She was going to die!!!
That was the only thought in Shisui's mind at that moment. Her face was pale.
Originally, she had thought the ninja facing her was a young man. Even as a reconnaissance ninja, she should have been able to fight him. She might not have been guaranteed victory, but at the very least, she shouldn't have been at a disadvantage.
But the instant Sora Uchiha made his move, she knew she had been wrong—completely wrong!
Seriously, man! Why don't you need Hand Seals to use ninjutsu?!
Why are those lightning bolts striking me?! Why is that little tornado so powerful?!
Seriously, man, what the hell are you summoning?!
Why are so many things burrowing out of the ground? Why is that Toad jumping up and spraying water?!
Indeed, the instant the battle began, Sora Uchiha went all out, immediately bombarding Shisui with two secret scrolls and two summons.
What? Shisui was a woman?
Sorry, but he believed in gender equality. Let alone women—even if a group of old people and children had been standing before him on the battlefield, he would still have killed them without hesitation.
Those who are not of my clan must be exterminated.
To a certain extent, Sora Uchiha's mentality was perfectly suited to the Anbu. The Anbu regarded obedience to orders as their duty, with following orders as their first rule.
In the future, Might Guy would be rejected by Hiruzen Sarutobi when he tried to join the Anbu precisely because Might Guy was too soft-hearted. He couldn't be as decisive as Kakashi.
A figure drew a perfect arc through the air before crashing heavily onto the white chrysanthemums.
"Cough, cough! Cough, cough!"
Her slender body shuddered violently. She tilted her head, and several mouthfuls of hot, vivid blood sprayed out like flower petals, staining the white space with a glaring red.
Before the suffocating visual impact had even faded,
Crack. Crack-crack...
The sound echoed beside her ears like the footsteps of the Grim Reaper. It was neither hurried nor slow, heavy yet carrying a bone-chilling coldness. The white chrysanthemums were trampled and bent in all directions.
Shisui's pupils contracted sharply. Every step Sora Uchiha took seemed to stomp on her heart, striking her very core. A bone-deep chill shot straight to the crown of her head, and intense fear surged through her limbs like a freezing tsunami, drowning her completely.
She raised her head in trembling terror, only to meet a pair of cold eyes that seemed utterly devoid of emotion.
Driven by her instinct to survive, she frantically clawed at the earth with both hands, using her hands and feet to retreat backward. The gravel in the flower field sliced open her palms, but she seemed not to notice. Soon, shocking red trails of blood appeared across the flower field.
"Ah!"
A comrade's scream came from nearby, followed by the lifeless collapse of a corpse. She had no mind to look.
Because the Grim Reaper was drawing closer and closer...
"Please, let me go..." she begged, almost sobbing. "I have a family, and a lover. They're waiting for me to go home..."
Sora Uchiha's calm gaze did not waver. He merely raised the Kunai in his hand.
The movement was incredibly simple, yet it scared Shisui out of her wits.
"I-I'm a reconnaissance ninja! Capture me—I'm more valuable alive than dead!" Shisui suddenly screamed. "Don't kill me! This is my first time on the battlefield! Please, I'll do anything! I can be your slave! I'll serve you for the rest of my life!!!"
As she spoke, she seemed to think of something. She frantically tore open her combat vest, revealing an abundance of skin.
"Let me go. I-I'll do anything. I can give you—"
It was as if someone had pressed a pause button. All sound drifted away with the wind. Shisui stared blankly, then mechanically lowered her head, only to see blood spraying from her neck like a fountain.
"Wh-why..."
But she would never hear the answer.
With that, Sora Uchiha's mission was complete.
Sora Uchiha quietly watched the fallen woman before him for a long while. This wasn't his first time killing someone, but it was the first time he had killed someone at such close range.
The terror on the woman's face before her death was all reflected in his eyes.
Generally speaking, a battlefield veteran wouldn't have been so helpless. Perhaps, just as she had said, this really was her first time on the battlefield. Perhaps she hadn't even experienced one ten-thousandth of the terror of a real war.
"Nicely done." The Masked Man walked over and patted him on the shoulder. It turned out that while Shisui had been begging for her life, the ambush had nearly ended. Only Shinnosuke's battle with Tsuchikage was still continuing.
"I originally thought you would hesitate," the Masked Man said.
Sora Uchiha turned his head to look at him. This Masked Man was the one who had brought him into the Anbu. After spending the past two days together, he had learned the man's name: Kazuki Utsuki, whose Anbu codename was Monkey.
"You see, you're only twelve years old. This should be your first time killing someone, right?" Kazuki Utsuki explained, then sighed. "I still remember that after I killed someone for the first time, I vomited on the spot for a long while."
Sora Uchiha thought, You're mistaken. This isn't my first time killing someone.
Come to think of it, this man, who had initially been stern and unsmiling, had changed after he joined the Anbu—or perhaps he had simply returned to normal.
It seemed that toward people outside the Anbu, he was exceptionally difficult to approach.
As he spoke, Kazuki Utsuki patted his shoulder. "Let's go support the boss."
With that, he hurried toward Shinnosuke. Just before leaving, Sora Uchiha suddenly thought of something and stopped. He bent down, broke off a cluster of white chrysanthemums, and placed it on Shisui's abdomen.
Then he headed toward the other side.
As for that white chrysanthemum, he hadn't placed it there out of regret. Rather, after hearing Shisui beg for her life and say that she had family and a lover waiting for her to return home, he had been inexplicably moved.
After all, his cheat ability didn't make him invincible outright. As he was now, he still couldn't defeat a Jonin, and he would certainly die if he encountered an enemy at Kage Level.
He had a family, too, and people he cared about.
He wondered: if he ever died one day, would he want his opponent to offer him a flower as well?
This carefully planned ambush had been destined for victory from the moment they attacked. Now, Iwagakure's situation had completely collapsed.
Tsuchikage glanced at the corpses of the Iwagakure ninja around him and cursed under his breath. He could only look for a chance to escape. Shinnosuke before him was extraordinarily troublesome.
Even while using the Added-Weight Rock Technique and the Light-Weight Rock Technique at the same time, he could only fight Shinnosuke to a draw. And Shinnosuke hadn't even used many techniques.
This meant that Shinnosuke was stronger than him! With the battle already lost, he could only flee.
Seeing the nearby Anbu members rushing over, he gritted his teeth and gathered a massive amount of Chakra.
"Earth Release: Moving Earth Core!"
In an instant, the earth shook and the mountains trembled. A huge crack split open across the ground! The earth continued to quake, and billowing dust erupted from the earthquake.
Shinnosuke frowned and rapidly formed Hand Seals. In the blink of an eye, a fire dragon burst from his mouth. Wherever it reached, not a blade of grass remained, as it burned everything in its path!
"Fire Release: Fire Dragon Bullet."
Taking advantage of the moment Tsuchikage was distracted by his escape, the fire dragon slammed directly into his shoulder. He grunted and waved his hand, sending a massive amount of rock and earth crashing over.
When the dust cleared, only scorched clothing remained. Tsuchikage was nowhere to be seen.
Without overwhelming strength, killing a Jonin was as difficult as reaching the heavens. Every Jonin was an elite among the elite of their respective villages.
The mission to intercept Iwagakure's supplies had succeeded.
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