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As a furious gale howled past, the bandits before Shiro were sent flying into the sky like scattered leaves, forming a beautiful scene.

Then they fell to their deaths!

Nakamura stared at the shocking sight before him, speechless for a long while. Back when they had pursued Shimizu, Nakamura had learned that Shiro possessed a technique capable of amplifying the power of Wind Release ninjutsu.

But Nakamura had only seen the devastated battlefield afterward, and he had not been in the best mood at the time, so he had not paid much attention.

He had never expected a mere C-rank technique to possess such power. What if Shiro learned even stronger Wind Release techniques?

At that thought, Nakamura shook his head and observed three seconds of silence for Shiro's future enemies.

Still, although Nakamura was amazed by the power of Shiro's ninjutsu, he did not rashly ask about it. Such matters required a certain degree of discretion, after all. He merely decided that once they returned, he would teach Shiro some more advanced Wind Release techniques.

Unfortunately, Nakamura did not know that the Blood Maiden provided its greatest amplification to sound-based attacks. Unfortunately, Shiro did not know any.

But that was also a good thing for Shiro. This way, he could openly practice the ninjutsu in his head.

After all, Shiro had not acquired those ninjutsu through legitimate means and could not practice them openly. He could use battlefield spoils as an excuse for C-rank techniques, but that excuse would not work for more advanced ones.

Of course, Shiro only knew one advanced Wind Release technique.

While Shiro was dealing with the enemies on his side, Taichi had not been idle either. Let us shift our attention forward a little.

"Then, round two begins!"

As Taichi's words fell, his Sharingan turned toward the Chunin who had fought him earlier.

"Demonic Illusion: Shackling Stakes Technique!"

Taichi gave his opponent no time for threats, directly using a Binding Illusion to immobilize him. However, Taichi did not rush forward this time.

After all, there was still another person present. They had already tried that tactic earlier, and trying it again would only waste time.

So this time, Taichi headed straight for the other man—the one who had used Fire Release to attack Shikaki earlier. He was currently the person Taichi hated most. Although Taichi understood that this was a life-or-death battle and perfectly normal, that did not stop him from hating the man.

"Haze Clone Technique!"

Taichi still opened with genjutsu, but unlike before, this was not Sharingan genjutsu. Thus, although his opponent avoided Taichi's eyes, he was still caught in it.

Although the man immediately reacted and hurriedly disrupted his own Chakra to dispel the genjutsu, this genjutsu might not have been Sharingan genjutsu, but it had still been amplified by the Sharingan's ocular power. It was not so easy to break.

"Fire Release: Dragon Fire Technique!"

Before he could dispel the genjutsu, Taichi's Dragon Fire Technique arrived, instantly burning him into charcoal!

At the same time, after dealing with him, Taichi turned around. The tomoe in his eyes spun as he renewed the other man's Shackling Stakes Technique!

Then he asked, "Teacher Nakamura, do we need him alive?"

Although Taichi had been shouting about killing them earlier, he had actually guessed that they might only be allowed to kill one. Their identities were somewhat unusual, and they might still be useful to the village.

Thus, Taichi still needed Nakamura's opinion on how to deal with him.

To be honest, Nakamura was quite surprised that Taichi had dealt with his opponent so quickly. He had only ever heard that the Sharingan was powerful, but he had never known it was powerful to this extent! Two Chunin who had been evenly matched with them moments ago had actually been instantly killed!

Taichi had merely evolved from One-Tomoe to Two-Tomoe, yet his strength had changed so drastically.

Still, it was no wonder Nakamura was so surprised. Aside from Taichi, he had never fought alongside any other Uchiha who had awakened their eyes, so all he knew of the Sharingan came from hearsay.

But it was not strange. Taichi's Sharingan had originally been able to control one person. It was just that his ocular power had been too low before; after casting one Binding Illusion, there had been little left, and it did not provide much amplification to other genjutsu. That was why he had ended up in such an awkward situation.

However, after evolving to Two-Tomoe, Taichi's ocular power increased greatly. Even after using Sharingan genjutsu, his remaining ocular power could still provide powerful amplification to genjutsu!

That was why he had been able to deal with them in an instant, though Taichi's consumption had also been considerable.

After marveling at the Sharingan's power, Nakamura answered Taichi, "No need. Kill him and bring the bodies back. He is not as useful as you think."

That was indeed the case. Under normal circumstances, they would have been quite useful. Given the situation, this could be considered a provocation against Konoha. With hostages, Konoha could claim the moral high ground whether demanding compensation or starting a war.

But things were different now. Konoha had only just ended a war and could not withstand further turmoil. So even if they captured him and brought him back, he would merely be an additional source of intelligence.

And if all they needed was intelligence, a corpse was even more convenient.

Thus, after receiving Nakamura's answer, Taichi casually threw a kunai, blowing his head apart in one strike!

At the same time, with the assistance of Nakamura's Shadow Clone Technique, Shikaki also dealt with the two Genin.

So when Nakamura and Shiro arrived, Taichi and Shikaki were already cleaning up the battlefield.

Once Shiro saw that neither Shikaki nor Taichi had been hurt, he finally let go of the worry he had been carrying and joined them in cleaning up the battlefield.

The reason Taichi and Shikaki had not immediately gone to provide support after the battle ended was also because Nakamura had informed them of the situation on Shiro's side.

Yes, that was right. Nakamura was the messenger again. As for how he relayed the information without his Shadow Clone Technique disappearing? Simple. He made another clone, then dismissed it.

Since the newly created clone had barely moved, it had consumed virtually no Chakra.

After all, this technique had originally been designed for gathering intelligence, so the related methods of use were quite mature.

By the way, many people believed that the Shadow Clone Technique was a forbidden technique, but that was actually incorrect. Shadow Clone Technique was merely a B-rank technique. The true forbidden technique was the A-rank Multi Shadow Clone Technique.

Whether in terms of training difficulty or training requirements, it was far more demanding than the Shadow Clone Technique.

Moreover, even after mastering it, its side effects were extremely dangerous, which was why it had been classified as a forbidden technique.

Although Shadow Clone Technique and Multi Shadow Clone Technique differed by only two words, they were actually as far apart as heaven and earth. Well, Multi Shadow Clone Technique was heaven.

The Shadow Clone Technique could create at most seven or eight clones at a time, while the Multi Shadow Clone Technique could create more than a thousand clones at once!

Therefore, Nakamura could still learn the B-rank Shadow Clone Technique. And this was the proper use of Shadow Clone Technique; Naruto's way of charging in recklessly with it was a bad example.

At least, for everyone else, it was.

With that, Shiro and the others' final mission was declared complete. Although the process had been somewhat dangerous, fortunately, it had only been a scare. Once they finished cleaning up the battlefield, they could return to the village.

Then they would begin new missions.

Of course, that was a matter for the future. There was no need to bring up depressing things. What mattered now was splitting the money!!!

For a bandit stronghold this large, finding eight hundred thousand or a million was not unreasonable, right?