Cloud Ninja Attack

Sanhe heard Shisui's words, an expression of unwillingness immediately appearing on his face.

"I'll go chase him."

"No need." Shisui stopped him, simultaneously handing the little girl over to Miyuki, who had finished her bento.

The little girl kept glancing at Ryosuke from the corner of her eye; it seemed she still remembered that he was the one who had saved her.

"Teacher Shisui, what do we do now? That man must be heading to rendezvous with the Cloud Ninja. I'm afraid more enemies will appear here soon," Miyuki asked, her face showing signs of worry.

Shisui nodded, but instead of answering Miyuki's question, he looked at Ryosuke.

"Ryosuke, what do you think we should do now?"

This was clearly a test of Ryosuke's ability to adapt to the situation.

"That depends on Teacher Shisui's intentions. Our mission was only to scout. Now that we've confirmed these villages were attacked by Cloud Ninja, our mission is already complete."

"But if we just go back like this, I'm afraid that given Konoha's current diplomatic style, they will only issue a protest to the Cloud Ninja, and in the meantime, more villages will be attacked."

Shisui nodded, signaling for Ryosuke to continue. Sanhe and Miyuki's gazes also focused on Ryosuke.

"I suspect Teacher Shisui doesn't want to sit idly by while this happens, either. Besides, we aren't ordinary ninja; we come from the Uchiha clan, and our ancestral motto is blood for blood."

"Ryosuke, you're right. We must make those bastards pay the price." Sanhe gave Ryosuke a thumbs-up; clearly, Ryosuke's words were very much to his liking.

The corners of Miyuki's mouth also curled up. "Ryosuke-kun is young, but his thinking is very mature."

Shisui touched his head and said, "Ryosuke's analysis is spot on. Since we've encountered this, we naturally can't let those guys run wild. However, my original plan was to have you three return to turn in the mission while I stayed here alone."

It had to be said that Shisui was a very thoughtful and considerate teacher.

But he had forgotten the personalities of the three students he had brought along this time.

If these had been other ordinary novice ninja on their first mission, they might have been impatient to return to the village.

But the warlike genes of the Uchiha clan had already awakened; they needed to use the blood of their enemies to prove themselves.

Sanhe and Miyuki had already activated their Sharingan simultaneously.

Shisui could only offer a bitter smile.

"Alright then, the three of you rest for a moment. I'm going to prepare some 'gifts' for the enemy."

After Shisui finished speaking, he vanished from the spot.

At this moment, Sanhe's stomach suddenly growled.

"Uh, Ryosuke, do you have any more bento?" Sanhe asked Ryosuke, scratching his head.

Ryosuke originally didn't want to bother with him, but seeing the little girl in Miyuki's arms also revealing a longing expression, he took two more bentos out of his backpack and handed them to Sanhe and the little girl, respectively.

"Thanks a lot. You really are well-prepared." Sanhe grabbed the bento and began eating impatiently.

"Don't mention it. You just need to pay two hundred ryo," Ryosuke said with a smile.

"What? You want money? And two hundred ryo? It only costs fifty in the village, okay?" Sanhe jumped up at once.

"You can choose not to eat, but if you die in battle later, you won't get that two-thousand ryo mission reward." Ryosuke's smile deepened.

"You're so cunning!" Although Sanhe protested, he started eating anyway.

"You two really have a good relationship," Miyuki said with a smile.

Sanhe and Ryosuke rolled their eyes at the same time. What kind of "good relationship" was that?

The little girl also began to laugh.

The ninja who had escaped from Sanhe's hands quickly arrived at a mountain nearby.

There was a cave on the northern slope of the mountain, and inside, there were actually over a dozen ninja.

At this moment, they were resting while hanging upside down from the top of the cave like bats.

"Cap-captain, it's bad. Konoha's reinforcements have arrived, and they are very powerful. Raizo and the Demon Man have been killed in battle."

He threw himself onto the ground, speaking with tears in his eyes.

"Kumasuke, say that again?" Several figures appeared in front of Kumasuke and hoisted him up by his collar.

"Captain, it's the Uchiha clan. Uchiha..." Kumasuke struggled to say.

"Hmph, I only intended to weaken Konoha's combat strength, but I didn't expect to hook such a big fish. If we Cloud Ninja can obtain the Sharingan, it will be like adding wings to a tiger. Everyone, listen up: the objective of this operation has changed."

"Yes, Captain!"

The cave echoed with their response.

Following that, over a dozen figures rushed out of the cave.

"Captain, it's this way, but will they still be in the same spot?" Kumasuke asked with a bitter face as he led the way.

"Hmph, you don't know how arrogant the people of the Uchiha clan are. I've fought them on the battlefield before; they're a bunch of grim reapers. Fortunately, there are only three children this time. We only need to capture one of them and..."

The masked captain's words were barely out of his mouth when someone in the squad let out a shrill scream and plummeted from mid-air.

The others skidded to a halt.

"What's going on?"

"It looks like a trap."

"But we've traveled this path several times already. Could it have been set just now?"

"Damn it, it must be the Uchiha."

The Cloud Ninja began to murmur among themselves.

Yet, the captain's eyes lit up.

If there were traps, it meant the enemy hadn't left yet.

He left one man behind to tend to the wounded and pressed on with the remaining eleven.

Over the next dozen minutes, they triggered several more traps in succession.

Even the captain himself was nearly injured.

The original group of eleven had dwindled to seven, and that was without leaving anyone behind to care for the injured.

"Captain, the way they've set these traps is incredibly seasoned. Could there be a Jonin who hasn't shown themselves yet?"

Kumasuke, already terrified, asked in a hushed voice.

A Jonin from the Uchiha clan? The mere thought made his scalp tingle.

But the masked captain was already blinded by the prospect of merit.

Furthermore, he prided himself on his experience fighting the Uchiha clan, so he continued to lead his men forward.

However, this time, he chose a different route.

The traps along the way were indeed significantly fewer.

Soon, they arrived beside the village that had been burned to the ground.

To their surprise, they saw the Uchiha brat sitting by a fire under a tree, with a tent pitched nearby.

"It seems they haven't realized we're here yet."

The masked captain broke into a smile.

In his eyes, they had seven men—six of whom were Chunin, and he himself was a Jonin.

Dealing with a mere three Genin should be as easy as reaching out and grabbing them, right?

Even if the targets were from the Uchiha clan, it was no issue at all.

Still, he did consider what Kumasuke had said earlier: that there might be an expert from the Uchiha clan lurking in the shadows.