Tuyuan City is Not Peaceful!

Yuhi Shinku cleaved through three clones with a single strike. "We have to find the real body!"

Kawaki Aoba's pupils suddenly contracted. "Watch out! It's genjutsu!"

Before he finished speaking, the scene before them abruptly twisted. The surrounding forest turned into burning ruins, countless ninja corpses sprawled in pools of blood.

"Don't be fooled!"

Kawaki Aoba bit his tongue, using the pain to stay conscious. "It's a visual genjutsu! Sensei, use the Sharingan to break it!"

Yuhi Shinku activated his Sharingan, red light swirling in his eyes. "Genjutsu Release!"

The warped scene began to collapse, but at that moment, the real attack descended.

The masked man appeared above them at some point, his chain blade coiling around Kawaki Aoba's neck like a venomous snake. "It's over!"

At the critical moment, Yuhi Shinku let out a roar and shot forward like an arrow loosed from a bow, his blade thrusting straight for the masked man's throat.

The masked man had no choice but to release the chain blade and dodge. Kawaki Aoba rolled away, gasping for breath.

"Are you insane?!"

Yuhi Shinku roared as he attacked, "Were you willing to throw away your life just to save a comrade?!"

"Because we're comrades!"

Kawaki Aoba wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and rejoined the battle. "Just like you've always taught us, a ninja's strength lies in their comrades!"

Those words made Yuhi Shinku's heart tremble.

He thought of the Hokage's words, Kinoshita Yu's muttering, and the harshness with which he had treated his team these past days.

Perhaps he really had been too fixated on the past, overlooking the fact that these children before him had already been growing in their own way.

The battle reached its fiercest point, and the masked men's offensive became increasingly ruthless.

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