Nara VS Uchiha! (Please Bookmark and Recommend)

Whoosh—

Sharp metal slices tore through the air, carrying a shrill, piercing whistle.

Nara Kaikei followed the sound and saw three pitch-black shuriken, arranged in a triangular formation, spinning as they shot toward him.

Who attacked?

Nara Kaikei frowned slightly, but his body remained completely still.

Thunk!

The three shuriken struck the ground in front of Nara Kaikei at nearly the same time. Their sharp tips sank deep into the earth, and the closest one landed only half a palm's width from his toes.

That move alone was enough to reveal the skill of the ninja who had thrown the shuriken.

The Uchiha Police Force member who had arrived first looked only twelve or thirteen years old.

Yet the eye-catching Green Vest he wore clearly showed that he was at least a chunin!

A chunin at twelve or thirteen might have been a genuine "little genius" in other minor ninja clans.

But to the Uchiha Clan, a chunin at that age was nothing unusual.

The instant this Red Eye Uchiha appeared—

A new mission notification immediately popped up on Nara Kaikei's panel.

[C-Rank Ninja Battle Mission detected!]

[C-Rank Mission: Police Force Member]

[Mission Objective: Defeat/Kill an Uchiha Clan chunin]

[Mission Reward: C-Rank Ninja Scroll]

[Mission Notice: A C-Rank Ninja Battle Mission targeting the same target may be completed once every ten days.]

It actually triggered a ninja battle mission!

Nara Kaikei's gaze sharpened slightly.

This Uchiha... he really did intend to attack me just now!

Uchiha Inaho held a Wakizashi as his scarlet eyes swept over the scene.

Looking at the "unconscious civilian" on the ground and the black-haired boy standing beside him, Uchiha Inaho made no effort to hide his wariness.

Two black tomoe spun continuously within his pupils. The oppressive presence of the Uchiha Sharingan silenced the entire area.

"What happened here?"

If this ordinary-looking black-haired boy had not neither dodged nor blocked his shuriken just now—

Uchiha Inaho probably would not have questioned him. He would have opened with Fire Release instead!

"I'm carrying out a mission."

Nara Kaikei gave a brief reply, then looked around, searching for Little Tsunade.

Wasn't this the time for the big shot to come clean up the mess?

But after looking around, Nara Kaikei still could not find any sign of that flat-chested loli.

Tsunade was gone!

What an unreliable Big Fat Sheep!

Nara Kaikei grumbled inwardly and helplessly reached for the mission scroll in his pocket.

"What are you doing?!"

Seeing Nara Kaikei's movement, the black tomoe in Uchiha Inaho's eyes spun even faster as he asked warily.

Nara Kaikei stopped and gave the Uchiha Chunin in front of him a speechless look.

"I'm taking out my mission scroll."

To be honest, Nara Kaikei had never planned to openly fight this Uchiha Chunin.

Defeating an Uchiha Police Force member in public...

Nara Kaikei could imagine with his toes what kind of ridiculous trouble that would cause afterward.

Not to mention killing him!

Nara Kaikei longed for a peaceful, comfortable life.

For everyday minor conflicts, if words could solve them, he would never resort to violence.

Nara Kaikei thought that was perfectly normal.

They were not mortal enemies. If a problem could clearly be resolved through explanation, why did they have to fight?

But he had clearly overlooked one thing.

The Uchiha Clan's way of solving problems was completely different from that of normal people.

"Stop! Put your hands on your head! Crouch down!"

Uchiha Inaho drew his Wakizashi from its sheath, its gleaming blade pointed directly at Nara Kaikei as he spoke in a short, forceful tone.

"You injured a civilian during a mission!

"That alone is enough reason for me to throw you into a Police Force cell!"

Was a normal person supposed to have a knife pointed at them?

"He isn't a civilian."

Nara Kaikei frowned deeply, and his expression turned cold.

"He's my mission target."

"Stop! Put your hands on your head! Crouch down!"

The red gleam in Uchiha Inaho's eyes intensified as his Two-Tomoe Sharingan spun at high speed.

"Don't make me repeat myself a third time!"

"I also hate saying the same thing twice."

Dark shadows flowed through Nara Kaikei's eyes as well.

"If something has to be said twice, it means the other person's brain is defective, so please don't make me repeat myself a second time."

"Resisting law enforcement is an additional crime!"

Anger flashed across Uchiha Inaho's face.

Since when did the Police Force need a criminal's opinion to enforce the law?

Body Flicker Technique!

When the overbearing Uchiha Clan Police Force member suddenly vanished from his spot, the surrounding Konoha Villagers let out startled cries and instinctively backed away.

A battle between ninja was not something they could interfere in.

Nara Kaikei had been watching the Uchiha Chunin's movements the whole time. Seeing his opponent impatiently vanish with the Body Flicker Technique, he immediately activated his [Lacquer Eye] technique.

[Lacquer Eye]!

