The government deployed a special ninja army force.

More than a hundred elite warriors.

They were known as the strongest force in the nation.

No target had ever escaped their mission.

Yet this time, they were not sent to hunt.

They were sent because of fear.

One by one, powerful bodyguards were found dead.

Then the villagers started disappearing.

Day after day.

Night after night.

No one knew who was responsible.

Only one question remained...

Who?

That question became fear.

And that fear spread through everyone.

Soon, they realized one thing.

This was no ordinary human.

---

The following night...

One of the soldiers suddenly spotted a figure standing on top of a tree, silently watching them.

"Someone's there!"

A whistle echoed through the forest.

The entire force gathered.

All eyes turned toward the tree.

But the figure had already vanished.

"After him!"

The soldiers rushed into the darkness.

The chase led deep into the forest.

Then they saw it.

The mysterious man leaped from one tree...

...to another tree nearly a hundred meters away.

The soldiers froze.

"That's impossible..."

Yet they continued the pursuit.

Jumping from tree to tree.

Refusing to give up.

---

At the edge of a mountain cliff...

He was waiting.

Sitting calmly upon a rock.

His right hand supporting his jaw.

As if he had been expecting them.

The moon illuminated his face.

Wolves howled in the distance.

Snakes slithered away from the area.

Even the forest seemed afraid.

And then...

The soldiers understood.

They weren't chasing him.

He was leading them here.

He was the one hunting them.

---

"Hahaha..."

A quiet laugh escaped his lips.

"Are you tired already?"

The ninja clenched their fists.

"What do you think we are?!"

"Some kind of game to you?!"

The man smiled.

A chilling smile.

Almost innocent.

"Maybe."

Silence fell.

Then he asked,

"Why are you guarding them?"

"Do you really think you can save them?"

"Or does standing behind your weapons simply make them feel safe?"

"Hahaha..."

One soldier stepped forward.

"Who are you?"

"And why were you hiding in that tree?"

The man tilted his head.

"Hiding?"

"I was standing right in front of you."

"Wasn't I?"

The njnjas exchanged nervous glances.

One finally spoke.

"So... you're the killer?"

The man's smile slowly widened.

And the forest became silent.The man's smile slowly widened

For a moment, he said nothing..

Then he slowly stood up.

His eyes reflected the moonlight.

"If you do a cruel thing..."

"You'll receive it back twice over."

"Some people call it karma."

"They say time eventually gives people what they gave to others."

A faint laugh escaped him.

"Hahaha..."

"In their story, I'm the time."

"I'm the karma."

"They will receive what they never expected."

"The same pain..."

"The same fear..."

"The same suffering..."

"...that they gave to me."

His expression darkened.

"And I won't forgive any of them."

The soldiers tightened their grip on their weapons.

"Don't stand in my way."

"I'm not interested in killing you."

One of the ninja stepped forward.

"How can we?"

"We are ninjas."

"We never retreat from a target once we've found it."

Another soldier frowned.

"What exactly did they do to you?"

A third looked closely at him.

"Wait..."

"Are you from that village too?"

Before he could answer, another soldier shouted,

"Idiots!"

"Don't get fooled by his pathetic story!"

"Who he is doesn't matter!"

"What happened to him doesn't matter!"

"Just kill that bastard!"

Immediately several voices joined in.

"Yeah! Kill that murderer!"

"Don't show him mercy!"

"I want to cut him into pieces!"

"I want his head!"

"I want his heart!"

"Oh..."

A ninja grinned madly.

"I want to drink his blood."

"Hahaha!"

Laughter spread among them.

The cliff echoed with their voices.

The man remained silent.

Watching them.

Listening.

Not to their words.

But to the hatred hidden behind their eyes.

Then he sighed.

A long, disappointed sigh.

"No matter how much the world changes..."

"No matter if it becomes round..."

"Or flat..."

"No matter what era comes next..."

"You humans never change."

The laughter stopped.

The soldiers slowly became silent.

His gaze swept across every one of them.

"Hatred."

"Greed."

"Cruelty."

"You hide it behind justice."

"You hide it behind laws."

"You hide it behind uniforms."

"But in the end..."

"It's always the same."

The atmosphere became heavier.

Even the wind seemed to stop.

The wolves in the distance fell silent.

And then he smiled.

A smile far colder than before.

"That's why people like me are born."

The soldiers felt a chill run down their spines.

For the first time since arriving...

Fear entered their hearts.

The man took a single step forward.

And every soldier instinctively stepped back.

"Hahaha..."

"So tell me..."

"Will you stop me?"

"Or will you become another lesson for this world?"