As the dark figure's words fell, two figures—one tall, one short—slowly emerged from the shadows behind him.
They were none other than Starrk and Lilynette, who had vanished from the sky.
Lilynette wore a dissatisfied expression on her little face. She glanced at the dark figure before turning her head away, seemingly unwilling to pay him any attention.
Starrk, on the other hand, wore a calm expression on his weathered face. Looking at him, he said evenly, "A ninja team Lilynette and I had been observing arrived here. It seems this is their destination."
"What about you, Kaname Tosen? Since you've come here as well, I assume you followed the examinees participating in this exam..."
Hearing Starrk's words, Kaname Tosen fell silent for a moment before slowly answering after a while.
"You are correct. I came here to observe the nature of ninja..."
At those words, Starrk could not help glancing at him.
Kaname Tosen's face remained impassive, with no intention of explaining further.
Perhaps, in his eyes, there was no need to explain many things to Hollows, even if he himself had now become one of them.
Kaname Tosen was different from Gin Ichimaru.
In his eyes, there was only one purpose in living: to uphold the justice he believed in within this world. What he carried was not merely his own mission.
The Suzumushi in his hand existed to constantly remind him that there had once been a woman who perished because of this world's injustice.
Silence lingered between the two for some time. Only after a long while did Starrk break it and ask, "Kaname Tosen, what kind of team did you follow here?"
After observing Shikamaru's performance, Starrk wanted to know whether the other ninja possessed the same potential for strategy and deduction as that child.