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A figure leaped out of the bushes.

Even though they were still five or six meters apart, Taizo Kusama, who was biting the girl's wrist, was sent flying backward as if he had been struck by a hammer.

Another Special Jonin stared in disbelief as Taizo Kusama flew away. After relaxing from the battle with the monster, he couldn't get back into the swing of things.

Before he could react, a fist made intimate contact with his cheek, his left cheek caved in, several bloody back teeth flew out, and of course, he was sent flying.

Are you alright?

Shuyuan loosened her fist, walked to the girl who had collapsed to the ground in fright, and smiled as she extended her hand.

"Shuyuan, she is...?"

Among the flock of dazed quails, Rindou was the first to come to his senses. He shoved Shinichiro Kusama, who was blocking his way, and walked over to Shuyuan's side in a few steps.

He glanced at the bewildered girl, then looked at Shuyuan with a questioning gaze.

"Ah! That's right, that's true!"

Seeing the girl who dared not reach out, cowering and looking at him with fearful eyes, Shuyuan frowned and slowly withdrew his hand.

"I'm going to kill these bastards."

Rindou's eyes turned red, and he was about to Shinichiro Kusama, but was stopped by Shuyuan.

"Don't be impulsive. Shisui- sensei is already here, as are Sakura and Miki! Let's explain things clearly first."

Shuyuan grabbed Rindou's arm.

"Quack quack..."

A dozen or so crows flew in from the sky and began to caw noisily.

In the distance, Shisui's figure came into view.

"Shuyuan, what exactly happened?"

The Body Flicker Shisui truly lives up to its name; in the blink of an eye, the person in front of you is still far away, and in the next blink, they are already right in front of you.

Shisui looked at Shuyuan in bewilderment. She had suddenly run off, chasing after Kimimaro in the direction they had gone. He couldn't stop her no matter how much he called out to her.

Moreover, he tried to block it but failed, and since he couldn't use any force, he could only stay behind Shuyuan and eat dirt.

"Something happened." Shuyuan grinned, her smile so cold it could freeze someone to death.

"Lord Shinichiro, Lord Taizo's neck is broken."

On the other side, the Grass Ninja also started shouting and yelling.

"Gentlemen of Konoha, what do you mean by this? Suddenly rushing out to attack us and killing our comrades? Is this how Konoha treats its allies?"

With Shinichiro Kusama questioned Shisui and Shuyuan, his mind racing, completely bewildered as to what had happened.

And Tai San, how could he die so suddenly? I clearly didn't see him make any contact with that red-haired brat who rushed out, but he was sent flying and his neck was broken.

"This..."

Shisui was also dumbfounded. Shuyuan rushed over and killed someone—what kind of mess is this?

"Master Shisui, could you please ask your crow to deliver a letter to the village for me?"

Shuyuan ignored Shinichiro Kusama and only asked Shisui.

"Delivering a letter? That's possible, but my crow can only deliver letters back to the Uchiha." Shisui answered instinctively.

"That's troublesome. I'll write a letter right away." Shuyuan took out paper and pen, used the back of the Rindou as a writing pad, and began to write.

At this moment, Naruto Suzuran Sasuke rushed after them.

"Shuyuan, come on over! Don't sneak off by yourself!" Naruto shouted as soon as he saw Shuyuan.

"Naruto, Sasuke, Suzuran, Miki, and Sakura, please surround these Grass Ninja and don't let any of them escape."

While writing furiously, Shuyuan didn't forget to keep an eye on the Grass Ninja.

"Understood." Naruto agreed readily, Hand Seals, "Shadow Clone Technique."

More than a hundred Shadow Clone swiftly surrounded the area, making it completely impenetrable.

Sasuke glanced at Shuyuan and Rindou, as well as the red-haired girl curled up on the ground, nodded thoughtfully, his Sharingan activating as he fixed his gaze on a Grass Ninja.

Suzuran instantly gripped a paper gun and aimed it at the Grass Ninja in front of her.

Shinichiro Kusama stared dumbfounded at Miki and Sakura, who had also drawn their swords against each other, completely bewildered.

They're the victims, aren't they? One of their companions was killed by that brat, so why does it look like they're the ones who committed the crime?

"What... what do you mean by this?"

Shinichiro Kusama started to panic. Although he himself didn't understand why he was panicking, the situation left him no choice but to be.

There was another Jonin in Konoha. As a fellow Jonin, he knew very well how much of Jonin from a small ninja village like his was just a figurehead, especially since the other party was Jonin from the Uchiha Clan.

The emblem of the fire Gunbai on Shisui's clothes completely dispelled his will to fight.

"Lord of Konoha, are your subordinates joking?"

Shinichiro Kusama looked at Shisui.

From beginning to end, it was that brat who killed Tai San who was causing trouble; the Jonin who seemed to be the leader didn't say a word.

"I'm sorry, although I don't quite understand either, my subordinates wouldn't do such a thing without a reason. I advise you to wait patiently and not do anything you shouldn't because of a moment of impulse."

Shisui naturally sided with Shuyuan and gave the group of Grass Ninja a warning.

At this point, Shuyuan finished writing the letter, folded it into a small strip of paper, tied it with a thin string, and wrote the words "Uzumaki Katsuki" on the outermost side.

Is this matter really that big of a deal?

Shisui looked at the note in his hand with a wry smile; the tiny lines of writing made his scalp tingle.

"Teacher Shisui, could you please deliver this?"

"Leave it to me!" Shisui sighed, waved his hand to summon a crow, stuffed the note into the small cylinder on the crow's leg, then gave the crow the order and provided it with several pieces of dried meat.

The crow cawed once, then spread its wings and flew south.

"Could you tell me your name? I am Uzumaki Shuyuan, a Genin from Konoha."

Watching the crows fly away, Shuyuan squatted down once more and spoke softly to the trembling girl.

Shisui watched coldly, frowning as he looked at the girl with the crimson hair of the Grass Ninja Forehead Protector, before turning his gaze to Rindou, who was filled with rage.

"That..."

"Rindou, my name is Rindou Uzumaki, Shisui- sensei." Rindou introduced herself very politely.

"Rindou, that Grass Ninja girl is...?"

"They are our people," Rindou replied softly.

Shisui gasped, his sharp eyesight allowing him to clearly see the teeth marks on the girl's wrist that hadn't been properly concealed.

Although I don't know the details, I can roughly imagine that the girl's life must not have been very good, and it's no wonder that Shuyuan and... Rindou are like this.

They even went so far as to provoke Lord Katsuki.

Shinichiro Kusama stood a little far away. The four surviving Grass Ninja were gathered together, with Taizo Kusama's cold body at their feet.

I couldn't hear what Shisui and Shuyuan were saying, but I could see that they sent a letter out, which was fine.

But as Shuyuan squatted down to talk to Karin, Shinichiro Kusama suddenly had a bad feeling.

He was, after all, a Jonin, hailed as a genius in Kusagakure. His mind worked quickly, and seeing Rindou glaring at him angrily, a very bad thought crossed his mind. (To be continued)