The three had just reached a stretch of desert gravel a dozen or so kilometers from Sunagakure's front line when seven or eight Sunagakure ninja suddenly sprang out from behind a dune.
They were a Sunagakure infiltration unit, not a group lying in wait specifically for Tsunade's party.
Before the Wind Release ninja leading them could finish his hand seals, Tsunade took two steps back and patted Yūto's shoulder. "Kid, go get them! This is your job as my bodyguard~"
"Hey, hey, Tsunade, you could obviously settle this with one punch!" Yūto complained, but his hand swiftly drew a kunai.
The Sunagakure puppeteer opposite them was already laughing. He had recognized Tsunade just now and had been about to tell his teammates to run, only for Tsunade to send a boy to face them.
"Has Konoha run out of people? Sending some brat to guard one of the Sannin?"
Before he finished speaking, three tomoe suddenly appeared in Yūto's eyes.
The Sunagakure Chunin at the front abruptly froze. A moment later, Yūto had already flashed behind him, his kunai slicing precisely across his throat.
Only when blood splattered onto the sand did the other Sunagakure ninja react. The entire process had taken less than a second.
"You've got to be kidding me!"
Even the Wind Release ninja's hands trembled as he formed seals.
He had yet to finish the hand seals for his ninjutsu, and Yūto had already killed one of his teammates.
Not only that, he had not even seen the path Yūto had taken.
The person before him was clearly just a boy! Yet he was this powerful!
Shisui was extremely surprised as well. He clearly remembered Yūto trading blows with a Chunin-level spy during the spy arrest operation in the valley half a year ago.
Now he