The sudden change in the situation at the scene caused Sakai to immediately stop and gaze at the shadows with bated breath.

Through the light of the thin metal mesh on the top of the central treatment area of the underground sewers in North Point Town, Sakai saw dozens of ghouls poking their heads out of the dark pipe mouth one after another.

They look similar to the ghoul named Pittman, except that they have no clothes on them and have a more primitive aura.

What's going on?

How are there so many ghouls all of a sudden!

Sakai's eyes were undisguised with surprise, because even Sakai couldn't have imagined that there were dozens of ghouls hiding in the underground waterways of North Point Town.

But when you think about it, it makes perfect sense.

Pittman is an extreme realist painter, and it would not be surprising if his creations were never a fantasy, but a true portrayal of a moment and place in the real world.

Pittman must have seen the monsters eating in some place, and then used that old camera to capture the scene and copy it later.

This is the only way to create paintings that look like demons.

It's just that what Sakai never expected was that these terrifying humanoid monsters were not far from human civilization, and they were hiding under human civilization, in these dark underground waterways.

In this underground waterway, they have plenty of putrid matter to eat, and the occasional unlucky bastard who strays into the underground waterway is hunted by these monsters waiting in the dark.

What's more, they can lurk on the surface of the earth in the middle of a dark night.

As depicted in Pittman's painting, they would gather around the victim's bed as if they were sitting at a normal dining table, staring at the human body with a greedy gaze.

It's just that in these ghouls who have lived in the shadows for a long time, Sakai can't find any human features.

They're wild monsters!

Just when Sakai was about to deal with the current situation coldly, the ghouls in the ring wall were already impatient, and the carnivorous instinct summoned them to rush towards Sakai.

In an instant, five ghouls jumped from the mouth of the sewer at a high place to Sai at the same time.

Sai's pupils shrank suddenly, seizing the moment to lean down and dodge the claws of the five ghouls with a sliding shovel.

But before they could breathe a sigh of relief, two more ghouls rushed to Sakai from the left and right.

In front of you is the stenching, germ-filling, bottomless central well that leads to a bottomless sinkhole, and behind it are the five ghouls.

This time, Sakai was difficult to dodge, so he could only draw his sword to fight.

The sword drawing technique was used in an instant, and the cold blade slashed directly to the left, easily slashing down a ghoul.

But by the time Sakai's blade turned back to the right, it was too late, and the ghoul's grappling claw cut a terrible cut directly into the deltoid muscle under Sakai's shoulder.

At this time, Sakai's short knife attacked with a backhand, but the opportunity had been missed, and the ghoul's attack stopped at a short time, and after inflicting a wound on Sakai that was difficult to heal, he did not take advantage of the victory to pursue, but jumped directly to a few steps away, and continued to look at Sakai with a hideous dog head.

Before Sakai could catch his breath, three more ghouls pounced from the top of his head and from two directions behind him.

Sakai hurriedly raised his knife to resist, and with a swift sword, he directly cut off the ugly dog head of one of the ghouls.

But Sakai was no match for three hands with one punch, and the other two swift ghouls still used their claws to snap through the muscles in Sakai's abdomen and thighs.

At this time, Sakai's body was bleeding from his waist, abdomen, thighs, shoulders, and deltoid muscles under his shoulders.

If the bleeding stops immediately, life will be fine, but if you continue to fight these monsters, the wounds on your body will continue to increase, and you will definitely die from excessive blood loss.

There really is wisdom in these things!

In the few moments he had just had had with the ghouls, Sakai felt that their attacks were not out of order.

These ghouls are like seasoned hunters, not going head-to-head when faced with enemies that are more capable than themselves, but relying on numerical superiority to constantly add wounds to their prey's body.

As long as there are more wounds and more bleeding, the more physical strength will be reduced, and sooner or later you will not be able to move.

In addition, this is a sewer, and it is an environment with a lot of germs, and Saui, who has a wound on his body, will be even more sad than he imagined.

Although these ghouls have humanoid appearance, their physical abilities are much higher than ordinary people, and their speed and strength are about the same level as Shimoshinobi's, and it is impossible for Sai to use his personal ability to catch these dozens of ghouls.

It seems that he can only flee first.

Sakai looked up at the metal mesh above him, and above the metal mesh was a clear sky.

As soon as he reached the ground, Sakai believed that with his speed advantage, he should be able to escape the pursuit of these ghouls.

As for whether dozens of ghouls running to the ground will attack civilians on the streets, these are not things that Sakai needs to think about.

Having made up his mind in his heart, Sakai immediately began to act.

Sakai raised his hand and flung a kunai and flew towards the metal mesh, and behind the kunai was a detonation charm.

The detonator hits the metal mesh, instantly blasting a hole in the metal mesh.

Taking advantage of the moment when the surrounding ghouls didn't have time to react, Sai immediately jumped up and prepared to jump out of the hole in the metal mesh.

But when Sakai jumped into the air, two more ghouls jumped out of the sewer mouth high above the ring wall and pounced on Sai.

Sakai, who was in the air, couldn't change the direction of his body at all, so he could only raise the short knife in his hand and cut off the claws of one of the ghouls.

The claws of the other ghoul could no longer be resisted, and two bloody claw marks were hooked on his back, and at the same time, his body also lost its strength and balance, and fell into the dark hole in the central sewage treatment area.

If you fall underneath, the depth and turbulence of the sewage will not be able to escape from Sakai.

And even if you escape, the wounds all over your body are soaked in sewage, and you will definitely not be able to return to Konoha Village alive.

At this moment of life and death, Sakai immediately pulled out the kunai in his hand and threw it at the stone wall at the mouth of the central sewer.

Click.

Fortunately, the stone wall here is relatively brittle, and Sakai's kunai is inserted into the stone wall, and Sakai's left hand grasps the rope tied to the end of the kunai.

Bang dang.

Sakai hit the stone wall with a loud noise, and now Sakai's whole person hangs like a sausage on the stone wall at the mouth of the central sewer, and he can't go up or down.

Below is an abyss-black sinkhole, and above are dozens of ghouls with dogs' heads sticking out of the edge of the hole.

Damn, desperate?

Sakai still wanted to struggle, raised the short knife in his right hand to insert it into the stone wall, and then jumped up again with the short knife as a support point.

However, the slippery stone wall prevented Sakai's short knife from being inserted, and the kunai inserted in the stone wall began to loosen and fall off gradually due to Sakai's excessive movements.

The gravel slag fell onto Sakai's head, and then Sakai only needed to make a big move, and before the short knife could be inserted into the stone wall, the whole person would fall into the sewage pit below.

"Konoha ninja, it looks like you're in a bad situation."

"Do you need my help?"

At this moment when Sakai's survival was in danger, a voice came from Sakai's head.

I saw that on the edge of the metal mesh that Sakai had just exploded, a man dressed in black with purple facial lines on his face was standing with his hands in his pockets.

The man had a number of easily recognizable features, such as the large bandage he was carrying behind and a strange pointy-eared hat on his head.

However, Sakai still saw the person's forehead at a glance.

Is that...

The symbol of Sand Ninja Village!