"That should be about enough..."
Takahashi Yū stood on a slightly raised rock.
His gaze rested a short distance away, where ninja in standard-issue flak jackets kept pouring out of Kirigakure and gathering in the clearing outside the village.
They stood behind Yagura, whom Takahashi Yū found very familiar.
Yagura had the build and face of a child, with green hair, purple eyes, and a scar resembling a stitched wound beneath his left eye. He held a staff-like weapon with a hook at the tip, decorated with green flowers.
Quite imposing, future Mizukage...
Takahashi Yū could already feel the brutes' killing intent against his back. If he had not been standing at the front, taking the full force of the other side's presence, they would probably have been provoked into charging.
Watching the gathered Mist Ninja gradually spread out to hold the key positions around Kirigakure's entrance, Takahashi Yū gave a scornful smile.
"Brothers, they're looking down on us!"
"In that case..."
Takahashi Yū loosened his limbs, then hopped lightly off the raised rock and landed at the very front of the group.
"Let's show them!"
"How terrifying we are!!"
Bang!!
Dense killing intent linked his followers together, and the local Kaguya Clan members watched with envy.
The erupting blast of air was like wind blades. It not only flattened the lush plants and trees nearby, but also sent Yagura's clothes snapping. Feeling that presence, Yagura swallowed hard.
The other side looks a little tough...
Bang!
Without warning his followers, Takahashi Yū pushed off hard. He felt an unusual sensation in another finger bone.
The damp, sodden soil of the Land of Water was violently thrown up by Takahashi Yū's immense strength!
It all rained down on his followers behind him, spattering them until they looked as though they had