpected contrast.
"Rin, are you embarrassed?"
Kiyohara casually asked as he set Nohara Rin down.
He noticed that her cheeks were slightly flushed, and she did not dare meet his eyes.
"Not at all."
Nohara Rin shook her head and denied it outright.
Standing on the ground, she tucked a strand of brown hair that had fallen across her face behind her ear.
Kiyohara discovered that not only were her cheeks red, but even the roots of her ears and the back of her neck, covered in fine fuzz, had turned red.
But this was not the time to dwell on such things. The sounds of fighting and clashing ninjutsu still shook the heavens.
The enemies had only refrained from charging over immediately because of Orochimaru's intimidation.
"Kiyohara, what was that you used just now?"
Kakashi asked Kiyohara while keeping watch on the enemies around them.
He was curious, since Kiyohara had never displayed such power before.
At first, he had thought it was some kind of ninjutsu Orochimaru had given Kiyohara earlier. But judging from Orochimaru's expression just now, he clearly did not know about it either.
And he had even asked Kiyohara what Kekkei Genkai it was. Kakashi