The Guardian Shinobi Disband

Whoosh!

The fierce wind by his ears kept whipping Kazuma's short hair, forcing his eyes half-shut. Asuma and Chiriku were already within arm's reach!

"Got you!"

Overjoyed, Kazuma was about to grab Asuma when he suddenly noticed the mocking look on Asuma's face.

His heart skipped a beat, and his movements faltered. The next instant, the moonlight around him receded like a tide. By the time he reacted, everything around him had fallen into darkness.

"What's going on?!" Kazuma's face drained of color.

He looked around. The moonlight was gone, the forest was gone, and even Asuma, who had been standing right in front of him, had vanished without a trace. There was nothing but darkness in sight!

Kazuma stood there blankly, listening to his own heartbeat pounding louder and faster, as though it were about to explode.

He swallowed in terror, then drew his Chakra Blade and began slashing wildly in every direction.

"Uchiha Houka, it's you, it has to be you!"

"Bastard! Damn it!"

"I was so close to succeeding, damn it!!!"

Kazuma roared madly, "You even stole my Nine-Tails chakra! That was the work of my entire life, you animal!!!"

Although the Bringer-of-Darkness Technique could block Kazuma's vision, it could not silence his voice.

To Asuma, Chiriku, and the others, Kazuma was merely staggering around in circles, slashing aimlessly and cursing like a shrew. Yet what he was saying was rather thought-provoking.

Nine-Tails chakra?

Asuma and Chiriku exchanged glances, as though they had just heard something extraordinary.

Houka had only just dealt with Kazuma's five ugly lackeys when he heard Kazuma spreading rumors over there. Furious, he rushed over and kicked him flying.

Damn it, I'd been sick of you for a long time. And you still dared expose your second uncle's secrets?

Courting death!

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