"What do we do, Captain?" The three genin looked at their captain. They also thought this guy was crazy.
But the antidotes were real. Were they really not going to try them?
The chunin's expression wavered.
"This is an Open Scheme. I've already been poisoned, so my only option is to detoxify myself as quickly as possible."
"Or I could threaten him into giving me an antidote, but from what he just said, we've been poisoned with a new type of toxin. He doesn't have an antidote either."
"Can we trust that?"
"If we don't, then we have to fight. But can I beat him?"
"I'm not sure. I'm only a chunin, and I'm from Kusagakure."
Ninja from minor villages had to rank themselves down when facing those from major villages. A jonin from a minor village could only count as a chunin in a major village, while a chunin could only count as a genin.
The only village that specialized in poison was Sunagakure. The long robe also matched the traits of a Sand ninja. Judging by the boy's age, he was around seventeen or eighteen. With no one else accompanying him, that meant he could carry out missions independently.
In other words, he was either a chunin or a jonin.
But it made no difference to him. Whether the boy was a Sand chunin or a Sand jonin, he could not defeat him.
There was a third option: drink Uzumaki Kagura's blood. Uzumaki Kagura's blood could heal injuries, her constitution could resist poison, and it was not impossible that her blood could detoxify poison.
But what happened after the poison was cured? He could not beat this person and still would not be able to escape. Worse, Uzumaki Kagura's miraculous ability would be exposed. At that point, this