The poisonous mist slowly dispersed, as though a great curtain had been drawn aside.
The Root ninja stood rigid all over, drenched in blood. Even his weapon had fallen to the ground. He had already lost the ability to fight.
And soon, he would lose the chance to speak as well.
On the other side, the Root squad captain's hands had turned to stone. Black insects spilled out everywhere, shattering into powder as they hit the ground.
Uchiha Ichiki strode over, his face filled with hatred.
He could no longer even maintain his Sharingan, yet raging flames seemed to burn within his eye sockets.
Enemies who had lost the ability to resist were no longer frightening.
He rushed forward, snatched up a Ninja Blade from the ground, and viciously stabbed it toward the Root squad captain's chest, gritting his teeth.
"Now you can tell me who you are, right?"
"Heh."
The Root squad captain chuckled. A terrifying resolve appeared in his eyes as he suddenly hardened his heart and bit off half his tongue, spraying blood from his mouth. Immediately afterward, black sealing markings erupted across his chest!
The exact same markings appeared on the two Root ninjas as well.
"Careful, don't get caught up in it!" Akashi shouted.
Ichiki's expression changed slightly, and he hurriedly retreated.
The Root squad captain's hands had been petrified, but his legs could still move. He suddenly broke into a sprint.
His target was not the enemy, but his dead comrade.
Akashi suddenly understood what he intended to do. That corpse was evidence—he wanted to destroy the evidence.
But it was already too late to stop him. Before them, the bodies of those desperadoes exploded with a thunderous blast... a fountain of blood shot into the sky.
They had actually used this self-destructive method