Green Dam~
The lights along the bank had long since gone out. Only the wan moonlight spilled over the water, casting a bleak, chilly glimmer.
The evening wind swept past, laden with moisture. The grass and trees drooped silently, stripped of their former vitality, leaving only deathly stillness and cold.
The place where they had once rested now held nothing but sorrow. The water rippled gently, as though still recounting that sudden betrayal and the resentment and regrets Shunsai had left forever frozen here. Every inch of the night was steeped in lingering grief.
Uchiha Lei brought Kakashi Hatake to the campfire with the Body Flicker Technique.
Having just lost one teammate, Yanryū did not want to lose Suiren too. He shielded her behind him, watching the two men warily as he asked coldly:
"What do you two want? Why did you save us Kirigakure Ninja?"
Uchiha Lei raised his right index finger and wagged it, smiling faintly:
"Let me make one thing clear first. I wasn't saving you."
Yanryū suddenly realized that he had been standing in front of Suiren earlier. His gaze turned icy, and his right hand closed around his black sword's hilt as he warned coldly:
"Sir, Suiren is a ninja in my squad. I suggest you forget whatever you're thinking."
"I saved her life. How does she intend to repay me?" Uchiha Lei folded his arms across his chest and looked at Suiren behind Yanryū.
Suiren had been delighted by Yanryū's protection, but when she was suddenly asked how she would repay her life-saving debt, she tilted her head to glance at Uchiha Lei, clutching her hem with both hands in a quandary.
He's a Kage Level ninja who can use Wood Release. What could I possibly give him?
*Other than offering myself to him,