The next second, Kanae lifted her pitch-black eyes and smiled sweetly, saying something that sent a chill through everyone.
"It's all right that Karin left... aren't all of you still here?"
Boom!
The instant her words fell, everyone's scalp prickled!
There was no need for another word. The nearby Kusagakure ninja's expressions changed drastically. With a flick of their wrists, they hurled several sharp kunai through the air!
Cold steel flashed, heading straight for Kanae's vital points!
But faced with the rapidly approaching kunai, Kanae barely bothered to move. She simply tilted her body slightly to one side, effortlessly evading every attack.
All the kunai skimmed past her and embedded themselves deep in the tree trunk behind her, humming and trembling.
"Just as we thought! You're no ordinary child. Are you an Uzumaki from the Veil Organization?"
The Kusagakure ninja's faces darkened to the extreme. Their suspicions had been confirmed.
"The Veil Organization really looks down on us!"
"They think they can send some little brat to bring Kusagakure to heel? Do they think we have no one who can fight?!"
Their fighting spirit surged as they shouted defiantly, but deep down, their terror had also reached its peak.
If a girl who wasn't even ten dared to face ninja like them, there had to be adults watching from the shadows.
Just how terrifying were the Veil Organization's true powerhouses?
Kanae reached out with her little hand and gently patted her round belly. She looked completely relaxed, the wicked smile on her lips growing wider.
"Don't get the wrong idea."
"I came alone."
"This is my first official mission. I can't let Lord God down."
At that, she slowly raised her eyes. Her pitch-black pupils held none of the innocence a child should have, only a cold lust for slaughter.