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When i looked at the lackey, his eyes had fear in him. He couldn't believe that his leader got killed just in one slash.  He thought both of them had same strength till now but what just happened.

I was also surprised.

I quickly calmed myself.

'Did I just make a breakthrough in my kendo?'

MY POINT OF VIEW:

After calming down, I felt ecstatic.
'did I just create a new move?'

I looked towards the lackey.

As I tried to finish him off but my body couldn't move. I felt that if I moved then i would just fall.
'was it some sort of special move which consumed extra physical strength?'

I laughed at the absurdity of my situation. I don't know what to do now. There is still an enemy remaining.

I braved my heart and remained calm.

I was bleeding all over my body. I had tattered outfit.

I tried to look lackey in his eyes properly, but couldn't. I still managed to say weakly " I came for your leader and already have accomplished my goal. You may go now."

After that i felt the need to close my eyes and sat cross-legged.

At this time, My senses also have stopped working. I just want to get treated immediately. But i couldn't even move.

Even speaking felt difficult. I don't know if my voice sounded hoarse and weak. I don't even know if he heard me or not.

I don't even have the power to open my eyes to see if the enemy is still there or not.

I counted 1 to 10 then said hoarsely "I know what you are thinking. But let me tell you one thing that the choices we make either save our life or get us killed. So, choice is yours."

I just believed that he was still there and bluffed that sentence.

After that i didn't even care. I just started praying to every type of god for my bluff to work.

LACKEY'S POINT OF VIEW:

I never thought that such great warriors would get killed in one slash by just some random kid.

My body started to shake.

I never knew that I would die so early. I never had a wife or children.

When i saw the kid again, chill ran down my spine. I don't know why I started trembling again.

Looking at his heroic face covered in blood with simple cloths. Should I beg or just run?

Then i saw him looking menacingly over me.  Then, i heard the most precious words of my life " I came for your leader and already have accomplished my goal. You may go now."

He said it so weakly that i almost didn't hear him. Oh, I get it. He wanted me not to hear those words so i would just attack him and then he could kill me. I heard from leader that some samurai have code that they will only kill if it is necessary.

I wanted to thank him to letting me go but then i saw him sitting there with closed eyes.

I started to doubt again. Should i check by throwing weapon from a distance. I could always ran away. I moved slightly backward and removed a suriken just to try my luck.

When i was about to throw suriken, I heard him again. He said strongly "I know what you are thinking. But let me tell you one thing that the choices we make either save our life or get us killed. So, choice is yours."

I trembled again. How did he know from such a distance that i was going to throw suriken. Can he sense from such a distance?

I felt sweat in my hand. This time i didn't think of anything, just ran outside in the forest.

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Few minutes passed.... when nothing happened only then i felt relaxed.

I heard footsteps then. I guess bluff didn't work in the end.

"Hey buddy, why didn't you kill the lackey?" jiraya said almost smirking.

I got relaxed after hearing this. I wanted to open my eyes but couldn't. Then i felt warm sensation over my wounds. Then a hand came, opened my mouth and sent some pill directly.

Within a few seconds, I was atleast able to open my eyes. I saw tsunade treating me with medical ninjutsu. This is the first time she treated me during my whole trip.

As a medical student myself i could judge that she has already surpassed all the nurses or doctors at the konoha just at this age of 8. I guess protagonist or any other main characters aren't really humans.

Jiraya still thinks that I let the last bandit go. Tsunade didn't break the ice. She already knew about my condition with just a look.

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As we are moving closer to the iron country, I never thought that i would feel emotional for leaving konoha. I guess, I am also a normal person who get attached where i spent almost 10 years.

Last couple of days, we have changed our clothing. It's been cold out here. When we entered the country, I saw samurai every where. This raised my first doubt which i never really thought before that.

"why Land  of Iron has such a aloof status? I mean, I don't think that just because you are neutral than that means other will not do anything to you? There should be other countries who could have tried to remain neutral but in whole world i only hear Land of iron has neutral status?" I asked.

At question of mine, even orochimaru showed interest. Me, Jiraya and Orochimaru are not from great background. So we all looked at Tsunade for answer.

To be continued...