"What the hell? I'm an Uchiha too! Why didn't you take me!?"
Shinji was furious.
He had already started planning how he would pack up all the Sharingan in Danzo's secret vault once they took him to Danzo's hideout.
Yet these two Root operatives had ignored him!
This was outrageous!
At that moment, Sasuke, who was tucked under a Root ninja's arm, slowly came to. "Who are you people?!"
"Hm?"
The two Root ninjas were somewhat surprised.
Obviously.
Although Sasuke had awakened the Two-Tomoe Sharingan and failed to avoid the Root ninja's sneak attack, he had sensed it in advance and slightly adjusted his body, preventing the blow from landing on the area with the densest nerves and blood vessels.
At the same time, the Root ninjas had been ordered to take Sasuke away, so they had not used much force in their sneak attack. That was why Sasuke had regained consciousness so quickly.
Seeing this, Shinji hurriedly pretended to wake up as well. He rose to his feet and shouted, "Stop! I won't let you take Sasuke away!"
The two Root ninjas frowned, then exchanged a glance.
One of them understood immediately. His figure flashed as he lunged before Shinji and brought down a hand chop.
Thud.
Shinji fell in response.
"Taken care of. Let's go!"
The Root ninja turned to leave.
But the moment he took a step, he discovered that Shinji had grabbed his ankle. Looking back, he saw Shinji climbing to his feet again. "Put Sasuke down!"
"You little brat!"
The Root ninja's expression darkened.
Sasuke, still tucked under the other Root ninja's arm, shouted as well, "Shinji!"
Thud.
Another hand chop landed, and Shinji fell again.
This time, the Root ninja did not turn away immediately. He stared at Shinji on the ground for a