Mirai turned his head and glanced at her, his lips curling slightly. "Long time no see, Pakura-san."
"You... what are you doing here?"
"Just passing through." Mirai sounded casual. Then he turned his gaze back to the seven or eight Hidden Mist Anbu across from him.
"If you like watching so much, none of you are leaving!"
The leading Hidden Mist Anbu gritted his teeth, his hands trembling.
Of course they recognized the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.
Kirigakure's intelligence reports spelled it out clearly-Mirai Uzumaki, Konoha's Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, had defeated the Third Raikage and possessed strength far beyond ordinary Kage Level.
What was a monster like him doing in the Land of Water?
"Run!" the Anbu leader shouted, turning to flee.
The others scattered in every direction at the same time.
Mirai did not give chase.
He raised one hand, and a huge golden claw extended from his palm, sweeping across like a long whip.
The claw swept through the canyon so fast that none of them even had time to react-
The first was slapped against the rock wall. The second was snatched out of midair and slammed into the ground. The third was seized by the ankle and dragged back. The fourth, fifth, sixth... every last one was struck by the claw. Not a single one escaped.
The last was the Anbu leader.
Mirai slapped him to the ground and pinned his chest beneath the golden claw. Looking down at him, he said casually, "Why run? It's not like I'm going to eat you."
Pinned to the ground beneath the claw, the Anbu leader struggled twice before realizing that his chest felt as though a mountain were pressing down on it. He could not move.
His lips moved as he tried to speak, but Mirai gave him no chance.
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