Chapter 146

While Leitao was locked in a heart-pounding duel with the ninja, elsewhere in the mountain forest, the bandits who had kidnapped the Japanese Army pilot were beating a hasty retreat. They had barely covered two miles when two ninjas, wielding Katana, emerged like ghosts to block their path. The bandits were immediately on high alert. The leader, quick-witted and sharp, didn't hesitate to draw his pistol, pointing the dark muzzle straight at the ninjas. "Bang, bang, bang..." The crisp sound of gunfire shattered the silence of the woods, and flashes of flame erupted from the barrels in the dim light. Bullets whistled toward the ninjas like angry wasps. The two ninjas did not waver. They merely tilted their bodies slightly, their agile forms seemingly capable of predicting the bullets' trajectories. Their black night-raid garb fluttered in the wind, and the demon masks they wore hid their faces, revealing only eyes filled with cold, calm focus. The bullets grazed past them, slamming into the trees behind and sending wood chips flying everywhere.