At just two years old, Karin was so terrified that she could barely think as she and her mother sat in the palm of a giant.
Her round eyes were wide with fear, and her tiny body trembled.
Everything around her had become strange and frightening.
Karin stared intently at her mother.
Her mother's face was as pale as paper, and her breathing was so faint that it seemed she might stop at any moment. Fear and helplessness filled Karin's heart.
"L-L-Lord, did I do something wrong?" Karin asked, her voice trembling.
Her childish voice was full of fear. Her little hand reached instinctively toward her mother, as if she wanted to find some comfort there.
Yan shook his head. Looking at the other young woman, whose life was flickering like a candle in the wind, he spoke to Karin.
"Do you want to save your mother? I can help you!"
Karin turned to look at her mother. She bit her lip, her little mind racing.
Countless questions flashed through her mind, but as she watched her mother's life grow ever fainter, she finally nodded.
"My lord, please save my mother! I'll give my life in exchange!"
Yan's lips curved slightly. With one hand supporting Karin and her mother, he swept his other hand over the ninjas in the hospital and seized them all.
"Remember what you just said!"
"..."
As soon as the words left his mouth, a powerful surge of chakra radiated from Yan, spreading like a raging tide and filling the area with an indescribable pressure.
The Kusagakure ninjas in his palm suddenly felt a mysterious force envelop them.
Then they were horrified to discover that an invisible force seemed to be draining their life force away.
The Kusagakure ninjas struggled desperately, but they couldn't resist the