"The boy did well!" Hatake Sakumo said coldly, but Mirai still heard a trace of approval in his voice. His performance just now seemed to have been fairly good.
"Hatake Sakumo!" Things were fine on Mirai's side, but not on the other. They had never expected Mirai's assassination attempt to draw out not some wolf or fox, but the God of Darkness himself!
Sakumo said nothing. He pulled the dagger from his back, and only a silver flash could be seen. Blood spilled across the neck of the female ninja who had been locked in fierce combat with Mirai, making it clear that she would not survive!
The other two assassins who witnessed this glared at each other before fleeing in separate directions. However, Hatake Sakumo seemed unwilling to give them that chance. Two more cold flashes lit up, and he disposed of the two assassins with ease.
Mirai's lips twitched. White Fang. White Fang. Did he not want them alive? They surely had many secrets!
The Root ninja looked rather awkward. He had been injured in the battle just now, but saving the young master's life was what mattered most!
"You may return home. Danzo already knows about this." Then Hatake Sakumo vanished from before Mirai.
"Worthy of Hatake Sakumo! That kind of killing intent is even greater than the monkey's!" Mirai sighed to the guard beside him. The guard had saved his life just now, and he was still deeply grateful. They had merely been carrying out orders!
The guard's lips moved, but nothing came out. He knew nothing about this "monkey."
Mirai respected the Hokage of the previous era, but he was not blindly devoted to them. Not to mention Sarutobi Hiruzen—even when he saw the First Hokage, Senju Hashirama, Mirai's mind would instantly conjure up the