"Fire Release, Fireball Technique!"
In the dense, silent forest, a loud boom suddenly startled the birds resting on a tree somewhere in the forest, sending them flying into the sky. Then, an explosion erupted within the forest, and gray-black smoke rose from the spot.
Sizzle...
Although the power of the ninjutsu had been exhausted, the vegetation destroyed by it was still burning, hissing softly.
"This is the third group. Things are more troublesome than I imagined."
Mirai no longer had his earlier carefree air. As he looked at the charred corpse on the ground, his brows were filled with gloom.
The corpse on the ground belonged to a ninja who had tried to kill Mirai, but Mirai had killed him first.
This was not the first one. This was the third person to attempt to assassinate Mirai.
At first, when Mirai was attacked for the first time, he had assumed it was an accident. The killer clearly knew what Ye Nan looked like, so he knew that he was Mirai.
But when Mirai encountered the second assassin, he vaguely sensed that something was wrong. Now, less than an hour after the second assassination attempt, if Mirai still failed to notice the problem, he probably would not have lived to this day.
"Brother, are these people idiots? They know you're so outstanding, so why do they still want to kill you?"
Ye Nan scratched her head and asked in confusion. Rather than thinking about why the killers knew Mirai's identity, she directly questioned why they were so foolish.
"Maybe they wanted to try their luck."
Mirai replied with a smile. He then continued forward vigilantly, pulling Ye Nan along as he pondered who wanted to kill him.
*(Those people from the Five Great Powers... If they truly wanted to kill me,