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But this time, they had encountered real ninjas. Although they looked young, according to his father, a wandering ninja who died early, these ninjas were not to be measured by ordinary standards. They might look young, but they were ruthless killers.
At the same time, his father had drawn a leaf-shaped mark on the ground with a branch.
He told the young him that this was the symbol of the Land of Fire ninjas. If he ever encountered it, the best choice was to run away without hesitation.
As for the explosive tags in Flame's hands, he had learned about them from the previous bandit stronghold.
The leader of the previous bandit stronghold had once shown them off while drunk.
At that time, he had remembered the appearance of the explosive tags.
More importantly, when the previous bandit stronghold was attacked, the leader had used one of these explosive tags.
The power of it had terrified both the samurai and the bandits in the battle.
Although the bandit stronghold was eventually breached, the power of the explosive tags had left a deep impression on him.
Now, seeing Flame almost giving out explosive tags to each bandit as if they were free, it almost made his heart jump out of his throat.
Given his understanding of the power of explosive tags, it was one thing to give one to each person! Even their entire bandit stronghold combined could only afford three or four.
Thinking about the power of the explosive tags when they exploded, the combined effect of so many would be unimaginable and horrific.
These ninjas were indeed ruthless killers!
He carefully felt the weapon hidden on his person.
Looking at Uchiha Flame, who was holding the deadly item and approaching him step by step.
This bandit leader, whose name Fuyu Shirou and the others did not even know, had made a plan to escape.
However, at this moment, Uchiha Flame, Satoshi who was acting with her, and Fuyu Shirou, who was directing the women to clean up debris, none of them noticed the bandit's unusual movements and continued to do their tasks leisurely.
It was Uchiha Shigemasa, who was hiding in the shadows and observing Fuyu Shirou's team, who noticed the bandit's abnormal behavior.
However, Shigemasa, who had intended to use this mission to train his team, did not appear to warn Fuyu Shirou and the others.
Given the bandit's situation, although he could be considered a 'quasi-ninja,' Shigemasa only needed to give him a 'look' to put everything back on track.
There was no need to make a big fuss. It would do no harm to let these young 'cheaters' suffer a bit!
After all, he was quite dissatisfied with Fuyu Shirou's 'explosive tag trap.'
He had just been wondering what kind of mission to choose next that would serve as good training without being exploited by these three young troublemakers.
Now, everything was solved!
"Here it comes!"
The bandit, who had been listening to the surroundings with closed eyes, felt Uchiha Flame getting closer and closer.
He slowly slowed his breathing, making himself look more like he was unconscious.
At the same time, he secretly gathered his strength, waiting for the 'little' ninja to get close to implement his plan.
Uchiha Flame, who was unaware of this, had no such thoughts.
She calmly stuck the 'explosive tags' on the chests of these people.
After rescuing the poor women and hearing about the bandits' atrocities, and combining it with the information she had gathered about these scumbags, she had decided to kill them, but was just hesitating for a moment.
Now, with the method provided by Fuyu Shirou, she had no psychological burden in sticking the 'explosive tags' on these people.
"Flame!"
Just as she was about to stick an 'explosive tag' on the chest of a slightly more muscular guy, she heard Satoshi's call.
"Eh? What's up?"
"I'm running out of explosive tags. Can you give me some?"
Compared to the 'little rich girl' Uchiha Flame, Satoshi was much less wealthy.
In just a short time, he had used up all the 'explosive tags' in his hands and had to ask Flame for help.
Hearing this, Flame didn't think much and turned to walk towards Satoshi.
It was just a few 'explosive tags,' which was no big deal to her.
As Flame was walking towards Satoshi, she suddenly saw that Satoshi, who was also walking towards her, had a呆滞 look on his face.
His eyes then turned to fear, and his face turned pale.
"What's wrong! Looking at me with such a strange expression!"
While she was still complaining in her mind about why Satoshi was looking at her with such a strange expression, she noticed that Satoshi opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something.
But in his haste, he couldn't make a sound, and his face turned red.
His entire face became terrifying and grotesque!
At the same time, she seemed to read something from Satoshi's urgent eyes and was slightly stunned.
"Flame! Get away! It's dangerous!"
At that moment, Fuyu Shirou's urgent voice rang out beside her, snapping her out of her daze.
Seemingly realizing the danger behind her, Uchiha Flame moved her legs, trying to burst out chakra to leave her current position.
But to her dismay, the coldness spreading around her body and the danger signals from her brain
caused her body and brain to secrete various trace elements and adrenaline frantically.
As a result, the eight-year-old girl's body went into a fatal stiffness at this critical moment.
"None of you move! Or I won't guarantee the safety of this ninja girl!"
A kunai was placed on Uchiha Flame's neck.
The bandit standing behind Uchiha Flame pressed the kunai tightly against her neck, not daring to relax for a moment.
While shouting loudly, he took the 'explosive tags' from Flame's hand.
He carefully stuck one on Flame's back and put the remaining 'explosive tags' in his pocket.
During the previous bandit stronghold, when the leader was boasting while drunk, he had also revealed the usage method of the explosive tags.
(End of Chapter)