Hinata and Karin had been taking things easy. Although the sounds of battle had already erupted from all over the forest, they moved through the shade as if they were out on a picnic.
"Wait!" Karin suddenly warned Hinata. Although her Mind's Eye of the Kagura had only just awakened, its detection range had already surpassed Hinata's.
"An enemy is coming. This chakra is so strong and so evil!" Karin actually trembled in fear after sensing the enemy. The approaching figure seemed to be deliberately alerting her and made no attempt to conceal the fluctuations of his chakra.
Hinata immediately activated her Byakugan as well, cautiously observing her surroundings.
The mysterious enemy had no intention of hiding at all. He appeared directly before them and opened with a powerful Fire Release ninjutsu. As if he only wanted to establish his dominance, he launched a gigantic fire dragon that charged mercilessly at the two girls.
Thanks to their advance warning, Hinata and Karin hurriedly dodged to the side, barely avoiding the fire dragon. However, the two girls had been precisely separated by it.
The ground ravaged by the fire dragon had even begun to crystallize under the extreme heat! And the culprit—a masked figure dressed in standard assassin's garb—appeared openly before the two girls.
Anyone capable of using a Fire Release ninjutsu with such power was at least a jonin!
The killing intent had left Karin completely unable to move, while Hinata's face was filled with fear and despair.
Everything had happened so suddenly that Tahm and Iruka, who saw the scene through the monitors, were consumed with rage.
Why was a jonin here, and why was he targeting these two girls?
There were countless questions, but Tahm had no time to think. He rapidly cast Abyssal Dive and rushed to