"Ah, forget it. I got what I wanted anyway, so this doesn't matter anymore." Kazama Ya sighed and shook his head helplessly.
Only then did he turn his attention to the people ahead. The instant his gaze focused, another volley of ice spikes carrying a bitter chill shot toward his face. "Oh? Interesting."
Kazama Ya smiled, brought two fingers together, and caught an incoming ice spike with perfect accuracy. His aura erupted, shattering all the remaining spikes around him.
"Heh! So this is ninjutsu? I've never seen anything like it..." He toyed with the spike between his fingers, then looked at Nai Hyuga and her icy gaze.
"Where is Yui? What did you do to her?" Nai Hyuga's voice was cold, her eyes fixed on the familiar Gourd at his waist.
"Yui? You mean Yui Hyuga?" Kazama Ya looked Nai Hyuga up and down with interest, then chuckled. "What do you think?"
As he spoke, he drew his two fingers across his throat, as though announcing the final outcome.
Nai Hyuga froze at the sight. Then a towering fury surged through her. "What did you say?"
Her swelling anger gradually overwhelmed her reason. In the end, she managed to suppress it for the moment, holding her emotions in check as she asked again, "What did you do to Yui?!"
Seeing her reaction, Kazama Ya lost interest. "Ah! How boring."
He waved a hand dismissively and said offhandedly, "What else would I do? I killed her, of course!"
At that, Kazama Ya sighed a few times, sounding rather regretful. "Ah, what a shame. She was so beautiful. If she were alive, I could still..."
Before he could finish, waves of cold suddenly surged around him. At some point, a huge spike of ice had begun rising rapidly a few steps in