"Rat-tat-tat."
Intermittent gunfire rang out. The clones he had used to lure out his attackers had all been destroyed, and Kazuhiko Uchiha finally saw who was behind the attack-a squad of special forces soldiers with "USS" printed across their chests.
The USS was a secret unit established by the Umbrella Corporation. Its members were brainwashed operatives who obeyed orders absolutely and carried them out efficiently, without a trace of emotion. They were the corporation's most trusted force, ready to die on command.
Their mission was to prevent the Umbrella Corporation's core secrets from leaking, destroy critical evidence that could harm the corporation, and secretly dispose of anyone who might threaten those secrets.
Kazuhiko Uchiha would never have recognized them if he had not played Resident Evil and taken enough interest in the Umbrella Corporation to look up information about it.
Once he knew the Umbrella Corporation was behind the attack, Kazuhiko Uchiha could guess why. They were probably afraid he would reveal important secrets from the Hive, so they had sent this unit to silence him and tie up loose ends.
Kazuhiko Uchiha's face turned livid. He had never imagined that his employer, the Umbrella Corporation, would double-cross him. Gritting his teeth, he said, "Very well, Umbrella Corporation. I'll remember this. You'd better hope I never get the chance to come back here, or I'll make you pay."
Tying Explosive Tags to his Kunai, Kazuhiko Uchiha created more clones to distract the enemy. His real body activated the Sharingan, using its powerful perception to pinpoint the USS soldiers' hiding places.
"For now, I'll collect a little interest."
Kazuhiko Uchiha drew a deep breath and suddenly leaped out of hiding. His Kunai flashed through the air like streaks of cold light, flying toward the enemy's positions.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
The Kunai landed with their Explosive Tags activated, setting off a chain of explosions. Several unsuspecting USS soldiers were instantly blown to pieces.
"Take cover! Return fire!"
After witnessing Kazuhiko Uchiha's counterattack, a USS commander rolled into cover on the hillside outside the villa, issuing orders to his subordinates over his radio.
"Rat-tat-tat!"
Several Gatling Guns unleashed a furious hail of bullets. Rounds as dense as a curtain of rain roared from their barrels, forming streams of muzzle flame and tearing apart the area where Kazuhiko Uchiha had taken cover.
Kazuhiko Uchiha did not stay put. Using a ninja's exceptional mobility, he darted through the villa, occasionally throwing Kunai from windows and beneath the eaves to kill USS soldiers attempting to storm inside.
"Squads one and two, maintain suppressing fire. Squad three, prepare rockets. Squads four and five, prepare to assault."
With the attack dragging on, the commander adjusted his orders again, hoping to eliminate Kazuhiko Uchiha as quickly as possible.
The USS soldiers paid no heed to ammunition consumption, pouring a massive number of rounds at Kazuhiko Uchiha within mere seconds. Meanwhile, one soldier shouldered a rocket launcher, aimed at his position, and pulled the trigger. With a boom, a streak of flame shot through the air and plunged into a room in the villa.
Faced with such overwhelming firepower, Kazuhiko Uchiha did not dare take it head-on. He had no choice but to evade it by moving at high speed.
Another boom rang out as the rocket reduced the room he had occupied to rubble. Using the dust thrown up by the explosion as cover, Kazuhiko Uchiha cut down several USS soldiers with swift strokes of his blade before returning to the villa.
"Genjutsu: Temple of Nirvana Technique!"
Kazuhiko Uchiha formed Hand Seals and cast a genjutsu he had learned from his teammate, Kaori Ikemoto.
Amplified by the Sharingan, snow-white feathers drifted slowly down from the air, drawing the unsuspecting USS soldiers into sleep.
"Compared to ninjutsu and Taijutsu, genjutsu really is much harder to defend against."
Kazuhiko Uchiha strolled out of the villa as though taking a leisurely walk. Looking at the USS soldiers lying unconscious on the ground, he could not help making that observation. Then he drew his Tachi and mercilessly killed them one by one.
Only after eliminating the last USS soldier did Kazuhiko Uchiha feel that he had vented some of his anger. He then headed downtown and took a taxi to the neighboring city.
Several hours later, Kazuhiko Uchiha arrived at the Umbrella Corporation's branch in that city. Without a word, he drew his weapon and charged inside, completely destroying the branch while also taking the various valuable supplies stored there into his system storage.
There was no longer enough time to plunder another city. Kazuhiko Uchiha could only cast a resentful glance in the direction of the Umbrella Corporation's headquarters before choosing to leave this world.
After returning to the Naruto World, Kazuhiko Uchiha quickly washed up and changed out of his ninja clothes, which were practically beggar's rags by then. He then began taking stock of his gains from the mission.
[T-Virus Original Strain], 0.15 gold coins, quantity: 64 vials; [T-Virus Antidote], 0.15 gold coins, quantity: 28 vials; [T-Virus Improved Type 1 Serum], 0.2 gold coins, quantity: 11 vials; [T-Virus Improved Type 2 Serum], 0.2 gold coins, quantity: 7 vials; [T-Virus Improved Type 3 Serum], 0.3 gold coins, quantity: 4 vials; [T-Virus Improved Type 4 Serum], 0.3 gold coins, quantity: 4 vials; [T-Virus Optimized Serum], 1 gold coin, quantity: 1 vial; [Century Blood Ginseng], 1 gold coin, quantity: 1 root; [Century Snow Lotus], 1 gold coin, quantity: 1 flower; ... [Natural Musk], 0.6 gold coins; [Natural Bezoar], 0.4 gold coins;
After reviewing everything he had obtained, Kazuhiko Uchiha could not help breaking into a grin. Apart from keeping some of a few select items, such as the [T-Virus Original Strain], [T-Virus Improved/Optimized Serums], and [Century Blood Ginseng], he recycled everything else, earning a full 98 gold coins.
The Umbrella Corporation truly deserved its reputation as an immensely powerful international monopoly in the Resident Evil world. The items from just two branches had nearly equaled the reward for a low-level Bronze Grade mission.
Murder and arson really did pave the road to riches. Kazuhiko Uchiha was almost tempted to visit the Resident Evil world again and loot every warehouse the Umbrella Corporation owned.
With those 98 gold coins added to the 10 gold coins awarded for completing this mission, Kazuhiko Uchiha possessed a fortune of over 100 gold coins for the first time. Feeling flush with wealth, he immediately opened the Myriad Worlds Mall, ready to purchase some high-level items.
Kazuhiko Uchiha's most pressing concern was improving his combat strength. As things stood, the only way to do so quickly was to rely on the Eight Gates Released Formation, a Taijutsu technique so powerful it was practically a cheat.
To increase the number of gates he could open with the Eight Gates Released Formation, however, he needed a stronger physique. His first choice was therefore not an internal cultivation method that improved energy absorption, but an External Body-Refinement Cultivation Method from the myriad worlds.
After the system filtered the results, a wide assortment of body-refinement cultivation methods appeared before Kazuhiko Uchiha.
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