"Even if we don't kill Mirai, we still have to kill the woman beside him. I really don't understand."
"Hmph, so what? They'll all die!"
A detonation rang out within Amegakure.
Mirai looked up and saw the detonator explode. He took a deep breath and exhaled. "Get close to me."
Rock Lee frowned as he watched the smoke from the detonator drift through the sky. He could not help wanting to argue, but suddenly, a sound like arrows being fired rang beside his ears.
Whoosh, whoosh...
A series of figures appeared around them, instantly surrounding the narrow street and leaving Rock Lee too afraid to say anything more. He hurried over to Mirai.
"Not slow." Mirai looked at the ninjas on both sides of the street. There were more than fifty of them, enough to make even his eyelids twitch.
As for the middle-aged man and young woman, they had already been frightened by the sight before them. They threw away their umbrellas and fled in a panic.
"Damn it, that young man seems to be an important figure, and those ninjas seem to be after him... I even mocked him just now..." As the middle-aged man ran, panic rose in his heart. "Luckily, I didn't go too far. Otherwise, that sword might have killed me for nothing!"
"That person wasn't what I thought he was." The young woman seemed somewhat lost as she let out a soft sigh. "Still, so many people are surrounding him to kill him. What a pity."
Neither Mirai nor the Amegakure ninjas paid attention to the two fleeing people. In their eyes, the two ordinary civilians were insignificant.
Whoosh...
A man leaped out of Green Sunflower Building and landed at its entrance.
The man held a gleaming sword in his hand and looked down