As the burly man finished speaking.
He slowly extended his arm. Beneath the pale moonlight, countless black threads began crawling out over it!
The slender black threads writhed and twisted, as if sniffing out the scent of living beings, their tips pointed toward the Rock Ninja slumped on the ground.
"W-what... what is that!?" one of the Rock Ninja cried, eyes wide with terror.
But his words had barely left his mouth when—
"Whoosh!" "Whoosh!" "Whoosh!"...
With a sharp rush of air, the dense black threads shot out in an instant, piercing straight into his body.
"Tamoto!"
The Rock Ninja sitting dazedly nearby stared in horror and shouted their comrade's name.
But Tamoto could not answer. Before his body could even react, dozens of black threads had pierced him. Now he vomited a large mouthful of blood, then looked down in disbelief at the horrifying threads embedded in him.
The threads twitched slightly, and his head jerked upward. His face contorted with unbearable pain, and a wheezing sound like an old bellows came from his mouth.
"K-kill... kill me... Ah... just kill me!" Tamoto pleaded in a trembling voice, his face twisted in pain.
At their comrade's screams, the Rock Ninja, who had been numb and dazed, suddenly seemed to go mad. They sprang up and charged at the burly man.
"I'll kill you monsters!"
The burly man, standing some distance away, glanced at them with his yellow-green eyes and rasped,
"You're worthless. Your heads aren't worth a penny. The only use you have is to give Earth Grudge Fear a little food."
As he finished speaking, he remained motionless where he stood.
Just as the Rock Ninja were about to reach him,
the front of his shirt suddenly spread open. A mass of writhing black threads surged toward them