Didn't See That Coming? This Is My Escape Route!

"Kid, this ends here!"

The scar-faced ninja grinned viciously.

He suddenly waved his hand and flung several Kunai.

They shot toward Uchiha Ryosuke, who had just used Sonido to move to the right.

"You think you can pull off the Body Flicker Technique right in front of me? You're still too green."

The scar-faced man sneered confidently.

"Pfft!"

Uchiha Ryosuke's pupils shrank. He instinctively tried to dodge, but it was already too late.

A Kunai stabbed deep into his shoulder, and the intense pain twisted his expression.

"Heh heh."

The scar-faced man gave a sinister laugh. "At the end of the day, you're just a kid."

"I really did underestimate these guys."

Uchiha Ryosuke gave a bitter smile. When he'd watched Naruto, he'd thought anyone below Jonin was cannon fodder.

Even Chunin were just weak cannon fodder.

But only when he stood face-to-face with a Chunin did he realize that no matter how weak they were, they were still on a completely different level from Genin!

"I can't drag this out any longer!"

Uchiha Ryosuke gritted his teeth as chakra surged wildly through his body.

"Lightning Style: Sandal Boruto!"

Uchiha Ryosuke shouted, deliberately alerting the scar-faced Chunin.

At the sound of his words, the scar-faced man's pupils suddenly contracted. He leaped backward, instinctively trying to dodge.

The next moment, a deafening storm of lightning crashed down like a thunderous deluge.

It struck the spot where the scar-faced man had been standing.

"Kid!"

The scar-faced man curled his lips into a grin. Looking at Uchiha Ryosuke, whose face had gone pale from expending too much chakra, greed filled his eyes. "I knew the Sharingan could copy ninjutsu, but I've never heard of it copying a technique you've never seen anyone use!"

"Ha."

Uchiha Ryosuke's face was pale, but the corners of his mouth lifted in a smile.

He'd never thought he could take down a Chunin with a single technique.

Besides, even if he did manage to kill the Chunin,

he wouldn't have enough chakra left to deal with the last female Genin.

His goal in using ninjutsu had never been to hurt them.

He only wanted to make some noise!

A ninjutsu technique could make far more noise than he could by shouting.

"Just give up and come quietly, kid!"

The scar-faced man sneered and darted toward Uchiha Ryosuke.

Uchiha Ryosuke used the last of his chakra to perform one final Sonido teleport, dodging the scar-faced man's sudden attack.

With all that noise, and at night, too—

If the Uchiha Clan still hadn't noticed, then they deserved to be wiped out.

When you can't win, call for backup. That was his strategy!

Only an idiot would try to go toe-to-toe with a Chunin.

"Who dares cause trouble in Konoha?!"

A furious shout rang out. Even from far away, the anger in the voice was unmistakable.

The smile on Uchiha Ryosuke's face grew brighter, while the scar-faced man's expression changed drastically.

Their greed for the Sharingan had clouded their judgment.

If they'd simply grabbed Hyuga Hinata and run, they might already have been out of Konoha.

But they'd wasted far too much time trying to capture Uchiha Ryosuke!

"Go!"

The scar-faced man gritted his teeth. Giving up on capturing Uchiha Ryosuke, he shouted at his companion to run.

But it was already too late.

"Whoosh!"

Several figures in high-collared robes emblazoned with the Gunbai surrounded the scar-faced man and his companion.

The turn of events made the scar-faced man's heart sink.

The Uchiha Clan members who'd arrived all had stronger chakra than he did.

They were at least Jonin.

"Two-Tomoe Sharingan?"

A middle-aged man spotted Uchiha Ryosuke and looked pleasantly surprised.

But then he saw the Kunai stuck in Kira Yoshikage's shoulder, and his expression instantly turned furious.

He looked at the two ninjas in front of him, then at Hyuga Hinata, who was being held in the female ninja's arms.

It was obvious what had happened.

"You actually came after the eyes of someone from the Uchiha Clan?"

"Kill them!"

The middle-aged man ordered coldly.

"Whoosh!"

The scar-faced man and the female ninja exchanged a glance. Suddenly, they flung Hyuga Hinata toward the dumbfounded Uchiha Ryosuke.

Then they swiftly formed Hand Seals, seemingly preparing to fight to the death.

"Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!"

"Fire Style: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique!"

"Dragon Fire Technique!"

[Ping! C-rank ninjutsu 'Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique' detected and recorded.]

[Ping! C-rank ninjutsu 'Fire Release: Phoenix Flower Jutsu' detected and recorded.]

[Ping! C-rank ninjutsu 'Dragon Fire Technique' detected and recorded.]

"Strike while they're distracted!"

Uchiha Ryosuke watched the two of them get surrounded, calmly analyzing the situation.

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

So he knew they absolutely wouldn't dare fight back right now!

Which meant this was the perfect chance to steal a kill.

"Die!"

Ignoring the pain, Uchiha Ryosuke yanked the Kunai out of his shoulder and hurled it at the scar-faced ninja.

[Ping! Congratulations, host! You have killed an enemy and randomly acquired one ninjutsu technique.]

[Congratulations, host! You have obtained the ninjutsu technique 'Lightning Style: Thunder Ball.']

[Ping! Quest One complete. You have received 1,000 experience points.]

[Ping! Quest Two complete. You have received 2,000 experience points.]

"Why?"

With three thousand experience points in hand and a soft, black-haired little girl in his arms, Uchiha Ryosuke's heart sank.

The scar-faced man and the female ninja had clearly been trying to get themselves killed at the end!

They'd pretended to fight to the death, luring the Uchiha Clan ninja into using their techniques.

The fact that they hadn't fought back at all until the very end proved it.

Even Uchiha Ryosuke had managed to steal a kill.

"Sniffle..."

In Uchiha Ryosuke's arms, Hyuga Hinata suddenly buried her face against his chest and began to sob softly.

"Don't cry. It's okay now."

Uchiha Ryosuke patted the girl's pink back and gently comforted her.

She was only four years old, after all. Anyone would be frightened after being kidnapped so suddenly.

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

That Kunai was still stuck in his shoulder.

He had High-Speed Regeneration, but without chakra, it was useless.

After all, even the cleverest cook couldn't make a meal without rice.

"Ryosuke, are you all right?"

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

"C-Clan Leader..."

Uchiha Ryosuke deliberately put on a frightened expression. Then, as if his legs gave way, he 'weakly' collapsed to the ground.

"Get a medical ninja over here!"

Uchiha Fugaku looked at the still-bleeding wound in Uchiha Ryosuke's shoulder and shouted an order.