Meeting

At Shisui Uchiha's words, Ayame's eyes lit up. "Tonbo? Who are you?"

"He should be a resident of the village. The Tonbo he mentioned must be the culprit behind the training ground's disappearance. Capture her, and we'll know after questioning her."

The two Uchiha exchanged glances and moved to seize her.

"Stop. How can you arrest someone so casually? She obviously isn't a ninja—her chakra is too weak to even be refined." Shisui Uchiha stopped them.

The two Uchiha were greatly dissatisfied with his actions. The Uchiha had the authority to subdue people first and interrogate them afterward, but with Shisui, everything became unnecessarily restrictive.

However, since Shisui was currently the captain, though the two were aggressive, they still possessed a ninja's discipline.

Once they returned to the clan, though, they would have to report this properly to the clan head.

"So where did you take my husband?" Tears were already welling in Ayame's eyes. She could not understand what they were saying at all.

"Who is your husband?" Shisui asked.

Perhaps this person had truly caused the scene here. Could he be a spy?

"It's me."

As a voice that put them on alert rang out, the place where they stood slowly began to change.

Trees, grass, a lush river, and the wooden posts in the center used for training suddenly appeared without them noticing.

Everything seemed to have returned to normal.

Shisui's Sharingan spun rapidly, yet he could find no trace of anything unusual. It had simply appeared, as though the empty ground from before had been an illusion.

Only, there was now an additional man with bandages wrapped around his face. He had been the one who spoke just now.

The three Uchiha gripped their swords and stood on guard, staring intently at Tobitake Tonbo.

Terrifying.

He had appeared before them without a sound. They were the clan with the strongest perception in Konoha.

When Tobitake Tonbo saw Ayame approaching, he inwardly cursed. He had originally planned to restore everything after they left, not wanting others to know too much, but he had overlooked the time when Ayame delivered his meal.

Especially when he saw tears in Ayame's eyes, his heart ached terribly. He quickly released the Barrier Technique and slowly appeared before the three Uchiha.

He had not wanted any contact with the Uchiha, nor did he have any interest in the Sharingan. The only thing that interested him was what would happen if his Genjutsu faced the Sharingan.

But he had no choice. He could not let them interrogate his wife. This was the meaning of his training, so the moment Ayame arrived, he had prepared to release the barrier.

"Wifey, it's okay. Didn't I tell you? Your husband is really strong..."

Tobitake Tonbo quickly pulled Ayame into his arms and took the lunchbox from her hands. "Let's see what we have today. Is it the delicious ramen my wife made?"

Seeing that Tobitake Tonbo was unharmed and even had time to comfort her, the tears in Ayame's eyes vanished at once, replaced by a radiant smile.

She had truly thought her husband had been taken away.

"It's good that you're okay."

"Kid, it's not okay at all. Who are you?"

"What exactly happened here just now? If you don't explain yourself, I'll treat you as a spy." The slightly plump Uchiha drew his sword, his two-tomoe Sharingan slowly turning.

The other, thin Uchiha did the same. The moment Tobitake Tonbo made any unusual move or lied, he would face their thunderous assault.

Even Shisui tightened his grip on his blades, ready to strike at any moment.

Because in the eyes of his Sharingan, merely judging from the man's stance, he could sense his strength.

If he were an enemy, Shisui could not guarantee that they could take him down in a short time.

Fortunately, he did not seem to be an enemy. Shisui's gaze fell on Ayame. This woman was his wife, and there were no signs that she was a spy.

But they could not let down their guard, for Konoha's safety.

"Tonbo... are they going to arrest you too?" Seeing the Military Police Force members trying to capture her husband, Ayame's heart clenched again. She looked at Tobitake Tonbo with a face full of worry.

Tobitake Tonbo patted her shoulder, signaling that she need not worry, then turned to the three Military Police Force members. "Analysis Division Special Jōnin Tobitake Tonbo. I have long admired Body Flicker Shisui."

The slightly plump Uchiha barked, "Enough nonsense. I asked what you were doing just now. Don't try to cozy up to us Uchiha—you're not worthy. If you refuse to talk, then come have a seat at the Military Police Force."

Shisui frowned. This man knew him?

"An Analysis Division Jōnin? Speak. How did this place disappear and then return? Although we have not found evidence of your crime, for Konoha's safety, as a Konoha ninja, I trust you can understand, right?"

Listening to their tone, Tobitake Tonbo sighed. It seemed that even Shisui Uchiha, who had a relatively good temperament in the original story, could not escape the Uchiha's shortcomings.

So Ayame would not worry, he said, "I was merely testing a new ninjutsu. I lost control for a moment and caused a little disturbance. I never expected an ordinary training session to alarm the esteemed Military Police Force."

At the same time, beneath the tense gazes of the three men, he took out his identification as a Konoha Jōnin. It had his photograph, serial number, graduation date, and more...

"This is my proof. We can leave now, right?" Tobitake Tonbo was speechless. The Uchiha truly made people uncomfortable. They were like the police in America in his previous life, convinced that every move a suspect made might mean he was about to draw a gun.

"Identification can be forged. For a ninja, that is nothing. I think you should obediently come with us to the Military Police Force. We'll talk after we've investigated everything." Seeing how timid he seemed, the slightly plump Uchiha's Sharingan turned as he met Tobitake Tonbo's gaze.

Shisui was startled and tried to stop him, but it was too late.

Damn it. Has the clan already become this unscrupulous?

He looked at Tobitake Tonbo, hoping nothing would happen to him.

The Sharingan's Genjutsu was unparalleled. With the other party completely unprepared, once he fell for it, there was no way he could break free.

In fact...

Tobitake Tonbo had noticed the instant the man refined chakra, but wanting to experience the Sharingan's abilities, he did not counterattack forcefully.

He wanted to see how the Genjutsu countermeasure ninjutsu he had set within his body would perform, so he directly endured the other party's Genjutsu.

Within the spiritual world, he was bound to a massive pillar, with stones extending from it to restrain him.

Tobitake Tonbo assessed it. Demonic Illusion: Shackling Stakes Technique—the Genjutsu was well-developed. If an ordinary Jōnin did not devise a countermeasure before being caught in it, failure was certain.

But...

The instant he was caught in the Genjutsu, a fantastical point of light within his heart suddenly erupted. His chakra was instantly disrupted, releasing a peculiar ripple.

It reflected the Genjutsu back.

Hmph!

With a muffled groan, the slightly plump man's eyes went vacant, and his entire body became unable to move. Under the puzzled gazes of Shisui and the thin Uchiha, he stood completely still.

Tobitake Tonbo also regained consciousness at that moment.

"It seems the Reversal Mirror was constructed successfully. It broke the Genjutsu cast by another in the blink of an eye." Tobitake Tonbo was quite satisfied.

It had seemed as though a long time had passed, but in reality, it had only been an instant.

The Reversal Mirror was a Genjutsu he had constructed to deal with Genjutsu. It could reflect ordinary Genjutsu, and even if it could not reflect one, it could disrupt the chakra within his body, allowing him to break the Sharingan's ocular techniques without needing a teammate.

It was also inspired by how the Jinchuriki in the original story used their tailed beasts to break Genjutsu. This technique used Sealing Jutsu, Barrier Technique, and Genjutsu to create an S-rank Genjutsu.

It was also his first S-rank Genjutsu.

The difficulty of learning it was off the charts.

Though his other Genjutsu were outstandingly powerful, their training difficulty had not reached S-rank.

Only then did he look at the Uchiha across from him.