Uchiha Haruna was on the verge of losing his mind. Lately, that bastard Danzo had been targeting him nonstop. Every time he tried to speak, a Root Ninja would jump out halfway through and stare coldly at him.
Every time, they only watched, saying nothing and doing nothing. They looked at him as though he were an ant.
Standing atop a tall building in the center of the village, Xiaren roared:
"Danzo, fight me one-on-one if you have the guts! Stop pulling your little tricks everywhere! Fight me, you bastard!"
Two Root Ninja crouched on the rooftop to his left, quietly watching Xiaren lose his mind.
When Danzo still failed to appear after a long wait, Xiaren turned his bloodshot eyes toward Root.
"Damn you! How dare you interrupt my moment of glory! You deserve to die."
As he spoke, Xiaren flung several Kunai, then shot toward the Root Ninja like a cannonball.
The Root Ninja exchanged a glance, then turned and ran, having no intention of confronting Xiaren.
Seeing the two flee again, Xiaren felt utterly exhausted. It was the same every time. They appeared when he was showing off and ran when he stopped, following him twenty-four hours a day.
He wanted his clansmen to help surround the Root Ninja, but clan rules forbade taking action unless the Root Ninja insulted or harmed the Uchiha.
"Xiaren-senpai, what's wrong? Do you need my help?"
Xiaren's eyes lit up. "Jin, see those two Root guys? Want to beat them up with me?"
"Huh? We'll be in trouble if the clan leader finds out!"
"Aren't you Jhin? You're still afraid of the clan leader?"
"Well said!"
Uchiha Jin puffed out his chest. "In carnage, I bloom, and..."
"Gong..."
Before he could finish, a gong rang out nearby. A Root Ninja was