The other side of the clan grounds.
Police Force warehouse.
Root's second squad infiltrated according to plan.
Their mission was to seize the Uchiha Clan's stockpiled ninja tools and cripple the Police Force's ability to resist.
However, when they forced open the warehouse doors, they found it completely empty.
Only a sheet of paper hung on the wall.
A single line was written on it.
[Too late, idiots.]
The Root captain's pupils contracted.
The next second, sealing formulas lit up across all four walls of the warehouse.
"Not good!"
Boom!
The Explosive Tag Formation detonated.
The entire warehouse instantly became a sea of flames.
On a distant rooftop, Uchiha Chuan watched the scene and could not help grinning.
"You really are vicious, You."
"You even left them a note."
An Uchiha Clan member beside him asked excitedly,
"Brother Chuan, was Root's second squad wiped out?"
Uchiha Chuan shook his head.
"It won't be that easy."
"Root isn't made up of ordinary ninja, after all."
"But it'll be enough to make them suffer."
Sure enough.
Several Root ninja burst out of the flames in miserable condition.
Their clothes were torn, and their bodies were covered in burns.
But the moment they rushed out of the warehouse, they were met by the Uchiha Combat Squad's Fire Release and shuriken formation.
The Root captain roared through gritted teeth,
"The Uchiha Clan cleared this place out long ago!"
"This is a trap!"
Uchiha Chuan sneered.
"No kidding."
"You broke into someone else's home in the middle of the night with weapons, and you still expected us to pour you tea?"
The Root captain flew into a rage and charged forward with his blade raised.
The three tomoe in Uchiha Chuan's eyes spun as he precisely evaded the slash.
The next instant, genjutsu suppression.
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