You Kill Too Decisively

BOOM!

The armory gate was shattered by a single kick.

Uchiha Tekka charged in first.

Behind him were a dozen elites from the Uchiha Police Force.

Trailing them, the Anbu directly under the Hokage followed closely behind.

Both sides arrived almost simultaneously.

But the Uchiha were one step faster.

Because they had been bottling up a bellyful of rage all night.

They weren't here to "investigate" at all.

They were here to wreck the place!

Tekka's Three-Tomoe Sharingan activated, and he held his long blade horizontally.

"Listen up, everyone!"

"Anyone who dares to burn a scroll, chop off their hands!"

"Anyone who dares to destroy evidence, break their legs!"

"Anyone who dares to resist, treat them as rogue ninjas immediately!"

As his voice fell, the Root ninjas didn't waste words and attacked directly.

Swish, swish, swish!

A volley of senbon, kunai, and shuriken shot out from the shadows.

Tekka sneered.

"You still dare to resist?"

He swept his long blade, Fire Style chakra coiling around the steel.

"Fire Style: Great Fire Blade!"

BOOM!

A blade of flame swept across the room.

The three Root ninjas rushing forward were forced back instantly.

The Uchiha Police Force pressed the attack.

Sharingan activated!

Genjutsu cast!

Shuriken blocked the path!

Fire Style erupted!

In an instant, flames exploded at the entrance of the underground base.

Root ninjas excelled at assassination.

The Uchiha excelled at frontal suppression.

Once Root lost the initiative and was cornered in their base by the Uchiha's assault, their advantages were immediately halved.

What's more, the Anbu were also present.

Although the Anbu and the Uchiha were wary of each other, their goals were aligned for the moment.

Seal the Root base.

Seize the evidence!

The Anbu captain, Dog, issued a low-voiced command:

"First Squad, seal the exits!"

"Second Squad, rescue the scrolls!"

"Third Squad, subdue the Root members!"

Tekka roared:

"Uchiha, follow me to the armory!"

"They must be burning things!"

Both sides stormed in simultaneously.

The underground base fell into total chaos.

Outside the base.

Shin-getsu stood atop a rooftop, his Three-Tomoe slowly rotating.

Shisui stood by his side.

"Are you not going in?"

Shin-getsu said indifferently:

"If I go in now, I'll easily be targeted by Root."

Shisui glanced at him.

"You're quite clear-headed."

Shin-getsu replied:

"I am not here to throw my life away."

Shisui felt a sense of helplessness.

This child always managed to make the most rational words sound like the coldest blade.

However, he was right.

Shin-getsu's Three-Tomoe were indeed strong now.

But his body was too small, his Lightning Chakra reserves were limited, and storming a Root stronghold was highly risky.

A true powerhouse did not indulge in momentary bravado.

Rather, they knew when to strike and when to wait for an opportunity.

Shisui suddenly asked:

"Then what are you waiting for?"

Shin-getsu's gaze fell upon a patch of shadow behind the stronghold.

"Waiting for the one who escapes."

Shisui's eyes narrowed.

Almost the moment Shin-getsu's voice fell.

The ground behind the stronghold suddenly cracked open.

A dark figure burst out from underground.

The individual clutched a Sealing Box to their chest, moving at high speed toward the outskirts of the village.

Just as Shisui was about to move, Shin-getsu raised a hand.

"No rush."

Shisui frowned.

"He is going to get away."

Shin-getsu activated [Causality Perception].

Three escape trajectories manifested over the dark figure.

The rooftop to the left.

The drainage ditch.

Behind the old warehouse chimney.

Shin-getsu instantly determined the target's route.

"He won't get away."

As he spoke, Shin-getsu formed hand seals.

Lightning Chakra exploded in his palms.

"Lightning Style: Earth Flash!"

Zzzzt!

Blue-white lightning surged forward, skimming across the roof tiles.

The bolt was not large.

But the angle was incredibly devious.

It wasn't aimed directly at the person, but rather intended to seal the dark figure's landing spot in advance.

As the figure leaped onto the roof, their feet landed exactly on the lightning.

Zzz!

Their body went numb instantly.

Their movements faltered for half a beat.

It was precisely that half-beat.

Shin-getsu leaped down from the roof, his kunai carving a cold arc through the air.

The dark figure's expression shifted, and he forced his body to twist, narrowly avoiding a lethal blow.

Puchi!

The kunai pierced his shoulder.

Shin-getsu did not stop.

His Three-Tomoe locked onto the opponent's wrist.

He kicked his right foot toward the back of the man's knee.

