"Success!!"
Shikamaru almost shouted in excitent, finally venting the frustration he had been holding in.
But then—right before his eyes—
The net passed straight through Uzumaki Shuji's body… and dropped onto Sasuke instead.
"Uh…?"
Shikamaru froze.
"You've learned the Clone Jutsu, right?"
Uzumaki Shuji appeared calmly from the side, speaking as if it were obvious.
"Damn it!"
"We lost again!"
Kiba slamd his fist into the ground, furious.
"I told you it wouldn't work, Shikamaru."
Choji accepted the result calmly, as if this was the only outco that made sense.
"Why is he so fast?!"
Sasuke was fuming, on the verge of tears.
The Uchiha were always emotional before awakening their darker sides. This kind of reaction was perfectly normal.
"Alright!"
"1 vs 4—challenge cleared!"
Uzumaki Shuji pushed Shikamaru to the ground and raised his hand in triumph.
Aside from Choji, the other three were clearly irritated.
But suddenly, all of them froze.
A masked figure in Anbu attire had appeared behind Uzumaki Shuji.
Uzumaki Shuji's pupils shrank.
A presence he hadn't sensed… right behind him!
"Who are you?!"
"Leave imdiately!!!"
The Anbu assigned to protect Uzumaki Shuji reacted instantly. He hadn't received any notice of reinforcents. Without hesitation, he leapt forward to intercept.
"Sharingan!!!"
Those were his last words.
His body collapsed to the ground—caught in a genjutsu.
"Bang!"
A smoke bomb exploded.
"Cough—!"
Choji, Kiba, and the others choked as the smoke spread.
When it cleared—
Uzumaki Shuji was gone.
"Hey… what just happened?!"
Shikamaru was stunned.
This was just a kids' fight—did it really require this level of intervention?
He knew about Anbu, but attacking a child?
"He said… Sharingan?"
Sasuke stared at the unconscious Anbu, confusion on his face.
Before they could think further—
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
Several signal flares shot into the sky.
Within two minutes, seven or eight Anbu appeared.
From Shikamaru—who had just regained his composure—they learned that Uzumaki Shuji had been taken.
"Uzumaki Shuji…!"
One white-haired Anbu stiffened upon hearing the na.
Without hesitation, he vanished using the Body Flicker Technique, imdiately beginning the search.
Soon, the news spread across the village—
Itachi Uchiha had abducted the Nine-Tails' jinchūriki!
Of course, this narrative had been arranged by Danzo Shimura.
…
"Damn it!!"
"Itachi… why would he go this far?!"
Inside his office, Fugaku Uchiha slamd his hand onto the desk, leaving a deep imprint.
"They deliberately said 'jinchūriki'… this must be the Third's doing."
"They still haven't given up targeting the Uchiha!"
"But why… why take Uzumaki Shuji of all people?!"
Fugaku was seething, with nowhere to vent his anger.
This was supposed to be the mont of cooperation with the Uzumaki faction.
And yet his own son had abducted soone who was essentially their leader.
How would they see the Uchiha now?
The fragile trust they had just built—was it about to collapse?
And on top of that, they would have to bear the village's fury!
Who could he even complain to?!
"Gather the squad leaders! Full deploynt!"
"We're bringing him back!"
Fugaku could no longer hold back.
This ti, he would move personally.
If they failed to rescue Uzumaki Shuji—
The Uchiha were finished.
"Yes!"
The police force mbers were equally furious.
They had already been dissatisfied with Itachi.
And now, at a ti like this, he pulled sothing like this?!
Their captain had worked so hard, yet Itachi—
Unforgivable!
But just as they assembled and prepared to move—
They were stopped.
By Danzo Shimura.
"At present, the Uchiha clan is suspected of attempting to seize the jinchūriki."
"The pursuit of Itachi Uchiha will be handled entirely by the Anbu. The police force is not permitted to act."
"Fortunately, this ti, the one taken was only the jinchūriki's brother."
"If sothing like the Nine-Tails incident happens again… Konoha will be destroyed."
Danzo stood at the entrance, blocking Fugaku and his n, speaking in a deliberately mocking tone.
Fugaku's expression stiffened. His eyes turned into Sharingan uncontrollably.
One voice in his head told him to stay calm.
Another scread—
Kill this bastard!
"Just like the night of the Nine-Tails incident… you're stopping the police force from doing their job again?"
"Itachi Uchiha is part of your Anbu. If he's done this, then the Anbu shares responsibility!"
Fugaku did not back down. He chose to confront him head-on.
After witnessing Uzumaki Shuji—a re child—possess the will of a king, Fugaku realized sothing.
Continuing to bow his head would only invite more oppression.
Better to resist.
"He's your son."
Danzo replied coldly.
"He belongs to Root. He is your subordinate."
"What he's done only proves my earlier suspicion—there are spies within the Anbu as well."
"Perhaps he's already been brainwashed by that so-called Uchiha Madara!"
Fugaku snorted, firing back.
But that was all he could do.
He couldn't truly fight Danzo here to rescue Uzumaki Shuji.
At this mont, he could only hope—
That the Uzumaki faction could defeat his now unrecognizable son.
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