Cold sweat broke out across the Cloud squad leader's face as he stared at the Uchiha ninja before him.
The Mangekyo Sharingan. The name alone struck fear into countless ninja, and now they had run into one.
He gripped his kunai in his right hand while his left slipped into his ninja tool pouch and closed around two smoke bombs, ready to use them to retreat at any moment.
Hitoshi turned. His Mangekyo Sharingan spun, and his long blade flashed across the last Cloud shinobi.
He flicked the blood from his blade. "Clean up the bodies. Then we'll keep looking for enemies."
"Yes, Captain."
Uchiha Jin and Hitoshi were like two blades driven into the heart of the Cloud-Mist Allied Forces, leaving carnage in their wake.
Meanwhile, word that two more members of the Uchiha had awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan reached the camps in the rear.
The Fourth Raikage and Fourth Mizukage had both come to command their forces against Konoha. Both had arrived at the border camp.
"Lord Raikage, the Uchiha have produced two more Mangekyo shinobi. Our elite squads in the Land of the Moon have suffered heavy losses," an intelligence officer reported.
"Is the Mangekyo Sharingan truly that powerful, Lord Raikage?" the Fourth Mizukage asked.
As the Fourth Mizukage and the Three-Tails' Jinchūriki, Karatachi Yagura had his pride. He had heard of Madara Uchiha's fearsome reputation, but he did not believe every ninja who awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan could become another Madara Uchiha.
Tailed Beasts ranged from the One-Tail to the Nine-Tails. Surely Mangekyo Sharingan users varied in strength as well.
"Fugaku Uchiha is strong. As for these two newly awakened Mangekyo shinobi, I haven't seen them, so I can't judge their strength.
"We've encountered too few Mangekyo Sharingan users. Still, the battle in the Land of