Chapter 324 Samui's Speculation
Chapter 324 Samui's Speculation
The huge scroll behind the scorpion trembled slightly, and the sealing runes at both ends of the scroll lit up with a dark red light.
Although the seal has not yet been broken, the fluctuation of chakra has already made Yugito on the other side instinctively tense up.
"A puppeteer?"
A hint of wariness flashed in the teak girl's eyes, but she did not back down.
As the Jinchuriki of the Two-Tails, she has an almost beast-like intuition for danger.
The red-haired boy in front of her felt much more dangerous than any of the genin she had encountered before.
"Since you remain so stubborn..."
The blue chakra around Yukito surged once more, and the sharp claws on her fingertips reflected a chilling light in the sunlight. She lowered her center of gravity slightly, ready to launch a deadly surprise attack at any moment.
"Wait, Yugito!"
Just at this critical moment, a clear, cold voice suddenly came from the depths of the forest.
"Whoosh!"
A figure descended from the sky, landing steadily between the teakman and the scorpion, effectively blocking the almost sparking gazes between them.
The visitor was Samui from Kumogakure.
She was still wearing that high-necked bodysuit, her short blonde hair was a little messy, and her originally fair arms were wrapped in several bandages.
"Samui?"
Yugito paused for a moment, then frowned: "You've come at the right time. These Konoha genin are blocking the door and robbing us, and they're quite strong. Let's join forces..."
"They didn't rob us."
Samui didn't turn around, but interrupted Yukito directly.
She turned around, her gaze calmly sweeping over the seven genin lying on the ground pretending to be dead, then glancing at Kana who was hiding behind Sasori with a wronged expression, before finally fixing her gaze on Sasori's scroll, which was not yet fully unrolled.
"What did you say?" The teak man's brows furrowed even more. "But I saw it with my own eyes..."
"What you see is not necessarily the truth, Yukiman."
Samui took a deep breath and organized his thoughts.
"First, the positioning of these seven people."
Samui pointed to the genin lying haphazardly on the ground.
"Look, the direction they fell was almost all towards those three Konoha genin. If Konoha people were lying in ambush here, these seven people should have been knocked down while running in the opposite direction, not in this charging posture."
"Secondly, look at the wounds on their bodies."
Samui walked over to the genin who was called the boss and gently kicked his neck with his toe.
"There were no signs of ninjutsu bombardment; everyone was knocked down by an extremely precise taijutsu strike."
Samui turned to look at Scorpion, a hint of fear flashing in his eyes.
"To be able to take down seven genin in an instant without making a sound and without leaving any obvious traces of ninjutsu. Someone with that ability couldn't possibly do something like this, especially since it's being broadcast live."
"Most importantly..."
Samui's gaze fell on Chanel.
"I had a brief collaboration with this red-haired girl from Konoha in another region before."
"While I can't guarantee the character of the other two Konoha ninjas," Samui glanced at Shizune and Sasori, "this girl named Kana, her personality... or rather her thought process, definitely doesn't seem like the kind of person who would have the patience and intelligence to ambush and rob someone right before the finish line."
Upon hearing this, Kana, who had been touched by Samui's support, froze instantly.
"Hey! Blonde lady! Are you praising me or insulting me?!"
Chanel was so angry she stomped her feet.
"What do you mean my IQ doesn't seem like that of someone who would set up an ambush and rob someone? I'm a genius of the Uzumaki clan! I just came up with a really brilliant tactic!"
"Yes, yes, you're very capable."
Shizune sighed helplessly and quickly pulled back Kana, who was about to explode again.
Why does this guy always focus on such peculiar things?
After listening to Samui's analysis, Yugito's brows were still furrowed, but the chakra in his body had gradually calmed down.
She carefully examined the marks on the ground, and indeed, as Samui had said, all the details pointed to these seven people as the ones who initiated the attack.
"But..." Yugito glanced at his boss, who was still lying on the ground pretending to be dead, "He just said..."
He's lying.
Samui walked up to the boss and stomped on his wrist without any hesitation.
"Click."
"ah!!!"
The eldest brother finally couldn't keep up the act anymore, let out a scream, and rolled on the ground in pain, clutching his wrist.
"If you were truly a victim of robbery, you should have immediately asked us for help when you saw our Cloud Village ninjas appear, instead of clutching your ninja tool pouch tightly as if you were afraid we would discover those bracelets that didn't belong to you in your pouch."
Samui looked at him coldly: "Now, leave the bracelet behind and get out."
Seeing that things were going badly, the leader didn't dare to say another word. He scrambled along with his remaining men, not even bothering to take the bracelets, and fled into the depths of the woods.
Watching the figures disappear, the teakman snorted coldly and retracted its claws.
"Since it's a misunderstanding, let's just let it go."
She turned to Samui: "But why are you speaking up for the people of Konoha? This isn't like you at all."
Samui didn't answer immediately, but instead gave Kana a deep look, and then a look at the red-haired boy who still had his hands in his pockets and a cold look in his eyes.
"I'm just stating the facts."
Samui spoke calmly, but only she knew that her reason for standing up was not entirely out of a sense of justice.
On the one hand, she knew the teak man's personality all too well.
Although Yugito is powerful, if he acts rashly in this situation where friend and foe are unclear, and if he is pushed to the limit, he might use the power of the Two-Tails, which would prematurely expose the Hidden Cloud Village's trump card, and this would be extremely detrimental to the planning of the upcoming exams.
On the other hand, if it weren't for this seemingly boisterous red-haired little girl in the quarantine zone who paralyzed the puppet with a sealing technique at the last moment and also distributed the extra bracelets to them, they would have been in a much better situation.
She may have already been eliminated, or even seriously injured.
"Consider it... repaying a favor to you."
Sam said silently to himself.
She turned around and nodded to the teakman: "Let's go, the tower is just ahead, there's no need to waste time here."
Although Yugito was still somewhat unwilling, since Samui had already said so, she couldn't insist any further.
"Consider yourselves lucky." Yukiman glanced at Scorpion, then turned and followed Samui.
As the two female ninjas from Kumogakure disappeared from sight, Kana let out a long sigh of relief and patted her chest.
"Phew...that scared me to death. That Yukito looks so fierce. But that blonde lady is a good person; she actually spoke up for us."
"She's not helping us, she's helping themselves."
Scorpion coldly uttered a sentence, finally pulling his hands out of his pockets, and the scroll on his back returned to its calm state.
He looked in the direction where Yunyin and the other person had left, a thoughtful look flashing in his eyes.
The girl named Yugito possesses a vast amount of chakra, but it exudes a manic and unstable aura. If a real fight were to break out, while he is confident of victory, he would likely have to reveal many of his trump cards.
"Okay, stop spacing out."
Scorpion turned around, his tone still icy: "Now that you've got the bracelet, hurry up and get to the tower. I don't want to waste my precious time on you two burdens."
"Who's the burden, you short, red-haired red-haired devil!"
Chanel immediately retorted, but her feet honestly followed Scorpion's steps.
"Shizune, let's go! Once we're out of this wretched forest, I'm definitely going to make Kushina treat me to ramen, daifuku, and dango!"
"Yes, yes, yes..." Shizune responded perfunctorily, following behind the two.
Sunlight filtered through the leaves, illuminating the strange Konoha squad.
The towering structure in the distance is now almost within reach.
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