Chapter 353: Gunfire, Blades, and Giants
"Phew—guess it was my imagination."
When the man turned his gaze away and began walking slowly but steadily toward the spiral staircase, Hizashi finally exhaled in relief—completely unaware that his forehead and back were already drenched in cold sweat.
"Gaku-san let’s move. Once we regroup with Captain Minato, we need to get out of here—fast."
Hizashi couldn’t shake the eerie feeling in his chest. The image of that man looking at him kept flashing through his mind.
He wasn’t sure if it was just his imagination.
But he could’ve sworn the man’s gaze first held surprise... and then a trace of mockery. Either way, Hizashi had absolutely no intention of staying here any longer.
They’d already gathered more than enough intel.
Meanwhile—
Chōza and Gozuki, still fighting as they moved, had landed back on the plaza beneath the central tower. Chōza clearly didn’t want their battle to spill into the tower and endanger the Rōran civilians inside.
Gozuki hadn’t originally planned to get tangled up with Chōza.
But who would’ve thought this guy was so damn good at pestering and blocking his movements? And with all those jutsu that enlarged his body and created massive bursts of wind pressure, the scale and power of destruction were seriously overwhelming.