Exposure

"Please spare Haku!!! She's your daughter!!!!" Shunzi's face was streaked with tears as she cried hoarsely at Haku's father.

"I don't have a daughter like that!!!! A monster like you gave birth to another monster!!! You'll only bring disaster to our village!!!!" the Middle-aged Man snarled furiously.

Haku had been frightened pale, her eyes filled with terror. Her tiny body trembled as she hid behind her mother.

"Haku!! Don't be afraid, Mother is here!!!" Shunzi shielded Haku, tears streaming down her face as she looked at her with unbearable sorrow. "Die!!! You two monsters!!!!" the Middle-aged Man roared, swinging a sickle at them.

"Mother!!!!!" From behind Shunzi, Haku saw her father charging in with the sickle and screamed in terror, her face turning even paler. In Haku's eyes, the Villagers who had always seemed so kind had become demons. Every previously gentle face now looked as hideous as a demon's, without the slightest pity for mother and daughter.

Her father, who had once loved and doted on her, had suddenly become so unfamiliar and terrifying. Tears once again spilled uncontrollably from her eye sockets.

The sickle flashed with blinding cold light. Just as it was about to strike Haku's mother, a Kunai shot over like lightning. Clang!!! Sparks flew, and the sickle was knocked aside by the flying Kunai.

"What!!!!" The Ninja from Kirigakure standing nearby suddenly changed expression. "Who!!!!" Haku's father was also startled. Dragged by the force of the Kunai, he lost his balance and fell to the ground. After all, he was only one of the Ordinary People.

Whoosh!!! In a flash, Miao appeared before Haku and her mother. He stared coldly at Haku's father sprawled on the ground and said, "You were willing to kill your own wife and daughter without hesitation over such a ridiculous reason. You really are scum~!!!"

"N-Ninja!!!!!" Seeing Miao, Haku's father turned pale and stared at him in fear, his body beginning to tremble involuntarily. The other Villagers were equally terrified, their faces deathly pale as they kept backing away.

"Just a brat!!!!" The Kirigakure Ninja's gaze turned icy as he said coldly, "You're not a Kirigakure Ninja!!! Who are you!!!?"

Miao ignored the shouting Ninja and instead said to Haku and Shunzi, "Run!!! You can't stay here any longer!!!!"

Haku and Shunzi stared blankly at Miao standing before them. Neither of them could have imagined that their neighbor was actually a Ninja. Especially Haku—her Childhood Sweetheart, who had Grown Up alongside her since childhood, had such an identity.

"Miao!!" Haku called softly. Seeing him standing in front of them to protect them, tears flowed down her face again. "Don't just stand there!! Get up and go!!!" Miao shouted.

"Brat, don't get so arrogant!!! Since you aren't a Mist Shinobi, you must be a spy sent by another country!!!! Now that you've exposed yourself before me, don't even think about leaving here alive!!!!" The Mist Shinobi released a terrifying killing intent, glaring coldly at Miao.

Feeling that powerful killing intent, the Villagers had long since gone pale and started trembling. Some had even wet themselves. Many screamed in terror and fled the house in a panic.

"That killing intent is pretty good, but it only proves that you've killed a lot of people. Whether you actually have strength is another matter. Besides, this level of killing intent is useless against me." Miao sneered coldly.

"Hm!!" Seeing that Miao's expression remained unchanged beneath his killing intent, the Ninja's face changed at once. This is no ordinary brat!!!

In his Previous Life, Miao had been a super assassin who had killed countless people. Although he had not yet experienced battles between Ninja, his Combat Experience and instincts were not something a mere Chunin could compare to. This man's killing intent had merely been shaped by the environment of Kirigakure—impressive in appearance but hollow within. Kirigakure's truly powerful Ninja would not come to such a remote little village. And truly skilled assassins did not casually release killing intent; some had none at all. After all, Ninja and assassins had many similarities—they both operated in the shadows.

"Aunt Shunzi, take Haku and leave first. Run as far as you can. There may be other Kirigakure Ninja nearby, so before they discover this place, get far away and find somewhere to hide!!!" Miao said, his eyes fixed firmly on the Ninja opposite him.

"But you..." Haku's mother wanted to say something, but Miao interrupted her. "I have my own way of getting out!! Take this chance and leave quickly!!! I'll cover you!!"

"Understood!!" Shunzi gritted her teeth and gave Miao a deep look. Then she took Haku's hand and ran through the open space toward the door.

"Damn it!!!" A vicious glint flashed through the Kirigakure Ninja's eyes. He abruptly swung his right hand, sending a Kunai flying at Shunzi. But just then, another Kunai flew over like lightning and knocked the first one away. Sparks scattered as the two Kunai spun through the air before finally falling to the ground.

"Your opponent is me!!!!" Miao said coldly.

"Don't go Looking Down on People!!!! Brat!!!!" The Kirigakure Ninja flew into a rage, drawing the Tachi from his back with lightning speed and charging at Miao. "I'll Cut you off into eight pieces!!!!"

There's too little room here to use Ninjutsu properly, so I can only do this!!! Miao thought to himself, his face calm and composed without a trace of panic.