Bang!

The dark figure dropped to one knee.

The Sealing Box in his arms flew from his grasp.

Shin-getsu flicked his left hand, wire coiling around the box to yank it back with a sharp tug.

The dark figure's eyes widened in alarm.

"Give it back!"

He opened his mouth and spat out a poison needle.

Shin-getsu tilted his head to dodge.

The next instant, he drove a Sharingan genjutsu directly into the man's eyes.

Although it was only a basic genjutsu.

Under the enhancement of the Three-Tomoe, it was enough to stall the opponent's mind for a split second.

The dark figure's pupils dilated.

Shin-getsu struck back with his blade.

Puchi!

The kunai pierced the man's throat.

The dark figure's body stiffened as blood gushed out.

This was the first time Shin-getsu had completed a kill in a head-on fight by coordinating his own ninjutsu, Sharingan, and taijutsu.

No Explosive Tags to go down together.

No relying on collapsing beams.

No total dependence on someone else's protection.

Instead, he had killed an elite of Root with his own hands.

The system prompt rang out instantly.

[Host has killed an elite Root Chunin.]
[Lightning Style: Earth Flash has achieved its first combat kill.]
[Obtained Causality Points: 1800.]
[Obtained Blue Trait: Lightning Style: Activation.]
[Detected host's first head-on kill using Three-Tomoe.]
[Obtained additional reward: Sharingan Dynamic Enhancement.]

The corners of Shin-getsu's mouth curled upward.

Satisfying.

This was the rhythm he wanted.

Kill the enemy.

Explode with rewards.

Grow stronger.

Shisui landed beside him with a Body Flicker, glanced at the corpse on the ground, and then looked at Shin-getsu.

"You were too decisive in your kill."

Shin-getsu retracted his kunai, his voice calm.

"He was going to run."

Shisui said:

"We could have taken him alive."

Shin-getsu looked at the Root corpse.

"His tongue moved just now."

"If I had been a second slower, he would have destroyed himself."

Shisui fell silent.

Shin-getsu tossed the Sealing Box to him.

"Open it and see."

Shisui caught the Sealing Box, inspected it for a moment, and broke the outer seal.

The box opened.

Inside were three items.

First, a stack of surveillance files on the Uchiha Clan.

Second, several empty vials of Sharingan preservation fluid.

Third, a list of names.

When Shisui saw the empty vials, his expression changed instantly.

"Sharingan preservation fluid?"

Shin-getsu's gaze was icy.

"Just as I thought."

Root had been collecting Sharingan for a long time.

If this box had been sent away, Danzo could have continued to make excuses.

But now, it had fallen into the hands of the Uchiha.

Shisui picked up the list.

He only had to glance at it once before his pupils constricted sharply.

"These names..."

Shin-getsu asked:

"Uchiha clansmen?"

Shisui nodded, his face looking grim.

"Some are clansmen who died in battle."

"Others... are clansmen who went missing."

Shin-getsu sneered.

"Eyes gouged out after dying in battle."

"Bodies vanished after going missing."

"Now, do you still think some people can be reasoned with?"

Shisui gripped the list tightly, saying nothing.

For the first time, his expression turned incredibly dark.

Previously, he knew that Danzo did not trust the Uchiha.

He also knew that Root's methods were dark.

But seeing the empty vials of Sharingan preservation fluid and the list of missing clansmen with his own eyes was an entirely different matter.

This was no longer suspicion.

This was a blood debt.

Shin-getsu did not continue to provoke him.

Because it was enough.

The contents of this box today were more effective than a hundred words he could have spoken.

Inside the underground stronghold.

The battle was nearing its end.

With the Uchiha and Anbu joining forces, the outer perimeter of the Root stronghold could not hold them back.

Tekka kicked open the door to the Armory.

Inside, two Root ninja were frantically burning scrolls.

"You're courting death!"

Tekka flashed inside and severed one man's arm with a single strike.

The other tried to weave hand seals to self-destruct, but was frozen in place by an illusion from Inabi.

Uchiha Yashiro immediately stepped forward to seal their chakra.

"Keep them alive!"

"Don't let them die!"

Tekka snatched the scrolls that hadn't yet burned from beside the brazier.

He opened it.

His face instantly contorted.

"Uchiha Compound Surveillance Log."

"Root Operation Record."

"Uchiha Orphan Sample Assessment..."

When Tekka read the last sentence, killing intent exploded.

"Sample assessment?"

"Damn it!"

He turned and kicked the captured Root operative.

Bang!

The man's ribs snapped on the spot.