For Pakura, this had already become something of a spider-sense.
She had been burned once before.
Back when she faced Bai Ye, he had nearly stabbed her with a kunai.
After that, whenever anyone stood behind her, she instinctively wanted to check what they were doing.
She could never feel at ease with someone behind her.
And every time she remembered Bai Ye saying that her back was her weakness...
It felt as though those words had planted a psychological suggestion deep inside her.
That was precisely why she had suddenly sensed something just now. The person walking beside her seemed to have moved behind her in the next instant.
It immediately put her on alert.
"Die!!"
Realizing he seemed to have been discovered, the previously friendly Mist Ninja's expression flashed with malice.
Being discovered had been somewhat unexpected.
But he had already begun his attack. If he did not follow through now, he would lose his chance.
The ninja sent here to ambush Pakura were not particularly powerful.
If his sneak attack failed, whether they could defeat Pakura afterward was another question entirely.
They had planned to use poison from the start.
Too late... What on earth happened...?
Watching the kunai draw closer, Pakura darted forward with a leap, avoiding the fatal blow.
She had no idea why things had turned out this way.
She had come for peace talks. Why had this suddenly happened?!
But there was no time to think.
She could only feel her strength beginning to fail her.
Meanwhile, the Mist Ninja opposite her hurriedly shouted, "The kunai scratched her! Attack together!!"
The kunai had been coated with a potent poison that drained its victim's strength.
It not only paralyzed the body, but would also kill the victim before long.
Still, to be safe, they