Chapter 360
Terado was dead!
In truth, he had known for over a year that he would die around this time.
Back in the battle on a rainy night in the Land of Rain, Terado had first been ambushed and gravely wounded. Later, he forcefully activated a forbidden technique, burning his own life force. This left him with only a little over a year to live when he was captured.
In the past few months, as his time grew near, Terado had even known the exact date and time of his death.
He had long been mentally prepared and passed away peacefully.
Compared to most, he had only lived half a lifetime, but those years had been nothing short of extraordinary. He was the greatest assassin of the Rain Ninja, and perhaps... the greatest assassin in the entire ninja world, though he had lost the chance to prove it.
Thus, he had placed his final hopes and wishes upon Haruto Saito.
In the dimly lit prison cell, Terado sat cross-legged, his eyes now permanently closed, his life completely extinguished.
"Thank you, Lord Terado!" Haruto bowed deeply to Terado before standing up. "I won't let you down..." His relationship with Terado had been both mentor and friend, and he was deeply grateful to him.
Terado's death marked the end of an era—a legend of assassination.
But Haruto believed he could create a new legend.