Looking at Qianhun Qingyu, who stood dazed in the deep pit, Hyuga Setsuna spoke in a low voice.
"Give up. Everyone else is dead except you!"
Qianhun Qingyu came back to his senses, his face bitter.
"Is that so? Tetsuya and Koichi are dead too?"
"Maybe we shouldn't have greedily accepted this mission."
Hyuga Setsuna asked with a grave expression.
"Who is your employer?"
Hearing Hyuga Setsuna's question, Qianhun Qingyu replied indifferently.
"Heh, the employer? I don't know."
"The only one who stayed in contact with us was one of their servants. We've never met the real person."
After a pause, he added,
"If you want me to surrender, forget it."
"If I surrendered, that bastard Tetsuya would definitely laugh at me mercilessly!"
With that, Qianhun Qingyu pulled out a kunai from his ninja tool pouch and, without hesitation, slashed it toward Hyuga Setsuna's neck!
Watching Qianhun Qingyu slash at him with the kunai,
Hyuga Setsuna knew that this man was likely determined to die.
Of their former four-man team, three had died, leaving only him behind.
Hyuga Setsuna drew his short blade and held it before him.
Clang!
The short blade and kunai collided again and again, scattering sparks.
Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!
Qianhun Qingyu leaped backward and formed hand seals. Chakra gathered in his throat as he took a deep breath and spat out a massive fireball at Hyuga Setsuna.
The fireball carried scorching heat. If an ordinary person were struck by it, even if they survived, they would likely be crippled.
Chakra gathered around the short blade. Staring at the incoming fireball, Hyuga Setsuna boldly drew his weapon. Like a waning moon rising into the sky, an incomparably sharp flash of blade light appeared.
With a bang, it split the fireball in half.
The moment the