As Kaze and Huru sped along, Huru's expression suddenly changed, and he tugged sharply at Kaze's clothes.
The two stopped immediately. Kaze frowned at Huru. "What-"
Huru gestured for silence.
Then he pressed his palms together, and invisible ripples spread out from around him.
"-" Kaze said nothing, merely drawing her sword in secret.
A few seconds later, Huru's eyes lit up. He waved toward a certain direction. "There!"
Whoosh!
A streak of silver-blue sword energy shot straight toward the distant woods. As it flew, it transformed into blades of energy like falling rain, passing through the tree trunks without much commotion, as though water were flowing through them.
Cloud Style: Wind Fang.
A large swath of forest was instantly riddled with fine holes like a sieve. At the same time, a pitch-black figure darted out of the bushes, narrowly escaping Kaze's attack.
Xue Ge looked at the two before him, especially the ninja who had pinpointed his location at once.
A sensory ninja?
He then looked at their forehead protectors. Like the man he had just taken down, they were from Kumogakure.
Combined with what he had heard from Danzo earlier about the visiting Kumogakure envoys-it seemed this delegation had another purpose, and signing an agreement was merely a cover.
What a shame. Before finding Xia, he had not intended to alert them. Even now, he did not know what these Kumogakure ninja were after. That was also why he had not immediately cut Honai down.
Seeing that Xue Ge was not immediately preparing to send a signal, Kaze and Huru did not follow up with another attack. Instead, Kaze said, "So you're a Konoha ninja. Sorry. We sensed someone following us just now and attacked because we were nervous."
With that, Kaze put away her weapon, stepped forward,