Kakashi

After the Yunin suffered a complete defeat, the nobles' fortress was easily breached by the Ghouls, and one young noble was nailed to the wall.

Of course, he was not the only noble nailed to a wall or executed.

The reason he drew attention was that this teenage noble seemed to possess something quite remarkable.

Courage.

He watched helplessly as his parents and relatives were slaughtered and even devoured by these monsters amid their prayers, yet he did not choose to bow and scrape before his enemies. Even nailed to the wall, he fought back with his saliva.

"Heh, I never expected you nobles to have someone with such backbone. I thought you were all the sort who could only kneel and beg for mercy."

As Shiraishi Mori's personal guard, Yasho naturally held a certain status among the Ghouls.

He reached out and viciously clamped a hand around the blond boy's mouth. With his other hand, he took a pair of pliers from one of his subordinates and gripped the boy's fingernail.

Yasho spoke mockingly. "Sorry, young master. We're merely letting you experience the pain we once endured."

The blond boy struggled to open his eyes. Before he could spit at him, Yasho made his move, using the pliers to forcibly pry off the boy's fingernails one by one.

"Aaaah!!!!"

As the pliers moved up and down, the boy's agonized screams nearly pierced the heavens.

Compared to the boy's suffering, Yasho seemed to be enjoying himself immensely.

"Listen to that. What a beautiful song. Please, let me enjoy it a little longer."

With that, he dipped a rag in salt water and gently wiped the blood from the boy's fingers.

The boy nearly crushed his teeth. Using the last of his strength, he let out a beastlike roar. "You monsters,