Naruto: Starting With Three Tomoe Sharingan, Girlfriend Kushina

Facing the tall Taki-nin who was charging fiercely with a weapon in hand, Uchiha Ryun took out his last kunai.

He had never fought to the death with a ninja before. This time was a good opportunity to gain combat experience and test his skills.

When he left home, he did not carry many kunai or shuriken. Now all the weapons in his pouch were gone. Even if that man did not attack, he would take the initiative to engage in close combat.

Seeing the little brat neither fleeing nor avoiding, the Taki-nin genin's eyes flashed with ferocity. He immediately slashed his kunai toward Ryun's head.

Clang!

A metallic collision sound rang out. Ryun did not dodge or evade, directly blocking the heavy strike.

"What!"

The Taki-nin's eyes revealed shock.

A little brat who was not even fully grown could actually block his attack head-on. His full strength strike did not even make the opponent retreat a single step.

The Taki-nin genin's thinking remained stuck on the physical size difference and age gap between them. His use of chakra was very crude, not even having undergone scientific precision control.

Ryun's feet firmly clung to the ground, and his arms were filled with a large amount of chakra. The strength of his limbs alone was enough to withstand the opponent.

After blocking the strike, Ryun exerted force with both hands, pushing the opponent away while throwing his weapon with great force.

The kunai shot at the opponent's face at close range. The Taki-nin genin felt a stinging pain between his eyebrows from the lethal threat and instinctively turned his head to avoid it.

Unfortunately, Ryun had used lightning attribute chakra when exerting force. The kunai imbued with lightning was extremely fast and not easy to dodge.

A small part of his ear was instantly sliced off by the kunai.

His life was temporarily saved, but before he could catch his breath, he saw Ryun shoot forward at a speed too fast to see clearly.

The next moment, he felt intense pain in his abdomen. Ryun's fist had accurately struck his body.

The Taki-nin genin was sent flying. Before he even hit the ground, he could not help but spit out a mouthful of blood. Ryun's punch was very heavy. This time, he was facing an enemy genin and had no intention of holding back.

The Taki-nin genin flew over ten meters away, crashing into a large tree before stopping.

Ryun quickly formed hand seals, preparing to deliver the final blow.

"Fire Release, Great Fireball Technique!"

Ryun spat out a massive fireball from his mouth. Its terrifying momentum shocked the genin to his core.

He never dreamed that a little brat who was not even a ninja could be so powerful and even knew ninjutsu.

The fireball rapidly expanded in his pupils, then engulfed him and the tree behind him.

Boom!!!

The explosion startled Orochimaru's shadow clone. He was currently observing the battle on Nawaki's side, where Nawaki was fighting one against four. He needed to keep a closer watch. The explosion of the fireball made him instinctively look toward Ryun's side.

Seeing Ryun achieve victory, Orochimaru could not help but lick his lips and laugh.

This child truly did not disappoint him. A "monstrous" genius capable of developing Chidori would naturally not make mistakes when dealing with two genin.

Orochimaru thought this to himself, but the next moment his pupils suddenly contracted. He hurriedly shouted at Ryun, who was standing still, "Be careful!"

A kunai stabbed deeply into Ryun's chest.

"You think you won? Remember to be smarter in your next life..."

The Taki-nin genin grinned fiercely, but before he could finish speaking, he immediately realized the sensation of the kunai piercing flesh felt wrong.

This genin's skills and reactions were not weak, making him an elite genin. At the last moment before the fireball hit, he had used the Substitution Technique.

Then, taking advantage of Ryun's relaxed state, he delivered a fatal strike.

"I'll return those exact words to you..."

As this voice sounded, the Ryun who had been stabbed by the kunai instantly turned into an illusion.

This was not even a shadow clone but an illusory clone. However, it was enough to deceive a mere genin.

The three basic techniques taught at the Ninja Academy were not something a genin could easily see through.

"Lightning Release, Lightning Strike Technique!"

A bolt of lightning struck down directly on the Taki-nin genin's head, severely injuring him in one hit.

The lightning produced by chakra was completely incomparable to natural lightning. Moreover, the Lightning Strike Technique was only a low-level ninjutsu. It was not surprising that it could not kill a large guy in one hit.

Ryun stepped forward and delivered a fatal kick, finally ending the man's life.

This was his first time killing someone at close range, but he did not feel much psychological pressure. Perhaps it was due to the surge of adrenaline. His hands and feet showed no signs of trembling, only his heartbeat sped up slightly.

In the future, as he took more lives, he might not even have this accelerated heartbeat reaction.

With the battle on his side concluded, he waved at Orochimaru to signal he was safe.

Orochimaru did not withhold praise, smiling and giving him a thumbs-up.

Nawaki's fight was also intense. With Orochimaru not interfering, he quickly killed three genin and was now engaged in combat with one.

Ryun had no intention of helping. The genin was already injured and at his limit. Even without assistance, Nawaki could handle it himself.

Three minutes later, the battle in the forest completely ended.

The two and the shadow clone quickly headed to Orochimaru's main body.

They saw Orochimaru had already finished his fight. The jonin Manjiro lay dead on the spot. Orochimaru was holding a Taki-nin chunin, attempting to interrogate him.

However, the man was very stubborn, directly biting into the poison hidden under his tongue, giving Orochimaru no chance to question him.

This was not unexpected to Orochimaru. He showed no emotional fluctuation when the man died.

In his view, these were likely Taki-nin disguised as rogue ninjas.

If nothing went wrong, Takigakure could profit greatly. Even if discovered by Konoha-nin, it did not matter. A few rogue ninjas could not implicate Takigakure.

Konoha could do nothing about such malicious actions. They could not start a war with a hidden village over a few rogue ninja or small villages.

The only thing Konoha could do was kill them one by one.

The resources of ten small villages probably could not even train a group of ninja like this. This time, they killed one jonin, two chunin, and six genin. Takigakure had suffered a major loss.

If another Konoha jonin had taken this A-rank mission, they might have failed and likely would not have been able to stop Manjiro and the others. But the one who took this mission was Orochimaru. This was just Takigakure's bad luck.

The three rested in the village for a night, during which they received warm hospitality from the villagers. Nawaki took the opportunity to ask about the safety of the surrounding area.

After learning the location of a nearby bandit hideout, the three set out early the next morning and slaughtered the entire hideout, leaving no one alive.

After completing these tasks, Orochimaru had no intention of returning to the village. Instead, he took the two boys into another country.