In that instant, Kushina truly hated Kenji to the bone.
This cowardly guy, just to save his own life, actually threw her out.
This kind of character wasn't just beneath a ninja; he was worse than an ordinary person. It was simply frenzied madness.
However, just as she was in despair, thinking she would undoubtedly die, Kenji suddenly rushed up again. He caught her with one hand, and with the other hand grasping a Rasengan, he instantly killed the ninja before him who couldn't dodge in time.
"So that's how it is!"
Kushina understood. Everything was Kenji's stratagem.
"Damn, that bite really hurts. This tooth mark is probably going to be there for life." Kenji grimaced in pain, rubbing the shoulder Kushina had bitten.
Kushina had intended to apologize, but the words reached her lips only for her to turn her head away and huff coldly. "Serves you right! Who told you to talk nonsense and not tell me beforehand!"
"If it weren't to save you, why would I go through so much trouble?"
Kenji was confident that even facing two Genin alone, he would have been relaxed.
But Kushina was complete deadweight. He had to end the battle quickly, so he came up with this method to take one out by surprise first.
Now that only one was left, he should be much easier to deal with.
"Bastard, you dare play dirty? I want you to pay with your life!"
The other ninja reacted at this moment. flashing a sharp kunai, he rushed toward Kenji.
Although the Rasengan Kenji used just now was powerful, he knew that a ninjutsu of that level would consume a lot of chakra.
Kenji had clearly won by surprise attack. If it was a head-on conflict, the ninja believed he had the ability to dodge the Rasengan completely.
"There is one left. Can you handle it?" Kushina hid behind Kenji, a bit nervous.
"Talk less, step back!"
"Oh!" Kushina hurriedly retreated a dozen steps, hiding to the side.
"Kid, give me your life!"
At this moment, the sharp edge of the kunai reached his eyes, slashing almost against Kenji's cheek.
"Tch, pretty good luck."
"Is it just luck?" Kenji sneered. He leaped up, his hands crossing in the empty air.
Suddenly, a snow-white, crystalline katana appeared abruptly, slashing down with the momentum.
"Nani?"
The ninja looked at the sword in Kenji's hand in bewilderment.
Where did he pull such a long sword from?
Clang! Clang! Clang!
In an instant of crossing blows, the kunai and Sode no Shirayuki collided repeatedly, striking out blazing sparks.
"Although it looks like a divine weapon, in your hands it is weak and powerless, completely useless. How about you give it to me?" The Genin seemed to have taken a fancy to Sode no Shirayuki.
"Sure, but I can't guarantee you'll have the life to take it!"
Kenji's mind was steady and completely calm.
Clang! Clang!
Sode no Shirayuki and the kunai clashed again.
However, this time, after the blades touched, they didn't separate.
"Dance, Sode no Shirayuki!"
With Kenji's cold shout, Sode no Shirayuki emitted a threatening chill. Frost spread along the blade, actually freezing the kunai together with the ninja's hand right there.
"...What is this?" The Genin's pupils contracted sharply.
Taking advantage of the opponent's inability to move, Kenji grabbed a kunai with his backhand and swiftly slashed across the ninja's neck.
Slash!
Fresh blood sprayed out, accompanied by falling ice crystals—beautiful yet miserable!
"Phew... resolved."
Kenji pushed away the ninja's corpse, whose eyes were still wide open. He wiped the blood off the kunai, then put away both the kunai and Sode no Shirayuki.
"You're kidding, right? You killed two ninja just like that?" Kushina walked over. Kenji's strength was truly unexpectedly powerful.
A student who had just graduated from the Academy, in such a short time, had killed two experienced ninja who had been on the battlefield for a long time. How could this not be astonishing?
"Where is that sword? It was so beautiful. Take it out and let me see?"
Kenji rolled his eyes. "That is used to confront enemies, not a toy. What's there to look at? Let's go, we need to go back and help."
"Stingy!" Kushina muttered, following behind Kenji as they retraced their steps.
The two quickly rushed back to the previous location, only to find that apart from signs of fighting, there was no one there.
"No one is here. What should we do?" Kushina worried.
"Don't worry. With Tsunade's strength, she shouldn't be in danger. Maybe she repelled the enemies and went to find us."
Kenji wasn't worried about Tsunade's safety, but for the moment, he didn't know where to find her.
Moreover, there might be desperate ninja eyeing them from the surroundings; this place shouldn't be stayed in for long.
"Kushina, let's go complete the mission first, and then reunite with Tsunade."
"Huh?"
"Huh what? Didn't we come here to get your things?"
"Oh, right!" Kushina reacted, then scratched her head, hesitating.
Kenji was speechless. "Don't tell me you forgot where your own home is?"
"This place has changed so much; I can't recognize it for a moment. I can only search slowly. I'll know once we get near my house."
"I'm impressed!" Kenji gave a thumbs up.
Having no choice, Kenji could only take Kushina and barge randomly through the chaotic Land of Whirlpools, trying their luck.
However, Kushina was only six years old, and the Land of Whirlpools had undergone the ravages of war, changing its appearance greatly. It was normal not to remember the way.
Half a day later, the two walked into a small town.
This small town didn't look like a town at all. All the buildings were broken walls and ruins. There was almost no intact place left; only the original outlines were faintly visible.
At this moment, Kushina was pleasantly surprised.
"Here! My home is just ahead."
"Finally found it. Then let's hurry!"
"Mn!"
Returning to her old home, Kushina seemed a bit urgent and quickened her pace.
Suddenly, Kenji's expression shifted, and he warned vigilantly, "There are sounds of fighting ahead."
"Someone is fighting? Is it Lady Tsunade?"
"Let's look first!" Kenji grabbed Kushina, leaped onto a roof, and moved forward cautiously.
Soon, they saw the battle not far away. A middle-aged man was currently suffering under the siege of four ninja.
The middle-aged man's strength was obviously higher than those four Genin.
But alas, the enemy had the numbers. Under the stalemate and attrition, the middle-aged man had fallen completely into a disadvantage. He probably wouldn't last much longer before being defeated.
"It's not Tsunade. It's none of my business. Let's leave here."
Kenji pulled Kushina, preparing to leave. Regardless of the situation, he didn't want to get involved in a battle that had nothing to do with him.
"Wait, that is... Uncle Sōma!"
Kushina looked for a while and recognized the middle-aged man, refusing to leave.
Kenji slapped his forehead speechlessly.
He knew it. Trouble had come again.