"Why are you so fixated on my sword?"
Xue Ge asked without a change in expression.
Ameyuri twisted her neck. Her increasingly deranged state of mind actually allowed her to withstand Xue Ge's killing intent.
"Hey, Xue Ge, think about it."
"It's a rare opportunity. Genin at the same stage from different ninja villages come together in one place, all fighting to the death to become Chunin."
"Just like Naruto said, this is a war too."
"But it's different from a real battlefield-"
"We have the leisure to exchange names, the freedom to harbor our own agendas, and the right to fight with blades."
"It's even more perfect than a real battlefield!"
Large patches of Ameyuri's body were drenched in blood, and some areas were charred black.
Whether she had grown accustomed to it like Xue Ge or simply ignored it, she seemed unaware of any pain. She was not even a wounded beast.
She was merely an evil spirit gone mad.
She hunched over, lowered her twin blades, and exhaled through bared teeth.
"So-on a battlefield like this, you should do everything you can to kill your opponent!"
"Aren't you afraid of dying?" Xue Ge asked indifferently.
"Heh, heh-" Ameyuri sneered. "If that's the only way I can go all out-then I don't care~
"You probably don't know, do you? Thrills are what I've pursued all my life. Killing or being killed, either is fine. But killing ordinary people is no fun. It has to be someone like you.
"As for becoming a Chunin, that's just a bonus prize."
"So that's your reason-" Xue Ge's tone was somewhat inscrutable. "Ridiculous."
Ameyuri's smile froze, and her expression turned cold. "Oh?-Strange. With that killing intent of yours-I thought you'd understand me."
"What's a little girl doing talking about dying-"
As Xue