Fighting for Life

"Break!"

Gripping Fubuki Tachi tightly in his right hand, Uchiha Yue closed in on a Sunagakure chunin. In the instant he reached his target, he brought Fubuki Tachi down, striking the chunin squarely on the shoulder. Although the slash had already seriously wounded the Sunagakure chunin before him, Uchiha Yue would still need to follow up with another blow if he wanted to kill him completely.

Therefore, before the Sunagakure chunin in front of him could react, Uchiha Yue shifted his position with Falling Moon Style: Shatter Step, preparing to bring Fubuki Tachi down again and strike the man's vital point, killing him first. However, just as Uchiha Yue began moving with Falling Moon Style: Shatter Step, Purple Eye suddenly revealed that the formation of the Sunagakure ninja squad before him was beginning to change.

However...

When Purple Eye showed Uchiha Yue that the Sunagakure ninja squad's formation was beginning to contract, there was not the slightest trace of panic on his face.

Instead, a faint smile curled at the corner of Uchiha Yue's lips. Clearly, what he had wanted all along was to disrupt the formation of the Sunagakure ninja squad before him!

"Since this Sunagakure ninja unit was trained specifically for war, breaking through by conventional means is practically impossible."

"So, while this Sunagakure ninja unit has no commander, I can only throw the situation into as much chaos as possible."

"Only amid chaos will I have a chance to break free."

"Otherwise, I'll be trapped to death in this Sunagakure ninja unit's encirclement and slaughtered by those Sunagakure ninjas!"

Clearly, the breakout strategy Uchiha Yue had devised earlier was to disrupt the formation of the Sunagakure ninja unit before him, throw the entire battle into chaos, and seek an opportunity to escape. After Uchiha Yue severely wounded