Pfft~
The sound of a sharp blade piercing flesh rang out.
Takayama Yoichi looked at the Short Sword buried straight in his heart and wanted to say something, but when he opened his mouth, aside from spitting out some bloody froth, no words came out.
Qian looked at him expressionlessly. His right hand exerted a little force, and he pulled the Short Sword free.
Takayama Yoichi staggered back two steps, glaring at Qian, his eyes filled with unwillingness, but in the end, he still collapsed helplessly.
"Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique~"
Looking at the corpse on the ground, Qian's hands swiftly completed the seals. He opened his mouth and spat out a great fireball a full two meters in diameter.
The fireball landed on the corpse, releasing a sizzling sound, and before long, Takayama Yoichi had been burned beyond recognition.
As for burning him to ash?
That was unrealistic.
His Fire Release was not yet powerful enough for that.
Still, this was enough.
Qian simply did not want Iwagakure to obtain memories related to him from Takayama Yoichi's brain. He did not necessarily need to grind the man's bones and scatter his ashes.
As for hiding the other party's death.
Qian did not plan to do that, nor could he.
After all, those rats had not all died. As long as Iwagakure still had a way to find them, they would definitely be able to discover Takayama Yoichi's death.
Since that was the case, there was no need to waste effort covering it up.
As for the people in the cave, although they had remained unconscious the entire time and did not know what Qian had done to them.
That did not mean Iwagakure could not detect it.
Therefore, to keep the secret from being exposed, these people had to