The Satori Organization!

Figures darted past one after another outside Konoha at night.

The Land of Fire occupied the most fertile territory in the entire Ninja World.

Yet many countries and hidden villages had their eyes on Konoha.

"The Konoha patrols are useless. We're already this close, and they still haven't noticed us."

A ninja said with an air of smugness.

As a mercenary ninja, he had thought Konoha would be an exceptionally powerful place.

So, before preparing to sneak into Konoha, he had made plenty of preparations.

He had even posed as a merchant and gone to Konoha to post a mission.

He had done it all to figure out the locations of every one of Konoha's watch posts.

But now that he was finally putting his plan into action, he had found it ridiculously easy.

In a few more minutes, he would reach Konoha's high walls.

Once he managed to sneak into Konoha, he was confident he could find the information he wanted.

"Another little shrimp, huh?"

"Those guys are way too lazy, aren't they?"

At that moment, a voice rang out from the darkness.

"A Konoha ninja?"

The man heard the voice and immediately drew his kunai, bracing himself for a fight.

At the same time, he surveyed the surroundings, ready to flee at the first sign that he was outmatched.

"Don't bother looking. I'm alone."

"Konoha Patrol Squad, Chunin Uchiha Roy!"

Roy slowly stepped out.

His pair of blood-red Sharingan looked even more eerie in the moonlight.

"Uchiha?"

"How can that be? Why would you be assigned to patrol duty?"

The man froze.

Generally speaking, patrol guards were cannon fodder.

They were usually ordinary civilian ninjas or those who weren't particularly strong.

After all, the big clans were protective of their reputations.

"Come on. Surrendering or running won't help. Defeat me."

After speaking, Roy raised his fingers.

"You're just a Chunin. Even if you're from the Uchiha Clan, you're not invincible!"

"Earth Style: Exploding Rock!"

The man quickly formed Hand Seals, then pressed his palm to the ground.

Chunks of shattered rock shot out one after another.

A huge cloud of dust billowed up.

"You're that weak?"

"You can't even dodge?"

The man was taken aback.

As a spy, his senses were quite sharp.

He was certain that his jutsu had hit Roy.

"Hey, hey, hey. I said this was a fight."

"Getting distracted during a fight is a bad habit!"

Roy brushed the dust off himself and walked out of the cloud, step by step.

Then, kunai in hand, he charged straight at his opponent.

Seeing Roy rush at him, the man was horrified and raised his kunai to meet the attack.

"Clang, clang, clang..."

As their kunai clashed, the man grew increasingly alarmed.

This ninja, who called himself a Chunin, was incredibly strong.

Their kunai alone had left his hands badly bruised.

Damn it. Weren't the Uchiha famous for Fire Style and genjutsu? Since when were they so good at Taijutsu?

"Fire Style: Fire Fist!"

Before the man could react, a huge blaze engulfed him.

"Dead?"

By the time Roy came over to check, the man had already stopped breathing.

Who said Fire Style couldn't burn someone to death?

"Is this organization behind it again?"

Roy found a special plaque on the man's body, marked with a strange symbol.

His expression grew serious.

Roy had never heard of this organization before.

It wasn't Root, the Akatsuki, or Kara.

It was a symbol Roy had never seen before, and it looked ancient and mysterious.

It seemed a formidable force had set its sights on Konoha.

With that thought, Roy sent a mass of flames from his hand, engulfing the man on the ground.

In no time, he had turned to ashes.

"Captain Roy, that's the third group already."

"This patrol duty really is..."

Jo-ni appeared in front of Roy, looking excited.

That's right—excited.

Jo-ni had been through battles too, but his long stint in the Military Police Force had left him feeling a little bored.

He hadn't expected patrol duty to make him feel as if he were back on the battlefield.

The Uchiha were born warriors.

"Did you find an identification plaque like this?"

Roy took out the plaque, forged from an unknown metal, and handed it to Jo-ni.

"This is..."

"Is it those guys?"

Jo-ni's face filled with shock. Then he took a notebook from inside his clothes.

"The Satori Organization!"

As he spoke, Jo-ni handed the notebook to Roy.

The Satori Organization had appeared during the Second Shinobi World War.

It belonged to no village and assassinated ninjas from various villages on the battlefield.

Ninjas with special Kekkei Genkai were especially frequent targets.

More than ten of their members had already emerged as quasi-Kage-level fighters.

They also had at least three Kage-level fighters.

It was a formidable organization.

After the Third Shinobi World War, those people seemed to vanish from the Ninja World, and all trace of them was lost.

Who would have thought they would show up here?

"The Satori Organization?"

Roy nodded, a thoughtful look on his face.

Indeed, in Roy's memories, no force this powerful had ever appeared in the Ninja World.

Either they had remained hidden ever since, or they had been wiped out before the main story of Shippuden began.

Roy leaned toward the former.

An organization this powerful wouldn't have been destroyed without a trace.

Besides, they were interested in Konoha now, so it seemed they would make contact soon.

"Jo-ni, pass this information on to the others and tell everyone to be careful."

Roy thought for a moment, then spoke.

"Got it."

Jo-ni nodded and disappeared.

Roy put away the plaque and slipped into the darkness as well.

Before long, a group of masked ninjas appeared at the site where Roy had just fought.

"With chakra fluctuations this strong, an S-rank ninja was definitely fighting here just now."

"And the fight didn't last long."

"It seems the patrol guards the Uchiha assigned this time aren't ordinary."

The Root operative leading the group spoke gravely.

"Don't worry, sir. Our target is that Chunin."

"Even if an Uchiha Jonin is there, it'll still be easy enough to take a Chunin away without anyone noticing."

Another Root operative replied calmly.

In his view, with the strength of their squad, taking away an Uchiha Chunin would be a piece of cake.

"Stay alert. I have a feeling something's off."

"And Tenzo, you'll need to keep him under control when the time comes."

After speaking, the Root operative leading the group vanished with the Body Flicker Technique.