A Stunning Blade

"Are you... sure about this?"

Seeing that Uchiha Yue intended to go after the two Sunagakure Anbu, Mei Terumi furrowed her brows tightly, clearly questioning his decision.

Without a doubt, in Mei Terumi's eyes, working with Uchiha Yue to kill those two Sunagakure Anbu would be an extremely difficult task. After all, every Anbu member had undergone countless rigorous training sessions. In particular, Anbu carrying secret intelligence from Sunagakure were far stronger than ordinary ninja. If Mei Terumi and Uchiha Yue failed to eliminate the two Anbu completely, and even one of them escaped with information about them, the two of them would be in serious trouble.

Yet after seeing Mei Terumi question him, Uchiha Yue merely shook his head helplessly.

Then, just as Mei Terumi was about to say something, Uchiha Yue spread his hands and smiled. "Mei Terumi, do you lack confidence in yourself, or in me? Don't be fooled just because I can't use chakra right now. My strength is beyond anything you can imagine. You kept mocking me these past few days, saying I was dragging you down. So why are you suddenly being so timid? Shouldn't I, the one dragging you down, be the one worried?"

"Besides..."

As he spoke, Uchiha Yue shifted his gaze toward the two departing Sunagakure Anbu and continued, "Besides, they're only two Anbu. It's not as if you've never dealt with Anbu before. Don't forget, Mei Terumi, you killed two Sunagakure jonin! No matter how formidable those two Sunagakure Anbu are, they can't both be jonin-level ninja. Are you really afraid of them?"

"Who said I was afraid of them?"

"Come on! I'll show them what for right now!"

The moment Uchiha Yue finished speaking, Mei Terumi refused to let him continue. She dragged him along, ready to go cause