Genma looked at Krui, his voice tinged with amusement. "So—you want the information, but you don't want to pay for it?"
Krui emphasized, "No, we just need to verify the information. I hope you can understand."
Genma shook his head. "You people really are so impolite."
"I've heard for a long time that Kumogakure likes to take what it wants by force. Looks like it's true—"
Before he could finish, a Cloud Ninja barked angrily, "You bastard! How dare you insult Kumogakure? You're asking for it!"
He drew his blade and charged.
But Genma was faster. He appeared behind the man and clamped his left hand around the back of his neck, forcing him down.
Crash!
The ground caved in. The Cloud Ninja's head plunged into the earth, while his body arched upward.
"What?"
Krui's pupils contracted.
It was too fast. He hadn't even had time to react.
But now that things had come to this, he couldn't hold back any longer.
"Attack!"
With a low shout, Krui charged with his blade. His form split into three, attacking Genma from three different directions.
Just then, out of the corner of his eye, he noticed that his two subordinates were standing completely motionless.
"Are they caught in a genjutsu?"
The thought flashed through his mind as the blades of all three Krui clones sliced through Genma's body.
Poof!
Genma burst into smoke.
"A clone!"
Krui's expression changed. He pushed off the ground to leap away, but his body wouldn't move.
"Damn it, I'm caught in a genjutsu too!"
To his horror, Krui found himself suspended in the air, bound by a gigantic spider web.
He could only watch as Genma picked up the blades on the ground and stabbed his companions one by one, then his clone, and finally him.
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