"Oh?" Mirai paused. Sanlonghua's expression left him somewhat puzzled. According to the information Mirai had obtained, the fact that this man had not rushed at him to fight for his life right away was already surprising enough.
"To be honest, I had heard of your name long ago. Back then, your reputation was enormous—so great that all of Iwagakure felt uneasy. The talent you displayed was enough to make any genius pale in comparison. But why have you come here now? To tie down our forces? Frankly, such a delay has no effect whatsoever on the main battlefield. The reason Konoha has been unable to break through on the main front is because it has not deployed any of the Sannin to this battlefield. Konoha simply has no one capable of standing against Lord Tsuchikage. The other so-called elite Jonin are already insignificant on the battlefield. Wherever Lord Tsuchikage is, that battlefield is bound to collapse." Sanlonghua's face carried a trace of longing. It seemed that his worship of Ōnoki had reached an almost neurotic level. "Yet you still came here. Honestly, what you're doing is no different from throwing your life away. What made Konoha abandon you...?"
"Is that so? Actually, you already answered why I'm here with what you said earlier." Mirai spoke softly. "Because I'm a genius! A one-of-a-kind genius! How could my way of thinking possibly be understood by lowly mediocrities like you?"
The expressions of the two men opposite him immediately turned strange. They looked at Mirai as though he were an idiot.
Mirai slowly sighed. "The two of you have truly disappointed me. At first, I thought you were at least on the same level as me. But now it seems you've fallen this far."
Bai Yueliu frowned. "What do you mean?"
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