"Huh?! Still trying to fool me? Do you have a death wish?!"
Before he finished speaking, the Kubikiribōchō pressed against the man's throat.
"Don't!! This really is my true appearance! I'm the second son of the Saji clan in the Land of Vegetables. My name is Saji Takuya. If you don't believe me, you can ask around!"
Saji Takuya spilled everything about his identity in one breath. After all, if he really died, his Transformation Technique would wear off, and Yi Xiang could still use Takuya's head to trace him back to his family.
"How old are you? Who taught you ninjutsu? What techniques do you know?"
"I just turned seventeen this year. My father hired a ninja to teach me when I was little. I know the Earth-Style Wall, Rock Fist Technique, Wind Cutter Blade, and Water Prison Technique."
"I wouldn't have guessed. Seventeen, and already in the upper ranks of chunin. You should be able to become a jonin someday. But you're such a womanizer, and you've even set your sights on my woman. Maybe I should just bury you here?"
"Heh heh, you think that's a good idea too, don't you, Takuya?"
Yi Xiang was all smiles, but to Takuya, every word only made him more terrified. His fingers trembled uncontrollably.
He was truly frightened now. He had assumed that since he and the girls were both willing, even if Konoha's ninja caught him, they would merely punish him a little. Who would have thought he would run into someone apparently bent on settling a personal score?
Noticing that Yi Xiang's hands seemed poised to act, Takuya squeezed his eyes shut and stifled the urge to scream.
But the next moment, four shadow clones appeared beside Yi Xiang. One took the thick rope Yi Xiang handed over,