Magnet Release Ninja

Although Ryosuke harbored doubts about Shisui's plan, he knew that now was certainly not the best time to return to the village.

At that point, the bellicose Uchiha would only seize the opportunity to challenge the village, and Konoha would erupt into an unprecedented internal conflict.

Or perhaps, Konoha would treat them as scapegoats for this war, or even hand them over to the Cloud Ninja to be dealt with in exchange for peace.

This remained true even though the mission had been issued personally by the Third Hokage.

The group rested in the cave for the night and meticulously formulated their subsequent battle plan.

Early the next morning, they set out.

Although they still carried the map provided by the Konoha Anbu, they now used it merely as a reference.

Shisui and Ryosuke, being the fastest, were responsible for scouting the target locations, while Sanhe and Miyuki were tasked with monitoring enemy movements.

For a standard four-man squad, completing such a massive and detailed operational plan would be absolutely impossible.

However, for the Uchiha clan, who possessed the Sharingan, this posed no difficulty.

What they had to be cautious of was the possibility that the enemy already knew of their movements and had made targeted deployments.

There were twelve target locations in total; Shisui took responsibility for eight of them, including the most distant ones.

Ryosuke was responsible for the four closer locations.

He had only secured this arrangement after insisting repeatedly, as his stamina and chakra had not yet fully recovered.

Shisui had no choice but to agree.

After all, he now knew that Ryosuke's mastery of the Sharingan was far superior to that of Sanhe and Miyuki, and his means of self-preservation were also more formidable.

After the two sides separated, Ryosuke headed toward the first target location.

Although his chakra had not yet recovered, he still had plenty of Military Ration Pills.

While this stuff had significant side effects, it could still save his life in a critical moment.

After yesterday's events, Ryosuke had become much more cautious.

He kept his Sharingan activated throughout the journey, while simultaneously using the Pesquisa skill at regular intervals.

Although the Cloud Ninja had methods to counter the Sharingan, they were unaware of the unexpected variable that was Ryosuke.

Soon, Ryosuke arrived at the first target location.

It was much as Shisui had described.

Inside the Safe House, four clones acted as bait.

The real Cloud Ninja Anbu operatives were lying in ambush in a pit nearby.

Originally, Ryosuke's mission was simply to mark the number of enemies here.

But he did not want to let this meat delivered to his doorstep go to waste.

These four Cloud Ninja Anbu were only at the Chunin level.

Since they were able to enter the Anbu, they must possess special abilities.

For Ryosuke, this was an opportunity where danger and chance coexisted.

"Shadow Clone Technique!"

Ryosuke created a shadow clone and had it walk straight toward the Safe House, as if it hadn't noticed the ambushing Cloud Ninja.

The four Cloud Ninja fell for it, just as expected.

Seeing that Ryosuke was just a child, they stopped hiding and quickly surrounded him.

"Uchiha brat, it seems you haven't learned your lesson at all, daring to walk right into our trap."

"Capture him, and we can claim the primary merit."

One of them performed hand seals, and sand and stone suddenly surged from the ground, enveloping Ryosuke's shadow clone.

Ryosuke immediately dispelled the shadow clone.

A ninjutsu like Gaara's? No, that person must be using a variation of Earth Release.

Ding, Magnet Release: Magnet Coffin detected and recorded.

It was actually the Kekkei Genkai of Magnet Release, which left Ryosuke very surprised.

However, although the system had recorded this ninjutsu, he hadn't even fully mastered his chakra attributes, let alone a Kekkei Genkai.

Unless...

Unless he could kill that Magnet Release user and happen to plunder the opponent's Kekkei Genkai.

Thinking of this, Ryosuke's mood became somewhat agitated.

He no longer hesitated and used all his experience points to increase his chakra limit.

Ding, host's chakra limit increased, currently 7100/11000.

Ding, host has triggered a time-limited mission: kill three enemies within two hours. Mission reward: 1000 experience points, one Skill Selection Card.

A Skill Selection Card?

The sudden system quest left Ryosuke stunned.

It was the first time he had encountered a system quest that rewarded something other than experience points.

Could this Skill Selection Card allow him to choose any skill from the enemies he killed?

This was truly heaven-sent.

System, you are amazing.

Ryosuke became even more excited.

"Multi-Shadow Clone Technique."

Without hesitation, he spent a massive amount of chakra to first use the Shadow Clone Technique.

Although shadow clones split the original's chakra equally, they possessed the highest level of autonomy; as long as there was enough chakra, they could use any ninjutsu the original knew.

This was the true reason Ryosuke was increasing his chakra limit.

This time, he created ten shadow clones directly and launched the first wave of attacks.

Two of the shadow clones immediately activated Lightning Release: Rampage, transforming into streaks of blue light as they charged toward the enemies.

The four Cloud Ninja were still discussing how to celebrate upon their return, completely unaware that the person they had captured had 'vanished.'

"Enemies!"

One of the Cloud Ninja was a sensory-type ninja and quickly detected Ryosuke's shadow clones approaching at high speed.

"What's going on? Didn't we just capture this brat?"

"Damn it, it's a shadow clone! We've been tricked, catch him!"

"Leave it to me."

The Magnet Release user pressed his palms together, shouted loudly, and then thrust both hands into the ground.

"Magnet Release: Magnetism Imbuement!"

"Alright, use your shuriken now; they will definitely hit him."

The other three Cloud Ninja nodded and immediately threw their shuriken.

Even though they threw them in directions without targets, the shuriken seemed to grow eyes; they curved in mid-air and flew toward Ryosuke's shadow clones.

The autonomy of the shadow clones shone through at this moment, as they possessed the same knowledge and reasoning capabilities as the original.

Thus, they understood the Magnet Release user's ability.

Two shadow clones immediately opened the first gate of the Eight Inner Gates; beyond the arcs of electricity on their bodies, a layer of blue light appeared, and their speed more than doubled.

The shuriken could not keep up with their speed.

"What is going on? Their speed..."

Before the two Cloud Ninja could react, the blue arcs of electricity had already pierced through their bodies, and they collapsed, clutching their throats.

[Ding, congratulations to the host for killing an enemy, randomly plundering one ninjutsu.]

[Ding, congratulations to the host for obtaining Lightning Release: Piercing Technique.]

Hm? Ryosuke frowned upon hearing the system notification.

He had clearly killed two enemies, so why did he only hear one system notification?

Could it be?

He immediately used Pesquisa and discovered that the Magnet Release user, who had been his target, had already appeared elsewhere.

The one just pierced by Ryosuke's shadow clone was merely a clone.

"Interesting, but this is only the beginning."

His two shadow clones vanished as their chakra and stamina were exhausted.