Slaughter Begins

"What... what?"

Uzumaki Yui seemed not to understand what Guy had said.

Or rather, she did not dare believe what she had heard.

But Guy's next action answered her doubts directly.

He casually lifted his right foot.

Then precisely brought it down on the head of the genin guide he had knocked unconscious.

"Splat!"

A dull sound rang out.

The head burst apart like an overripe watermelon, red and white matter splattering across the ground.

Guy did not even glance at it, as if he had merely crushed an annoying bug.

But Uzumaki Yui, held in his arms, suddenly shuddered.

She raised her head and stared fixedly at the rapidly spreading filth beneath his foot.

Her body began to tremble violently.

It was not fear, but an almost pathological excitement and exhilaration that erupted after being suppressed to the limit.

Her breathing grew rapid.

An unnatural flush spread across her pale face.

In those eyes that had once been numb and hopeless now burned an almost crazed gleam of savage delight.

It was as if this bloody scene had ignited all the humiliation, pain, and hatred buried deep within her heart.

Guy felt the woman in his arms trembling.

He did not explain. He merely held her more securely.

Then he strode out of the cell, carrying her and Karin.

Behind him, the air twisted slightly.

A blood-red Vajra Dharma Form several meters tall silently emerged, its entire body radiating a dim crimson glow. Its face resembled Guy's own, but its hair and brows stood on end, and its eyes brimmed with murderous aura.

It appeared without a sound.

With glaring eyes, it floated silently behind Guy.

Like his most loyal guardian.

Or like a Slaughtering Wisdom King that had stepped out of hell.

The instant she saw the blood-red