Kidomaru, hanging from the ceiling, curled his lips into a disdainful smile. His eyes stared fixedly at Naruto below, whose expression had turned incomparably ugly, and the look in his gaze grew increasingly cruel.
But at that moment, his brow suddenly furrowed, and he sharply glanced to the side!
At some point, a stream of sand had crept along the ceiling wall to his side, seemingly intending to coil around his body!
The next instant, he cast a faintly cold glance at the red-haired boy standing on the platform in the distance and said in a low, hoarse voice.
"Looking to die...!"
As he spoke, he swiftly changed targets and launched an attack at Gaara among the Sand Ninja team in the distance!
He had never intended to make a move against that Nine-Tails Jinchuriki brat in the first place. What he had done just now was merely to find some amusement amid the slaughter and scare the kid a little.
After all, Second Pillar and that Nine-Tails Jinchuriki brat were people Lord Aizen had specifically mentioned. Even if he had twice the courage, he would not dare act recklessly against them.
Yet someone actually dared to provoke him at a time like this. That was something Kidomaru could not tolerate!
After he shifted his target, Naruto's body stiffened as he escaped danger. He let out a long breath, as though he had just walked out of an ice cellar.
That guy had put him under far too much pressure. That cruel, tangible killing intent in his eyes had nearly left Naruto unable to move!
"N-Naruto... are you okay?!"
Sakura's deeply worried voice came from behind him. Though she did not know what had happened, seeing Naruto's pale face made her deeply concerned.
Hearing Sakura's words, Naruto froze slightly. Then