We Are the Invaders

"Bastard!"

Yashiro's expression changed drastically. He flashed behind Kikyo and, without hesitation, brought his hand down hard on the back of her neck, knocking her completely unconscious.

Looking at Kikyo collapsed on the ground, a trace of gravity flashed through his eyes.

This woman's willpower was terrifying. She had actually forced her way through his genjutsu!

Illusion Technique: Restraining Chain was a Kekkei Genkai-type genjutsu unique to the Uchiha Clan, requiring the Three Tomoe Sharingan to activate.

Those caught in it would feel as though their bodies were bound by nails, even experiencing the illusion of physical pain.

Ordinary people would not be able to break free for half a day after being caught in it, yet she had dispelled his genjutsu in mere moments.

"Senior Yashiro, what do we do now?"

One of his subordinates looked at Kikyo lying on the ground and asked nervously.

The enemy had clearly sent out a distress signal just now. In this unfamiliar place, they knew nothing about the enemies who were about to arrive.

Yashiro took a deep breath, suppressing the discomfort from the depletion of his Eye Power, and decisively gave the order, "Take them and return to camp immediately! Move quickly! That whistle must have drawn more enemies here! We have to report the situation to the clan head and the others!"

"Yes!"

After responding, the Scout Team slung the women over their shoulders.

Their figures flickered, and they quickly returned to the Uchiha camp.

"Clan head, something's happened! Someone entered the perimeter of our camp!"

Uchiha Yashiro and the Scout Team appeared at the edge of the camp in a somewhat bedraggled state, carrying the unconscious Kuja Warriors over their shoulders. They immediately drew the attention of the patrolling clansmen and were swiftly led to the largest tent in the center.

Uchiha Yoru was still asleep at the time, while Fugaku was the first to be drawn over by the commotion outside.

"Yashiro, what happened?"

Fugaku frowned slightly as he looked at Yashiro's somewhat pale face and the unfamiliar woman slung over his shoulder.

With his experience, he noticed the footprint on Yashiro's chest and the varying degrees of light injuries on the team members behind him.

They had been in a fight!

Yashiro set Kikyo down from his shoulder and placed her together with the other four captured Imperial Guards, then quickly reported the skirmish they had just experienced.

He focused on describing the enemy's unusual methods of attack, their powerful physiques, and that unknown power capable of withstanding Shuriken and enhancing their attacks.

"...Fugaku, their fighting style is completely different from ours. That energy is very strange—it adheres to weapons or the body and is immensely powerful. And they are clearly an organized group. I'm worried that distress signal will draw a large number of enemies here."

Yashiro concluded in a grave tone.

Upon hearing this, Fugaku and Shisui crouched down and carefully examined the unconscious Kuja Warriors. Sure enough, they could not sense any chakra from them, and their expressions immediately turned serious.

"Forcing their way through Sharingan genjutsu..."

Shisui murmured softly. He naturally knew Yashiro's proficiency in genjutsu; it ranked among the best of the Uchiha.

"It seems the strong in this world cannot be underestimated when it comes to mental fortitude."

After the clan head's brief explanation last night, they had barely managed to accept the concept of another world.

This world had a larger population than theirs, more powerful fighters, and, naturally, entirely different methods of combat.

"Make a decision quickly. We can't passively wait for the invaders to attack. We need to organize people and find their base as soon as possible—"

"Yashiro, don't you think you've got it backward?"

Before Yashiro could continue his impassioned speech, Uchiha Yoru walked out from the camp as well, yawning.

Yoru pointed at himself, Yashiro, and the others, then at the Imperial Guards lying on the ground before continuing, "We're the invaders. This island is their territory."

"Clan head." X3

Seeing Uchiha Yoru appear, the surrounding Uchiha clansmen all nodded in greeting.

"This is the first base I specially chose for the Uchiha—Kuja Island. Yashiro, you fought them. What did you think of their strength?"

"It was a very unusual yet powerful force. They could actually withstand our Kunai and Shuriken with their bodies alone."

"These few are only at the beginner level. True masters of Armament Haki can do more than withstand Kunai and Shuriken. They can shatter a mountain with a single punch, and even if they stood there and let you attack freely, you still wouldn't be able to break through their defenses."

Yoru shook his head. Thinking of Garp's iron fists, that truly was violence taken to its ultimate aesthetic.

If he didn't like someone, he punched them.

"How could people like that possibly exist? Wouldn't that make their defenses even more absurd than Kumogakure's Raikage?"

If the Raikage came here, he'd only be a little brother.

Yoru grumbled inwardly, but he did not dwell on the matter with them. After all, that level of Armament Haki application was still far too distant for them.

He only wanted the Uchiha elites to master basic Armament Haki, just like the warriors of Kuja Island.

"The residents of this island are all women of a warrior race called the Kuja Tribe. Every one of them is physically strong. The warriors here generally know how to use Haki flexibly, while the more capable ones are selected as Imperial Guards to defend the island—like them."

Yoru pointed at Kikyo and the others lying on the ground.

He then glanced at the rather bedraggled Yashiro before adding, "The stronger warriors are selected to become members of the Kuja Pirates."

"Clan head, are you saying there are many enemies on this island as strong as her?"

Yashiro stared at Kikyo lying on the ground, his brow deeply furrowed.

Although his battle with Kikyo had ended in his victory, Yashiro did not think she was weak in the slightest.

He had merely taken advantage of her lack of experience fighting Uchiha ninja for the first time. She had actually dared to look directly into an Uchiha's eyes during battle.

If she had been on guard, it was hard to say who would have emerged victorious.

"All I can say is, there are quite a few."

Yoru answered seriously.

"Of course, that isn't the most important part. The key is that this island's current empress, Hancock, is extremely formidable. She is one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, proficient in all three types of Haki, and a Paramecia-type Love-Love Fruit user. She's quite dangerous."

"What does a Paramecia-type Love-Love Fruit user mean?"

Fugaku frowned. At a time like this, Yoru was still talking in such incomprehensible terms.

"It's a little hard to explain. Father, just think of it as a kind of Kekkei Genkai. As long as anyone feels even the slightest attraction toward her, she can easily turn them to stone, leaving them completely unable to resist."

"Is the attack very fast?"

"It's not a matter of whether it's fast or not. It's something you simply can't dodge."

Uchiha Yoru recalled the Empress's record. There were powerful people immune to Slave Arrow, but it seemed that no one had ever dodged that move through speed alone.

"How could there possibly be an attack in this world that can't be dodged?"

Fugaku did not believe it. Decades of combat experience had taught him that even the most formidable techniques would reveal flaws under the Sharingan's insight.

"Father, you'd better change your way of thinking as soon as possible."

Yoru looked at Fugaku seriously and continued, "Because in this world, there are quite a few attacks that can't be dodged."