Stone Ninja Explosion Corps!

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"Splash~"

A pitch-black underground cavern, without the slightest trace of light.

"Hmph! You think ambushing me will make me submit? I'll have you know, I'm a Stone ninja who inherited the Will of Stone. Don't even dream of..."

A flash of scarlet appeared in the darkness—an eye filled with sinister power!

Overwhelming power-

The Will of Stone could not withstand a single blow!

An aged, raspy voice spoke like a command from hell.

"Go. Do everything in your power to start a war."

Dusk, rice paddies, smoke rising from cooking fires-in this small village on the border of the Land of Fire, everything seemed peaceful and tranquil.

Five Stone ninja, uninvited guests, silently arrived outside the village.

"Captain Gari, are we really going to do this?"

"Those are our orders."

"But... the village deployed us, the elite Explosion Corps, just to attack a small civilian village in the Land of Fire?"

"Seriously, what are the higher-ups thinking? Is our village trying to start a war?"

Gari's face was expressionless, and a hint of scarlet seemed to lurk unnoticed in his eyes. His voice was cold. "These are Lord Tsuchikage's orders. They are not to be questioned!"

"Uh... what's gotten into the captain? Doesn't he usually call the Third a short old man... No, no, no! I meant no disrespect to Lord Third Tsuchikage."

The other Stone ninja seemed to find their captain a little strange, but they were all elite Stone ninja, and they could naturally tell whether the captain before them was an impostor. One member of the five-man squad was a sensory ninja, and both the cold man's appearance and his Chakra signature were undoubtedly those of their familiar captain, Gari.

"Captain Gari, one last confirmation, we..." The others still seemed to have doubts and wanted to ask questions, but just then, the squad's sensory ninja suddenly sounded the alarm!

"Watch out! It's an Explosive Tag!"

"Clink~" Sure enough, a Kunai with an Explosive Tag attached landed at their feet.

"Boom!" All five were nimble and skilled, and thanks to the sensory ninja's warning, the surprise attack with the Explosive Tag caused no damage.

A cheerful laugh rang out from nearby. "Haha! Rin, guess how many I got with that move?"

"Damn it, Obito! He didn't follow orders!" Kakashi cursed under his breath, then immediately turned and ran. "Let's go! That attack just gave away our position!"

"Right!" Rin immediately rose from cover as well and said urgently, "Obito, run!"

"Hmph! You coward, Kakashi! What kind of Konoha ninja turns tail and runs the moment he sees the enemy?" Obito stood openly in a conspicuous spot high on a rooftop, even taking the time to strike what he thought was a dashing pose in Rin's direction. "Just watch, Rin. I, Obito Uchiha, will beat the enemy to a pulp!"

"Obito, you have to follow Kakashi's lead!" Rin said urgently. Kakashi was not only a Chunin but also the current captain of their Team 8, so what Rin said was not wrong. The problem was that Obito simply would not listen.

The Stone ninja, alerted by the attack, had assumed they had stumbled into a Konoha ninja ambush. Who would have thought that when they looked, they would find only a brat who didn't know the immensity of heaven and earth?

"Arrogant Konoha ninja!" Obito's interruption had caused the Stone ninja to set aside their doubts about the mission for the time being. The Konoha ninja had attacked them first, so it was only natural for them to strike back.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh~" The Stone ninja hurled a volley of Shuriken at Obito.

"Hmph!" An arrogant look appeared on Obito's face,

He grabbed a Shuriken between each of his fingers and met their attack head-on without flinching! "Clang, clang, clang~" Obito knocked every Shuriken the Stone ninja had thrown out of the air!

"Did you see that, Rin? That's the power of the Uchiha!" Obito didn't forget to show off to Rin.

"Heh heh~ So you're a brat from the Uchiha Clan? No wonder you're so good with Shuriken." The Stone ninja seemed to be praising Obito, though there was a hint of mockery in his tone.

Rin suddenly cried out in alarm, "Watch out, Obito! There's a Chakra signature beneath your feet!"

"What?" Before Obito could react, a Stone ninja suddenly burst out of the rubble beneath his feet!

He used the Shuriken to draw my attention, then secretly used Earth Release to sneak beneath my feet? Panic crossed Obito's face as he rapidly formed Hand Seals.

"Fire Style: Great Fire..."

"Too slow!" Before Obito could finish his Hand Seals, the Stone ninja sent him flying with a heavy punch!

"Pfft!" Obito spat blood, his left arm bent at an unnatural angle. The punch had clearly broken the bones in his arm.

"Obito!" Rin cried out, but she did not lose her composure. She grabbed several Shuriken and threw them at the enemy.

But the Stone ninja reached out with his bare hand and caught the Shuriken Rin had thrown, stopping them in their tracks. "Too weak!" he said disdainfully.

Rin's expression changed drastically. He had sent Obito flying in a single blow and caught Shuriken barehanded. The Stone ninja before her was clearly stronger than a Chunin.

He gripped the Shuriken he had seized and threw them at Obito. "Arrogant little Uchiha brat, I'll start with you!"

"Whoosh~"

Body Flicker Technique!

"Clang, clang, clang~" Kakashi swung his blade and instantly cut down the Shuriken aimed at Obito.

"Oh? A brat who can use the Body Flicker Technique, and he even cut down my Shuriken with a blade. Interesting~" The Stone ninja beckoned to his companions. "Captain Gari, go carry out the mission. I'll stay and play with this brat."

Gari gave him an expressionless glance, then said indifferently, "Do as you please. Let's go!"

"Captain Gari actually put the mission first. That's really strange..."

The arrival of the Stone ninja, these uninvited guests, shattered the small village's peace.

"Aaah, run!"

"The Stone ninja are attacking!"

Screams and wails rang out as terrified people fled the village.

The four Stone ninja led by Gari entered the village. At that moment, the four stood on rooftops at its four corners.

Looking at the people running around below, one of the Stone ninja said pityingly, "How pointless. We actually have to attack a bunch of unarmed civilians."

"Can't be helped. Those are the orders from above."

"Hey! If you want to blame anyone, blame yourselves for being from the Land of Fire!"

The three Stone ninja each voiced their thoughts. Only Gari remained silent, forming Hand Seals without a word.

Seeing this, the other three formed the same seals.

"Whoosh~" A massive Barrier Ninjutsu formula took shape within the village, centered on the four of them. Where the strange runes converged in the middle, they formed a huge character for "explode." At a glance, the formula looked just like an enlarged Explosive Tag!

"Explosion Release: Landmine Destruction Formation!"