Chapter 197: They Were Spotted
"Uchiha Yin and Konan—the legendary Ninja! Why would Konoha send people that famous here?!" Anrokuzan's face darkened.
Anrokuzan was a Ninja from more than twenty years in the future. He had just met two living legends.
Twenty years from now, Uchiha Yin and Konan would be renowned throughout the Shinobi World. Why would they accept a C-Rank Mission from Rōran?
Sara trusted Anrokuzan completely, so he knew she had sent Konoha a C-Rank Mission.
C-Rank Missions generally involved no encounters with Ninja, and those assigned to them were usually Genin fresh out of the Ninja Academy.
Anrokuzan had planned to fool a few Genin and be done with it. He had never expected to draw Uchiha Yin and Konan here instead.
Though Uchiha Yin and Konan were still very young, Anrokuzan recognized them at a glance.
In the original story, Anrokuzan had failed to recognize Minato Namikaze. But Minato Namikaze was already dead in his time, and as a former Sunagakure Ninja, Anrokuzan had not been familiar with the Fourth Hokage.
Uchiha Yin was different. Anrokuzan knew him well as the man who had given Sunagakure so much trouble. Naturally, he knew Konan was Uchiha Yin's wife, too.
The bounty on Uchiha Yin had reached a terrifying sum, yet no wandering Ninja was foolish enough to try to assassinate him.
As a Sunagakure rogue Ninja, Anrokuzan had committed Uchiha Yin's face to memory.
He had never imagined he would travel back more than twenty years and meet Uchiha Yin himself.
That was why Anrokuzan's face had fallen when he saw Uchiha Yin and Konan arrive, and why he had rushed to kill Sara ahead of schedule.
But that had clearly failed. Killing Sara right under Uchiha Yin's nose was asking too much.
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