"You're quite good." Hanzō looked at the blood on his hand, his expression faintly surprised.
"To think a little brat actually wounded me."
He held his bloodied hand beneath his nose and sniffed. As the familiar scent reached him, a fierce eagerness for battle welled up in his eyes.
After a moment's hesitation, he stuck out his tongue and licked the crimson smear.
Yui frowned at his actions.
"Eating your own blood? That's seriously disgusting..." she said in distaste.
"Heh..." Hanzō wasn't angered by her disgust. He merely gave a scornful chuckle.
"You've never experienced it, so of course you don't know the taste of blood. Trust me, you'll come to love it!" Hanzō kept twirling the small sickle in his hand, his gaze fixed on Yui as though he might charge at her any second.
"Today happens to be a perfect chance for you to taste your own blood!"
"Time to give you your first taste..."
Watching the movements of Hanzō's weapon, Yui remained intensely alert, constantly on guard.
She hadn't taken a single word of his speech to heart.
She certainly couldn't agree with such disgusting behavior.
"Face my attack!" Hanzō formed hand seals with one hand, and his body instantly dissolved into a puddle of water, vanishing from the spot.
Yui's expression tightened at the sight.
Fortunately, she had her Byakugan vision. Otherwise, she really wouldn't have been able to track this ninjutsu.
"Body Flicker Technique: Slash." Hanzō suddenly appeared on Yui's left, swinging his enormous sickle down at her.
Already prepared for the attack, Yui dodged into an opening beside her, narrowly avoiding the strike.
"The Byakugan's ability? What a nuisance!" Surprise flashed across Hanzō's face when his attack missed, but an instant later, he understood.
"Then let's see whether your eyes can keep up with