Zetsu Organization!

At night, figures flashed past outside Konoha.

As the Land of Fire, which occupied the most fertile land in the entire ninja world.

There were quite a few countries and ninja villages eyeing Konoha.

"Konoha's patrol squad is nothing but trash; we've already gotten this close and still haven't been discovered."

A ninja said with a look of arrogance.

As a mercenary ninja, in his view, Konoha should have been an incredibly formidable existence.

Therefore, before preparing to infiltrate Konoha, he had made many preparations.

He had even posed as a merchant to find Konoha and issue missions.

All of this was to figure out the locations of all of Konoha's sentries.

But when the time came for the actual operation today, he found it was just too damn simple.

In a few minutes at most, he would be able to reach the high walls of Konoha.

As long as he could infiltrate Konoha, he was confident enough that he would be able to investigate the intelligence he wanted.

"Another small fry, huh?"

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

At this moment, a voice rang out from the shadows.

"A Konoha ninja?"

Hearing the voice, the man immediately drew his kunai and stood ready.

At the same time, he began to observe his surroundings; if he were outmatched, he would flee immediately.

"Stop looking, it's just me."

"Konoha Patrol Squad, Chunin Uchiha Roy!"

Roy walked out slowly.

A pair of blood-red Sharingan appeared even more eerie under the moonlight.

"Uchiha?"

"How is that possible? Why would you be doing patrol duty?"

The man was stunned.

Generally speaking, these patrol guards were cannon fodder-level existences.

Most of those chosen were ordinary civilian ninjas or ninjas without much strength.

After all, those great clans were very protective of their own reputations.

"Come on, surrendering or running away is useless; defeat me."

After Roy finished speaking, he directly raised his finger.

"A mere Chunin, even if you are a ninja of the Uchiha clan, you aren't invincible!"

"Earth Style: Exploding Rock!"

The man quickly formed hand seals and then pressed his hands onto the ground.

Shards of rock shot out directly.

They blasted into a massive cloud of dust.

"So weak?"

"You couldn't even dodge?"

The man was somewhat taken aback.

As a spy, his sensory perception was quite good.

He could be certain that the ninjutsu just now had hit Roy.

"Hey, hey, hey, I told you, this is a battle."

"Getting distracted during a fight isn't a good habit!"

Roy brushed the dust off his body and walked out of the dust cloud step by step.

Immediately, he gripped his kunai and charged straight at his opponent.

Seeing Roy attacking, the man was terrified and directly raised his own kunai to meet the challenge.

"Clang, clang, clang..."

As the kunai collided, the man felt a sense of alarm.

The ninja before him, who claimed to be a Chunin, possessed immense strength.

A mere clash of kunai was enough to shatter the webbing between his thumb and index finger.

Damn it, aren't the Uchiha known for their Fire Style and genjutsu? Since when was their taijutsu this overpowered?

Fire Style: Fire Fist!

Before the man could react, a massive flame instantly engulfed him.

"Dead?"

When Roy arrived to inspect the scene, the man no longer showed any signs of life.

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

"This organization again?"

Roy found a peculiar token on the man's corpse, marked with a unique symbol.

His expression grew heavy.

Because this was an organization Roy had never heard of.

It was not Root, nor the Akatsuki, and certainly not the Kara.

It was a symbol Roy had never seen before, appearing both ancient and mysterious.

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

Thinking of this, Roy unleashed a ball of flame from his hand, directly enveloping the man on the ground.

Soon, he was reduced to ashes.

"Captain Roy, this is already the third group."

"This patrol duty is really..."

Jo-ni appeared before Roy, looking quite excited.

That's right, excited.

Although Jo-ni had experienced combat, the long hours of work in the Military Police Force had made him somewhat weary.

He hadn't expected this patrol duty to give him the feeling of returning to the battlefield.

The Uchiha were, after all, born warriors.

"Did you find an identification tag like this?"

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

"This is..."

"Is it those guys?"

A look of shock appeared on Jo-ni's face, and he immediately pulled a notebook from his pocket.

"The Satori Organization!"

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

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

They belonged to no village, assassinating ninjas from various nations on the battlefield.

In particular, ninjas possessing special Kekkei Genkai were their primary targets.

So far, no fewer than ten quasi-Kage level powerhouses had appeared among them.

There were also at least three Kage-level powerhouses.

It was a formidable organization.

After the Third Shinobi World War, these guys seemed to have evaporated from the ninja world, leaving no trace of information behind.

He hadn't expected them to appear here.

"The Satori Organization, huh?"

Roy nodded, a thoughtful look appearing on his face.

Indeed, in Roy's memories, such a powerful force had never appeared in the main timeline of the ninja world.

Either they had remained hidden all along, or they had been wiped out before the start of the Shippuden storyline.

Roy leaned toward the former.

An organization this powerful would certainly not be wiped out without a sound.

Moreover, now that they had taken an interest in Konoha, he figured they would be making contact with them soon.

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

After a moment of reflection, Roy said slowly.

"Understood."

Jo-ni nodded and vanished from the spot.

Putting away the token, Roy also concealed himself within the darkness.

Soon, a group of masked ninjas appeared at the spot where Roy had just fought.

"With this level of chakra fluctuation, there was definitely a Jonin-level ninja fighting here just moments ago."

"Furthermore, the battle didn't last long."

"It seems the patrol guards Uchiha arranged this time are no ordinary existences!"

The leader of the Root members said with a grave expression.

"You need not worry, My Lord; our target is merely that Chunin."

"Even if there were a Uchiha Jonin present, it would still be quite simple to spirit away a Chunin without making a sound."

Another Root member replied with a look of indifference.

In his view, given the strength of their squad, snatching a Uchiha Chunin was nothing more than a task easily accomplished.

"Everyone, be careful. I have a feeling that things are not as simple as they seem."

"Also, Tenzo, you will be the one to suppress him when the time comes."

After the leader of the Root members finished speaking, he vanished from the spot using the Body Flicker Technique.