On the wasteland.
Two figures flashed past each other in an instant, stirring up dead leaves and dust. The air was filled with a chilling killing intent.
"Second strike."
Kaze launched a main attack from the side where Nagare's lame leg was. He easily dodged the two claw - shaped knives and slashed across Nagare's right shoulder with his long sword.
As the sword passed, blood splashed.
Nagare endured the pain and turned around, swinging the claw - shaped knife in his left hand. Through the breaking air sound, he aimed straight at Kaze's face.
A strong wind blew at Kaze.
Kaze calmly raised his long sword horizontally. He blocked the claw - shaped knife with the upper part of his long sword and kicked Nagare's lame leg with his foot.
"Uhh!"
Nagare couldn't dodge in time and lost his balance. Kaze seized the opportunity and made another slash on Nagare.
"Third strike." Kaze shook his long sword and counted with a cold sneer.
"Damn you!" Nagare gritted his teeth and quickly stabilized his stance.
The twin knives in his hands were like venomous snakes spitting out their tongues, emitting a series of sharp and cold glints. They forced Kaze to dodge nimbly and retreat continuously.
"Hold on a little longer. As long as I can hold out until the reinforcements arrive, then..."
Crack.
Nagare's knife suddenly stabbed into Kaze's body. But instead of being overjoyed, his face turned pale.
"Bad, it's the [Substitution Jutsu]!"
The Kaze in front of him instantly turned into a tree trunk. Nagare only felt a chill on his back, and blood began to drip out.
He knew that he had been struck by another blow...
"Fourth strike, hehe."
A cold voice sounded. Ignoring the injury on his leg, Nagare forced his legs to move and put some distance between him and Kaze.
Looking at Kaze, who was staring at him indifferently, Nagare shouted angrily.
"Damn it, who the hell are you? Why don't you just kill me?!"
Yes, Kaze clearly had the chance to slash across his neck just now, but he chose to cut his back instead.
For a ninja of their level, such a blunder was impossible.
There was only one possibility, which was that the other party didn't want to kill him right away but wanted to torture him slowly.
"Killing you directly would be too easy on you," Kaze said calmly.
He had lost forty - seven brothers from Root.
One strike for each person. He wouldn't let Nagare die until he had struck forty - seven times.
"Don't worry. I'll avoid your vital parts and won't let you die," Kaze said.
"A warrior would rather die than be disgraced!" Nagare roared and slowly stepped back quietly.
Since the other party wouldn't kill him directly, he would find a way to hold out until the reinforcements arrived!
Kaze laughed.
"Hehe, in front of the King, warriors are like chess pieces, tools for entertainment."
Previously.
Nagare's seemingly covert actions were as obvious as a well - known funny dance move in front of the [Sharingan].
Kaze knew exactly what the other party was up to.
"I deliberately let you send for help," Kaze said.
"In this way, you can truly experience the despair and unwillingness of my subordinates before they died."
"
"Dying before hope arrives. This is the ending I've written for you in advance."
Kaze Shimura held his long sword horizontally and strode towards Nagare.
"Alright, continue to enjoy the judgment from the dead."
"No—!"
A few minutes later, Nagare lay on the ground, barely alive.
His body was covered in dense cuts, and his whole body was dyed red with blood, looking extremely hideous.
"Don't die!"
Kaze knelt in front of Nagare and shouted as if he was in great despair.
He used the Medical Ninjutsu he learned from Tsunade, continuously injecting vitality into Nagare's body and barely keeping him alive.
"Bast...ard..." Nagare cursed weakly.
First, Kaze beats him half to death, then treats him, and then beats him half to death again...
Damn it! Is this what a decent person would do?
Isn't this as absurd as tying a fish to a small rotating windmill and then releasing it by the river to claim spiritual merits?
Are you just trying to inflate your kill count?
"Oh, so you have the strength to curse? It seems you've recovered quite a bit."
Seeing this, Kaze stopped using Medical Ninjutsu and then tentatively stabbed Nagare with his sword.
As a result, Nagare rolled his eyes and almost died on the spot.
"No! Don't die~!"
Kaze was greatly shocked and quickly replenished Nagare's vitality.
Swish! Swish! Swish!
Just as Kaze was torturing Nagare to the brink of death, an Anbu squad finally arrived late.
They held their weapons and walked forward slowly, approaching Kaze silently.
At least, that's what they thought.
"Hey, young man, wake up! The reinforcements are here!"
Kaze slapped Nagare twice on the face.
Strangely enough, this familiar feeling temporarily restored Nagare's consciousness.
"Um..."
Nagare was helped up by Kaze and looked around blankly.
When he saw the Anbu squad coming to support, his eyes focused slightly, and a faint look of joy appeared instinctively on his face.
"Great, the support has finally...!"
Stab! A long sword pierced through Nagare's chest and twisted violently inside.
"No, boss!"
The roar faintly reached their ears.
As his vitality gradually dissipated, Nagare's consciousness became clearer instead.
"So, this is my ending..."
Nagare looked at the long sword in his chest and then at the arriving Anbu. A relieved smile appeared on his face.
As long as the Anbu can bring the intelligence of this mysterious Uchiha powerhouse back to Konoha to put it on guard.
Then the sacrifice of him and his teammates would be worth it.
"It's good to die on the battlefield. This is the way I expected to die.
Dad, Mom, take good care of yourselves. Your son is unfilial and I'm afraid I won't be able to...
It's a pity that I couldn't see Konoha become invincible in the ninja world, and it's a pity that I couldn't kill Kaze Shimura with my own hands!"
The flashback of his life soon came to an end.
The spark in Nagare's eyes died out completely. His head tilted to one side, and he lost his breath.
Kaze, who had just killed Nagare, never expected that Nagare cared about him rather than his fiancée before death.
"You lackeys of Konoha!"
Kaze tossed aside Nagare's body and stared coldly at the Anbu members with fierce looks in their eyes.
"Go back and tell Hiruzen Sarutobi and Tanzō Shimura to clean their necks. I, Kaze, will chop off their heads sooner or later!"
After saying that, Kaze flashed and disappeared into the distance.
"How arrogant!"
"The inherently evil Uchiha clan!"
"Don't let him get away. Send a signal for help quickly!"
"Kill him to avenge the boss!"
The four Anbu members would never let Kaze leave. They chased after him with gritted teeth, not even bothering about Nagare's body.
After all, this Uchiha madman was so powerful that even the boss's team couldn't match him, so they naturally dared not split their manpower.
"Hehe."
Kaze stood there, watching the four of them leave.
After carefully erasing any clues that could expose his identity, he quietly disappeared.
When Kaze returned to the place where he fought Yau, his brows furrowed slightly, but then quickly relaxed, showing a thought - provoking smile.
Yau's body was gone!
"Your actions only make me more convinced of my judgment," Kaze murmured.
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