My clan was exterminated when I was three years old, and you want me to beat Uchiha Itachi? Chapter 073

You clapped your hands together, aimed at the range enclosed by the earth-flow wall below, and forcefully spat out a fire bullet.

Seeing this, Kakashi used the speed of Chidori to dodge the fire bullet. However, this fire bullet deceptively burst open, spewing out thick smoke that completely obscured both your visions.

Since Kakashi’s Sharingan far surpassed yours, you mimicked his fighting style and simply obscured both your visions at once, bringing both your perception and reaction abilities to the same level.

Then, relying on the perception granted by Mind Body Switch Technique and your powerful mental strength, you reconfirmed Kakashi’s position.

Silently, you crept behind him, drew your blade, and thrust.

With a whoosh, Kakashi instantly exploded, transforming into a burst of lightning that rapidly conducted along the ninja blade in your hand.

It was a Lightning Release Shadow Clone!

Alarmed, you quickly released your ninja blade, forming an isolation barrier with the scorching chakra in your hand, and then used another Body Flicker Technique to escape the range of the lightning surge.

Just then, a kunai emitting blue lightning pierced through the thick earth wall. You were forced to activate your left eye’s two-tomoe, enhancing your reaction speed to quickly dodge. Unexpectedly, at that moment, another figure of Kakashi, wielding Chidori, lunged in from your side.

Clang!

With a muffled thud, your hands, enveloped in scorching red chakra, formed a Refined Iron Hand that firmly clamped down on the highly penetrating Chidori.

However, the impact force of Chidori still slammed your back heavily against the earth-flow wall.

The earth-flow wall collapsed under the immense pressure. A sweet taste filled your throat as you planted one foot to stabilize yourself and kicked out with the other, aiming for Kakashi’s lower body.

Kakashi reacted instantly, drawing a kunai with his free hand to stab, while also engaging in leg combat without hesitation.

Since your hands were firmly gripping Kakashi’s Chidori-wielding hand, a struggle ensued. Though you were at a disadvantage, you were still able to defend and dodge.

As time passed, the power of Chidori gradually showed signs of fatigue under the strength of your hands. Furthermore, with Chidori having lost its initial impact, as long as it wasn’t directly facing its sharpest point, it could be blocked by your Refined Iron Hand!

Realizing this, you immediately pulled back your right hand and grabbed the kunai Kakashi was thrusting.

In an instant, the hard kunai transformed into a viscous molten iron.

Seeing this, Kakashi immediately retracted his burning left hand and retreated.

At the same time, he looked at your activated two-tomoe in surprise, asking where you got it from and if there were any other Uchiha survivors.

You remained silent, merely throwing the viscous molten iron with force!

Clapping your hands together, “Explode!”

The molten iron exploded from its center, transforming into dazzling fireworks. However, each droplet was comparable to intensely hot lava.

By the time Kakashi avoided this wide-range attack accompanied by strong light, you had already vanished from his sight…

“Search!”

At Kakashi’s command, Anbu members from all over Konoha were quickly mobilized, fully searching for your location.

But by this time, you had already returned to an Anbu dormitory located beneath the Hokage Rock. You even high-fived other Anbu members who were rushing out on your way, enviously remarking that you only had one night of vacation left, otherwise you would definitely join them in searching for the intruder in Konoha.

Back in your room, you felt an indescribable thrill from what you had just done.

Although you had an absolute advantage in information over Kakashi, the inconclusive exchange of blows was enough to show how far the Root special training had pushed your strength!

Once you acquired the weapons forged by the ninja tool workshop and tamed the Parasitic Destruction Flames, your strength would definitely reach another terrifying dimension!

Speaking of which, as an Uchiha, you naturally desired to awaken the clan’s greatest weapon: the Mangekyo Sharingan!

After all, in front of Susanoo, most ninjutsu were mere flashy tricks, and swordsmanship was laughable…

But the Mangekyo wasn’t something you could just awaken at will!

Even the hurdle between the two-tomoe and three-tomoe, you had tried to overcome several times without success.

You even began to fantasize:

Perhaps the Uchiha clan, like the Hyuga clan, had varying degrees of Sharingan purity, and only those with naturally higher purity had the chance to advance to a higher level when stimulated…

After much thought, you felt it was highly probable.

Uchiha Madara awakened it, and his brother also awakened it, but due to their sexual orientation, they had no descendants, so it couldn’t be verified.

However, Uchiha Shisui and Obito seemed to be distant relatives. If that wasn’t enough to prove it, then Uchiha Fugaku’s family, with one father and two sons, was the best example! And most other Uchiha clan members, even some jonin you had seen in the military police force, only had two-tomoe…

Although you were always reluctant to admit it, currently, besides continuing to practice the bloodline meditation method for slow progress, you couldn’t find any other better way to quickly enhance your dojutsu power.

Of course, it was also possible that your body was not yet mature enough at the age of three, which prevented awakening.

Thus, you unconsciously fell asleep while practicing the meditation method.

Meanwhile, Kakashi, enduring his mental injuries, was leading the Anbu in inspecting every hidden corner of Konoha.

Two days of vacation ended just like that.

The next day, you set off for Root and found Danzo absent. You met Aburame Ryoma, who informed you that Danzo had been called away by the Hokage, and he would be assigning your mission today.

You took the mission scroll; its content instructed you to disguise yourself as a bandit within a specified time and rob a merchant caravan that had just departed Konoha, having hired a genin squad as escorts.

Mission completion requirements:

1. Covertly escort the merchant caravan through the capital of the Land of Fire.

2. After passing through the capital of the Land of Fire, eliminate all targets in the caravan, including the Konoha ninja, and make it appear as if bandits did it.

3. Destroy all goods in the caravan.

Mission Rank: B

Reward: 200, 000 ryo cash

You thought to yourself that Root was indeed Root; they were adept at killing Konoha ninja. Perhaps this was also a test for you, to see whether you were loyal to Konoha or to Danzo…

“Okay, I accept, but the reward needs to be changed!”

Seeing you point at the reward section on the mission scroll, Aburame Ryoma nodded and said it was fine. The reward on the mission scroll was just recorded on your Anbu identity card, but as a Root member, you could naturally ask for a higher price.

So you stated that you wanted a sealing jutsu that could seal chakra within your body.

Aburame Ryoma frowned and asked if it was for the unexpectedly generated flames. You nodded.

However, Aburame Ryoma said that this matter had to be discussed with Danzo. Since Danzo wasn’t there, he couldn’t make the decision and asked you to choose something else. As long as it wasn’t a sealing jutsu or a forbidden jutsu, he could decide.

Although a little disappointed, you were only testing the waters anyway, and certainly didn’t expect Danzo to hand over something as valuable as a sealing jutsu for a B-rank mission.

You pondered for a moment, then said you wanted a Wind Release jutsu, but you also said you didn’t know what Wind Release jutsus there were, so he could just give you whatever he thought best.

In this regard, you highly trusted Danzo’s judgment as a Wind Release master. You believed he would select a suitable Wind Release ninjutsu for you based on your fighting style.

After he nodded in agreement, you took the items needed to complete the mission and exited Konoha through the secret passage in the back mountains…