The bamboo is in the way…
If he just had some time, he could smash down the bamboo in a few seconds.
The hornets attacked, skillfully flying in and out of the bamboo and using it as a shield at the same time.
It was at the moment Shino gave his attention to them that it happened.
Right near Shino’s feet, the honey that had fallen to the ground began to take on the shape of hornets again.
I’ve done it now…! Shino thought as the re-formed hornet flew straight towards him on ground level.
The hornet’s stinger mercilessly stabbed at the back of Shino’s neck.
His body swayed terribly.
This wasn’t a normal hornet sting. The hornet’s poison had been specially prepared to be strong enough to take out two shinobi at once.
The hornet’s manipulation of him, and their specialised toxic stings, they all pointed to a very skilled insect user. A user of hornets and wasps and bees. The people of Soraku had named that person well as the beekeeper.
Just as Shino became convinced he knew the true colour of the enemy they couldn’t see, his body collapsed on the spot.