Didn't Expect This! This Is My Escape Route!

"Kid, this ends here!"

The scarred ninja wore a ferocious grin.

Suddenly, he flicked his wrist, throwing several kunai.

They shot violently toward the right, where Uchiha Ryosuke had just arrived using Sonido.

"You're still too green to try playing with Body Flicker techniques in front of me."

The scarred man sneered coldly.

"Pfft!"

Uchiha Ryosuke's pupils constricted sharply; he instinctively tried to dodge, but it was already too late.

A kunai plunged deep into his shoulder, the intense pain twisting his expression.

"Heh."

The scarred man let out a savage laugh. "When it comes down to it, you're just a kid."

I really did underestimate these guys.

Uchiha Ryosuke gave a bitter smile. When he watched Hokage, he had felt that anyone below a Jonin was just cannon fodder.

Even a Chunin was nothing more than a weakling.

But only when he truly stood before a Chunin did he realize that no matter how weak a Chunin was, they were not something a Genin could compare to!

I can't drag this out any longer!

Uchiha Ryosuke gritted his teeth, his chakra surging wildly within him.

"Lightning Style: Sandan Boruto!"

Uchiha Ryosuke shouted loudly, intentionally alerting the scarred Chunin.

Hearing this, the scarred man's pupils shrank, and he instinctively retreated to dodge.

The next second, a sky-filling roar of chaotic lightning struck down like a thunderbolt.

It slammed fiercely into the spot where the scarred man had been standing.

"Kid!"

The scarred man curled his lips, looking at Uchiha Ryosuke, whose face was pale from excessive chakra consumption, his eyes filled with greed. "Although I knew the Sharingan could copy ninjutsu, I've never heard of it copying a technique someone hasn't even used yet!"

"Ha."

Uchiha Ryosuke's face was pale, but a smile tugged at the corner of his mouth.

He had never expected to take down a Chunin with a single ninjutsu.

Moreover, even if he had killed the Chunin, his remaining chakra wouldn't be enough to deal with the remaining female Genin.

His goal in using the ninjutsu was never to inflict damage.

It was simply to create a commotion!

The noise caused by a ninjutsu was far greater than anything he could achieve by shouting.

"Just surrender obediently, kid!"

The scarred man grinned savagely and lunged rapidly toward Uchiha Ryosuke.

Uchiha Ryosuke used the last of his remaining chakra to perform one final Sonido, narrowly dodging the scarred man's sudden assault.

With such a loud disturbance, and at night no less, if the Uchiha clan hadn't noticed yet, they truly deserved to be wiped out.

If you can't beat them, call for backup—that was his strategy!

Only a fool would go head-to-head with a Chunin.

"Who dares to cause trouble in my Konoha!"

A thunderous roar echoed, the anger in the voice audible from a great distance away.

The smile on Uchiha Ryosuke's face grew even brighter, while the scarred man's expression changed drastically.

Greed for the Sharingan had blinded their judgment.

If they had just grabbed Hyuga Hinata and fled, they might have already been out of Konoha.

But because they insisted on capturing Uchiha Ryosuke, they had wasted too much time here!

"Go!"

The scarred man gritted his teeth, no longer caring about capturing Uchiha Ryosuke, and shouted for his subordinates to run.

However, it was already too late.

"Swish!"

Several figures clad in high-collared robes bearing the fan crest surrounded the scarred man and his companion.

This turn of events caused the Scarred Ninja's heart to sink completely.

The Uchiha clan members who had arrived possessed chakra fluctuations far stronger than his own.

They were all, at the very least, Jonin.

"A two-tomoe Sharingan?"

One of the middle-aged men caught sight of Uchiha Ryosuke in the clearing, a hint of pleasant surprise in his eyes.

However, when he saw the kunai embedded in Kira Yoshikage's shoulder, his expression turned instantly furious.

Glancing at the two ninjas in the clearing, and then at Hyuga Hinata, who was being held in the arms of the female ninja, he understood exactly what had transpired.

"You dare gouge out eyes from my Uchiha clan?"

"Kill them!"

The middle-aged man ordered coldly.

"Hoo!"

The Scarred Ninja and the female ninja exchanged a glance, then suddenly tossed Hyuga Hinata toward the stunned Uchiha Ryosuke.

Immediately after, both of them rapidly formed hand seals, seemingly prepared to fight to the death.

"Fire Style: Great Fireball Technique!"

"Fire Style: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique!"

"Fire Style: Dragon Fire Technique!"

Ding! Detected C-rank ninjutsu 'Fire Style: Great Fireball Technique', recorded.

Ding! Detected C-rank ninjutsu 'Fire Style: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique', recorded.

Ding! Detected C-rank ninjutsu 'Fire Style: Dragon Fire Technique', recorded.

Dirty tactics!

Seeing the two being surrounded, Uchiha Ryosuke analyzed the current situation with extreme composure.

He knew exactly what these guys, brainwashed by the 'village', were thinking.

Therefore, he was certain that they would never dare to resist at a time like this!

And so, this was his golden opportunity to steal the kills.

"Go to hell!"

Uchiha Ryosuke endured the pain as he pulled the kunai from his shoulder and hurled it violently at the Scarred Ninja.

Ding! Congratulations to the host for killing an enemy, randomly plundering a ninjutsu.

Congratulations to the host for obtaining ninjutsu 'Lightning Style: Thunder Ball'.

Ding! Task 1 completed, obtained 1000 EXP.

Ding! Task 2 completed, obtained 2000 EXP.

"Why?"

With three thousand experience points in hand and the soft, fragrant body of the little girl with long black hair in his arms, Uchiha Ryosuke's heart sank.

The Scarred Ninja and the female ninja had clearly been throwing their lives away at the end!

They had deliberately put on a show of fighting to the death to lure the Uchiha ninjas into using their techniques.

The fact that they hadn't offered any real resistance until the very end was the best proof.

Even Uchiha Ryosuke had managed to successfully steal a kill.

"Wuu wuu~"

Held by Uchiha Ryosuke, Hyuga Hinata suddenly buried her face in his chest and began to sob softly.

"Don't cry, it's alright now."

Uchiha Ryosuke patted the girl's back gently, offering comfort.

After all, she was only a four-year-old girl who had suddenly been subjected to a kidnapping.

Anyone would inevitably be overcome with fear.

However, as the little girl sobbed, Uchiha Ryosuke's shoulder throbbed with pain.

That kunai was still lodged in his shoulder, even now.

Although he possessed High-Speed Regeneration, it was useless without chakra.

After all, one cannot make a meal without rice.

"Ryosuke, are you alright?"

The middle-aged man from earlier approached Uchiha Ryosuke, looking at him with concern.

"Clan, Clan Leader."

Uchiha Ryosuke intentionally feigned a look of panic, then, as if losing his footing, he 'weakly' collapsed to the ground.

"Quick, get a medical ninja over here!"

Uchiha Fugaku ordered loudly as he looked at the bleeding wound on Uchiha Ryosuke's shoulder.