The leader tsked in irritation when Adela failed to be immobilized, though Sasuke huffed out a short exhale of relief before shoving the kunoichi in front of him back, Sharingan spinning through a quick sequence of movements around her counter before he'd slammed the blade of his own sword into her gut. It wasn't quite a stomach-wound, not a quick death, but it would be fatal if she were left to bleed out.
That coupled with the one now gurgling last breaths through a damaged windpipe -- excessive for mere robbers like this, Sasuke thought privately, but better than not defending herself at all -- hopefully meant that their attackers would feel outclassed enough to --
"Not whatever pretty toy you're carrying," the leader said from where he'd flickered across the distance to appear directly behind Adela. Sasuke lunged, halfway across the distance before he was suddenly tackled from the side by one of the men he'd paralyzed. It was a clumsy move, remnants of Chidori still holding strong, but it was enough time for the leader to turn almost casually into a spinning kick at the base of Adela's spine.
"Something better," he commented as he moved. "A bloodline."
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That coupled with the one now gurgling last breaths through a damaged windpipe -- excessive for mere robbers like this, Sasuke thought privately, but better than not defending herself at all -- hopefully meant that their attackers would feel outclassed enough to --
"Not whatever pretty toy you're carrying," the leader said from where he'd flickered across the distance to appear directly behind Adela. Sasuke lunged, halfway across the distance before he was suddenly tackled from the side by one of the men he'd paralyzed. It was a clumsy move, remnants of Chidori still holding strong, but it was enough time for the leader to turn almost casually into a spinning kick at the base of Adela's spine.
"Something better," he commented as he moved. "A bloodline."