That cold female voice was like an invisible steel needle, piercing straight into Naruto's consciousness, as though some kind of totem had taken physical form.
He did not turn around. His gaze remained fixed on the distant battle as he answered succinctly.
"Cadian Shock Troops commissar, Naruto Uzumaki. Temporary requisition. This is an unrecorded human colony world, codenamed 'God Tree.'"
The newly arrived assassin, codenamed Nightingale, slightly turned her face, which bore almost no discernible features.
Beneath her indifferent gaze, sensory systems beyond mortal comprehension scanned and analyzed the entire battlefield at a terrifying speed.
The flowing chakra energy was marked and classified as [Unknown Psyker Subspecies].
Those two immortal puppets were marked and classified as [Heretical Sorcery: Necromantic Manipulation].
All the dazzling ninjutsu were uniformly filed away by her logic core under a cold designation—[Unregistered Form of Psyker Application].
"That still does not constitute a reason to summon me." Nightingale's tone carried an accusation.
"Does purging heretics require an explanation?" Naruto's voice contained not the slightest hint of a plea. It was a matter-of-fact challenge.
He raised his bloodstained hand and pointed at Orochimaru, who stood at the edge of the barrier with a sickly smile on his face.
"That sorcerer who controls corpses has desecrated the sanctity of death. He seeks to steal immortality and walk the path of a false god. His very existence is a threat to human Order. I request that he be purified."
"My mission was issued directly by a master of the Assassin Court, not by you, Commissar."
Nightingale's reply held no emotion, yet the light of the two rippling energy scimitars in her hands intensified slightly, silently displaying her displeasure.
"Your actions have seriously violated protocol. Overstepping your authority to summon me is enough to send you before a tribunal."
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