Two Hundred Against Fifty

"Uchiha Mai!"

The instant Dong Shiren and Jushi Shota looked up, they spotted Uchiha Mai in the sky and recognized him.

It couldn't be helped. He was too famous.

A genius ninja who possessed Elite Jonin strength at the age of nine was bound to become a priority target for other ninja villages.

This child absolutely could not be allowed to live.

Although nearly a year had passed and Uchiha Mai's notoriety had faded somewhat, his features were too distinctive for him not to be recognized at a glance.

The more cautious Jushi Shota immediately considered retreating and quietly asked Dong Shiren, "Do you think the two of us can defeat two Uchiha Mai?

"Especially when one of them is that super genius Uchiha Mai, who excels at fighting groups?"

Jushi Shota was already planning to run.

Just as the Tsuchikage Ōnoki of Iwagakure had issued orders similar to those of Kumogakure's Raikage:

If they encountered Uchiha Mai on the Jonin battlefield, then, provided they were confident, they were to kill him even at the cost of abandoning their mission.

A genius like him, if he did not die young, would inevitably become a powerhouse comparable to the Kage of an entire village. How could they let him live?

The problem was that Jushi Shota was not particularly confident he could defeat Uchiha Mai, even if he joined forces with Dong Shiren and Uchiha Takuya on Konoha's side was already severely wounded.

The deterrence of having slaughtered three Jonin and nearly twenty Chunin and Genin in the chaos of battle was simply too great.

Even some Shadow Level powerhouses who were not especially skilled at killing might not be able to achieve such results with ease, yet Uchiha Mai had done so at only nine years old.

Nearly a year