At this moment, inside Kikyo Castle, the slaughter led by Rasa continued.
However, Kikyo Castle was just a small city, and the number of Ninjas Konoha had stationed there wasn't high, especially given Konoha's current situation.
Primarily, Konoha hadn't anticipated that Sunagakure, which had also suffered heavy losses in the war, would launch such a sudden attack.
Therefore, with the already sparse Konoha's forces, the slaughter was ongoing, but nearing its end.
At this stage, with Sunagakure's overwhelming advantage, the darker aspects of human nature began to manifest to the extreme!
"Run!"
"Hahaha, I said run!"
Swish swish swish swish!
Following the arrogant shouts, several kunai precisely grazed the fishnet-stocking-clad thighs of a fleeing Konoha's Kunoichi, tearing the fishnets and leaving bloody gashes before embedding themselves in the ground.
Stimulated by the pain, the woman, whose face was merely pretty but whose figure was quite fiery from long-term training, had to grit her teeth and push forward with all her might!
She still held one last explosive tag in her hand.
If she could just find an opportunity, a blind spot, then she could...
"Could what?"
The arrogant voice sounded again!
But this time, it didn't come from behind, but from the side!
"Huh?"
The Konoha's Kunoichi suddenly performed a side roll away from her right.
Changing direction abruptly with a side roll while fleeing at high speed caused her to instantly lose balance, scraping harshly against the ground!
Rip rip!
The sound of fabric grinding against the ground.
But soon, the thin clothing wore through, replaced by the Kunoichi's ample flesh.
"Mmph! Ugh!"
The physical pain made the Kunoichi groan.
But at this moment, she couldn't afford to care about that.
The Kunoichi could only look with panicked eyes to the side.
There, the man who had been behind her, at least twenty meters away just moments ago, had instantly appeared beside her.
'Body Flicker Technique?' The Kunoichi murmured, forming a hypothesis.
But she didn't dwell on it.
Without even looking at the pursuing Sunagakure's Ninja, the woman, who had just heard a sound from her left, dashed towards the left.
Kikyo Castle was, after all, Konoha's territory.
Even if their forces were scattered, relying on familiarity with the terrain, a few scattered individuals might still be resisting.
That way, she might be saved!
That's what the Kunoichi thought.
And she acted accordingly.
And she actually succeeded!
After running out of a small alley, two figures still fighting appeared before the Kunoichi!
They were a Konoha's Ninja and a Sunagakure's Ninja!
Although the Kunoichi didn't recognize the Konoha's Ninja, it didn't matter now!
Not hesitating to use her last kunai, tied with an explosive tag, the kunoichi focused her spirit on the fight ahead and threw it with all her might!
This time, under the life-and-death crisis, the Kunoichi felt her condition, accuracy, power… every aspect had reached its peak!
Despite being only a Chunin, she launched a kunai that was near perfect in timing, angle, force, and technique!
The kunai, with its burning explosive tag, hid within the wind, not making the slightest sound!
It was only when the explosive tag was about to hit that the Kunoichi shouted to the Konoha's Ninja: "Get away!"
Hearing her, the Konoha's Ninja didn't hesitate, leaping backward.
However, while the Konoha's Ninja jumped away, the Sunagakure's Ninja suffered.
A half-beat slower, he was struck in the thigh by the kunai, his movement halting.
Only then did the Sunagakure's Ninja think to pull the kunai out with his hand!
But just as his hand reached out, he froze again!
Because he saw the explosive tag tied to the kunai's end!
"This... no... why..." After uttering sounds of disbelief, he looked at the Kunoichi with despairing eyes before being blown apart by the explosive tag!
The violent explosion, accompanied by the smell of roasted meat, spread.
Limbs, chunks, human entrails, brains, and such things scattered everywhere, looking utterly disgusting.
But the Kunoichi didn't feel that way at all.
Seeing this scene, the Kunoichi spat fiercely, feeling only satisfaction: "Hmph, Sunagakure dog, dead now! Serves you right!"
After vehemently cursing the Sunagakure's Ninjas attacking them, the Kunoichi then looked at the colleague she had saved. "Are you alright?"
"I'm fine!" The Konoha's Ninja nodded.
His face, bearing the relief of survival, held a trace of admiration: "That was a truly fierce strike!"
"Of course! I feel if I can make it back alive, this one move will definitely get me promoted to Special Jonin!"
Hearing his words, the Kunoichi proudly puffed out her chest.
However, this movement aggravated her earlier injuries, causing her to grimace in pain.
"Damn Sunagakure!" Cursing the Sunagakure's Ninja who had attacked her again, the Kunoichi looked down to check her wounds.
But seeing the wounds inflicted by that opponent reminded her.
"Wait, what about that Sunagakure's Ninja who was chasing me just now? Be careful, there are still enemies!"
The Kunoichi assumed a combat stance, protectively positioning herself in front of the Konoha's Ninja she had just saved, and proposed a tactic: "That person is very tricky. How about this, we stand back-to-back!"