Stance

"Big brother, do it! Wait too long and things will change!" The younger brother held a blade of fire, a smile tugging at his lips as he looked at Shisui and the others without turning his head.

"Big brother? Do it already!"

After a while, the movement he had expected still did not come. The corpses remained standing motionless where they were. The younger brother could not help tilting his head back in confusion, though his gaze never left Shisui and the other.

"Big brother?"

Only then did he finally realize something was wrong. His brother might not have had much talent as a ninja, but he rarely did stupid things, especially when he was present.

So he first slashed a blade of fire toward Shisui and the others, then turned to look at his big brother, only to find him standing frozen in place, eyes wide open!

It was clearly the sight of someone being controlled by Mystic Eyes.

Suddenly, an inexplicable force wrapped around him, forcibly seizing control of his body. His right hand shakily raised the blade of fire and drew it toward his neck!

"Big brother! How—" At that moment, the younger brother's gaze left the fire blade and turned toward his brother, but he stopped halfway through his words. He had a rough idea why they had lost.

The little girl behind his brother had eyes shining with dazzling blue light!

Under that light, he felt even the operation of his own Mystic Eyes being disturbed, and control could be taken from him at any moment.

"Pfft!"

Immediately afterward, before the blade of fire in his hand could cut through his neck, a kunai shot over and pierced straight through his throat!

Seeing his attack land, Shisui, who had thrown the kunai, did not hesitate.