Meanwhile, Kurenai Yuhi watched Kurama Mutsu sit back down to paint after leaving that place. She felt that Kurama Mutsu's style seemed strangely familiar, yet she could not recall where she had seen it before.
At that moment, Kurama Mutsu looked up and gave Kurenai Yuhi a sly smile.
Kurenai Yuhi immediately frowned, then seemed to realize something. She cried out in alarm, but it was already too late.
When she could see clearly again,
her expression darkened as she said, "Five Senses Manipulation."
She knew that only Kurama Yakumo of the Kurama Clan, once her student, possessed this Kekkei Genkai.
Yet she was certain she had never seen this person before, and she was even more certain that she was not a ninja from the Kurama Clan. That made her frown.
She did not even need to think about it. She had certainly already been drawn into the other party's Genjutsu world, and this place would be the domain of Five Senses Manipulation.
She could not help but take it seriously. After all, someone who had completely mastered Five Senses Manipulation would surely be far more formidable than Kurama Yakumo.
Asuma watched Kurenai Yuhi stand there blankly, utterly motionless, and immediately seemed to understand what had happened.
Carefully setting Kurenai Yuhi aside, he turned to look at Kurama Mutsu, who was still bent over her painting and paid no attention to them at all. Asuma's expression instantly turned grim.
Slowly, he drew his weapon from the ninja tool pouch on his back—a weapon capable of being infused with Chakra.
It was an ancient-looking Chakra Blade, a Chakra Blade.
The hilt had four small holes to hold the four fingers other than the thumb. The hilt and blade were forged as one, with an outer edge sharpened into a serrated