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... prompted him to take the battle stance…

Chiiirrrpppp…

But before he had the time to figure out how and where the kunai came from, he found an arm clad in sliver-blue lightning through his chest, and at the same time, the very iconic sound of chirping of thousands of birds entered his ears…

“Hata… ke… Kak… as… h-…!”

Before he could finish his words, his body turned cold and he lost all signs of life.

The death of the Root shinobi was noticed by one of the other Root ...

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