346. Encounter

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As they travelled through the void Leo and Shinobu witnessed dots of lights far into the distance.

In the void there was no sense of time, when they finally stepped out of the light barrier onto solid ground, they found themselves surrounded by a gorge. It was raining at the moment, making the ground muddy.

Leo was about to search his surroundings when his Spiritual Sense picked up two life signatures on the other side of the gorge.

With his ability as his eye Leo saw what was happening.

Two people were fighting against each other. Both of them held a kunai and clashed several times.

As he was watching their battle Leo saw something that startled him. A strong power was circulating within these two individuals, it reinforced their body from inside out, almost like his "Breath".

'That energy... it's similar to "Breath", but a few levels weaker...

He explained the situation to Shinobu and the latter's curiosity was immediately aroused. Both of them flashed and disappeared towards the two people on the other side.

Just as they landed they saw one of them stabbing into the other's body. The person did not sense the arrival of Leo and Shinobu, he quickly checked his enemy's body for any information.

However when he removed the mask the other party had his hands froze. The next moment a cry filled with shock and despair rang out from the person.

"Sister!"

From his voice it could be seen that he was a man and his opponent was a woman.

The man pulled the woman to his side and called out to her while putting his hand above the wound on her gut.

"Sister... please don't die! Please...

The woman in his arms weakly stared at the young man yelling at her and asked softly, "Who are you...?

The man's eyes were filled with tears as he said, "Sister, it's me, Kabuto. Don't you remember?"

The woman's eyes were getting blurry, however she still managed to shake her head and said faintly, "No... you are not...

Kabuto had no mind to listen to her. He used his hand to cover her wound, a faint green light appeared above his arm as he did.

Leo and Shinobu's focus immediately shifted to the energy used by Kabuto.

"Is that...

Shinobu asked doubtfully.

Leo nodded, "Yes. That's "Breath", but not the one we use. It's far weaker than what we have in our bodies."

Saying up to here he took her hand and flashes towards the man.

Kabuto who was focused on healing the woman was shocked when he saw two people emerged out of thin air.

He wanted to pull out his kunai, however his hands were occupied.

'What should I do?!'

He screamed inside his mind.

Shinobu left Leo's side and looked at Kabuto calmly before stating, "Your skills can only delay the inevitable, move aside."

As she spoke Kabuto was pushed away by a strange force.

The latter gritted his teeth. His eyes turned bloodshot when he saw Shinobu approach the woman.

He quickly took a kunai and threw it at her.

However Leo flashed in front of him and caught it. He simply applied some force and broke the kunai into pieces before speaking slowly.

"Calm down, we don't have any ill intent."

Kabuto wanted to throw out another Kunai, however as he put his hand inside his ninja bag a powerful coercion fell on him.

The powerful impact shook his mind, his eyes started to turn and his consciousness got blurry.

Bang!

Finally he couldn't hold on. His knees buckled and he fell on the muddy ground like a dead fish. However at the last moment his eyes regained a bit of clarity as he glared in Shinobu's direction.

Oh?

Leo was slightly surprised. Though he was going easy on the man, at his level there are very few below a certain level who could regain clarity when confronting his Haoshoku.

"Rest assured, whoever that woman is, she won't die."

Leo took back his Haoshoku and spoke to Kabuto confidently.

Kabuto ignored Leo as he struggled to get up on his feet.

Leo rubbed his nose embarrassedly when he saw the latter's response.

Shinobu was almost done with her treatment. The grevious wound on the woman's abdomen was now closed. Even her internal organs cut by the blade was healed.

Kabuto stared in shock. He somehow found the strength to move towards the woman and quickly held her in his arms.

"This is...

As he checked her he found her wounds to be completely healed.

Kabuto hugged the woman tightly and cried while showing a wide smile.

Leo looked at him and heaved a sigh of relief. Just moments before he saw the man's emotions turn wild, it was twisting towards chaos.

And those fall into chaos will always emerge as evil.

Luckily the survival of that woman kept him sane.

After Kabuto woke up from his happiness he looked at Leo and Shinobu.

"Thank you."

He only spoke two words however Leo and Shinobu could feel the immense gratitude in his words.

"Let's get out of this rain first."

Leo spoke. As he was about to move he stopped and glanced to a corner of the gorge.

He looked in that direction for a few seconds before looking away. Shinobu also looked towards that direction before turning away.

Kabuto didn't notice their actions and carefully picked up the woman.

"I know a safe location nearby."

He said as he started to lead the way.

Soon they left the place. Ten or so minutes after their departure the muddy ground trembled. A small part of it rose up before morphing into the shape of a man with long hair and pupils like a snake's.

He looked towards the direction where Leo and Shinobu left and showed a solemn expression.

"Who are those two?"

The man muttered under his breath. He looked one last time towards their direction before sinking into the ground and disappearing.

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