They didn't know Black Zetsu's name, but they knew his strength was terrifying.
Rasa and the others were too weak to tell exactly what level he had reached, but surely he couldn't be any weaker than Kage Level?
In their eyes, Uchiha Yin and Black Zetsu, locked in battle, might even rival the Third Kazekage.
Just as every child in Konoha believed the Hokage was the strongest, Rasa, Karura, and Pakura naturally believed the Third Kazekage was the strongest.
Yet someone who could rival the Third Kazekage and fight Uchiha Yin to a standstill had just called a woman taking the Chunin Ninja Exams "Mom"?
Did we hear wrong? Or did he say the wrong thing?
Right, of course. We only just encountered fighters this powerful. We're shaken up, so we must have misheard.
Or maybe we're under Genjutsu. That has to be it.
But this Genjutsu feels so real!
It's an illusion. It has to be. If we're under Genjutsu, nothing I do can be wrong, can it?
Karura thought this, then glanced at Rasa.
Remembering the system she had just activated and the task it had given her, Karura summoned her courage, shook out her hand, and took a deep breath.
As Karura inhaled, the front of her cloak rose slightly.
She drew her small hand back, then swung it forward with all her strength, slapping Rasa across the left cheek.
Smack!
Everyone who was still stunned by Black Zetsu's words turned toward Karura.
Her slap had come just as suddenly as the one Rasa had tried to give her. It was just as hard to understand.
Rasa's attempted slap had come without warning. Sara had stopped him before he could hit Karura's face, but the moment had still left a wound in Karura's heart that would never