Hunting the Anbu

After a long journey of putting on an act, Sasuke finally arrived at the mountain behind Konoha. Looking at the Hokage Building in the distance, his expression was somewhat complex.

This was the place where he had first met Kurama Yakumo, and also the place where they had last seen each other. Compared to Ino and Sakura, Sasuke still preferred Kurama Yakumo, but after he treated her inner demons, the Kurama Clan had moved away.

A month after they moved, Sasuke received a letter written by Kurama Yakumo, and at the end of the letter was the location where the Kurama Clan was living in seclusion.

"Sigh, time to get down to business!" Recalling the letter he had placed in his Storage Scroll, Sasuke's expression was subtle. Regarding Kurama Yakumo, who was a bit older than him, his feelings were complicated.

After composing himself, Sasuke took off the backpack on his back and took out a Storage Scroll, immediately summoning a tent. The reason Sasuke had come out at dusk was specifically to spend the night here!

After a quick meal, Sasuke went straight into the tent to sleep. After all, there were still people monitoring him, and it was not yet time for the hunt.

In the Hokage office, Sarutobi Hiruzen watched Sasuke's actions with a complex expression. What was he doing? A vacation?

"Perhaps he just didn't want to stay there today," Nara Shikaku, who was watching Sasuke's movements from the side, slowly speculated.

"That's true, today is an ominous day." Upon hearing Shikaku's guess, he nodded calmly. After all, this day four years ago was not a good day.

At night, after discovering that no one was watching him, Sasuke summoned his special Shadow Clone Technique and turned it into a small snake, hiding it in the mountain behind the village.

Sasuke's purpose in doing this was naturally to hunt down those Anbu tasked with sealing off the mountain. After all, this shadow clone and Sasuke could swap positions at any time...

After placing the shadow clone in the mountain, Sasuke began to sleep. The snake had been released; it was just a matter of when it would find prey.

The next morning, upon discovering that the shadow clone was still there, the corners of Sasuke's mouth curled up slightly, and he shouldered his pack to head back.

Returning home, Sasuke immediately summoned ten shadow clones to begin training in the courtyard. As for the reason? Naturally, it was to forge an alibi!

After finishing all the camouflage, Sasuke quickly swapped positions with the shadow clone left in the mountain. The shadow clone that had just been swapped back also joined the training. As for the content of the training? It was naturally one-handed seals, because that was the stuff that allowed one to clap their hands and summon whatever they wanted!

In the Hokage office, Sarutobi Hiruzen watched Sasuke training with his shadow clones, his expression stunned. He really was diligent!

"No matter how diligent, he is still just a slave bound by the Will of Fire."

Watching Sasuke train, Sarutobi Hiruzen smiled sinisterly, then went back to his peeping...

In the mountain behind Konoha, Sasuke quietly appeared on a large tree. After appearing, he quickly changed into the attire of Root, then began to roam through the jungle!

As for why it was Root, that was naturally to make the "Scapegoat King" take the blame. Did that even need to be asked?

Using the Body Flicker Technique to roam through the jungle, Sasuke soon discovered his target: an Anbu squad.

These four people were moving forward, and the one at the very front was undoubtedly the captain of this Anbu squad.

After discovering these people, Sasuke quickly took out a Kunai and approached the four!

After reaching a certain distance, Sasuke switched directly to his Three-Tomoe Sharingan and appeared right in front of the four!

"Four of you, where are you in such a rush to go?" After appearing before them, Sasuke asked with a wicked smile!

"Who are you? How do you have the Sharingan!"

Seeing the Sharingan, the Anbu captain began to interrogate Sasuke. After all, the Sharingan was a rare commodity for Konoha nowadays!

"Sigh... to recognize the Sharingan and still dare to stare at it like that, I really wonder if your brains are broken!"

Sasuke, who had originally wanted to chat with this Anbu squad leader, curled his lips in frustration after seeing the four Anbu members looking at his Sharingan with such curiosity. Was this a case of curiosity killing the cat?

"Kyōka Suigetsu!"

After nonchalantly activating Kyōka Suigetsu, Sasuke held his Kunai and slowly approached the Anbu squad leader.

The Kunai gently slid across the throat of the Anbu squad leader, and the squad leader was declared to have died heroically.

This was the terror of Kyōka Suigetsu. As long as one made eye contact with Sasuke's Sharingan, their five senses would be directly stripped away, turning them into a person who passively received information, and they wouldn't even feel anything upon death!

After easily resolving this Anbu squad, Sasuke began to "loot the bodies." After all, Sasuke's ninjutsu were far too few right now. After sorting through the useful items, Sasuke handed the entire Anbu squad over to the Divine Refining Eye.

After using a sealing scroll to seal the Anbu squad leader's clothes, Sasuke continued his assassination plan.

A day passed quickly. At night, Sasuke swapped positions with his shadow clone again and returned to his home.

Throughout the entire day, Sasuke had secretly disposed of three Anbu squads. When dealing with the last one, Sasuke did not use the Sharingan because it wasn't necessary; after all, his practical combat ability had been slowly improving!

Returning home, Sasuke dispelled the shadow clone and entered the basement.

After opening the storage tab, Sasuke found that his harvest was quite bountiful. He had gained a total of 15,000 general proficiency points—2,000 for a Jonin and 1,000 for a Chunin, and an Anbu squad was exactly one Jonin plus three Chunin.

One squad was 5,000, and three squads were exactly 15,000. In addition to these general proficiency points, Sasuke also obtained a piece of Earth Release Crystal. Using it would grant Earth Release Chakra, but Sasuke was not interested in this at the moment.

Upon discovering that he had a large amount of general proficiency points again, the first thing Sasuke did was to max out the proficiency of the Ame-no-Murakumo-no-Tsurugi!

[Maxed out the proficiency of the Ame-no-Murakumo-no-Tsurugi, obtained one special fusion opportunity!]

The moment he maxed out this proficiency, Sasuke noticed such a dialog box appearing on the panel. At the same time, the proficiency level was no longer displayed behind the Ame-no-Murakumo-no-Tsurugi!

"Is that so? As expected, 10,000 proficiency points is the final peak. I just didn't expect that doing this would also grant a special fusion opportunity!"

Looking at the prompt on the system panel, Sasuke smiled casually and then added 3,000 general proficiency points to the Copy ability of the Sharingan.

In an instant, Sasuke's general proficiency points were left with 5,000, but what he got in return was that on his current panel, there were no more ninjutsu that could continue to increase in proficiency, other than hand seals!

"Murder and arson lead to golden belts!"

A successor of the Will of Fire, murder and arson lead to golden belts!

Requesting votes from all you big bosses (づ●─●)づ