Uchiha Wind was also fully on guard. He added in a low voice, "Dahu City is in a sensitive border zone. Shinobi not on a mission are strictly forbidden from entering without permission. Since you're wearing a Konoha uniform, why are you here alone in the middle of the night?"
Kawaki Aoba's gaze slowly swept over their tense expressions. His tone remained steady and unhurried. "Who I am isn't important. What matters is that the two of you are about to collapse."
Seeing this, the Sunagakure leader fixed Kawaki Aoba with a cold stare, sizing up the seemingly ordinary Konoha youth from head to toe. His voice was full of disdain and mockery. "A nameless Konoha brat dares interfere in our hunt? Looks like Konoha really has no one left, sending even a green kid like you to the border to die."
A Sunagakure shinobi beside him immediately sneered, his face full of contempt. "Judging by that outfit, he's at most an ordinary Genin. His Chakra is so weak it's practically undetectable. He probably can't even perform basic ninjutsu properly, yet he dares put on airs in front of us?"
"An overconfident brat who came right to our doorstep. We might as well kill him too and save ourselves the trouble of searching for any fish that slipped through the net later."
Another Sunagakure shinobi spoke coldly, raising the kunai in his hand slightly as he prepared to strike at any moment.
Kawaki Aoba showed no reaction to their words. Neither angry nor flustered, he merely lifted his eyes slightly and looked at the Sunagakure shinobi who had mocked him. "Weak Chakra? I deliberately suppressed my presence.
"Just because you can't sense it doesn't mean I don't have it."
"Hahaha, ridiculous!"
The Sunagakure leader burst into laughter, the mockery in