"Pakura, Sunagakure Genin." Pakura saw the smile on Uchiha Yin's face and breathed a sigh of relief.
Uchiha Yin's smile seemed contagious. Pakura couldn't help lowering her guard.
"Rasa, Sunagakure Genin," Rasa said coldly.
Rasa kept his hands hidden inside his sleeves. At the first sign of trouble, he would use ninjutsu and flee.
To Rasa, Uchiha Yin's smile was no gesture of goodwill. It was a ploy to make them drop their guard.
Seeing Pakura and Karura apparently drawn to Uchiha Yin, Rasa could only curse them as idiots under his breath.
Letting themselves be drawn to an enemy at a time like this—weren't they idiots?
If Uchiha Yin attacked, Rasa would likely shove Karura and Pakura toward him at once, then escape on his own.
Rasa's little movements did not escape Uchiha Yin or Kaguya.
But without a word from Uchiha Yin, Kaguya would not act on her own.
Uchiha Yin, meanwhile, did not care in the slightest.
He did not care about Rasa at all.
The gap between them was too great. Uchiha Yin had never considered Rasa a threat.
"Rasa, disperse the Gold Dust you're gathering. Otherwise, I'll take it as a provocation."
Uchiha Yin cast Rasa a calm glance.
Rasa stared straight into Uchiha Yin's detached eyes and saw a coldness unlike anything he had ever known.
A terrifying menace flashed in that gaze. Like two bolts of lightning, it struck deep into Rasa's heart and sent a storm surging through him.
Chapter 268: How Am I Supposed to Trust You?
In an instant, Rasa felt as though a raging flood had swallowed him whole.
His body trembled. A dreadful chill wrapped around him, as if he had been transported to the snowbound Land of Snow. It pierced him to the bone.
His heart seemed