Suddenly, the giant let out a cold laugh. Mirai raised his eyes and flashed the giant a grin.
Whoosh, whoosh.
At the same time, Mirai's corpse suddenly appeared beside Kushina and the others. He raised an eyebrow slightly. Kushina was tightly gripping Sara's wrist.
So, he placed his hand on Kushina's shoulder. Before they could fully react, the four of them vanished again.
Bang!
Mirai, once again surrounded by the four giants in the center, burst into smoke with a bang...
Shadow Clone Technique!!
"Was that the Shadow Clone Technique?"
In the darkness, Tanro jolted in shock. His pupils contracted, and then he realized something. However, the three people who had been not far from him moments ago—Sara among them—had already disappeared.
"They were grouped together..."
Tanro slowly clenched his fist. Mirai had made Gamabunta disappear. It was not because he was exhausted and unable to maintain his Summoning Technique. Rather, he had let down his guard and focused all his attention on Mirai.
Taking advantage of that opening, with Mirai's speed, those few seconds had been enough for him to take Sara and the other two away, then conceal his own chakra.
None of this had clearly been a spur-of-the-moment idea. It had probably been calculated long ago.
This time, he had not been defeated by strength, but by planning...
"I'm such an idiot!"
Tanro angrily rebuked himself. In his heart, although he feared Mirai, he knew that Mirai was not yet the Fourth Huo Ying who would become famous decades later.
A moment of carelessness had turned him into a chess piece.
He could not help recalling something someone had once said to him.
[ Mirai, the most terrifying thing about him is not his strength... but the mind that matches it.]
"Is this the gap... even