A Haul of 3,200 Points

"Retreat!"

Nara Kensuke frowned tightly. He had not expected that they had still exposed their trail.

By all rights, the Yamanaka Clan's secret technique was impossible to break. Outsiders should not have been able to notice anything unusual.

Unless someone had seen through their intentions from the overall arrangement.

"How could that be?" Nara Kensuke could hardly believe it.

They crashed through the wall and retreated into the courtyard. Before he could look up, a rain of kunai descended upon them from above.

"Boring trick." The Nara Clan jonin formed Hand Seals with both hands. The shadow beneath him instantly stretched outward, its tendril-like strands forming a sealed net around them.

Shadow Manipulation Technique: Black Net! "Nara Kensuke." Standing atop the roof, Kyosuke immediately exposed the man's identity. "A Nara Clan jonin. He was the one in charge of the pursuit operation before."

"Mm." Uchiha Madara nodded silently, his aura already firmly locking onto the enemy.

As the Young Clan Head, he had a duty to protect his clansmen.

No matter what happened today, he could not let them succeed. Come to think of it, he even had to thank Kyosuke.

If Kyosuke had not rushed over to warn them, Madara did not even dare imagine what things might have looked like by now.

"It's you?!" Nara Kensuke looked up, the surprise in his eyes gradually replaced by venomous resentment. He had clearly recognized Kyosuke.

Neither side had any intention of talking. They both understood the other's goal. From the very beginning, this had been a fight to the death.

The Uchiha Clan's defenses were unprecedentedly weak, with barely any powerful fighters left.

Most of the ninjas present were genin who had been idling at home, along with a small number of chunin still recovering from their injuries.

Fortunately, the enemy could not bring too much manpower. As long as they dealt with the leading jonin, they could completely resolve this crisis.

"Let's go." Uchiha Madara leaped down from the rooftop and immediately sought out the Akimichi Clan jonin who looked the strongest.

Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation!

He opened with a full-powered, high-level Fire Release technique.

Seeing this, the other Uchiha clansmen followed their Young Clan Head into battle.

"You're all going to die today!" Nara Kensuke remained motionless. The Hand Seals in his hands suddenly changed, and countless shadow threads shot toward the enemies around him.

From Kyosuke's perspective, it looked as though a bizarre flower of shadow had bloomed beneath the man's feet.

Shadow Sewing Technique: Black Higanbana! That single strike instantly killed seven Uchiha genin.

"I can't let him keep running wild." Kyosuke's gaze darkened as his Sharingan, glowing scarlet, opened.

After locking onto the enemy's movements, his hands rapidly completed their Hand Seals. His entire body turned into a streak of light and shot toward the half-kneeling Nara Kensuke.

"So fast!" Nara Kensuke's eyes suddenly widened.

He had never expected a six- or seven-year-old brat to unleash such a terrifying Body Flicker Technique.

Caught off guard, he had no time to change techniques. His shadow could not move quickly enough to keep up with a Body Flicker Technique.

At the critical moment, a figure suddenly appeared before Nara Kensuke.

Using his flesh and blood, he forcibly blocked the killing blow for him.

System Notification: Killed an Uchiha Clan chunin. Received 360 Points.

"Damn it!" Looking at the despairing Uchiha clansman before him, Kyosuke did not need to think twice to know that he had to be a puppet under the Mind Body Switch Secret Technique.

What annoyed him even more was that he might not find another way to kill the enemy.

Now that Nara Kensuke was prepared, he would not give Kyosuke another chance to launch a surprise attack. A guarded jonin could easily ignore most ambush tactics.

Ninja battles emphasized striking after the enemy moved and countering every technique with another. Most ninjas adhered to the combat philosophy of searching for flaws in the gaps between their opponents' attacks.

Besides, Kyosuke's body would not allow him to use the Body Flicker Technique a second time.

"Pwah!" In the distance, the Yamanaka Clan jonin suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood.

The Mind Body Switch Technique was incredibly powerful, especially in one-on-one combat, where its killing potential was downright terrifying.

Of course, its drawbacks were just as significant. When the opponent was injured, the user's own body would also suffer damage.

The situation just now had been too urgent. Without a second thought, the Yamanaka jonin had jumped out to block the blade.

He had stopped the blade, but when his spiritual energy returned, the damage was faithfully transferred back to his own body.

Forget continuing the battle—if he did not receive treatment soon, this jonin would not last much longer.

"At least it wasn't for nothing." Kyosuke endured the tearing pain as he constantly dodged the enemy's attacks.

"Protect Kyosuke!"

"Don't let him die here!"

The Uchiha Clan of the Warring States period was relatively united and possessed a strong sense of collective honor.

Unlike during Konoha's era, when the clan was full of scheming and infighting.

Seeing signs that Kyosuke was losing ground, many of them ignored the gap in strength between friend and foe and forcibly stepped forward to block Nara Kensuke's Shadow Stitching Jutsu.

"Hold him back." Kyosuke gritted his teeth and turned to charge toward the fallen figure in the distance.

That Uchiha chunin had given him a full 360 Points.

If he switched targets to a Yamanaka Clan jonin, the gains would surely be even greater.

Desperately in need of Points, how could Kyosuke let such a juicy target slip away before his eyes?

"Die!" Several shuriken flew out as he charged in after them.

"You little bastard, you're courting death." Covered in blood, the Yamanaka jonin barely twisted aside, avoiding the fatal areas that meant instant death upon contact.

As for the rest of his body, he was going to die anyway. A few more wounds did not matter.

He only wanted to take this exceptionally talented brat with him before he died.

Ninja Art: Mind Body Switch Technique! Forming the final Hand Seal of his life, the man's vision already blurred as a mocking curve appeared on his lips.

"Come to hell with me."

Just as his spirit left his body and tried to "drill" into the other's body, there was a bang. The Kyosuke before him turned into a puff of white smoke and vanished into thin air.

A Clone Technique?! The jonin's expression changed drastically. He had never expected to be so thoroughly tricked by a brat at the very end of his life.

Under normal circumstances, an ordinary Clone Technique would have had a hard time fooling an experienced jonin.

But his injuries were simply too severe. Forget seeing through it—he could barely even make out the other's figure.

"Heh, perhaps this is the price for manipulating people's hearts."

With the Mind Body Switch Technique having failed, his spirit would linger outside his body for a long time. During that period, the boy would have enough time to kill him countless times.

Whoosh! The blade swept past, bringing up a spray of blood.

System Notification: Killed a Yamanaka Clan jonin. Received 3,200 Points.

"Excellent." Kyosuke curled his lips, greatly satisfied with today's gains.

Including that unlucky jonin, his Points had returned to over 5,000.

The cost of exchanging for the Shisui-style Body Flicker Technique had been replenished in one go.

"Your companion is already dead. Are you still planning to resist?" Kyosuke tried to pressure the enemy.

"What a joke. We never intended to leave alive." Nara Kensuke did not fall for it at all.

Just as he turned to deal with Kyosuke, a violent boom suddenly erupted from behind him.

Uchiha Madara's battle was over.