Counterattack!

Two hours later.

Near the border between Konoha and the Land of Rain.

"This way!"

Inuzuka Ryo twitched his nose and led Uchiha Meikyō and Aburame Nami running in a certain direction.

"Hold on first!"

Meikyō pointed at several wounds on Aburame Nami's body.

During the earlier battle, one of the Amegakure ninjas had stabbed Nami several times with a kunai.

Although Aburame Nami could display considerable strength with her clan's secret techniques, her taijutsu was only average.

"Stop the bleeding first. Otherwise, it'll affect your condition in the next fight, and it'll keep the enemy from tracking us through any bloodstains we might leave behind."

Uchiha Meikyō pulled out a roll of bandages from the Ninja Tool Pouch at his waist and handed it to Aburame Nami.

They were now less than forty kilometers from the Land of Fire's border outpost. Those Amegakure ninjas might abandon their pursuit out of concern that they would encounter Konoha Ninja reinforcements, but Meikyō did not dare gamble on it.

If they lost that gamble, they were all finished!

"Fine, but if the enemy's scent gets close, we need to leave immedia—"

Before he could finish speaking, Inuzuka Ryo's expression abruptly changed.

"What happened? Did the enemy catch up?!"

Meikyō's face tightened in alarm as he moved to pull Aburame Nami away in another direction.

"No!"

A smile appeared on Inuzuka Ryo's face.

"They're our people! Nami! It's the scent of that smug bastard Tetsu! And my younger clanswoman, Inuzuka Tsume!"

Aburame Nami's hands paused involuntarily, then moved even faster.

Hyuga Tetsu had been one of their classmates. His grades at the Ninja Academy had been no worse than theirs.

Born into the Hyuga Clan, his future development should not have been poor. If they could join up with his squad, Inuzuka Ryo believed they would have more than enough ability to kill every Amegakure ninja chasing them from behind!

"Tetsu? Hyuga Tetsu, and Tsume... I remember Kibata was in that squad too."

Meikyō raised an eyebrow.

As soon as Aburame Nami finished bandaging her wounds, Inuzuka Ryo followed the scent and led Meikyō and the others toward Hyuga Tetsu's squad.

At the same time, a kilometer away from Meikyō's group, Inuzuka Tsume was also following their scent toward them.

"Meikyō, long time no see~!"

"Haha, Meikyō, we meet again!"

From far away, Kibata and Inuzuka Tsume called out greetings to Meikyō.

Meikyō smiled back at them amicably.

However, the long-haired Byakugan boy decisively stopped Kibata and the others from reminiscing.

"If I'm not mistaken, Nami's injuries were inflicted by the Amegakure team that has been tracking you, right? If you want to catch up, wait until we've dealt with this trouble first. Now, tell us everything you know about the enemy."

Hyuga Tetsu's expression was cold as he spoke calmly to everyone before him.

His Byakugan could see nearly every movement within a one-kilometer radius.

"Tetsu is right. We should deal with this Amegakure team as quickly as possible. At first, we fought an Amegakure squad of three Chunin, but we killed their Sensor Ninja. Then another squad arrived, with one Chunin and three Genin. We weren't confident that we could defeat them without taking casualties, and since we were already close to the village's outpost, we retreated here."

Meikyō summarized what his three-man squad had just gone through as briefly as possible.

"Huh? Three Chunin? You're already that strong?!"

Kazemaki Kibata looked astonished, and Inuzuka Tsume was equally surprised.

Hyuga Tetsu gave the three members of Meikyō Squad a long look.

He considered himself fairly talented and strong even among the Genin of their class, yet at present, he could at most rely on the Byakugan and the well-rounded Gentle Fist to hold back a Chunin in direct close combat.

And that was only if the Chunin was not too strong.

Against most Chunin, he could still put up a fight. His other two teammates were reasonably capable, but they were only above-average Genin. Together, they might be able to defeat an average Chunin.

Hyuga Tetsu had also believed that Inuzuka Ryo and Aburame Nami, who had once stood on the same level as him at the Ninja Academy, should now be roughly as strong as he was.

"Facing three Chunin, killing one of them, and then escaping unharmed when their reinforcements arrived... It seems you're quite capable."

Hyuga Tetsu studied Meikyō.

An Uchiha...

If it was an Uchiha, a clan as prestigious as the Hyuga Clan, producing such a genius was only natural.

At that thought, Hyuga Tetsu could not help mocking himself inwardly.

Hyuga?

A prestigious clan?

With the Caged Bird in place, the Hyuga Clan would never cultivate an eagle capable of soaring into the skies!

The Hyuga Clan was merely a false prestigious clan gradually declining into decay.

Though countless thoughts ran through his mind, Hyuga Tetsu maintained his outward calm.

"Now, there are six of us and six Amegakure ninjas. What do you want to do? Stick together and return to the outpost, or fight our way back?"

"If the Uchiha swallowed their anger, they wouldn't be the Uchiha."

Uchiha Meikyō gave the only answer without hesitation.

Even without Hyuga Tetsu's squad, Meikyō's team had barely possessed the strength to fight. The outcome would have been difficult to predict, though, and someone would most likely have died. Meikyō had not wanted that, which was why he had retreated with Inuzuka Ryo and Aburame Nami.

But since those Amegakure ninjas could not recognize their place, this was not a bad chance to teach them a lesson.

"Hey! I'm saying, shouldn't we retreat first? Those brats really aren't weak. Even if we take them down, we'll probably lose some people."

The Amegakure Chunin who had fought Meikyō earlier and been slashed across the body could not help quietly speaking to the other two Chunin beside him.

He spoke quietly because he did not want to lose face in front of the Genin.

"What are you afraid of? They're only three brats. They may not be weak, but aside from that Uchiha brat, the other two are a notch below us. Not to mention the female ninja from the Aburame Clan is injured. Once we find them, we can have the Genin hold her down first, then quickly take care of the other two. With our numerical advantage, we'll still win! It's not like their numbers can suddenly double!"

A middle-aged Chunin holding a specially made umbrella interrupted him.

He was the captain of the newly arrived Amegakure squad, an experienced Chunin whose strength stood out even among Chunin. That was why he could lead his subordinates and keep the other two Amegakure Chunin in check.

Regarding the cheat ability.

First, since the title mentions a Reincarnator, he will definitely travel to other worlds.

Second, according to my outline, once the protagonist's strength reaches a certain level before the end of the Second Shinobi World War, and he has enough room to operate in other worlds, he will begin traveling between worlds.

I have already decided on the first world he will travel to. It will most likely be Demon Slayer, and I am currently planning that part of the story in the outline.

The story is only sixty or seventy thousand words in so far. In any Qidian novel, that would only count as the very beginning. I hope all you readers can be a little patient and wait a while longer. Thank you for understanding.