Cold raindrops slapped Darui's face. Despair spread from his scalp to his toes as he collapsed into the mud, staring blankly at the sky.
"It's over. The enemy knows about my scheme, and the only path to survival has been cut off!"
"Seriously, why... did it turn out like this?"
The only thing he could think of now was ending his own life, so as not to betray Hidden Cloud Village's nurturing.
With that thought, he gripped his blade and slashed it toward his own throat.
But a hand caught the blade. It was C.
Besides a constipated expression, C's face carried the resolve to face death. "Darui, don't you feel frustrated dying like this?"
"Since there's no way out anyway! Then let's die fighting! Let's make it a glorious battle! That's better than being toyed with like kites until they entertain themselves to death!"
Darui looked at C, moved. "Honestly, C, I didn't expect you to say something like that."
C smiled. "You've looked after me all this way. Otherwise, I would've broken down long ago. Since we're about to die, let me look cool for once! What do you think, Samui?"
Samui said, "After we take this guy down, I'm not running anymore! I'm going to the bathhouse, take a bath, and wait cleanly for Hanzo to execute us!"
"Looks like you've made up your minds." A resolute smile curled at Darui's lips. He rose to his feet. "Then let's give it everything we've got, and die together afterward!"
"Hehe." After Pain Rin gave a playful smile, her voice beneath the mask suddenly turned domineering. "Dying won't be that easy."
Huh!? This person's presence suddenly changed...
"I'll take the lead. End this quickly!" Darui wrapped Lightning Release chakra around his blade, with Samui and C following close behind,