Konoha: This Uchiha is extremely sneaky

Chapter 17 Deadly Strike

At this moment, on the banks of the Nanhe River, in a scenic canyon.

A group of Uchiha brats, led by Uchiha Homura, were actively preparing for their midday picnic.

Some people went into the nearby woods to collect dry branches, preparing ingredients for the upcoming barbecue. Others spread out their camping picnic blankets and neatly arranged the food they had prepared at home from their packs. Still others gathered wildflowers they had just picked from the hillside and arranged them in the center of the picnic blanket to add a touch of rustic charm.

Suddenly, a mournful howl echoed from afar in the forest, startling the birds and shattering the tranquility of the place.

"It seems like Toshiro and the others ran into something big! Are they alright?" Uchiha Asaka looked nervously in the direction of the forest, then turned to ask Uchiha Homura beside her.

"It's alright! Don't worry! Morning Glow..."

Uchiha Homura waved his hand dismissively, not even raising his head, showing no sign of concern whatsoever.

"Really? But that doesn't sound so good!" Seeing her girlfriend's nonchalant attitude.

Uchiha Asaka's heart tightened even more as she hadn't yet let go of her worries.

Reluctantly putting down the pastries she was arranging, she looked up at the distant forest and explained to her friend, "Don't worry, Asaka, there's a real ninja following them! There won't be any danger."

"Hey! Did someone from the clan follow us?" After only a slight pause, Uchiha Asaka immediately realized what was going on.

"With so many of us going camping together, the tribe always needs to send one or two adults to look after us..."

"Besides, although the surrounding forests aren't particularly dangerous, there are always one or two wild animals that occasionally roam out from deep within the woods. The adults are worried that we might get lost in the forest or encounter some other danger..."

After listening to Uchiha Homura's words, Uchiha Asaka thought about it and felt that this made more sense. She then calmed down and began to attend to her work.

At that moment, sunlight shone through the gaps in the leaves into the forest and onto Uchiha Toshiro.

He suddenly let out a loud shout, gripping a small katana tightly with both hands, lost in a strange state of self-enjoyment...

"The Secret Techniques of Konoha's Body Techniques"

"Thousand Years of Killing!!!"

"..."

Suddenly, an awkward atmosphere descended upon the forest. ⊙﹏⊙|||

The silence was broken only by a piercing scream, which allowed the people around to finally exhale after holding their breath for so long.

Having delivered the decisive blow, and looking at the wild boar lying beneath the tree, only able to twitch its body occasionally, Uchiha Toshiro suddenly felt a sense of relaxation and comfort, as if his soul had undergone some kind of sublimation.

"Yan! You're such a wimp! It's barely a kilometer. You're already exhausted, and now you can't even sit up straight..."

"No, I'm just too shocked!" Having watched Uchiha Toshiro's 'performance' from above, Uchiha En had a mouthful of sarcasm stuck in his throat, unsure how to utter it. He even nearly fell off the tree because he lost his balance.

"And dragon fire? You're not really scared to death, are you?"

"Stop right there!"

Uchiha Ryuka, whose secret had been exposed, blushed deeply. He had almost lost his composure from shock, and it really was a hair's breadth away...

It seemed that something warm and wet had leaked out a little, so he quickly jumped up, tucked his legs together, and hid behind a big tree, which made Uchiha Toshiro laugh out loud.

At this moment, everyone, including Uchiha Yukito, Yan, and Mamoru, gathered around Toshiro. They stared in disbelief as he inflicted a fatal wound on their poor prey.

The little kid, who was only six or seven years old, didn't understand the deeper meaning.

However, Uchiha Toshiro's outrageous actions at this moment inevitably left a shadow on their understanding of the word "weakness." This caused their limited minds to momentarily freeze, unable to find suitable words to describe the situation.

"Who's over there?" Uchiha Toshiro looked up at the canopy of the large tree where Uchiha Yukito had just hidden.

There was no response, so I looked at it carefully from a few different angles.

Having gained nothing, Uchiha Toshiro felt that it was just his imagination.

"We almost got discovered by those brats..." A young man, around twenty years old and wearing a Konoha police uniform, breathed a sigh of relief from the canopy of another tree nearby.

I only slightly leaked my aura because I didn't control it properly. Luckily, I moved away in time. I almost got caught; this kid has such keen senses!

However, recalling the "eye-watering" scene just now, the young man couldn't help but feel his lips twitch. He'd heard the brat's excited shouts below and thought he was about to unleash some secret technique. He'd even activated his Sharingan, but the result was just... well, let's just say it was a bit...

The young man hiding in the tree was the ninja who came to take care of them, and he was also a member of the Konoha Police Force.

It's one thing for the Uchiha clan's children to go out and play in small groups within the village. But this is a large group, often a dozen or twenty people, heading towards the slightly dangerous Naka River on the edge of Konoha. How could the Uchiha clan not send someone over?

Every time Uchiha Toshiro led a large group of his friends out hunting or on a picnic, carrying heavy bags and bundles, one of the two clansmen standing guard at the gate would always accompany them, though they would never actually show themselves!

"Alright, stop looking! Let's get ready to pack up. Yukito and Morito, go back and collect the shuriken and kunai you left behind along the way. Ryuho, you and I will deal with this wild boar and bleed it. The rest of you, check the traps we just set to see if we've found anything, and while you're at it, dismantle them all."

He arranged the tasks to be done. Toshiro crouched down, pulled his katana from the already dead boar, and made a cut in the boar's neck to bleed it.

While the forests surrounding Konoha Village rarely see large wild animals, now that blood has been drawn, it's best to leave as soon as possible. The Naruto world is full of all sorts of bizarre and enormous monsters, and Toshiro doesn't want any accidents to happen here!

Soon, the group of friends, each with their own tasks, regrouped. They redistributed the collected kunai and shuriken. Looking at the two pheasants and one rabbit they had brought back from the trap, Toshiro couldn't help but marvel. There were certainly plenty of wild animals in this world. How long had the trap been set? Only about an hour, and they already had a harvest.

(End of this chapter)