Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
Kakashi's squad was advancing quickly.
Suddenly, a petite figure appearing in front of them attracted their attention.
Everyone felt a weight lift from their hearts and accelerated, catching up to the figure.
"Eh? Captain? Everyone?"
Qingchuan looked at the Anbu that had appeared in front of him with "shock," surprised.
"Did you all hear it too?"
"What a big tremor! Scared the crap out of me!"
Everyone looked at each other.
"Keep going, stay hidden." Kakashi glanced at Qingchuan coldly, but didn't say anything.
But his eyes...were a little strange.
Worry, relief, and... surprise?
The little girl...is very bold, huh?
Having just experienced the cruelty of the mission, she still dared to run around so casually?
Luckily.
She didn't run far.
The team continued forward.
Finally.
At the huge charred scar, everyone stopped.
"Guard!"
The team split up.
Kakashi's squad maintained a high level of vigilance, advancing while investigating the scene.
The gruesome scene made everyone's heart tremble...
Corpses were everywhere, shocking.
The huge charred scar that ran through the scene was even more terrifying.
A large number of corpses lay scattered on both sides of the scar, more than thirty people, each with a different death.
This scene.
Even though Qingchuan had participated in the whole process, looking at it again, he still sighed a little...
The power of a Kidō at full output was truly amazing.
"Those that can be identified are all Hidden Mist ninjas."
Before long, an Anbu reported.
"There are also some corpses that have lost their features...we can't be sure, but they should also be Hidden Mist."
"Hmm." Kakashi nodded, crouching next to a corpse to observe.
"Large-scale damage caused by a suspected high-level Fire Release, and a small team of three or more skilled in swordsmanship..."
"Let's end the mission here for now. Record this and we'll return to Konoha."
Kakashi ordered.
Though the dead were enemies, the one who killed the enemies wasn't necessarily a friend of Konoha.
At least, the unknown third party that could kill so many Hidden Mist in such a short time was also a threat to Konoha.
Kakashi glanced at the petite figure that was observing everywhere.
She's really brave...is she not afraid at all?
However.
They had to retreat in this situation...
The enemy might not have gone far, and didn't seem to be heading towards Konoha.
But if they could kill this scale of Hidden Mist in a short time, finishing them off wouldn't take much effort.
After roughly cleaning up a few corpses that still had value.
Kakashi's squad began to return.
........
On the other side, Konoha.
Root Base.
In the dim corridor, only one candle was constantly flickering, struggling to support the light.
A gloomy figure stood at the end of the corridor, the aura was terrifying.
The one-eyed, half-mummified Root leader, Shimura Danzo.
Underneath the bandages on his eye was a Sharingan with three tomoe.
For Danzo, Sharingan were meant to be used and thrown away.
Even for the Uchiha clan, the power in their eyes would gradually drain away over time until they went blind, or they would continue to evolve.
Danzo knew as much about the Sharingan as the Uchiha clan did...
He was even more familiar with some forbidden techniques that used the Sharingan as a price.
Whoosh!
Suddenly, two figures appeared silently, startling the already uneasy candlelight.
Danzo's gloomy figure flickered, making him even more eerie.
"The power in this eye is almost exhausted."
Danzo said while removing the bandages from his right eye, revealing a Sharingan that was no longer scarlet with age.
"Go, and find a replacement for this eye."
One of the Root members raised his head, quickly glanced at Danzo, and then lowered his head again.
The Root member next to him, who looked a little younger, was silent and waited for orders.
"If we want to target the Uchiha, we need precise planning."
The Root member said quickly.
The current Uchiha were not easy to deal with.
Though they were suppressed in the corner of Konoha, it had made the Uchiha more united.
If people were disappearing in the Uchiha clan compound, or eyes were being gouged out, the consequences would be unimaginable.
"It doesn't necessarily have to be a member of the Uchiha clan."
Danzo re-wrapped his bandages, his voice still gloomy.
"That Kakashi, who has no parents or teachers, even killed his comrades, and betrayed Root, also has a Sharingan."
"Taking it will be enough for a while."
Mentioning Kakashi.
Danzo's gaze turned even colder.
Betraying Root and informing, which allowed the position that should have been his to return to Sarutobi Hiruzen.
Even after that, he ruined one of his men for a Uchiha.
Old and new grudges should be settled together...
"Understood."
The Root member quickly responded, and then added, "Then, should Uchiha Haruko, who is under Kakashi's command, be added to the operation plan?"
Uchiha Haruko.
Once the target of Root's capture mission.
She was also a rare case of a Root mission failing twice in a row.
Once was because of Kakashi and Shisui, and the other was because of Orochimaru.
Even Danzo was silent for a while after hearing this name...
"Focus on Hatake Kakashi's eye."
"But if she sees too much... then bring her eyes along too."
"Leave no survivors."
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