Black Fox darted through the crowd like a dark shadow, his kunai striking like a venomous snake. Every thrust went straight for a vital spot.
Not one of the Cloud shinobi Black Fox struck needed a second blow. Each died in a single hit.
On the chaotic battlefield, Black Fox's performance drew little attention. Just as he killed another Cloud shinobi, a figure abruptly appeared before him.
It was a strange-looking young ninja. Black Fox noticed nothing unusual. He pushed off the ground, accelerated to his maximum speed, and drove his kunai straight toward the man's heart.
A strong, powerful hand suddenly appeared in front of Black Fox's thrusting kunai and seized his arm. Horror spread across Black Fox's face.
He had never heard of anyone this powerful among the Cloud shinobi now that the Third Raikage was surrounded. Just then, his opponent abruptly closed the distance between them.
A pair of black eyes transformed into scarlet Mangekyo Sharingan. Black Fox took one look and instantly passed out, though his tense heart finally relaxed.
The Mangekyo Sharingan vanished almost as soon as it appeared, and Black Fox's body obscured it. No one noticed anything unusual about this Cloud shinobi.
The battlefield remained chaotic, filled with intermittent battle cries, explosions, and the sounds of all manner of ninjutsu attacks.
Black Fox's disappearance drew no one's attention. At most, a few ninja noticed that the Konoha shinobi skilled in assassination had vanished.
Back in Konoha, the only news would be that Black Fox had gone missing in battle. In a melee involving over ten thousand ninja, disappearances and deaths that left no remains were perfectly normal.
Fugaku's shadow clone quickly left the battlefield with Black Fox and appeared at a distant cliff face, nearly twenty minutes' travel from the fighting.
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