"Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique!"
A water dragon, not particularly large but packed with power, sprang up beside the girl's feet.
It slammed into Rin Nohara, smashing her whole body against the tree trunk behind her.
"Ah-!"
Rin Nohara struck the tree and fell with a scream.
Before she could get up, she felt a sudden, sharp pain at the back of her neck.
Her vision went black, and she passed out.
"Nicely done, Mei Terumi."
Before the girl with long, wine-red hair could react, Raiga Kurosuki had already slung Rin over his shoulder, baring a mouthful of pointed teeth in a grin.
"Lord Mizukage specifically requested this girl as a test subject. We have to bring her back alive."
"A test subject... could it be..."
Mei Terumi froze, her face turning deathly pale.
By the time she came to her senses, Raiga Kurosuki was already racing toward Kirigakure with the unconscious Rin over his shoulder.
"Hey! They've taken Rin!"
Her classmate Might Guy was the first to notice and shouted at the top of his lungs.
Hearing him, Shikaku Nara immediately waved a hand and ordered, "After them! Get her back!"
Rin Nohara came from an ordinary family and was now the apprentice of Tsunade, one of the Sannin.
Once Tsunade became the Fourth Hokage, Rin would be the Hokage's personal disciple.
More importantly, she was Hatake Xuanzhe's personal maid.
At least in outsiders' eyes, Rin was just a little girl who trailed after Xuan Zhe, serving him tea and water.
But whatever the case,
if Rin fell into Kirigakure's hands,
once Xuan Zhe emerged from seclusion and demanded answers,
not one of them would have an easy time of it!
"You want to save her? It won't be that easy."
Kirigakure's forces, led by the Seven Ninja