Aburame Ryoma leaped onto the treetops. Clad in a black hooded trench coat, he moved as lightly as a weightless ghostly shadow. In truth, his body did not weigh much at all.
As the Shinobi World's foremost insect-user clan, the Aburame Clan allowed insects to parasitize their bodies and fed them with their own Chakra. There was simply no excess fat left for them to develop like the Akimichi Clan.
After observing the surrounded Shōchiku-tei for seven or eight seconds, the insects he had sent out brought back very little information. The insects that had infiltrated the place had been almost entirely wiped out. Even the insects bred by his clan could not overcome a creature's instinctive fear of fire!
And the Uchiha were, coincidentally, the Shinobi World's foremost experts at playing with fire.
Still, No matter what, there was no retreat from today's operation!
Aburame Ryoma was a typical member of the Aburame Clan: taciturn, fond of acting alone, with a hobby of collecting insects. Yet he was also a typical ninja—dutiful and unwavering, never acting recklessly based on personal preference. Orders from above outweighed everything else. Even if a mountain of blades and a sea of flames stood before him, he would walk straight into them without blinking.
"Third Squad, Sixth Squad, Seventh Squad, take the lead."
The order was passed down.
The three fully assembled elite squads immediately moved. They vaulted over the walls without bothering with disguise or concealment, charging openly into Shōchiku-tei and swiftly closing in on the target's location—the Stone Garden.
It could not be helped.
The targets were Uchiha and Hyūga.
Under the watch of the Byakugan and Sharingan, the infiltration methods they took pride in would be utterly meaningless. Their usual assassination techniques could not be employed at all. Attempting them would