Speed was power!
At the flight speed of that Light Arrow, Hagane Koga's Kekkei Genkai, which had only been developed to the Steel Skin level, simply could not block it. His brain could not even react in time.
All he felt was a flash before his eyes, followed by searing pain from his shoulder, as if it had been scorched by blazing flames.
"Aah!!!"
After a miserable cry, he reached up and felt a bloody hole no thicker than a little finger that had gone straight through his shoulder blade. Yet not much blood flowed from the wound.
That was because all the flesh there had been charred by the Light Arrow's heat.
Just then, a calm voice came from ahead. "If you still refuse to surrender, the next shot will be aimed at your head."
Guren's tone was not particularly fierce, and her expression remained cold and indifferent.
Yet for some reason, that casually spoken sentence, delivered with such an icy face, made Hagane Koga feel from the depths of his heart that she was not joking. If he refused to surrender, she really would kill him!
In that instant, intense fear filled the boy's chest.
So Hagane Koga followed his heart.
Staying alive was what mattered. Nothing shameful about that!
Hagane Koga's choice darkened Clan Head Hagane Kotetsu's face like the bottom of a pot.
But there was nothing he could do. Although the two battles had ended quickly, Guren's taijutsu, combat wisdom, and offensive capabilities made Hagane Kotetsu, a jonin, realize that there truly was no genin in their clan capable of fighting her.
After all, Hagane Koga was already their trump card.
"Ah..."
With that thought, he let out a long sigh, then turned to Chi Jing. "Congratulations, Brother Chi Jing. And congratulations to you too,