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Under the pale moonlight.
Sosuke stood alone on the street, his shadow stretched out.
He stood there silently, his expression concealed behind the azure mask, the village bandits unaware of his appearance.
On the street in front of him, a crowd had gathered in response to the drunken man's shouts.
Each person carried weapons: wooden swords, katana, shuriken. They all stared at the figure standing on the street with angry eyes.
"Hey! He's just one person. Let's rush in and chop him into mince meat!" someone whispered.
"Are you crazy? He's a ninja! Do you know what that means? We should hurry and find our boss! I heard our boss has killed ninjas before!" a quick-witted person retorted.
"Do we need to bother our boss with this kind of thing? Even if he's a ninja, he's just one person. We have so many brothers, what is there to be afraid of? Let a few brave and ruthless brothers come with me! Come on, let's go!"
One of the bandits couldn't contain himself anymore in the tense atmosphere and called several fierce-looking accomplices to charge at Sosuke, intending to turn him into mincemeat.
A gentle breeze blew by, brushing past the crowd on the street. It seemed to carry an aura of death, causing a chill to run down the spines of the bandits. They glanced at each other, knowing that this night would not be peaceful.
"He's just a ninja! Kill him!" a burly man shouted and charged forward.
"Kill him! The boss will reward us handsomely! Kill!" Following his lead, several others rushed forward!
The bandits standing behind on the street witnessed this scene and were swept up in the atmosphere. The bone-chilling feeling from before had long been forgotten, and they only wanted to kill the so-called ninja standing before them.
"Kill!" "Kill!"...
Facing the raging crowd rushing towards him, Sosuke, behind his mask, had a faint smile on his face. His gaze gently swept across the bandits approaching from all sides.
This is slightly interesting... isn't it?
Suddenly!
A thin man raised a long knife and leaped forward, slashing downward with great force towards Sosuke, who stood still.
Facing this powerful and direct strike, in the eyes of the charging bandit, the ninja in front of him seemed frozen in place, as if he had been stunned.
Got him!! This guy is as good as dead!!
The crowd behind that surged forward witnessed this scene and wore expressions of slight astonishment. Was this ninja really so easily killed by them?
Even the thin man who had swung the blade thought so! A smile of excitement appeared on his face. Killing this ninja would undoubtedly bring him a generous reward from the boss!! Just thinking about the abundance of treasure made him smile uncontrollably!
However!
A cold feeling suddenly swept across his neck, shattering his beautiful dream!
Just as the long knife was about to descend upon Sosuke's head, a slender palm lightly gripped the blade. The thumb and four fingers gently held the sides of the blade, preventing it from moving an inch.
Sosuke took a step forward, lightly pinching the tip of the blade with his fingers, tracing a beautiful parabolic arc in the air. It was like a withered falling leaf, gracefully passing over the thin man's neck.
Blood sprayed like fireworks, resembling snowflakes gently falling to the ground. It even lightly stained the corner of Sosuke's white ceremonial robe, leaving behind cherry blossom-like patterns.
Sosuke paid no attention to any of this, as if he
had just crushed an ant underfoot, and continued to stride forward.
The feeling of killing, huh? No... Just an emotionless person.
Tonight, there are still many damn people...
Like this, he faced the crowd of bandits alone, going against the tide!
The scene where Sosuke had just killed the thin man had already frightened the bandits!
But at this moment, they had no retreat! They could only grit their teeth and charge forward to kill this damn guy!
"Kill!!" "Kill!"...
Amidst the chaotic noise of cursing and shouting, a pure white figure stood out vividly among them!
"Splurt!"
A shuriken whizzed through the air, narrowly avoiding Sosuke's head and killing one of the bandits behind him!
Taking advantage of this moment!
Two bandits wielding hatchets swung horizontally towards Sosuke. If they landed a hit, it would surely open his belly.
Facing this attack from all angles, Sosuke demonstrated his mastery of evasion to the extreme!
His body suddenly leaped, skillfully soaring through the air. In the midst of his acrobatics, his palm lightly pressed down on the hatchet, exerting a little force.
The hatchet in the bandit's hand slipped from his grip and spun through the crowd, harvesting one life after another.
The street was covered in flowing blood.
Despite the intense onslaught from the crowd, it couldn't stop Sosuke's advance.
Amidst his lateral movement and footwork, Sosuke utilized his shoulders, elbows, fists, and knees. The bandits were completely powerless against his superb martial arts skills!
More and more bandits fell on the street!
The remaining bandits watched in horror as Sosuke mercilessly slaughtered in the midst of the crowd!
But Sosuke himself felt indifferent, finding these opponents too weak. They didn't even deserve the opportunity to engage him in combat!
Although the intense physical exertion was making his body a little tired.
However, his opponents were just a group of ragtag individuals. Even if there were more of them, they couldn't burden him in the slightest!
At this moment!
On a rooftop, Himura Himiko arrived following the sound!
When she saw Sosuke standing alone amidst the crowd of over a hundred bandits, she couldn't help but curse inwardly.
This stupid brat actually stirred up so many people. He made such a simple task seem so difficult!
But when she witnessed Sosuke effortlessly dominating the crowd of bandits, she was truly shocked! This level of skill at his age!
Describing Sosuke as a genius was no longer sufficient!
Just then!
In other locations, the true ninjas hidden among the bandits arrived!
Led by their leader, they initially intended to retreat. However, after seeing Sosuke alone on the street, they had a change of heart.
Although they were also astonished by Sosuke's martial arts prowess on the street!
But based on their observations, they could infer that Sosuke was still a young ninja, just a brat. No matter how strong he was, there were limits!
Dealing with over a hundred people would surely drain him of his stamina!
When the moment came for him to reveal a flaw in his movements!
That would be the perfect opportunity to kill him!
This was how the ninja leader thought!