Shinji stared at Mei Terumi for a long moment, then nodded.
"Do you need any help?"
Mei shook her head. "You've already taken care of everything that needed doing."
"Then... I'll go?"
Mei frowned slightly, then gave a small nod.
Whoosh!
The next instant, Shinji vanished from the office.
Mei's eyes widened. "..."
Bang!
Yuguri jumped. She stared at Mei, who had smashed the desk to pieces with one punch, and swallowed hard.
"Lady Mei?"
Mei gritted her teeth. "That bastard!!!"
"Watch out!"
Up in the treetops.
At Kakashi's warning, Uzuki Yugao turned instinctively. A vicious face hung upside down from a branch, staring straight at her.
His eyes were full of murderous intent.
An Iwagakure Forehead Protector was tied around his brow.
Whoosh, whoosh—clang!
Two black Shuriken flew in one after the other. The first struck the Kunai the Iwagakure ninja had thrust at her, knocking it off course.
The second followed close behind, striking the first Shuriken as it slowed for an instant and cleverly changing its course again—
Thud!
The barbed Shuriken spun into the Iwagakure ninja's neck. Blood sprayed across Yugao's face.
At the same moment, the Tachi in her hand pierced his heart.
She promptly kicked his body away. It hit the ground with a thud.
Yugao looked back and nodded to the red-eyed boy standing straight on another branch beside her. "Yehuo! Thanks!"
"Mm."
Uchiha Yehuo nodded without expression.
Without a word, he looked into the distance.
Mitaraishi Anko pulled her Kunai from the neck of an Iwagakure ninja slumped against a tree. She flicked the blood from the blade and looked around.
"A standard Jonin team."
"Yeah." Kakashi crouched beside one of the bodies and examined it. "This one led the team."
Uchiha Yehuo leaped down from the tree, frowning. "What exactly