"He wants to fight back!" Seeing Bakusaiga appear in the hand of Sōkyū Hatake, who had taken Chōya Subaru's form, the Sand Shinobi knew that Chōya Subaru certainly wasn't going to surrender without a fight.
They all drew their weapons and faced Sōkyū Hatake in attack stances.
However, Sōkyū Hatake wasn't about to sit there and wait for death. What he needed most now was to charge straight out of Sunagakure, then find somewhere secluded to hide.
Even if most of Sunagakure's high-level fighters were currently absent, numbers could make up for a lot.
Besides... Sōkyū Hatake had made several preparations for this.
"Wind Scar!"
Buzzzz!!!
In an instant, five green Wind Scars swept over the Sand Shinobi ahead.
"Wind Release! Wind Shield!"
"Wind Release! Sand Wall!"
The Sand Shinobi quickly began using ninjutsu, and one defensive technique after another appeared before Sōkyū Hatake.
Boom!!!
Some managed to defend against it, but naturally, others did not.
Two of the five Wind Scars ultimately broke through the layers of defenses, inflicting heavy casualties wherever they passed.
"That attack! He isn't Chōya Subaru! He's Sōkyū Hatake from Konoha!!!" After Sōkyū Hatake's Wind Scars appeared, someone hiding behind a defensive technique spoke up.
"Sōkyū Hatake?!"
"That ninja from Konoha?"
"The one said to be able to fight Lady Chiyo on equal terms?"
"What's someone like that doing in our Sunagakure?"
Oh, so they recognized me?
Taking a closer look, he saw that, yes, it was the Sunagakure Chunin whom Chiyo had rescued before. It was only natural that he could recognize his Wind Scar.
Still, that meant Sōkyū Hatake no longer needed to keep up the act.
Poof!
With a poof, Sōkyū Hatake's disguise instantly vanished, revealing his true appearance.
"It's him! Sōkyū Hatake!" the Chunin who had seen Sōkyū Hatake's