Chapter 238
Haruto Saito had just thought of a critical issue!
It was something he had overlooked before—Terado's remaining lifespan!
Before Terado was captured, he had used a forbidden life technique to seal his injuries and maintain peak combat strength. He fought against Tsunade and Jiraiya for several hours, and when he was eventually cornered, he fully unleashed the forbidden technique, burning his life force to increase his power output.
No one knew exactly how much of his lifespan he had lost!
Haruto Saito hadn't paid attention to this detail before. After all, Terado didn't look like an old man—he still had the appearance of a middle-aged man, albeit with a weary and battle-hardened aura. Because of this, Haruto had subconsciously assumed that Terado still had many years left, perhaps over a decade. But that was just an assumption.
Terado's strange behavior made Haruto Saito rethink everything.
He strongly suspected that Terado had very little time left to live. The reason he still looked young was likely due to the nature of the forbidden technique he had used to burn through his lifespan.
"Yes, I am dying. I have about a year and four months left... approximately." Terado spoke calmly and with certainty.
"So, it's true," Haruto thought to himself. Perhaps this was one of the reasons Terado wasn't afraid of death—because he knew he didn't have long left. Every day he lived only brought him closer to the inevitable. That kind of awareness must have been agonizing.
Terado possessed an unshakably strong mind.
"So, what do you say?" Terado's tone took on an unusual inflection, his gaze intense. "I can teach you, but you must become an assassination ninja. You must promise me that you will reach the pinnacle!"