The other side had been kept completely in the dark. They could not see through Terumi Mei's scheme at all, let alone escape.
Everything was quiet.
After a burst of wood splintering, there was no movement nearby.
Terumi Mei vigilantly scanned her surroundings and said, "Green, sense them quickly!"
Green, with his long shiro, hid in the darkness. After sensing carefully and finding no other chakra nearby, he said, "He should be dead..."
Terumi Mei hurried back to check on her father. Just as she tried to disperse the mist, she heard the old man say, "No! Don't disperse it! Quickly, go find Lord Mirai!"
Terumi Mei was confused and asked, "Father, you've been poisoned. We should go to Yagura first and find a ninja to detoxify you..."
Old Zhao grabbed his daughter, clutching her arm tightly. "No! This assassin's origins are unknown. Perhaps Yagura sent him! We can't go to him!"
Terumi Mei was stunned upon hearing this. We had just helped Yagura become the Fourth Mizukage during the day, and he came to kill us that night? How could that be possible?
Old Zhao said, "Silly child, one must always guard against others. Yagura is extremely shrewd and ambitious. You and I, father and daughter, each possess an item and a weapon. In his eyes, we must be a tremendous misfortune! It is perfectly normal for him to want to get rid of us! Cough, cough..."
As he spoke, several streams of black blood sprayed onto the ground.
Terumi Mei did not know what was happening, but she knew her father was farsighted. Since he said they had to find Lord Mirai at this time, he must have had his reasons.
"Ao, bring Zhang Shilang with us..."
At Terumi Mei's call, they carried her father as though fleeing