"You're just going to leave me behind?"
Ameyuri stepped forward and grabbed Xue Ge, who had turned to leave.
Xue Ge looked at Ameyuri in confusion. "What else would I do?"
"Uh, I mean, you're not going to fight me? I'm injured right now, you know."
"...I'm not interested."
At first, Xue Ge had planned to get through the second exam by eliminating others, but given the current situation, he figured there might not even be sixteen people left alive at the end.
Even Ameyuri was struggling this much on her own. He didn't dare imagine what the Genin who weren't seeded contestants were going through.
In an environment like this, he couldn't be bothered to make trouble for anyone else.
"What are you planning to do now, then?" Ameyuri asked, watching Xue Ge.
"..." Xue Ge thought for a while. "Save people, I guess?"
Although he had been caught up in it too, Xue Ge could more or less guess that he was probably responsible for the current snake rampage.
Xue Ge had seen some mangled corpses along the way, and he had just saved Karura. He was quite worried about everyone else's safety now. He would save whoever he could along the way.
He did like children, after all.
Black Pine stopped beside Xue Ge with Karura on its back. After getting off Black Pine, Karura hid behind Xue Ge and watched Ameyuri.
"Is this the one you just saved?" Ameyuri raised an eyebrow.
"Yes, someone I know." Xue Ge nodded.
Ameyuri ran her tongue over her teeth. "So you're saving me too?"
"I know you too, more or less," Xue Ge said rather seriously.
Ameyuri slapped her forehead and ruffled her bangs in apparent frustration.
"You're just making trouble for yourself, you know! I might end up