"I'm really sorry, Captain! I'll go help you-our teammates-right away!" After hearing what his captain said, the man actually gave an awkward smile and scratched his head, then immediately sprinted toward Ruri and the others.
"I'm truly ashamed to have a teammate like that. I really don't know why I recruited him into my unit back then! Thinking about it now, it really is baffling!" The enemy captain's lips curved slightly as he watched the retreating figure of the teammate who had just been chatting with him, and he spoke quietly.
Meanwhile, things were looking very good on Ruri's side. Though the five of them did not have the advantage in numbers, their strength was enough to match so many opponents.
In this short time, the five of them had already killed a dozen or so ninja. Moreover, Ruri and the others had not used any large-scale jutsu from the beginning until now; what they used most often were their own ninja tools.
"I have to say, you're a little stronger than you were just now, but that doesn't matter. You can only end up dying by our blades! And I'm certain that in less than ten minutes, you'll all die here. We won't be building graves for you then!" One of the enemies fighting Ruri spoke to him with a smile. He was holding an enormous cleaver, a full two meters long.
"Do you really think we're that weak?" Ruri asked him with a smile after putting some distance between them.
"It's not that we think your strength only amounts to this. This is all within our expectations. Besides, at the start, you could only kill those rookie-level guys, and that made you full of yourselves. It looks like you really are children!"
"Let me tell you, we're different