How to Handle a Child!

Looking at the corpses littering the ground, among them were the figures of over a dozen children.

Compared to Uchiha Itachi's confusion, Uchiha Izumi covered her small mouth directly, her eyes wide as she stared at the scene before her.

"Izumi, these children were being controlled. Take them into the house and check on them."

"Do your best to ensure they have no lingering side effects."

After Roy finished speaking, he turned and walked directly toward the forest on the side.

Hearing this, Itachi immediately used Body Flicker to appear beside one of the children, then reached out to touch the boy's neck.

He wasn't dead.

There wasn't even any trace of an attack; it seemed those guys had just been controlling these children.

The things those children had said when they ran out earlier would indeed easily move any ninja who still possessed a sense of justice.

If one were to relax even slightly, these guys would certainly have launched a surprise attack immediately...

Brother Roy, did you know from the very beginning?

Looking in the direction where Roy had disappeared, Itachi decided to stay behind to accompany Izumi.

After all, leaving Izumi here by herself wasn't very safe.

In the shadows.

"Has that guy Zhao been killed?"

"Go back and report: the people investigating our intel are three brats from the Uchiha clan."

"Their strength is at the Jonin level, and they possess excellent taijutsu and explosive power."

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

Once he finished speaking, the butterfly turned into smoke and vanished.

"Found you."

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

"Hmm?"

"As expected of an Uchiha ninja, did you discover my position this quickly?"

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

"Since you're already here, wouldn't it be a bit impolite to leave without saying hello?"

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

Judging from the actual combat just now, unless the opponent possessed special space-time ninjutsu or some other unique ability, it would be very difficult to withstand the Phantom Slash of Durin.

To handle the matter at hand more efficiently, Roy had no intention of chatting with him for long.

"Are Uchiha ninja battles always this decisive?"

"However, I don't have the time to fight you here today."

"Let's have a proper fight when we meet next time."

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

They raised the short blades in their hands, aiming them at Roy.

"That remains to be seen—whether you can actually escape under my pursuit."

"Lightning Style!"

As Roy spoke, the Durin in his hand was instantly covered in lightning.

The crackling electricity surged outward, spreading into the surroundings.

The four people before him leaped away into the distance immediately.

"Tsk!"

The silver-haired man bit his finger and performed hand seals rapidly.

Following that, he pulled out a scroll and pressed his hand onto it.

As a cloud of smoke puffed up, the man vanished from the spot.

"Reverse Summoning Technique?"

"This guy... the summoning creature he has a contract with doesn't seem like a simple existence..."

The very moment the man disappeared, Roy had already arrived at the location where the scroll had been.

"Clang!"

Just as Roy was thinking, one of the remaining ninjas slashed down with his blade.

"You aren't going to run away with him?"

Roy instantly activated his Three-Tomoe Sharingan, and the Durin in his hand swung upward.

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

However, after activating the Three-Tomoe, the actions of these fellows seemed to have slowed down countless times.

With the aid of his dynamic vision, Roy quickly struck down the three ninja.

"Ding, congratulations to the host for completing the random mission..."

Just as Roy was feeling regretful that the random mission hadn't been completed, the system's notification sound rang in his ears.

With a thought, a box appeared in his hand.

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

"However... it seems none of them are children from here; they must have been abducted from other villages by the Satori Organization."

Looking at the three corpses before him, Itachi was not surprised.

In his eyes, Roy was no longer just a Chunin.

This level of strength had already reached that of an elite Jonin.

"Contact the Konoha ninja outside, have them come to pick up the people, and then hand them over to the Clan Head."

"Remember, do not send them to the Konoha orphanage."

After Roy finished speaking, he transformed into a bolt of lightning and vanished from the spot.

Seeing Roy disappear, Itachi returned to the room to continue helping soothe the emotions of the group of children.

Ten minutes later, Roy returned.

"I've swept the surrounding area like a carpet; there isn't a trace of any ninja left."

"Did you notify our ninja? When will they arrive to pick them up?"

Roy asked with a calm expression.

"I notified them, but there are no village ninja currently executing missions in the vicinity."

"Right now, a patrol squad is heading toward our location."

Itachi felt somewhat helpless.

After all, it was quite difficult to just happen upon Konoha ninja nearby.

"I understand."

"I'm going to find some food; you two should rest for a bit."

Roy left behind those words and departed once more.

Over an hour later, the scent of grilled meat wafted in from outside.

"There's the smell of meat."

"Big Brother, I'm hungry."

"Could you... give us something to eat?"

Children are children, after all; although they were terrified at first, Uchiha Itachi and Uchiha Izumi were the type of gentle-looking, handsome, and beautiful people.

With the two of them constantly offering comfort, the children were no longer afraid of them.

Plus, having been traumatized and going several hours without food, they were famished.

"The one grilling meat outside is Big Brother Roy. You don't need to be afraid; he is also a good person."

"This grilled meat is prepared for us."

Izumi crouched down and said with a gentle expression.

"Can we go out and wait?"

"Gurgle, gurgle, gurgle..."

Suddenly, the stomachs of these children all growled in unison.

"Let's go."

"Uh... that big brother looks so scary!"

"Will he eat us?"

The children who had just stepped out of the room saw Roy slicing meat from an unknown beast and placing it onto a grill.

Combined with the memory of Roy killing those men just moments ago, they were, to some extent, still wary.

For a moment, they didn't dare to approach at all.

"Itachi, come over and help."

"Izumi, go fetch some water, boil it, and keep it ready."

"You brats, go get your own bowls and chopsticks; we eat in half an hour."

Roy looked indifferent.

Swish, swish, swish...

As soon as Roy's voice fell, everyone moved instantly.

It wasn't until the afternoon that Uchiha Kushiro arrived here with two others.

"Captain Roy."

He greeted Roy, who was sitting on a tree branch not far away.

Roy's status was no longer that of a mere member of the Military Police Force, but the captain of the Special Operations Squad.

"Take all these children away."

"Hand them over to the Clan Head, and we, the Uchiha, will fund their training."

"We will cover their tuition as well; I will earn back every cent of these expenses for the clan."

Roy pointed to the little brats on the side and said with a smile.