Although Ōnoki heard Blue B's voice, recalling what had happened to the Mist Ninja and Sand Ninja filled him with a sense of foreboding.
Rather than acknowledge Blue B, Ōnoki pressed Darui even more urgently. "Tell me! Where are our Iwa Shinobi? Did you ambush them too?"
Darui: ???
"I know where all your Iwa Shinobi went."
Just then, Chiriku's rough voice came from the side, rescuing Darui from his predicament.
Seeing that the voice had come from the Konoha ninja, Ōnoki's expression darkened, and his ominous premonition grew stronger.
But he simply could not stop worrying about his village's ninja. In the end, he asked Chiriku with a grim face, "Where are our Iwa Shinobi?"
"Oh, them? Sorry about that!"
"They ambushed us, but they were just too weak. I accidentally failed to hold back and killed them all."
Chiriku scratched his head with an honest, bashful smile, but his words were full of contempt for the Iwa Shinobi.
Already on the verge of exploding, how could Ōnoki tolerate Chiriku's provocation?
Rage boiled inside Ōnoki, and he seemed to forget that Chihane was nearby.
He casually tossed Darui aside and brought his hands together before his chest. A dazzling cube of white light formed between them.
Dust Release: Detachment of the Primitive World Technique!!!
Pew! Pew! Pew! Pew!
A dazzling beam shot straight from Ōnoki's hands toward Chiriku.
But the move was far too obvious, and its windup took too long. Chiriku was not about to stand there stupidly and take the hit.
Chiriku kicked one Uchiha Clan genin away, scooped up the other two who had yet to react, and leaped backward, dodging Ōnoki's beam.
Might Guy and Maruboshi Kosuke also leaped to either side, avoiding Ōnoki's little Dust Release cube.
Pfft?
The little cube struck the empty