Chapter 179: Encounter, Instant Kill!
Uchiha Shunichi drifted around Konoha like a ghost. In Sage Mode, his perception had expanded to its limit, nearly covering more than half of Konoha.
Yet even so, Uchiha Shunichi still failed to find any trace of the enemy. In his career of missions, this was clearly a rare situation.
The Guardian Shinobi Twelve of the Land of Fire's daimyo truly lived up to their reputation. Though Asuma's combat strength had seemed rather poor, and he had been easily plotted to death by Hidan.
Still, in the entire Shinobi World, Asuma's strength could be considered quite good.
After several fruitless hours of searching, Uchiha Shunichi had no choice but to have everyone stop and return to the village to rest.
He himself was not tired, but after such an intense search mission, ordinary shinobi would inevitably suffer a decline in combat ability.
Rather than charging around like headless flies, they might as well return and protect Konoha, lest they fall for the enemy's tactic of luring the tiger from the mountain.
Early in the morning, Uchiha Shunichi, who had not rested all night, arrived at a breakfast shop. The owner, who knew him well, began asking what had happened.
Clearly, the large-scale operation the night before had already affected the ordinary residents.
"It's nothing, just the arrest of a few petty thieves. If we catch them, it'll be easy enough to deal with them. It's just that those petty thieves are hiding too well," Uchiha Shunichi said nonchalantly as he ate.
Hearing Uchiha Shunichi's words, the owner relaxed. Living in Konoha, they felt very safe.
After all, Konoha had the highest level of security in the entire Shinobi World. Even during the Nine-Tails' Attack years ago, there had not been many civilian casualties.
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