Kaguya looked down at him from above.
"Your body, along with all this power—if I turn you into a White Zetsu, you will undoubtedly become the strongest White Zetsu I have ever created!"
She looked at Long Ye as though he were a fine piece of material worth carving.
Long Ye naturally knew what White Zetsu was. It was a puppet that had lost its own will, with every action controlled by its creator's will.
For Long Ye, that fate was even worse than a quick death.
"Don't come any closer!!"
Mi Xiang stood in front of Long Ye.
She looked at the woman floating in midair, her white hair cascading like a long waterfall, without the slightest trace of fear on her face.
In Mi Xiang's eyes, Long Ye was her only family in the Shinobi World. When her grandfather had met with disaster years ago, her lack of strength had forced her to flee, and it had become a shadow she could never erase from her life.
Today, it seemed that the same thing was about to happen again. She would never choose to run away as she had before. Even if it cost her life, she would have no regrets.
Mi Xiang stood before Long Ye, but Kimimaro immediately stepped in front of her.
"Mi Xiang, don't be afraid. As long as I'm here, if she wants to hurt you, she'll have to step over my corpse first."
Kimimaro had never forgotten his promise to the girl. No matter when it was, he would stand in front of her and shield her from every danger.
Kimimaro crossed his hands, and gray bone spikes like longswords extended from his palms.
"It seems your body also carries a faint trace of my bloodline. A thousand years have passed, through