Yang Hao's body crackled with lightning as he broke free from the encirclement of the ANBU at blinding speed.
"Just kidding. Those were only ordinary pieces of paper, not explosive tags. The Kazekage doesn't seem to have much courage."
He teased them as he tugged out a prop hidden in his collar, covered with incomplete scraps of paper. From the collar, they looked just like explosive tags.
But the real purpose of that move had been to leave a Flying Raijin mark on the Third Kazekage's wrist. His main reason for stopping Sasori from assassinating the Third Kazekage was so that he could claim the kill himself and turn it into his own achievement and reputation.
In the Ninja World, nothing earned more prestige than killing a Kage. Namikaze Minato would be incredibly formidable in the future, but even he had never killed a Kage.
Realizing that he had been played, the Third Kazekage's face darkened again, and his killing intent grew even heavier.
"Escort him out of the village."
Signaling for them to see the man off, the Third Kazekage no longer wanted to lay eyes on that brat.
"Let's go!"
Rasa stepped forward, gold dust floating around him, ready to strike at any moment.
Yang Hao shrugged, turned, and walked down from the Kazekage Building. Surrounded by Rasa and several Sunagakure ANBU ninja, he was escorted out of Sunagakure.
Along the way, the examinees sneered, certain that the brat was finished.
After passing through the narrow strip of sky at Sunagakure's entrance and reaching the outside, Yang Hao squinted against the glaring sunlight—and saw two people waiting there.
Chiyo and that Feiyu. Both were brimming with killing intent.
Pakura and Karura stood atop the earthen walls on either side. They merely glanced at Yang Hao as he emerged,