"Whoosh—" Hashimoto Yasunari was about to take the life of Hongjing You's friend when four layers of mist suddenly emerged from the forest before him.
"Konoha's dagger! We finally found you!" Three men and one woman shouted, their faces filled with astonishment.
Suddenly, a group of people approached. Hashimoto Yasunari frowned. Something felt wrong, but he continued driving his blade forward.
"Aura, Yoshino, Ben, and Lee, why are you here?" Before Hashimoto Yasunari's mist had dispersed, one of them shouted.
"Huh? I don't think anyone in there knows me, do they?"
Of the eleven people pursuing Mirai, four had encountered people they had supposedly killed half a day ago. It was quite a surprise.
Sure enough, upon hearing their teammates' words, the ten uncertain people lowered their guard. Even Hashimoto Yasunari was somewhat stunned.
After all, Mirai's fighting spirit had not completely faded. He had not endured merely to survive, but for these two students as well. Seizing the opening exposed by Hashimoto Yasunari's surprise, he dodged the fatal blow.
Yet even though one person had been saved, the situation still seemed utterly dreadful. Enemies had arrived from all directions after the attack, leaving them in even greater despair than before.
However, after spending so many years around Konoha's daggers, what he did not know was that the four bursts of mist erupting in the middle were all Mirai's students.
The four "Kirigakure ninja" ignored Rituo completely as he charged toward them, swiftly crossing the short distance and arriving before the Kirigakure ninja.
"Run! They're enemies in disguise!" At that moment, four more people leaped down from the forest. Looking closely, weren't they the same Ohara, Yoshino, Ben, and Lee from before?
Because of the strange actions of the first four, the confused Kirigakure ninja suddenly came to their senses,