Chapter 197: Ch.197 Arrogant One
The sea breeze, mixed with drifting ice shards, gradually dispersed the sea fog.
Haku, Mei Terumi, and Kisame stood on the choppy sea, each wearing a different expression.
Initially, Mei Terumi and Kisame thought they had dealt with the mysterious swordsman. But seeing Haku's solemn expression, their battle-hardened instincts kicked in, and they both looked towards the area where the swordsman had fallen into the water.
Mei Terumi's face showed confusion, while Kisame's face displayed intense wariness.
At that moment, the waves gradually calmed, revealing a figure.
Mei Terumi's pupils contracted, her beautiful face now displaying a hint of curiosity.
Indeed, curiosity!
In the shinobi world, the status of samurai was quite ambiguous. Although the samurai still managed to hold some influence in the shinobi world and control the power of an entire nation, compared to shinobi, samurai as an armed group were clearly inferior, both in scale and power.
As a result, shinobi held a natural sense of superiority over samurai.
Even though a few samurai with exceptional strength had appeared in the shinobi world, shinobi would only condescendingly give them a decent evaluation.
Because the limits of the samurai were obvious, and a couple of geniuses could not change that fact, the samurai did not pose a significant threat to the shinobi villages.