In the real world, a four-year-old child would most likely still be toddling about, speaking in halting fragments, and living in innocent confusion.
But in a ninja world where six-year-olds graduating from the Ninja Academy was somehow normal, it was not too difficult to understand that a four-year-old could possess a fairly developed capacity for thought.
In fact, before the emergence of the Great Collective, most descendants of Ninshu began learning the secret knowledge behind their clans' hidden techniques at this age, laying the groundwork for seamlessly transitioning into even harsher ninja training in the future.
But...
That did not mean a four-year-old had the ability to intervene in a life-or-death battle between elite jonin!
Especially when both participants in this battle were monsters who had, to some extent, surpassed the limits of ordinary ninja!
—At that moment, Black Zetsu's hand was nearly touching Danzo's nape, while the Pot King silently pulled open his collar and pressed his right thumb against his heart.
"Let's stop here."
The boy's voice was young and faint.
Yet in the deathly silent underground chamber, it was like a sharp sword piercing straight through the ears of the two men!
Black Zetsu realized that he might have seriously misjudged this clone of Yamada Soji's, blindly and recklessly placing himself in danger!
But with his prey so close at hand, the spore clone gritted his teeth after a brief hesitation and swung his wooden arm, intending to use its sharp spikes to take Danzo's life once and for all!
And that gamble naturally drew Bright Mirror's counterattack.
—The child, dressed in a light undershirt and standing barefoot in the secret chamber, formed no hand seals. He merely shifted his gaze slightly and raised his right hand. The effects of the Transfiguration Spell, fused with Earth Release