Mitarashi Juma watched Sosuke with a grave expression, then looked past him at Chigui, who was lying on the ground, barely clinging to life, and Ukokui, whose head had been split open.
When he saw that one of the enemy ninja who had attacked them was dead and the other gravely injured, Mitarashi Juma could no longer hide his shock. He asked in astonishment,
"This... This was your doing!?"
He couldn't believe it, no matter how hard he tried.
But the facts were right there before him. These children, who were about the same age as Shion, had taken down two ninja estimated to be at the level of jonin!
If he knew that both attackers had fallen to Sosuke, his expression would have been even more remarkable.
Sosuke kept a low profile and made no effort to show off his strength. He said softly,
"Yes. We were only able to deal with them thanks to everyone working together. This one we captured alive should be of some use to the village."
"Hah..."
At those words, a faint sneer appeared on Chigui's pale, powerless face. He said nothing more.
They had run into a monster of a prodigy like Sosuke. Their mission was doomed to fail; there was nothing to complain about.
Hearing Chigui's scoff, Mitarashi Juma glanced down at him but said nothing.
Then he looked at Sosuke and said gravely,
"You're right. You've done the village a great service!"
He turned to the ninja who had come with him and said,
"Karita, find two people and get these men back to the village as fast as possible. Have the Anbu extract any useful intelligence from them right away!"
As soon as he finished speaking,
the ninja quickly pieced Ukokui's body back together and hoisted Chigui up, ready to