"This is so strange! I've never seen Ruri like this before! And who exactly was that Masked Man just now? He actually managed to push Ruri this far!" Seeing Ruri standing there in a daze, Uzuki Yugao looked astonished, then said, "And what exactly did Ruri see just now to end up like this? What's so suspicious about those kunai?"
After hearing Uzuki Yugao ask what was suspicious about the kunai, the others all turned their eyes toward the kunai on the ground. But no matter how they looked at them, they found nothing suspicious.
"This is strange. There's nothing suspicious about these kunai. Why did Ruri freeze up completely at the sight of them, unable to move at all?" When he still could not find anything suspicious about the kunai after examining them, Akagimaru walked over to them, picked one up, and began inspecting it closely.
Meanwhile, Ruri slowly recovered from what had just happened. Looking at everyone in front of him, Ruri managed to force a faint smile with great difficulty.
"Everyone, come look! Ruri seems to have snapped out of it!" Momokusa Harukawa called out to the others after noticing that Ruri had recovered.
Hearing that Ruri had snapped out of it, the others all turned their eyes toward Ruri.
"Ruri! What exactly happened to you just now? Why did you freeze on the spot without moving the moment you saw those kunai? It's a good thing I reached you in time and blocked them for you. Otherwise, the consequences would have been unthinkable!" Uchiha Itachi walked up beside Ruri and spoke.
Ruri raised his head, looked at Uchiha Itachi's face, and said with a smile, "Thank you, Itachi! I noticed something just now, but I don't know why my body couldn't move at all! I was