At that moment, Shinji's expression was somewhat unreadable.
After realizing that sending more troops over would only send them to their deaths, the enemy seemed to have deliberately stopped doing so.
His grand undertaking of farming Cursed Soul Points could only be put on hold for now.
What frustrated him a little was that most of his earlier slaughter had earned him nothing. The creatures he had killed were artificially modified monsters, not even cursed spirits, so naturally there were no exorcism rewards.
Still, that aligned with some of the guesses he had made before coming here.
After all, even a special grade cursed spirit would struggle to gather that many low-level cursed spirits in a limited time and send them out to wreak havoc everywhere.
Now he knew why.
Shinji glanced back at Sasuke and Tamamo Hotaru, whose chakra and stamina were both depleted. After some thought, he said, "Tobi, take these two out first. When you come back, bring some things we can use for light. This darkness puts us at a serious disadvantage."
"Big Brother Shinji, I can still fight. I'm not leaving!"
Before Tobi could say anything, Sasuke forced himself to his feet, his face full of stubbornness.
But Shinji spared him no dignity and said bluntly, "The way you are now, a gust of wind could knock you over. What can you do? And at the end there, you must not have had enough chakra left for even one jutsu, which was why you chased after the enemy and killed them with a kunai."
"So tell me, what help can you offer by staying here without any stamina or chakra? Be a target and draw their fire?"
Sasuke's face flushed under the scolding. He wanted to argue but could find nothing to refute.
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