The Kumogakure ninja around them fell one after another.
The other ninja who saw this tried to flee, but the white light behind them was far too fast.
Before they could even move, searing pain exploded in their heads.
"Aaaah!"
"You..." Watching the ninja fall one after another, the Black-Clad Ninja's face filled with panic.
He formed hand seals and immediately fled.
"Aaaah!!" Hearing the screams behind him, even his fleeing steps began to falter.
"Trying to run? Not a chance..." A voice sounded behind the Black-Clad Ninja. Before he could react, a translucent white spirit latched onto his body.
A sharp pain exploded in his head, and blood instantly poured from all seven orifices.
But the agony in his head lasted only a few seconds before the white spirit left him.
Recognizing his chance, he moved his feet and instinctively fled forward.
"Cough, cough!" A streak of white light shot back from ahead and slipped into Dan Katō's body.
Seeing this, Jiraiya immediately released his protective ninjutsu.
Orochimaru stepped forward and asked with concern, "Dan Katō, are you all right?"
Dan Katō shook his head.
"I'm fine. I just used up a little too much mental energy!" He gently rubbed his throbbing forehead, then stood up again.
"As long as you're all right." Orochimaru sighed.
"Dan Katō, I definitely never want to be your opponent..." Jiraiya said, still shaken by the gruesome corpses strewn across the ground.
Dan Katō smiled helplessly.
"Why would I ever become your opponent?"
"Still, it's a shame one got away..." Looking at the figure in the distance, Dan Katō sighed.
Orochimaru patted Dan Katō's shoulder and reassured him. "Your Spirit Transformation Technique hit that ninja. He probably won't live much longer!"
He was not particularly worried about the fleeing ninja. After all, his mind