Hozuki Mangetsu rested Hiramekarei on his shoulder, looking far more relaxed than his companions.
He looked at the dark figure and said with slight dissatisfaction, "Hey, hey, aren't you getting a little too full of yourself?"
"How could I?" The person in the darkness stepped out.
The firelight illuminated his face.
Though he wore neither a Hidden Leaf forehead protector nor a Hidden Leaf ninja's combat uniform, those crimson Sharingan unmistakably proved his identity.
White Ghost, Uchiha Shingen.
With Water Release so exaggerated it was almost absurd, he had reaped Mist Ninja lives like a demon. That was how the name White Ghost had come about.
During the Third Shinobi World War, whenever Mist Ninja saw towering waves rising ahead, they knew White Ghost was there. Anyone with a Kekkei Genkai ran immediately.
The Hiding in Mist Technique, Silent Killing Technique, Boil Release, Ice Release—any one of them was a significant ninja technique capable of serving as the foundation for an entire organization.
No matter how wealthy and well-established Kirigakure was, it could not withstand that kind of abuse.
This time, however, thousands of Mist Ninja had run their legs off and still failed to catch White Ghost after he infiltrated the village. After a thorough analysis, Kirigakure's ninja clans realized that they had not actually been White Ghost's first victims.
Hidden Leaf Village had been first!
The Flying Thunder God Technique was a secret art passed down only within the Hokage's line. There was absolutely no way an Uchiha Clan ninja would have been allowed to learn it.
He had definitely mooched it off someone!
For a moment, Kirigakure's ninja clans wondered whether they could discuss things with the Uchiha Clan and simply have White Ghost join Kirigakure instead.
The relationship between the Uchiha Clan and the Hokage was