At this hour, though it was morning, not a single person from Konoha appeared on the street.
The silent street was empty even of dogs, as if it had been cut off from the world.
Yun looked around. It was a little like the Root Division's usual method of carrying out missions under cover of darkness, as he remembered it. A barrier?
Judging by the information he'd gotten from Itachi, Danzo had already lost patience. Or perhaps Itachi hadn't brought back any information after their recent wilderness survival mission, so...
In that case, a barrier like this was just as well...
"You don't look like Anbu. The masks worn by Lord Hokage's Anbu don't look like yours. If you can't identify yourselves, I'll have no choice but to treat you as foreign shinobi who've infiltrated Konoha."
As he spoke, Yun casually took out a kunai, then said to Izumi beside him, "Go wait over there while your big brother smacks a few rats. It'll only take a moment."
Izumi glanced at the two people opposite them. They were clearly beyond her abilities. They were nothing like the teachers at the Ninja Academy; both of them had surely taken many lives.
After slowly backing away, Izumi took out a kunai and stood on guard. No matter what... she couldn't hold him back.
They clearly looked like Anbu, with their masks, but her big brother said they weren't Anbu. In that case...
In the darkness, a cat's silhouette flashed away in a puff of smoke.
"You have no right to know who we are. All you need to do now is tell us your decision. If you refuse to come quietly, I might break all four of your limbs before taking you with us."
Another Root Division shinobi said in a low voice, "You're just a Uchiha brat still at the Ninja Academy, yet you're already so arrogant. I'd really like to see the look on your face when we break your limbs."
As soon as he finished speaking, both men drew their swords. One of them used the Body Flicker Technique to rush forward, but Yun moved an instant before he did.
Whoosh!
The sharp kunai came down from above, its immense force splitting the man's back armor in two and cutting deep into his flesh.
Pfft!
Blood sprayed everywhere as a vicious wound opened from his shoulder to his hip.
Thud.
The first man fell to the ground in a single strike.
His breathing faint, the man murmured, "How... is that possible?"
Uchiha Yun stood beside him as if he hadn't even exerted himself, and remarked, "Jonin stand around doing nothing, Chunin are just barely useful, and Genin can destroy the heavens and the earth. What does that make me, when I'm still at the Ninja Academy?"
Whoosh!
A figure suddenly used the Body Flicker Technique to appear behind Yun. As he brought his sword down, he said, "Turning your back on your enemy? You really are an arrogant brat!"
Clang!
The sharp blade struck the ground. The Root Division shinobi froze for a moment, then immediately leaped back on guard.
Too fast!
It was the same Body Flicker Technique as before. There was no way a brat could use it...
Yun easily evaded the strike by a hair's breadth, then casually bent down and picked up the sword dropped by the Root Division shinobi who'd just fallen.
As he stood, he looked at the wary shinobi opposite him. "Don't be so nervous... You may be unidentified shinobi who've infiltrated the village, but I'm only going to cripple you."
Yun merely held the sword loosely, yet the invisible pressure made the Root Division shinobi across from him feel short of breath.
How could this be?
He was just a brat from the Ninja Academy who'd never even been on a mission. How could he have such bloodlust?
And that Body Flicker Technique was so fast he couldn't even react. Wait!
In that instant, the Root Division shinobi saw Yun's eyes.
Those eyes were completely different from the ordinary Sharingan. A brat like this...
Whoosh!
Yun's voice sounded behind the Root Division shinobi. "See them? What do you think? Can you withstand the power of these eyes?"
As he finished speaking, the sword in Yun's hand came down.
Pfft!
In the instant the man failed to react, his arm fell to the ground. A huge wound gaped at his shoulder, spurting a torrent of blood, but not a drop touched Yun.
The moment the blood began to gush out, Yun had already returned to where he'd been standing before.
Thud!
The intense pain and heavy blood loss forced the Root Division shinobi to his knees. Sweat covered his pale face.
How could this be? A Uchiha brat? How could he be this strong?
Those unusual eyes were definitely different from an ordinary Sharingan. And according to the Root Division's intelligence, Uchiha Yun had never awakened his Sharingan.
What was going on?
Yun looked at him and replied coolly, "Two unidentified people dare to covet a Uchiha's eyes right here in Konoha. But how did you know I'd awakened mine?"
Faced with such shameless words, the man closed his eyes. He seemed to twitch from blood loss and pain, then eventually passed out from losing too much blood.
The two Root Division shinobi had gone down in just two strikes, one slash apiece. Against Word God's ability and Shisui's Body Flicker Technique, they hadn't even managed to use a substitution.
At that moment, Yun sensed someone had finished setting things up.
Would it work?
It was just a cat playing with a mouse—and it would give him a chance to teach a lesson.
"Uchiha Yun, if you don't want anything to happen to your sister, take the Cursed Seal and come with us."
At the voice behind him, Yun turned around. More than ten steel wires were stretched around Izumi, and a female Root Division shinobi had appeared, pressing her sword against one of them.
Clearly, all she had to do was tighten her grip, and the wire would slice Izumi to pieces.
"This same scene played out just two days ago. It's really getting old. I was going to let you live, but after this, I'll have to kill you."
Pfft!
Thud!
As soon as he finished speaking, the female Root Division shinobi's head fell to the ground.
The power of the Sage Body and the Flying Thunder God Formula on Izumi's back meant the threat had no effect whatsoever.
Of those present, only the decapitated Root Division shinobi had witnessed what happened.
The other two had already passed out.
"B-Big brother."
Yun smiled at Izumi. After leading her away from the area crisscrossed with steel wires, he ruffled her hair. "Are you scared?"
Izumi glanced at the headless body nearby. Though she felt a chill inside, she still shook her head. "I'm not scared as long as you're here, big brother."
Yun nodded. "If you're set on becoming a ninja, situations like this will happen often. Izumi, you don't have to become a ninja if you don't want to."
After he spoke, Izumi fell into thought. Yun looked around; the area was still eerily silent.
Clearly, a barrier this large required someone outside to maintain it with Hand Seals.
"Thud, thud, thud..."
The sound of a cane tapping the ground rang out. An old dog wrapped in bandages appeared in front of Yun, leading a group of little dogs wearing masks.
"Uchiha Yun, why did you kill shinobi from Konoha's Root Division? Do you know what crime you've committed?"
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