Baptizing the Evil of the Shinobi World with Scalding Magma

The voice from behind them made the three Anbu Ninja instantly sense that something was wrong, and alarms blared incessantly in their minds.

As their pupils contracted, they tried to scatter at once.

But the view before their eyes suddenly tilted.

Through their gradually blurring vision, they caught sight of a Uchiha girl. Before they could make out what she looked like, however, all three heads had already rolled from their necks.

Ding! You have successfully killed three "Red Name" Evil Persons! Your Chakra has increased slightly! Congratulations, you have obtained: ① Shuriken Throwing Technique Experience Book ×7; ② Water Style: Flowing Blade Technique; ③ Prostitute Appraisal Technique Experience Book ×4!

The Crimson Frames floating above each of the three Anbu Ninja slowly faded away.

But killing them was only the beginning. The earlier commotion had already alerted the entire Secret Base.

Though that was fine too.

It saved Uchiha Chisen the trouble of dragging everyone out one by one.

When more Anbu Ninja arrived.

They found several corpses on the ground, along with a Uchiha ninja holding a bloodstained Ninja Sword, killing intent radiating from his body.

Though they had no idea what exactly had happened, they were so shocked that they immediately triggered the base alarm.

"Woooo—Woooo—Woooo—"

The piercing alarm even alerted Sarutobi Shinosuke.

"An enemy has infiltrated?!"

Sarutobi Shinosuke frowned beneath his Anbu mask. Since this secret experimental base had been established, there had never once been an intrusion by an outside enemy.

Why did this kind of shit happen the moment the old man handed this Secret Base over to him to guard?

What puzzled Sarutobi Shinosuke even more was who would have the nerve to invade a Secret Base near Konoha.

The fact that a base could be built near Konoha meant it had close secret ties to Konoha.

Did the intruder not know that?

Or perhaps...

They simply did not care about Konoha at all?!

"All combat personnel, assemble!" Sarutobi Shinosuke's expression gradually turned grave as he gave the order. "Head immediately to the location within the base where the alarm was triggered. The intruder..."

Thinking that the exposure of this Secret Base could very likely damage the old man's reputation, a flash of killing intent crossed Sarutobi Shinosuke's eyes.

"No matter who the intruder is, kill them on sight!"

"Yes!!!"

Under Sarutobi Shinosuke's lead, an entire Anbu squad mobilized—the Secret Base had originally been guarded by two Anbu squads.

One Anbu squad was tasked with keeping watch outside the base, patrolling within it, and transporting supplies. The other Anbu squad was responsible for eliminating anything that threatened the base.

Both squads answered solely to Sarutobi Shinosuke.

Sarutobi Shinosuke believed something might already have happened to the first squad!

And the intruder's strength could not be underestimated!

Otherwise, the enemy could never have slipped into the base without a sound.

"Wait!"

Sarutobi Shinosuke stopped one of the Anbu. He ordered, "You don't need to come with us. Return to Konoha immediately and tell the old man about this. If no message reaches the village from the base within fifteen minutes, it means something has happened here. It would be best if the old man brought more people."

"Yes!"

Just as Sarutobi Shinosuke was about to continue toward the alarm's location, a sudden sense of danger made his heart skip.

He instinctively shouted, "Stop!"

At the same time, he suddenly noticed an orange-red glow appearing on the metal-reinforced wall to his right. He could also feel scorching heat coming from that direction.

—BOOM!!!!

Terrifying heat instantly melted a huge hole through the metal-reinforced wall. The violent impact, like a volcanic eruption, sent molten iron splashing everywhere as an invisible heat wave surged toward them.

The Anbu Ninja immediately bent their knees to steady themselves, each staring in horror at the hole that had been melted through the wall.

"That is..."

Sarutobi Shinosuke's pupils shrank. Beside the hole lay "half" a person.

The other half of that person's body was nowhere to be seen.

But judging by the clothing, the victim had also been an Anbu Ninja.

His mask had fallen off, and an expression of indescribable terror had frozen over half his face. One look was enough to send chills down anyone's spine.

Drip—

Drip—

The strange sound of dripping reached their ears.

The smell of sulfur flooded their nostrils.

A name belonging to a Uchiha Clan ninja whom Sarutobi Shinosuke deeply despised suddenly surfaced in his mind—Uchiha Chisen!

The moment that thought arose, a figure with Magma slowly flowing over his body stepped through the hole in the wall.

"—It's Uchiha Chisen!!!" An Anbu Ninja behind Sarutobi Shinosuke exclaimed in shock, blurting out the other man's name.

"It's been a long time, Shinosuke... sensei."

Magma dripped from Uchiha Chisen's body. The molten light it gave off could not conceal the bloody crimson of his three-tomoe Sharingan.

He looked directly at Sarutobi Shinosuke and said, "As one of the Third Hokage's right-hand men, you vanished without a trace for the past two years. I thought you were already dead. I never expected the Third Hokage had assigned you here, Shinosuke-sensei."

Sarutobi Shinosuke clenched his fists at once.

His expression darkened beneath his mask as he gritted his teeth. "The moment you killed those two companions back then, you ceased to be my student, and I ceased to be your Jonin instructor! Uchiha Chisen! What exactly have you come here to do?"

Looking at the half corpse on the ground, Sarutobi Shinosuke's mood worsened further. He glared fixedly at Uchiha Chisen. "As expected, you still couldn't suppress the Demon in your heart. Are you planning to slaughter everyone in Konoha and kill these innocent people?!"

The other Anbu Ninja behind him were quite astonished.

So Shinosuke-senpai and Uchiha Chisen had such a history. He had actually once been the other man's Jonin instructor!

Uchiha Chisen calmly asked, "Too many evils of the Shinobi World have died by my hand. Which two are you referring to?"

Sarutobi Shinosuke nearly stopped breathing.

"You... have you forgotten your own companions completely?"

"I do not make a point of remembering the evildoers who have died by my hand."

The veins on Sarutobi Shinosuke's forehead throbbed.

"Shimura Reiya! Uzuki Saku! You must remember those two names! They... were both, like you, my Genin students back then!"

Sarutobi Shinosuke could not help recalling the incident of "fellow disciples killing one another" that had shaken him to the core.

It was also after that incident that he stopped serving as a Jonin instructor to any Konoha Genin.

"Oh... I vaguely remember now."

Uchiha Chisen said, "Shimura Reiya bullied others at the Ninja Academy, driving the victim to suicide after their complaints went unanswered. Uzuki Saku was Shimura Reiya's accomplice. Even after the victim died, he continued spreading rumors about them throughout the village."

"I did kill the two of them. However, they attacked first, which was why the Fourth Hokage ruled it as excessive self-defense on my part, but did not hold me accountable."

Listening to Uchiha Chisen's utterly emotionless tone, as though those "companions" meant nothing to him, fury surged through Sarutobi Shinosuke's heart.

"They didn't deserve to die!"

Uchiha Chisen said, "Then did the victim deserve to die?"

With every step he took forward, a Melted Pit appeared in the ground.

"In my eyes, those two students of yours had already been corrupted by the 'evil' of the Shinobi World into unforgivable evildoers. I merely baptized the unforgivable 'evil' of the Shinobi World with scalding Magma. That is all."

"Shinosuke-sensei."

Uchiha Chisen's scarlet eyes fell upon the Crimson Frame floating above Sarutobi Shinosuke's head.

"Now you..."

"Have also fallen into the abyss."