"Forget it..."
"But it looks like my luck today isn't the absolute worst."
After recovering from his shock and surprise, Munashi Jinpachi looked at the five little brats sprawled helplessly on the ground before him. A vicious grin spread across his face.
"Though I did run into a terrifying lunatic..."
"At least killing you brats will make this worthwhile!"
He raised the Exploding Blade Shibuki high and brought it crashing down. His first target was Kurenai Yuhi, the one closest to him.
"Kurenai?!"
"You bastard! Stop right now!!"
Seeing Munashi Jinpachi about to kill Kurenai Yuhi first, Might Guy, Genma Shiranui, and the others roared furiously from where they lay.
Is this it...?
Helplessly sprawled on the ground, Kurenai Yuhi watched the Exploding Blade Shibuki come down toward her. An unwilling look crossed her face. Her red eyes instinctively darted toward Hane, who lay opposite her—then she saw something unbelievable.
"Thud!!"
A sharp sound of flesh being pierced rang out, and blood sprayed everywhere.
Everyone froze. Munashi Jinpachi, standing in front of Kurenai Yuhi, was stunned too. A thin line shot through the air like a bullet and pierced his left shoulder from behind.
"I couldn't move... How?!"
His left shoulder had been pierced, and his arm hung limp. Enduring the pain, Munashi Jinpachi, an elite jonin, instantly shifted the Exploding Blade Shibuki from his left hand to his right.
He whirled around to look at the youngest boy, the white-haired one, and his eyes flew wide in shock.
On the grass before everyone, Hane's badly wounded body could barely move. Even so, he had used the chakra he had left to create several blue Chakra Threads.
As if controlling a puppet, he forcibly manipulated his body, making himself stand and fight again. His amber eyes burned with an unmistakable