It was a perfectly standard assignment.
Uchiha Makoto had no objections. As it happened, he wanted to face this Magnet Release ninja himself and see whether he could "collect" anything along the way.
"Number Three, Number Two, with me! Remember, take out the small fry first. That Toroi... I want him alive." Uchiha Makoto gave Pakura and Tufeng their orders in a low voice, while signaling Pakura with his eyes not to forget to keep a close watch on Hyuga Keisuke.
"Yes." Pakura and Tufeng answered curtly, chakra beginning to surge through them.
In the distance, Toroi and more than twenty bloodthirsty Kumogakure ninja had already charged into view.
A vicious grin spread across Toroi's face. He swept both hands outward, sending dozens of shuriken shooting out like a swarm of bees. As they flew, an eerie metallic sheen spread across their surfaces. His Magnet Release had already marked them!
Battle was about to erupt!
The brief peace in the forest clearing of Area C-7 was torn apart.
"Magnet Release: Shuriken Storm!"
With a vicious grin, Toroi swept both hands outward. Dozens of shuriken he had secretly magnetized moved as though pulled by invisible strings, becoming a deadly metal storm that rained down on Konoha's makeshift camp!
The attack covered an enormous area, cutting off almost every escape route.
"Byakugan, activate!" Veins bulged on Hyuga Keisuke's forehead as his three-hundred-and-sixty-degree penetrating vision instantly caught every shuriken's trajectory. "Everyone, scatter! There are gaps at three o'clock and seven o'clock! Stay away from metal objects!"
At his direction, everyone scrambled and rolled out of the way.
Kano Yuya formed hand seals, spreading a gentle, subtle wave of chakra as he tried to influence the chakra flow inside several nearby Kumogakure ninja and disrupt their next volley or ninjutsu.
Uchiha Makoto "bravely" advanced