Take Down Nara Tsukimi

A cool night breeze swept through the Forest of Death, gently stirring the fallen leaves.

The six Cloud Hidden ninjas sat in a circle. Every face was grave, and every mind was focused on Nara Tsukimi.

After a moment's thought, Shi took the lead. He laid out everything his team had learned while tracking Tsukimi that day, both to organize the intelligence and to help the others devise a plan to kill him.

"From what our team observed while following Nara Tsukimi, his abilities may be far stronger than we estimated."

Mabui frowned. "Do you have anything specific?"

Shi straightened and looked at her. He nodded, then spoke slowly and methodically.

"Yes. First, his speed. His Body Flicker Technique is comparable to a Jonin's. This morning, when he fought the Kirigakure team, Raiga Kurosuki couldn't even touch his clothes."

"If Mei Terumi's team hadn't arrived in time, Zabuza Momochi wouldn't have had a chance to attack. That kind of mobility is far beyond a Chunin's."

"Next is his core ability: the secret technique that summons Shadow Soldiers. Everything we know about it came from the Battle of Mount Tenmoku, and it has two defining traits."

Shi looked around the circle and raised two fingers.

"Overwhelming numbers! Endless resurrection!"

"Beyond that, he hasn't shown any other abilities related to his Shadow Secret Technique. He may still have a trump card hidden."

Shi paused, then spoke more firmly.

"One last crucial point: Nara Tsukimi's team almost certainly has a sensory ninja. Otherwise, they couldn't have hunted teams from the four great nations so precisely across the vast Forest of Death."

The others nodded, their expressions growing grimmer.

Any one of those three points would be troublesome enough. Together, they were worse.

"And..." Shi began, then hesitated.

Everyone turned toward him. Yugito, never