How to Handle Children!

Looking at the corpses scattered across the ground, he saw that among them were more than a dozen children.

Unlike Uchiha Itachi, who was puzzled, Uchiha Izumi immediately covered her little mouth and stared wide-eyed at the scene before her.

"Izumi, these children were being controlled. Take them inside and examine them."

"Do your best to make sure they suffer no lasting effects."

After speaking, Roy turned and headed toward the forest.

At once, Itachi used the Body Flicker Technique to appear beside one of the children, then reached out and felt his neck.

He wasn't dead.

There weren't even any signs of an attack. It seemed those people had been controlling the children just now.

What the children had said when they ran out really could move some ninjas who still had a sense of justice.

If they let their guard down even slightly, those people would surely launch an attack at the first opportunity...

Big Brother Roy, did you know from the start?

Watching the direction Roy had disappeared in, Itachi still decided to stay and keep Izumi company.

After all, it wouldn't be very safe to leave Izumi here by herself.

In the shadows.

"Has that Zhao fellow already been killed?"

"Report back. The three little Uchiha who came out to investigate us are the ones who killed him."

"Their strength is at the level of jonin. They have excellent Taijutsu and explosive power."

A silver-haired man conjured a butterfly in his hand.

When he finished speaking, the butterfly turned into smoke and disappeared.

"Found you."

Just as the silver-haired man was about to retreat, a low voice sounded behind him.

"Hmm?"

"As expected of a Uchiha ninja. You found my position so quickly?"

The silver-haired man stood up and looked at Uchiha Roy behind him.

"Since you're already here, isn't it a little rude to leave without saying hello?"

Roy stared at the ninja before him, tightening his grip on Durin once more.

Based on what he'd seen in the fight just now, it would be difficult to withstand Durin's Phantom Slash unless the opponent had some kind of special Space-Time Ninjutsu or another unusual ability.

To deal with the matter at hand more efficiently, Roy wasn't about to waste time chatting with him.

"Are Uchiha ninjas always this decisive in a fight?"

"But I don't have time to fight you here today."

"When we meet again, we'll have a proper fight."

After the silver-haired man finished speaking, three ninjas appeared in front of him.

They raised their short swords and pointed them at Roy.

"Then let's see if you can escape while I'm chasing you."

"Lightning Style!"

As Roy spoke, lightning instantly enveloped Durin in his hand.

The crackling lightning spread out in all directions.

The four men before him immediately leaped away.

"Shhk!"

The silver-haired man bit his finger and rapidly formed Hand Seals.

Then he took out a scroll and pressed his hand against it.

As smoke billowed up, the man disappeared.

"Reverse Summoning Technique?"

"The summoning beast he's contracted with must be no ordinary creature..."

The moment the man disappeared, Roy had already reached the scroll.

"Clang!"

While Roy was thinking, one of the enemy ninjas brought his blade down in a slash.

"You're not running away with him?"

Roy instantly activated his Three-Tomoe Sharingan and raised Durin.

The three men's movements changed rapidly in Roy's eyes.

But after he activated his Three-Tomoe Sharingan, those men's movements seemed to slow down countless times.

With his dynamic vision, Roy quickly killed all three ninjas.

"Ding! Congratulations, host, you have completed a random mission..."

Just as Roy was regretting that he hadn't completed the random mission, the system's notification sounded in his ear.

With a thought, a box appeared in his hand.

"Big Brother Roy, all the children have woken up."

"But... they don't seem to be from around here. The Satori Organization probably kidnapped them from other villages."

Itachi wasn't surprised by the three corpses before him.

In his eyes, Roy was no longer the Chunin he had once been.

His strength had already reached the level of an elite jonin.

"Contact the Konoha ninjas stationed outside the village and have them come collect the children. Then hand them over to the clan head."

"Remember, don't send them to Konoha's orphanage."

After speaking, Roy vanished from the spot in a flash of lightning.

Seeing Roy disappear, Itachi returned to the room and continued helping calm the children.

More than ten minutes later, Roy returned.

"I searched the surrounding area thoroughly. There's no sign of any other ninjas."

"Have you contacted our ninjas? When will they come for the children?"

Roy asked calmly.

"I have, but there aren't any Konoha ninjas on missions nearby."

"The group of ninjas on patrol duty is on its way here now."

Itachi sounded a little helpless.

After all, it was difficult to find Konoha ninjas working nearby at just the right time.

"I see."

"I'll go find some food. You can all rest for a bit."

Leaving them with that, Roy headed out again.

A little over an hour later, the smell of roast meat wafted in from outside.

"I smell meat!"

"Big brother, I'm hungry."

"Could you give us something to eat?"

They were children, after all. They'd been frightened at first.

But Uchiha Itachi and Uchiha Izumi both looked like gentle, handsome and beautiful people.

With the two of them constantly reassuring the children, they no longer feared them.

Besides, they'd been startled, and several hours had passed since they'd eaten.

"The one roasting meat outside is Big Brother Roy. You don't need to be afraid of him. He's a good person too."

"This roast meat is for us."

Izumi crouched down and spoke gently.

"Can we go outside and wait with him?"

"Grrr..."

All at once, the children's stomachs rumbled in unison.

"Let's go."

"Um... that big brother looks really scary!"

"Is he going to eat us?"

As soon as the children stepped out of the room, they saw Roy cutting meat from some kind of beast and placing it on the grill.

And since they remembered seeing Roy kill people earlier, they were a little afraid.

For a moment, none of them dared to approach.

"Itachi, come help."

"Izumi, go get some water and boil it. Keep it ready."

"You little brats, get your own bowls and chopsticks. Dinner will be ready in half an hour."

Roy spoke calmly.

"Rustle, rustle..."

As soon as Roy spoke, everyone sprang into action.

It was already afternoon when Uchiha Kushiro arrived with two others.

"Captain Roy."

He greeted Roy, who was sitting on a nearby tree branch.

Roy was no longer a member of the Military Police Force. He was now the captain of the Special Operations Squad.

"Take all these children away."

"Hand them over to the clan head. The Uchiha Clan will pay to raise them."

"We'll cover their tuition too. I'll earn all that money back for the clan."

Roy pointed toward the children and said with a smile.