"Still not coming out? Planning a sneak attack?"
Kari kept his eyes on Kabuto, occasionally glancing behind him.
The Shuriken had come from that direction just now.
"There's no one over there."
Xintu, a sensory Shinobi, scanned the area behind them and quickly reached a conclusion that surprised all three of them.
"No one?"
Kari looked slightly taken aback.
He turned his gaze back to Kabuto.
"Fuck!"
"Scared the hell out of me. I thought Uchiha Gua..."
Halfway through, Kari abruptly stopped speaking.
He wasn't afraid of Uchiha Gua!
Only useless trash like Xintu would be scared of a seven-year-old kid.
"While you were setting your traps, I was setting mine too."
Kabuto smiled at the three of them, his tone calm, showing none of the tension one might expect from someone facing three opponents alone.
At those words,
Kari narrowed his eyes.
"Getting my eyes pecked out by a brat. How irritating."
Kabuto shrugged.
"Can't be helped. On a battlefield, anyone who lets their guard down loses their life. I have a lot of things I cherish now. I don't want to lose my life. I have to make it back alive."
"Heh. What a joke!"
Kari sneered.
Then he lowered his head and charged straight at Kabuto.
"Big words!"
"I've killed more trash like you than I can count!"
With his opponent attacking barehanded,
Kabuto slashed at him with the Kunai in his hand.
"Reckless fool."
"Am I~?"
As Kari closed in on Kabuto, a sinister smile curled across his lips.
Kabuto suddenly realized something was wrong.
In an instant,
the intelligence he had stolen during his infiltration of Tsuchigakure began to fall into place.
"Kari, the Explosion Release Shinobi?"
"It's too late to recognize my name now."
Kari grinned viciously, his fist already hurtling forward.
A fierce