Chapter 182-2
[Part 2/4]
"You're one of the smarter ones among the successors. What a shame."
That was a lament with a double meaning. One was about her background, knowing she would never join as his ally, and the other meaning was...
"Did she run away?"
'Yeah, it's because of your laziness. What should I do about it?'
The 'ghost' answered cheerfully to the call from his other disciple, who had come with the Kappa from deep within the cave. The words were clearly half-joking, but his other disciple, Kamui, couldn't help but show a grim expression.
"Please spare me. You're just going to make up some excuse and cut me open anyway."
He had been through this many times before. He had been put to sleep with drugs, and when he woke up, he found himself cut open by his master. This had happened more than ten times, and he knew he had been messed with more than the fingers on both hands and feet.
'No, no. This is out of goodwill. Besides, you can't just take her kunai and leave it at that, right?'