Naruto: This Uchiha is too innocent.

Two figures flashed and darted through the intersecting rocky forest.

Hinata Ame spoke calmly and in a cool voice, "Sora, they're catching up."

Upon hearing this, Uchiha Sora glared at her and said, "During work hours, please call me Seven."

Hearing this, Hinata Ame's lips curled up slightly, revealing a faint smile. She had deliberately called out Uchiha Sora's name; the atmosphere was tense, like a taut bowstring, and she wanted to ease the oppressive tension in this way.

Uchiha Sora closed his eyes and concentrated on sensing the surrounding aura. Sure enough, he detected three auras approaching them at an extremely fast speed.

"A ninja skilled in speed, huh..." Uchiha Sora murmured softly. "If we don't shake off these guys, our position will be an open secret."

Hyuga Ame didn't reply, her gaze fixed on Uchiha Sora's back. She could clearly see a slight imbalance in Uchiha Sora's body. As for the reason, she knew perfectly well: Uchiha Sora's wound had reopened, but he didn't want her to worry, so he had been holding back from saying it.

"White Fox, I'll go kill them. You continue at this pace." A sharp, cold glint flashed in Uchiha Sora's eyes.

Hinata Ame nodded slightly. She knew the situation was tense, and if they didn't shake off these people, death would be their only fate. So she didn't try to stop them because of Uchiha Sora's injury.

……

Three Kusagakure ninjas were in hot pursuit of Uchiha Sora and Hyuga Ame. They were moving very fast and had relaxed expressions on their faces.

"At this rate, we can catch up with them in half a day at most."

"Hehe, one of them is injured, so they definitely can't run very far."

"When they slow down, that will be the time of their death."

The three Kusagakure ninjas seemed quite relaxed, chatting casually while giving chase. Suddenly, one of them spoke up, "Do you think Lord Hanzo is overthinking things? He's personally intervening. With our strength, dealing with those two is more than enough."

"Kenji, don't underestimate them. Anyone who can get Lord Hanzo to take action personally must be extraordinary."

The man known as Key Two curled his lip, verbally refuting but inwardly showing utter disdain. In his view, since one of them was injured before Lord Hanzo even made a move, such a person couldn't possibly be that powerful.

"Hirata, if you ask me, you are—"

His words trailed off abruptly, met with the Kusanagi sword piercing his abdomen. He stared wide-eyed in disbelief at the Sharingan eyes before him.

"You, you clearly..."

After saying that, Uchiha Sora kicked him away and finished him off with a shuriken.

The man called Hirata was horrified and fled as if his life depended on it, looking at Uchiha Sora who was lying in ambush with apprehension.

"No, you should still be ahead..." As he spoke, his expression changed. In his perception, the two people fleeing ahead had somehow become one.

"Shadow Clone Technique, very useful, isn't it?" Uchiha Sora said, flicking his sword to brush away the bloodstains.

When he and Hyuga Ame were escaping, he used chakra to speed up, which is why the three of them could sense him. If he hadn't used chakra, they would have been able to catch up easily.

He first created shadow clones to continue escaping at the original speed, while his main body remained hidden there. Without using chakra, it was extremely easy for him to conceal his presence.

Clearly, these Kusagakure ninjas were too inexperienced, thinking they were easy prey, and were so careless.

He was indeed injured, but the problem is that the person who attacked him was a Jonin. Why do you Chunin have the right to look down on him?

"Damn it, run!" Hirata realized something was wrong and turned to run. Their strengths lay in speed and reconnaissance, but their ability to fight head-on was too weak.

"Run? It's too late." Lightning struck, instantly paralyzing the man.

With a single sword strike, he killed the man instantly.

Suddenly, my feet sank, and the ground collapsed!

"Earth Release: Heart-Slaying Decapitation Technique!"

The ground caved in, and spikes rose up, seemingly about to pierce his throat!

At the crucial moment, a water tornado rose up around Uchiha Sora, blocking all the ground spikes.

Fortunately, the scroll did not require hand seals, otherwise he would have been in real trouble with his hands restricted by the clods of earth.

The next moment, chakra suddenly burst forth from the soles of his feet, and he broke free from his restraints and leaped into the air.

The ninjas of Kusagakure were quite clever; they knew that running away would only lead to their deaths, so they wanted to form hand seals to meet the enemy.

However, Uchiha Sora would not give him that chance. He hooked his foot, and yellow sand flew up. The latter screamed and covered his eyes in pain. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Uchiha Sora thrust out with his sword.

The battle ended there.

Uchiha Sora learned killing techniques. He had many ways to finish off the last person, but he chose the most efficient and despicable methods. In his eyes, any method that could kill was a good method. Throwing sand, kicking the groin, groping the chest... he would use anything that was effective.

After killing the three men, he knelt on the ground, panting softly, the dark red of his robes visible through the gaps... his wounds had completely reopened.

Despite his swift and decisive killing of three people, he was actually highly focused and tense throughout the entire process, which took a tremendous toll on his mental energy.

"What a terrifying junior."

Suddenly, a sinister laugh came from behind.

Uchiha Sora's heart pounded wildly, a chill ran from his spine to the top of his head, and without the slightest hesitation, he lunged forward!

Behind them, the wind howled past, and the rocks in front were smashed to pieces by a scythe.

Even though Uchiha Sora reacted quickly enough, he still couldn't completely dodge it, and a large chunk of flesh was sliced ​​off his right leg by the scythe.

His face was pale, and he was sweating profusely. He stood up from the ground and stared warily at the newcomer.

Tall and slender, wearing a mask, wielding a sickle as a weapon.

Without a doubt, the man before them was Hanzo, the supreme ruler of Kusagakure.

"Such sharp reflexes." Hanzo sheathed his scythe, narrowed his eyes, and looked at Uchiha Sora in front of him with a half-smile.

Just as Uchiha Sora killed the three Kusagakure ninjas, Hanzo also injured Uchiha Sora in an instant.

Uchiha's alarm blared, completely unaware of Hanzo's approaching presence. Suddenly, he understood something and scoffed:

"A demigod using his subordinates as bait, that's truly an eye-opener."

Undoubtedly, Hanzo was present the whole time, but he had never witnessed Uchiha Sora's strength. So, he used the lives of three Kusagakure ninjas to find out Uchiha Sora's strength and only then did he make his move.

Hanzo was more cautious than I had imagined... no! He was more afraid of death than I had imagined.

"In this world, only those who survive are the winners." Hanzo replied casually to Uchiha Sora's sarcasm.

"Huff... huff..."

Uchiha Sora's breathing became erratic; the scorching heat blurred his vision, and his body gradually weakened...

"Poisonous..." he murmured. Without a doubt, Hanzo's most potent weapon was the poison of the salamander. Just now, as the scythe scraped flesh off his thigh, the poison also seeped into his body.

"It seems your resistance to poison is weaker than I thought," Hanzo sneered, dragging his scythe as he approached Uchiha Sora step by step.

One step, two steps, three steps... take a step.

Ten steps, nine steps, eight steps... getting closer.

Until the moment of taking three steps...

"That's enough," Uchiha Sora said.

"Enough?" Hanzo was taken aback. The next moment, he saw a pair of dazzling Mangekyou Sharingan.

"Amatilas..." Uchiha Sora said softly.