Thugs Who Play by the Rules

However, it still needs to be in its complete form. Only in its complete form can it become Ninjutsu amplifier, fully unleashing the user's strength.

Otherwise, he's just a big guy who can spam "Ora Ora!" In high-level combat, both strength and skill are indispensable.

Senju Hashirama was just like that. You can call him simple-minded or stupid, but his fighting style was truly an art, with dazzling array of tactics.

The remaining Cloud Ninja were fleeing in panic.

The White Ghost of Leaf Village has gone mad! He actually wants to kill the entire delegation!

"Leaf Village White Ghost! You're insane! We really are envoys from Cloud Village!" Yotsuki Mats shouted hysterically, as if the world had gone mad.

The usually mild-mannered Leaf Village actually deliberately set a trap to ambush and kill the delegation!?

Is this still Leaf Village?

The usually domineering Cloud Ninja sent an envoy, only to be chased and hacked at, and they were even told to run ninety meters first?

Is this still the Cloud Village?

After the Hidden Leaf Village's Leaf Village Asura, another madman like this has emerged in Konoha!?

"Uchiha Shingen! Do you want to emulate Leaf Village Asura!?"

"One minute you're calling me 'White Ghost,' the next you're calling my name. Do you think I'm your father? You can't just call me whatever you want!" Uchiha Shingen sneered. "Don't stop, I'm counting. We haven't reached ninety meters yet."

Yotsuki Mats's face turned bright red, whether from running away or from anger, it was hard to tell.

He just wanted to say...

Then why the hell aren't you chasing us? Didn't you tell us to run ninety meters first?!

After a while, he heard Uchiha Shingen start rambling again.

"Hey, this imposter Yotsuki Bro, you're pretty fast! Almost ninety meters. Well, let's round it up and say you've run ninety meters."

Before the words were finished, a familiar roar came from behind, along with a suffocating heat wave.

Holy crap!

Yotsuki Mats used Lightning Release Body Flicker Technique, lunging to the side like a hungry dog pouncing on its prey, smashing through several trees in the process.

The splinters that flew out when the tree was knocked apart almost pierced his eye socket, but he couldn't care less.

As he flew through the air, he saw a sea of red flames rushing past his feet, and the land he had just run across was engulfed by the towering flames!

A scream rang out, and the figure of a companion twisted and struggled in the sea of fire, but soon silence fell.

The Yotsuki Mats flew out of a forest like a cannonball, crashed heavily into the mud, and rolled a long way away.

In his dizziness, he felt a sharp pain in the sole of his foot!

A burning heat began to spread across the soles of my feet.

Thinking of the description of Uchiha Shingen's Ninjutsu in the intelligence report, Yotsuki Mats didn't have time to think much. He used the most brutal method to reposition his dislocated arm, then endured the pain, took out a water bottle, opened the lid, and poured it on his feet.

Sizzle!

With a sound like meat being grilled on a hot plate, scalding steam rose into the air, burning large blisters on his hands holding the kettle.

Yotsuki Mats gritted his teeth and didn't utter a sound.

After pouring a pot of water, the burning sensation on my soles finally subsided.

He tossed aside the kettle, glanced at his hands, which were now mangled beyond recognition, Yotsuki Mats used his other hand to support his feet, looking at them once more.

It's shrunk by a whole size!

Thankfully, I can still feel it; it's not completely useless.

Despair welled up in his heart.

This kind of strength was different from the feeling he had towards the Raikage.

Is this what they call Kage Level strength?

No wonder it's said that only one other ninja of the Five Kage level can stand against a Five Kage- level ninja.

He looked up and saw flames shooting straight into the night sky from the other side of the woods, turning half the sky red.

If even Jonin such a state, then my companions must all have been wiped out by now.

Suddenly, he saw Uchiha Shingen emerge from the forest.

"You reacted pretty quickly."

"Uchiha Shingen, do you really intend to drive Kumogakure to its doom?" Yotsuki Mats was sweating profusely.

The air was filled with a surging, boundless Chakra that pressed in from all directions.

This person has even reached this level in Chakra release?

He's only twenty years old, right? Is he even human?

If Uchiha Shingen knew what he was thinking, he would definitely curl his lip in disdain.

Barbarians are barbarians, they have no knowledge or understanding.

Twenty-year-old Kage Level is nothing!

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Chapter Twenty-One: The Rule-Abiding Thug

Looking at the monster before him, Yotsuki Mats felt a bitter taste in his mouth.

The Kumogakure still underestimated Uchiha Shingen's strength.

He's much more capable now than before!

Ice Release Giant? That's all in the past! The giant from before was real Chakra.

And that sword—there's something wrong with it. It's not as simple as just Chakra gathering or a form change from the Scorch Release technique.

It has the ability to break through Ninjutsu!

"I've already said, we are an envoy from the Cloud Village, and the documents are on me," Yotsuki Mats said through gritted teeth.

Although Uchiha Shingen ruthlessly killed the delegation, Yotsuki Mats did not forget that Uchiha Shingen had been trying to label them as people disguised as Cloud Ninja.

Despite being rumored to be "bloodthirsty and cruel," Uchiha Shingen will not be a second Leaf Village Asura, because all his brutality is within the framework of the rules of the Ninja World.

He's a thug, but also a thug who knows the rules.

Therefore, even if Yotsuki Mats is killed here, he must insist that he is a messenger from the Cloud Village.

