Swish~
A figure flashed into existence, appearing in front of the Mist Village Jonin who had nearly been killed by Qian.
He wore a dark blue outfit and had one eye. Two sealing talismans hung from his earlobes. It was none other than Ao, who had fought Qian before.
However, the one who had fired these shuriken was not him, but another person.
Qian shifted his gaze to the right.
There, Terumi Mei had just lowered her hands.
Clearly, the attack just now had been launched by her.
And with the two of them suddenly appearing here, Qian could think of no other purpose besides intercepting him.
It was not just the two of them. Qian shifted his gaze to the left.
There was another person there.
He was tall, with long, slender limbs. A head of fluffy, needle-like yellow hair grew from his head, and he wore the black-and-white mask unique to the Mist Anbu. More than a dozen loops of bandages were wrapped around his neck.
This appearance immediately reminded Qian of someone—Kushimaru Kuriarare, one of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist Village.
Qian looked toward his hands and saw a long, needle-shaped ninja tool in his right hand. A steel wire was attached to its end.
At that moment, he was supporting it with his left hand.
With such a distinctive ninja tool, Qian could basically confirm that this was one of the Seven Ninja Swords of Kirigakure—the long sword, Nuibari!
This made Kushimaru Kuriarare's identity even more certain.
"One of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen, one double-Kekkei Genkai user, and one Byakugan Killer. Heh~, you really think highly of me!"
Qian grumbled inwardly, but showed no abnormality on his face.
Instead, Kushimaru Kuriarare looked at him and spoke first: "Are you the brat who killed Biwa