Chapter 410: I Kind of Miss You
"Why did you stop running? Is this all you've got?"
"Keep running. I'll give you another two kilometers. Flee to your hearts' content and relish the thrill of the chase."
Yako crossed his arms and asked, "Dodai, assistant to the Raikage. Over five hundred Cloud Ninja invaded the Land of Hot Water. Ryuhajin is dead, and so is Omoi. How does failure feel?"
"How does it feel?" Dodai formed a hand seal, ready to unleash ninjutsu at a moment's notice. "Ninja are bound to die. What could I feel? Right now, I feel exactly the way Sarutobi Shinnosuke did before he died! If you want to know how I feel, you should ask him! It's a pity he died so miserably. Three of us Cloud Ninja and three Iwa Ninja—six experts joined forces and obliterated Sarutobi Shinnosuke in a single strike. Not even bone fragments remained. What a shame you can't extract his final thoughts from his corpse's brain. I'd like to ask you instead—are you disappointed?"
Yako lowered his arms.
Seeing the Hidden Leaf's Fox lower his hands, the Cloud Ninja blanched in terror, taking a collective half-step back.
"Heh, death truly does draw out a person's potential. To think you managed to enrage me with your trash talk right before you die, Dodai. I'll admit you have a glib tongue; your trash talk is in a league of its own in Kumogakure! Next, I hope your bones are as hard as your words!"
Yako said, "Originally, I was going to spare your lives. I needed to leave at least one alive to deliver Konoha's stance to the Raikage. But you actually dared to mock the Hidden Leaf's hero, Sarutobi Shinnosuke. Who in the ninja world doesn't know that Lord Shinnosuke promoted me? If he hadn't put the village first and sent me to track down rogue ninja during a crisis, how could the six of you have possibly killed him? I've changed my mind. Fuck being rational! Since you dared to mock Lord Shinnosuke, you all have to die!"
Sorrow filled Mokume Kunugi's eyes.