Whether it will be discovered later is not something he needs to consider.

He just focuses on doing his own job well!

After saying that, Yotsuki Mats reached into his clothes.

Even if Uchiha Shingen were to pin him to the ground with a single flaming sword strike right now, he would still make sure the document in his arms was safely presented to Uchiha Shingen.

He was willing to gamble, gamble on Uchiha Shingen's inherent adherence to rules, gamble that Uchiha Shingen wouldn't destroy this document!

Yotsuki Mats's every move was observed by Uchiha Shingen.

The Tomoe in Uchiha Shingen's Sharingan spun, and a flaming sword materialized in his hand.

He looked at the Cloud Ninja in front of him.

This Cloud Ninja must have known he was doomed, but he was still thinking about that document.

Uchiha Shingen thought of another person, a man he had only met once, who was ridiculed his whole life, but who ended up being incredibly handsome.

Although the people they protect are different, their attitudes toward life and death are the same.

Yotsuki Mats finally took out the document, using his other good hand to retrieve it, afraid that the bloodstains would ruin the writing on the document.

He raised his hand, avoiding the path he thought the flaming sword would take if it were to fall, and stared at Uchiha Shingen.

There was fear in the man's eyes, but his hand was raised high and steady.

It was as if he wasn't entrusting a document to someone else, but his life.

"What's your name?" Uchiha Shingen asked.

"Cloud Village Jonin, Yotsuki Mats."

"Since you are from the Yotsuki Clan, why don't you use Storm Release?"

"The Leaf Village's White Ghost can learn any Ninjutsu he's seen; Storm Release isn't just mine."

Uchiha Shingen curled his lip.

Sure enough, once the reputation spread, things became inconvenient.

Can't you guys have a little more confidence? It's a bloodline limit, after all! It's common knowledge that the Sharingan can't copy bloodlines!

The flaming sword vanished from his hand.

"Give it to me." He held out his hand. "Give me the documents."

Yotsuki Mats was overjoyed. He stood up with a limp and solemnly handed the document to Uchiha Shingen.

Uchiha Shingen opened the document.

It is indeed genuine, bearing the Fourth Raikage's autograph, just like the previous documents, and the anti-counterfeiting marks are also the same.

"I will have the Lord Hokage verify the Raikage's signature, but you still won't be able to see the Hokage."

"I've already delivered the document personally signed by Lord Raikage." There was a pleading look in Yotsuki Mats's eyes. "Right?"

"What are you thinking? Since you might be a ninja from Cloud Village, you don't need to die." Uchiha Shingen glanced at him. "Congratulations, you survived."

Yotsuki Mats was stunned.

Uchiha Shingen had already rolled up the document again, then put his hand on Yotsuki Mats's shoulder and activated the Flying Thunder God.

He appeared directly at the Police Force entrance with Yotsuki Mats.

As soon as he appeared, the Uchiha Clan ninja guarding the gate saw that he was carrying someone and immediately rushed over.

"Send a team to take him to the hospital. This man is suspected to be an important figure in Cloud Village. Keep an eye on him. If he behaves strangely, kill him." Uchiha Shingen handed Yotsuki Mats to his clansmen, then looked at him and said, "You heard what I just said. Behave yourself, or you might come in alive but not leave alive."

Still in a daze, Yotsuki Mats nodded subconsciously upon hearing this.

The Uchiha Clan clansman stepped forward and restrained him, ignoring how miserable he looked, and instead shouted towards the Police Force gate.

A squad of Konoha Military Police Force rushed out; it was a standard four-man team.

One Uchiha Clan, one Hyuga Clan, one Inuzuka Clan, and one Aburame Clan.

This is how elite squads of the Konoha Military Police Force are now configured.

The four-person team took over the escort mission and headed towards Leaf Hospital with Yotsuki Mats as their escort.

"Where's the guy with the Yakumi?" Uchiha Shingen asked the clansman at the door.

"The minister is still in his office," the tribesman said. "Brother Shingen, who is that person?"

"Oh, didn't they say an envoy from Cloud Village was coming today? I ran over and it didn't seem like it. They even attacked me, so I beat them up, and this is the only one left alive."

"I see." The young clansman suddenly realized, "To fight with Brother Shingen would be nothing short of suicide."

"Oh, I was just acting in self-defense." Uchiha Shingen chuckled, patting him on the shoulder. "Please tell Uncle Yakumi about what happened earlier. I'm in a hurry here, I need to go to the Hokage Building first."

"Okay, Shingen -ge, you go ahead. I'll handle things at the department."

After bidding farewell to his young admirer in the clan, Uchiha Shingen used the Flying Thunder God to instantly reach the Hokage Building and then headed to the Hokage's office.

The Konoha Ninja at the office door, seeing him run over, skillfully opened the office door for him.

Upon entering the office, two of the Leaf Five were soaking goji berries, one was smoking, and the other two were reading.

She's been waiting for him.

"Lord Hokage, this is a new document." Uchiha Shingen took out the new document.

"Oh, new documents? So there's been a change in personnel?" Namikaze Minato put down his precious goji berry tea and took the documents to read.

Uchiha Fugaku, standing to the side, asked, "Are there any survivors?"

"Chief, your words are hurtful. Do you think I'm that kind of person?"

"If you're not, then am I?" Uchiha Fugaku said unhappily. "There are only a few of us, what's there to be embarrassed about?"