Shizuka Uchiha smiled at Senju Fujima, saying she was going to wash her face. She then slipped out of his embrace, turned, and left.
"Mm."
Senju Fujima knew Shizuka Uchiha had deliberately walked away. He sighed inwardly, then turned and headed toward Tie Kui.
"Since no one loves me, and no one cares about me..."
"What meaning is there in living?"
"Just let me die quietly!"
Tie Kui was heartbroken, seemingly stripped of all courage to go on living. She drew the katana in her hand, a flicker of despair flashing through her eyes.
She believed that no one in this world loved her or cared about her. Raising her katana, she slashed it toward her own neck.
"This is bad! The First's daughter wants to kill herself! What do we do?"
"What do we do? Go save her!"
"Wait, Lord Fujima is here."
Several Anbu members panicked when they saw Tie Kui attempting suicide and immediately wanted to rush out to save her.
If Tie Kui died, they would be in deep trouble as well. They were panicking like crazy.
"Tie Kui, don't!"
"Ah...!"
The moment Senju Fujima turned around and saw Tie Kui trying to slit her throat with a katana, panic flashed in his eyes. He vanished from where he stood and appeared directly in front of her.
Senju Fujima stopped Tie Kui's attempt to slit her throat, but the blade carved a huge gash into his right hand, blood pouring from it.
"Hiss...!"
Senju Fujima sucked in a breath, pretending to be in terrible pain. In truth, he felt nothing at all; he could have healed the wound in an instant. He simply did not want Tie Kui to do anything foolish again.
"Ah?"
"Fujima-kun, are you all right?"
"It's all my fault, it's all my