Gua paid the man no mind as he pulled out a scroll.
This was a fight.
I fought my way, and you fought yours.
There was no need to worry about what the other guy did. Just hit him.
Gua lunged forward.
The Root operative untied the scroll, but instead of unrolling it, he hurled it straight at Gua.
The scroll whistled through the air.
With its cord untied, the scroll unfurled in the wind as it flew.
The formula inscribed on it came into view.
It appeared to be some kind of summoning formula.
Although Gua was charging forward, his eyes still caught every detail of the formula the instant the scroll unfurled.
He had only seen a limited number of formulas.
But this one looked somewhat familiar. It had something in common with Impure World Reincarnation. If the two formulas were maps, Impure World Reincarnation would be a world map with almost absurd detail, right down to every village, while this formula was more like a vague map of a township.
So Gua concluded that this was probably a summoning formula.
As for what it would summon, he had no idea.
However...
A second later, he found out.
His opponent began forming hand seals.
The formula activated. Before its contents even emerged, Gua had already seen them.
His instincts told him they were senbon!
Sure enough!
The next instant...
Hundreds of fine senbon needles were summoned from the scroll, then shot toward Gua.
A cruel smile curled the Root operative's lips.
"This is my trump card. Hundreds of senbon attacking from every angle while you're completely unprepared-even a Special Jōnin would suffer, let alone a little brat like you."
But the next instant, his smile vanished.
As though he had anticipated it, Gua completely ignored the steel senbon