Uchiha Yu wore neither a chunin vest nor the Uchiha clan crest. He concealed his presence, misleading the Sunagakure ninja into judging him as a genin.
It was a strategy of playing the pig to eat the tiger, but more importantly, the misdirection was the opening move of his Genjutsu, specifically meant to work as a warm-up before his Sharingan was activated.
The disparity between his true strength and the successfully disguised image of a genin created a subtle conflict in the minds of the three Sunagakure ninja. Under Uchiha Yu's exquisite control, it quietly pried open cracks in their hearts and planted the seeds of Genjutsu.
The Sunagakure ninja on the left slope rapidly approached along the landslide dam. "Maybe he isn't arrogant. Maybe he's disguising himself. A lone genin shouldn't be in a foreign country. There may be something wrong with him!"
The Sunagakure ninja to the south said decisively, "If there might be something wrong with him, capture him and interrogate him!"
Uchiha Yu roared, "Bastards, is Sunagakure trying to start a war with Konoha?"
"War? Over you?" The southern Sunagakure ninja sneered. "Your life isn't worth enough to start a war between Konoha and Sunagakure."
When the ninja on the left finally entered shuriken range as well, he suddenly shouted, "Attack!"
All three Sunagakure ninja entered shuriken range at the same time and threw their shuriken.
With a flick of his right hand, Uchiha Yu sheathed his straight sword. His fingers were filled with cross-shaped shuriken, which he hurled forward and to his right, while his entire body tilted left.
Just as he prepared to dash toward the enemy on the left, a puppet surfaced from the lake behind him.
The puppet's gaping mouth sprayed more than a dozen senbon across the water's surface. Uchiha Yu