Just as the Masked Man threw his senbon, the two masked women beside him attacked Kamizuki from either side.
As the trio's attacks came at him, Kamizuki used Kaiten to deflect them all. The two masked women were also flung away by the force of its rotation.
From that brief exchange, Kamizuki sensed something familiar. But he still couldn't be sure his hunch was right, so he decided to test the three of them further.
The two masked women had just steadied themselves after being flung away when Kamizuki flashed in front of them.
As soon as he appeared, Kamizuki attacked them with ordinary Taijutsu to see whether his guess was correct.
Kamizuki had exchanged only a few blows with the two women when he saw the Masked Man on the other side form Hand Seals and softly call out, "Earth Style: Chasing Fang Senbon Needle."
As his words fell, the dirt in front of the Masked Man rose into the air. In an instant, it formed countless senbon, which shot toward Kamizuki at tremendous speed as he fought the two masked women.
With the Tenseigan's keen perception, Kamizuki naturally saw the senbon made of dirt flying toward him.
After those few brief exchanges, Kamizuki was already eighty percent certain his hunch was right. The two masked women were his teammates, Sakura Mangetsu and Mai Shiranui. And judging by the move "Earth Style: Chasing Fang Senbon Needle," as well as the techniques he had used earlier, the Masked Man was Genma Shiranui, who had gone missing.
At that point, Kamizuki finally understood why his attempt to control them had failed just moments ago. Someone had already used some unknown method to control all three of them.
Though he had thought through all that, only a single breath had passed in