A somber darkness covered Nara Kaikei's pupils. At the same time, the shadow beneath his feet rippled and spread outward in a circle in all directions.

[Shadow Gathering Technique]!

But this "circular shadow" was not a complete flat shape in the conventional sense. It was instead a "shadow mesh" formed by countless thin shadows interwoven together. The largest gaps in that shadow mesh were no bigger than Nara Kaikei's palm.

Although the Lazy Ghost System had rated his Overall Evaluation as C-Rank—

Nara Kaikei knew very well the gap between himself and an ordinary chunin, especially in strength and speed.

If he wanted to defeat a chunin, he could only rely on [Lacquer Eye] and the Shadow Secret Technique!

Uchiha Inaho used the Body Flicker Technique to close in. His Sharingan spun rapidly, and its extraordinary visual perception allowed him to clearly notice the abnormal changes on the ground even while moving at high speed.

Shadows?! One of those lazy Nara Clan bastards!

Uchiha Inaho's eyelid twitched slightly.

According to the effects of the Nara Clan's secret techniques recorded within his clan, the most suitable choice when fighting them was to widen the distance and wear them down from afar.

But he had already used the Body Flicker Technique to close in himself...

Have you Nara Clan ninja become so lazy that you don't even wear your clan crest anymore?!

Uchiha Inaho stared intently at the shadow mesh on the ground, carefully observing those tiny empty spaces.

As long as I avoid directly touching those shadows, I can avoid being controlled by their Shadow Secret Technique!

Under normal circumstances, that was indeed true.

But while Uchiha Inaho could precisely control where he landed, he could not perfectly control his own shadow.

Who said the Nara Clan's Shadow Secret Technique had to control someone by "touching their feet"?

Uchiha Inaho's straight-line charge with the Body Flicker Technique was his greatest strategic mistake!

The instant his shadow overlapped with Nara Kaikei's "shadow mesh"—

[Shadow Binding Technique]!

The shadow mesh instantly came alive, capturing Uchiha Inaho, the "Uchiha fire moth" flying close to the ground, like an insect caught in a net.

Still searching for a place to land, Uchiha Inaho lost control of all four limbs the instant he was restrained. Like a dull stone, he crashed heavily to the ground.

Damn it! I've been controlled by the Nara Secret Technique!

Uchiha Inaho felt terrible.

The clan's ninja scrolls did record methods for breaking free from the Nara Clan's Shadow Secret Technique, but he had tried at top speed just now and found that he lacked the strength to forcibly break the shadow's restraint.

Even so, Uchiha Inaho did not give up hope.

I still have one last method—genjutsu... uh.

Noticing that Nara Kaikei had decisively closed his eyes after using the Shadow Secret Technique to restrain him, Uchiha Inaho finally fell into despair.

There was a saying in the ninja world.

When facing the Uchiha Clan, flee if it was one-on-one; attack from behind if it was two-on-one.

The point was to avoid making direct eye contact with the Sharingan!

Even people from Sunagakure knew how powerful the Uchiha Clan's genjutsu was, especially visual genjutsu.

How could Nara Kaikei possibly fail to guard against that?

Now, if Uchiha Inaho wanted to continue "enforcing the law," he had only two options.

Surrender verbally and wait for a chance to launch a sneak attack;

Or call for backup and summon the adults!

Uchiha Inaho had thought through both options, and his face immediately turned bright red with anger. The two tomoe in his Sharingan were nearly spinning into afterimages.

"Didn't expect you to be this stubborn."

With his eyes closed, Nara Kaikei spoke leisurely.

"Then let's see who has more patience.

"We'll wait here together for someone more important to come deal with this."

The "important person" Nara Kaikei meant was naturally Tsunade.

But to Uchiha Inaho, it meant the vice-captain of the Police Force, or perhaps even the captain!

How could I let the captains see that I lost to a lazy Nara Clan bastard?

Uchiha Inaho was entering a full red-hot rage.

Give me another chance, and I'll definitely win—

"What happened here?"

A very familiar question rang out.

Nara Kaikei turned his head, opened his eyes, and looked toward the newcomer.

Green Vest, brown hair, Red Eyes.

Another Uchiha Clan Police Force member!

Seeing that his panel had not issued a mission notification, Nara Kaikei did not show any hostility and explained everything that had happened in detail.

"That's what happened... this Uchiha officer refused to listen to my explanation and even attacked me first."

Nara Kaikei honestly told the older Uchiha who had arrived later, while also showing him his B-Rank commissioned mission scroll.

"So I had no choice but to defeat him."

"I didn't lose!"

Uchiha-Hot choked out.

"You ambushed me!"

Nara Kaikei curled his lips.

What had been a sure-win battle mission had run into such a stubborn Red Eye. It seemed he could only settle for the minimum guaranteed reward...

[You speed-cleared [C-Rank Mission: Police Force Member]!]

[You have received one D-Rank [Ninja Scroll]!]

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