Naruto: Choosing from Birth 48

None of the other team members tried to stop their leader, Scarface.

They had long wanted to take down that cleaver-wielding boy.

Kill!!!

Now that Scarface had finally torn off his disguise and struck with full force,

the other team members stopped holding back as well, chasing after the cleaver-wielding boy.

"Earth Release: Rock Pillar Spears!"

"Earth Release: Earth Mound Dumpling!"

A row of sharp rocks suddenly erupted from the ground beneath the cleaver-wielding boy, thrusting upward. He dodged them with a Body Flicker Technique.

A muscular middle-aged man suddenly ripped a massive chunk of mud and stone from the ground and hurled it at the cleaver-wielding boy.

Boom!!!

A flash of blade light swept past, shattering the mudstone into fragments. The flying rubble shot toward the pursuing group like bullets.

Earth Release: Petrification Technique! X2

Two team members swiftly petrified their bodies, shielding the people behind them from the shower of stone fragments.

Then, without slowing down, the cleaver-wielding boy leaped into the dense forest.

Scarface led his men in relentless pursuit.

The ordinary members of the caravan stared in stunned silence at the guard warriors who had suddenly displayed such overwhelming power.

There were twelve warriors in this group, hired to protect the caravan.

Yet unexpectedly, every one of them was a ninja in disguise.

And they had all been lured away by a boy who had appeared midway through the journey to cause trouble.

"Move! Head for Green Cloud City at full speed!"

The caravan leader shouted. Now that the ninjas disguised as warriors had all run off, they had to enter the city quickly. If any more danger appeared later, they would be finished.

"Ding! Congratulations, Host. You can now open the Third, Fourth, and Fifth Gates of the Eight Inner Gates without side effects!"

This cleaver-wielding boy was clearly Uchiha Cheng, while the other person used in the act had been a Shadow Clone using the Transformation Technique.

Sure enough, no matter how well-mannered someone was, if they were messed with so shamelessly for long enough, they would eventually snap.

The Transformation Technique in the Naruto world was practically a bug.

In the later stages of the original story, Naruto's Reverse Harem Technique had even brought Kaguya down.

Of course, this technique could not be used recklessly. Some people simply did not fall for it.

After entering the forest, Uchiha Cheng led them toward the location where the traps had been set.

At the same time, he prepared to use a signal flare to notify Hatake Sakumo and the others that the enemy had appeared.

"Ding! You have successfully made the enemy abandon their disguises and drawn a wave of hatred. Please choose!"

"A: Use a signal flare to contact the Konoha White Fang. This is the safer option, but it will alert the enemy and make them more vigilant. Reward: Ninja Raven Summon. (A trained raven that can easily be paired with various ninjutsu and genjutsu.)"

"B: Fight while retreating and lure the enemy toward the Konoha White Fang. Reward: 1 Revival Pill. (Revival Pill: Can revive the dead and regrow flesh and bones. If the person being treated is already dead, it will only take effect if they have been dead for less than three days.)"

"C: Wipe out the enemy alone. Reward: Ninja Raven Summon + Genjutsu: Bubble. 3 Revival Pills!"

Fortune was found amid danger!

Uchiha Cheng put the signal flare away again and drew the famed blade Duan Xue.

"Brat, wasn't your goal to lure us out?"

"Now you've done it! What? Where are your companions? Call them out too."

Seeing Uchiha Cheng suddenly stop, Scarface quickly led his subordinates in surrounding him, while carefully scanning the area from the corners of his eyes.

He did not believe that the brat had gone through so much trouble to lure them out only to come alone. At the very least, there had been another person using the Transformation Technique earlier.

"Stop looking. I'm alone! One person is enough to kill rats like you who only know how to hide."

Uchiha Cheng replied indifferently as he activated his Three-Tomoe Sharingan.

"Uchiha? To think we could pick up a treasure just by hitching a ride."

"No wonder you're so bold. Should I call it confidence or arrogance?"

"Hehehe, it's an Uchiha. Then there's no need to hold back. Get him together."

Scarface said with a vicious grin.

No one hesitated any longer. They prepared to join forces and eliminate him. After all, the Uchiha Clan's name resounded throughout the ninja world.

And if they could kill him safely, then the Sharingan...

"I forgot to tell you, there are traps here."

Uchiha Cheng chuckled and pointed meaningfully at the ground beneath their feet.

Sure enough, the flames of Exploding Tags lit up before their eyes.

"Move!"

Boom!!!

The four people at the front were surrounded by Exploding Tags and could only leap into the air with all their strength.

"Oh! I forgot to mention, there are some in the air too!"

Sure enough, the Shadow Clone that had somehow circled back had already thrown a sky full of kunai, each one trailing an Exploding Tag.

They descended from above, covering everyone like a vast net woven from kunai and Exploding Tags.

A net from which there was no escape!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The huge, concentrated explosions continued without end, like a string of massive firecrackers.

After the smoke and dust cleared, six mangled corpses lay half-buried in the dirt.

Scarface's eyes nearly split open in fury and disbelief.

In a single exchange, half of the Stone Ninja assassination squad had been killed or wounded.

Were ninja tools and Exploding Tags free? And what had that exquisite throwing technique been?

This brat was actually this strong!

He should have realized it long ago. This brat had prepared everything from the very beginning, even if he was alone.

Scarface's expression turned extremely ugly. He had thought he had found a treasure.

Instead, he might have picked up a landmine.

"Earth Release: Rock Pillar Spears!"

"Earth Release: Earth Mound Dumpling!"

"Wind Release: Thousand-Faced Wind!"

The teammates around him were also utterly shocked, but their years of coordination made them react immediately, unleashing ninjutsu one after another.

Wind blades, massive chunks of mudstone, and rock spears stabbing up from the ground all rushed toward Uchiha Cheng.

The figure that was instantly smashed to pieces turned into a cloud of smoke, and a battered log fell to the ground.

Substitution Technique!

A team member at the very edge of the formation was suddenly pierced through the chest by a gleaming snow-bright blade.

He then turned into mud and scattered across the ground as well.

Earth Clone!

"Brat! You're still too green!"

The Stone Ninja who looked like a middle-aged man appeared behind Uchiha Cheng just as he emerged.

Earth Release Barrier: Earth Prison Dome!

A vast amount of earth around Uchiha Cheng rose from the ground and rapidly closed together, forming a sealed semicircular earthen wall that completely enclosed him.

Then he felt his Chakra rapidly draining...

"Hehehe, we finally caught you."

"Old Tian did well! His Shadow Clone has been dealt with too."

"Hurry and drain his Chakra dry. Then he'll be meat on the chopping block."

"The Sharingan... hehehe, I'm getting a little impatient."

The remaining six Stone Ninja were ecstatic. No one believed that a brat still had any way to break through this Earth Release barrier.

After all, this sealed earthen wall could absorb the trapped person's Chakra while also repairing any damaged areas within the wall.