Naruto: Binding Uchiha Sasuke, Hundredfold Return

The Jounin team was wiped out.

"Are you still in the mood to care about others?"

A man with a shark-like face suddenly appeared in front of him. His wide grin revealed a bloodthirsty expression that made his heart skip a beat.

Samehada: Cutting and Killing!

The bandaged sword slammed down on him with a terrifying force, the sound of compressed air echoing as it descended!

Faced with such a terrifying weapon, the ninja belatedly raised his short sword to block it.

Because the man was stronger than his comrade, he managed to withstand the blow better than she did when she had faced the ghostly swordsman. But even so, he failed to defend against the next strike!

His kunai was forced back hard against his chest, pain shooting through his arm as the skin on his hand split open.

"What a terrifying power!"

"let me help you!"

The other two team members, seeing their comrade in trouble, rushed to his aid.

But a man with blood-red pupils suddenly leaped out from behind them.

Fire Style: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique!

Countless small flames flew at the two of them from behind. They reacted quickly, jumping out of the way to face Uchiha Itachi!

But as soon as they locked eyes with Itachi, they realized their mistake.

"Damn it, Uchiha…"

The leader only had time to curse under his breath before he was ensnared by Itachi's Genjutsu.

Another teammate was trapped in the illusion even faster, without a chance to utter a single word.

Tsukuyomi!

Even if you awaken from this technique, your mind will never be the same.

Sure enough, within moments, the two of them snapped out of the Tsukuyomi world.

One of them collapsed immediately. The leader, was drenched in sweat, barely holding on through sheer willpower.

"Are you... Uchiha Itachi? Why have you returned?"

Itachi remained silent, his expression unreadable. He saw that the leader of team had reached his limit and simply walked past him.

At that moment, he finally crumpled to the ground.

Itachi had taken down two Jounin in mere seconds!

"Leader, no!!"

"Are you still in the mood to worry about others?"

Kisame, feeling ignored, suddenly swung his massive blade. A strange shark-like creature emerged from the bandages!

Samehada!

Caught off guard, screamed as a chunk of flesh was torn from his arm by the shark!

"Ahhh!!!"

The pain was unbearable, but the real agony had only just begun.

Kisame, unwilling to waste any more time on such a weakling, brought his sword down repeatedly, finally severing the head!

Itachi glanced at Jounin's tragic death, a flicker of discomfort passing over his face before his expression turned neutral again.

"Let's go," he said.

"Heh, Konoha's ninjas aren't as tough as they say. Even someone like that can become a Jounin?" Kisame slung the sword over his shoulder, sneering.

Itachi's face remained expressionless. "We've been targeted. Our next moves should be more discreet, let's keep a low profile and hide our presence."

He had no intention of drawing Konoha's forces into a futile battle. That was not his mission.

Kisame didn't fully understand Itachi's reasoning but assumed he wanted to better their chances of capturing the Nine-Tails. He nodded in agreement with Itachi's suggestion.

Although he believed that he and Itachi could single-handedly take on all of Konoha, he knew that finding the Nine-Tails Jinchuuriki took priority.

Half an hour later...

The news that the Jounin team assigned by Danzo to handle the intruders in Konoha had been decimated reached the Hokage's office.

"Lord Danzo, two team members were rendered unconscious, and two have died. The leader of team left a message before he lost consciousness."

"What message?"

"Crow."

"Crow?"

"Yes, Crow!"

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