Chapter 47 - Oni-kun is a sadist? (1/2)
When Minato thought that he will not have to do anything, the root agent came out of hiding after having taken care of the ambush, while donning a neutral attire and an oni mask.
Seeing an enemy appear out of nowhere greatly alarmed Chisato, making him go tense. The genins behind him dropped the carts too and began to panic, they didn't anticipate an enemy attack in the Land of Fire at all.
”Calm down! I will protect you all with my life. I will not let anyone of you die!”
Hearing that a Konoha Chunin was protecting them with his life, they relaxed. It was so sudden that they lost their composure.
”Yeah, we're thirty while this guy is alone, what is there to be afraid of?” ”You're right, it's this guy who should be afraid of us” ”Attacking Konoha shinobi in the Land of Fire, he sure has guts” Boasted the genins.
The root agent was not affected at all by the boasting of kids, having long lost his emotions, so he paid them no mind and rushed in the direction of Chisato, with a kunai in hand.
The Chunin took his own kunai from his tools pouch and clashed with the root agent.
Clang
Instead of seeing what they imagined, the genins were startled to see Chisato being pushed back in the first clash.
The latter felt his arm go numb from just his small exchange, making his mind go heavy. He knew that he had no chance of winning, and even if his subordinates entered the fray, it will not change anything. The guy attacking them was strong, far too strong for them.
'What to do? If they escape like that, there are high chances that they will be pursued and killed after this guy takes care of me. Even without him, they will not survive long in the outside world if there is nobody to take care of them. But if they stay here, they will be slaughtered like chickens. Shit, why does it have to happen on my first big mission? I've got some lousy luck' Grumbled Chisato internally.
Paying no mind to what they were thinking, the root agent continued his ȧssault. He went for his opponent's left arm this time or at least made Chisato believe so. Chisato blocked hurriedly but the root's agent changed direction and went for his head at the last moment.
Having no time to counter that because of the speed of the slash, Chisato tilted his head just in time to escape from the attack and only suffered a small nick on the cheek.
In the space of three moves, the first blood was drawn.
Looking at the battle, Minato knew that the root agent was not acting to kill, if not, Chisato would have been long dead. The root agent was only targeting non-lethal areas and was not giving his all.