"Heh heh heh..."
A chilling smile appeared on Qingshui's blackened face:
"Come to hell with me, you high-and-mighty Uchiha!
Hah!"
Rumble...
Dust billowed outward from Uchiha Yan's position as flames shot into the sky.
"Yan!"
Taking advantage of the explosion, while Hizashi and the others had their attention on Uchiha Yan, Yamada fled into the Forest of Death at Yakushi's prompting.
Poof!
As the flames dispersed, a piece of wood appeared in midair. Uchiha Yan appeared beside Hizashi and spoke, still shaken:
"What a lunatic! Well, at least that counts as completing the mission."
"Yan, you're all right! Thank goodness!"
Uchiha Yan waved a hand. "I'm fine! Good thing I didn't neglect practicing the Substitution Technique back then.
Captain, we should head back and report."
"As long as you're all right!"
Hizashi sighed in relief. "Don't do that again. The Third Hokage already warned you. Even the Uchiha can't stand Xiaren, yet you still imitated him. Isn't that asking to die?
Even I wanted to punch you after hearing what you said."
"I was just trying to act arrogant and conceited so the enemy would seize on that weakness and try to break through on my side.
Who knew he'd go to such extremes and throw his life away just to kill me? This Shinobi World is truly sick."
"You're the sick one!"
Hizashi's already white eyes rolled even further back. "The Third Hokage is still waiting for us. I just saw other squads going after the spy."
"Let's go!"
Half an hour later, they returned to the Hokage Building with the results of their mission.
The Third Hokage had already received word and highly praised the three for their outstanding performance:
"Very well done! Kirigakure will certainly believe the intelligence is genuine this time.
Hizashi, your squad will leave