"It was a little special. Otherwise, how could it stand out from the rest?" Qin Yu smiled warmly.
His gaze suddenly shifted past Gari and landed beyond the encirclement.
"Is everyone here? Looks like it's time to begin."
Begin?
Gari froze for a moment before bursting into unrestrained laughter.
"Kid, do you mean it's time for you to die?"
"So what if you realized that half of us are Shadow Clones? We're all elite Rock Ninja, not some petty fame-seekers like you can compare to."
As he spoke, Gari raised a hand and made a throat-slitting gesture.
"Kid, just wait to die!"
Kakashi and the others' expressions turned ashen. The three instinctively stood back-to-back, but their peripheral vision remained fixed on Uchiha Qin Yu.
Faced with such a certain-death situation, no one could remain confident. Yet Uchiha Qin Yu alone still looked as calm as ever.
"It's about time this ended," Qin Yu suddenly said.
Everyone present stiffened.
Gari, the leader, burst into even more unrestrained laughter.
"Kid, you really know how to joke. What can you do in this situation? Do you think someone can save you?"
At those words, the image of Minato Namikaze flashed through Kakashi and the others' minds.
They did not know much about Qin Yu.
But they knew full well of Konoha's Yellow Flash, Minato Namikaze—his deeds and his reputation.
If they could receive his support, escaping alive might not be difficult.
"Sorry, it seems I've been too low-key. It really does make me easy to overlook." Qin Yu smiled playfully and pointed toward the sky. "Take a closer look. Who exactly is surrounded?"
The baffling words left even Kakashi and the others unable to stay calm. They hurriedly looked up at the sky.
The instant they saw it, their pupils contracted sharply, their