Kuriyama Shinzo's eyes were gloomy, but he also knew that Yugimoto Kawahiko was not a fool. With Hatake Sakumo's strength, he would never be able to forcibly take the Bloody March Sickle from him. In front of a truly powerful person, the so-called number of people is not very meaningful.
Yugimoto Kawahiko handed the Bloody March Sickle to Sakumo, then looked at Kuriyama Shinzo and said, "Let your people withdraw from the Hot Spring Village, but you evil cultists will be wiped out sooner or later." Kuriyama Shinzo sneered.
"Protect Oshima Reina." At the same time, Kuriyama Shinzo ordered some of them, all of whom were rebel ninjas among the evil cultists. Dozens of rebel ninjas surrounded Oshima Reina and Kato Keika in the center, and then slowly moved back. They were almost all afraid of Sakumo alone. They had witnessed the brief confrontation between Sakumo and C just now, and they were all afraid of him.
There was not much panic in Kato Keika's eyes. Although she was not a ninja, her knowledge and character were definitely not comparable to those of ordinary people. At the same time, she looked at Yugimoto Kawahiko with a slightly complicated look.
"Mother, with Hatake Sakumo and Mion, you will definitely be safe." Yugimoto Kawahiko chuckled. Although he entrusted the Bloody March Sickle to Sakumo, it was obviously impossible for only Sakumo and his team to complete the exchange. While Kuriyama Shinzo's side was retreating, Yugimoto Kawahiko also selected dozens of Hot Spring Ninja elites, including Kato Mion, and let them go with Sakumo, Minato, and the others.
Oshima Reina frowned slightly and looked at Yugimoto Kawahiko a few more times. Kato Keika was observing her expression. Arriving in the crowd, Oshima Reina took off the series of detonating tags wrapped around Kato Keika's waist and walked with them all the time, with the range of motion within a certain range. Kuriyama Shinzo proposed to let others hold Kato Keika for Oshima Reina, but she refused. Because Oshima Reina did not trust the former at all, just like they abandoned Sasaki Kazuo, she had no value to Kuriyama Shinzo after her identity was exposed. Kato Keika was also the only bargaining chip in her hand.
With the protection of C, Kuriyama Shinzo was a little bolder, but he still left the Hot Spring Village with Oshima Reina before hundreds of Jashin Cultists.
"Mion, Mr. Sakumo, everything is left to you!" Yugimoto Kawahiko led a group of Hot Spring Ninjas and watched Sakumo and his team and Kato Mion, who led dozens of Hot Spring Ninja elites, leave. Next, there were still many things waiting for him to deal with in the Hot Spring Village.
Even so, Sakumo and others and dozens of Hot Spring Ninjas including Kato Mion followed Kuriyama Shinzo and hundreds of Jashin Cultists to keep moving away from the Hot Spring Village. If one followed the speed of the ninja, it would only take half a day to completely get rid of the range of the Hot Spring Village. However, most of the people led by Kuriyama Shinzo were not ninjas, and with the low mobility of Kato Keika, the hostage, they only traveled a dozen kilometers in the middle of the night. Everyone stopped and made temporary adjustments.
When attacking the village, Kuriyama Shinzo had imagined this situation, so the Jashin Cultists also carried simple food. Sakumo and others were resting on the spot about a hundred meters away from them. They were not afraid of losing their target at all, not only because Suzuka was a sensor ninja, but also because the Bloody March Sickle was in their hands.
A simple bonfire was lit. It was originally thought that Sakumo would assign some tasks to everyone. However, during the whole process, he did not say a word, but from time to time, he made eye contact with Kato Mion. The two smiled at each other, and when Suzuka saw this, her face became quite unhappy. Minato and Uchiha Yoruki looked at each other.
"Here." Oshima Reina handed the simple food to Kato Keika, without looking at her, and did not give her any opportunity to communicate. However, she has been staying with Kato Keika.
After a simple rest, Kuriyama Shinzo and others continued to move forward in the dark night. They continued to move forward like this until almost noon the next day. At this moment, they were already more than 30 kilometers away from the Hot Spring Ninja Village. When they reached a valley, Kuriyama Shinzo and others stopped.
"When we get there, the Hot Spring Ninja ninjas should not be able to catch up." Kuriyama Shinzo said. As long as they get out of this valley, there will be several roads in different directions, leading to different destinations. With the protection of C, even Hatake Sakumo will not be able to find him in a short time. By then, he will definitely be able to complete the immortality ritual. Even if Hatake Sakumo does come to find him, he will take this person's life sooner or later.
"Now, can we make the exchange?" Hatake Sakumo, Suzuka, and Kato Mion walked towards Kuriyama Shinzo and others, while Minato, Uchiha Yoruki, and the remaining dozens of Hot Spring Ninjas were on standby. On Shinzo Kuriyama's side, Reina Oshima was binding Kato Keika's hands, and beside her were C and two jonins from the Cloud Ninja Village. The two ninjas, Hatake Sakumo and C, were on guard against each other, the former holding the Bloody March Sickle in his hand.
"Let's do it." Sakumo said. In order to avoid small movements from both sides, this exchange was naturally carried out at the same time. The two sides approached each other, Sakumo and C were face to face, while Kato Mion, Suzuka, Oshima Reina, and Kato Keika were also close at hand.
Sakumo handed the Bloody March Sickle to C's hand. At this moment, the latter suddenly raised a hint of a grim smile at the corner of his mouth. They saw that behind Kato Keika, who had already arrived in front of Suzuka and Kato Mion, two Cloud Ninja jonins attacked her almost at the same time, aiming to stab all the vital points.
The two people in front of them looked surprised, but the distance was too close, and there was no time to attack! At this moment, Oshima Reina, who had tied Kato Keika's hands, used one hand to push Kato Keika hard. The force caused her to crash into the arms of Kato Mion, who was standing in front of her. At this time, the blade in the latter's hand was wrapped with sharp wind blades, and then directly cut off the weapons of the two Kumo Ninja jonins.
At this moment, Suzuka also reacted and attacked the two Kumo Ninja jonins at the same time.
"Bang!"
At the same time, Kato Mion grabbed Kato Keika's waist and turned around suddenly, and the transformation technique on her body was also directly lifted.
C looked at this and her pupils shrank slightly.
"Yugimoto Kawahiko!?"
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