Konoha: This Uchiha is extremely sneaky

Chapter 240 Old Acquaintance

Three days later, at the same outpost.

Toshiro's figure appeared outside the base.

After sending the message, he left the outpost and only reappeared at this time today.

"Wind Release·Vacuum Jade"

A colorless sphere, nearly two meters in diameter and filled with intense wind-style chakra, shot towards Toshiro's location.

At the same time, another close-combat ninja appeared, wielding a ninja sword and slashing at Toshiro's waist. Just from the thin yet sharp chakra on the blade, one could tell how unstoppable the power of this strike was.

That's not all. According to Toshiro's observation, there is another puppeteer in the shadows, who is ready to strike. Once he reveals any weakness while dealing with these attacks, he will deliver a fatal blow to Toshiro.

This is why Toshiro waited three days before coming to this base, in order to prevent the Sand Ninja from assassinating him if they were too emotional.

For example, right now.

And there's also the question of what the Wind Shadow's attitude will be.

With the Vacuum Giant Ball and the slash of the Ninja Sword, the suddenly appearing Toshiro was shattered into pieces without any attempt to resist.

"It wasn't that easy after all!"

Upon seeing its prey, it was so easily struck, and simultaneously turned into a clump of yellowish-brown mud that disintegrated.

The two Sand Ninja attackers, unsurprised, turned their attention to where Toshiro had come from, preparing to launch a second attack.

"Saki, Asato! Are you two going to ignore the Kazekage's orders? Stop right now!"

A clear female voice interrupted their attack.

"Jonin Pakura, unlike you who received orders from Rasa to bring this Konoha ninja back to the village, our orders were to kill him!"

"Of course, that's our idea too!"

Of the two who launched the attack, the leader, Saki, grinned at Yekura, who had just spoken up to stop him, and then turned to look at the other person, Toshiro, who had just appeared.

Although he was smiling, the chilling look in his eyes was all too obvious.

"Our fellow Sand Village members are really enthusiastic!"

Seeing that someone had finally come out to stop the group, Toshiro revealed himself and greeted his companions.

"snort!"

Seeing this, the Jonin named Sha Gui simply snorted and signaled to his companions to prepare to launch another attack.

"Hey! You'd better double-check that what's in front of you right now isn't the real thing making the move!"

Seeing that the other party still intended to take action, Toshiro felt helpless and could only use this as an excuse to see what his old acquaintance would do.

He wasn't surprised at all that his mission to deliver the message would be attacked by the Sand Village ninja. The two sides had been fighting for so long, with casualties on both sides.

It's understandable that someone would take action upon seeing a Konoha ninja like himself, but no one expected that the other party would be able to ignore Rasa's orders.

It seems things aren't very peaceful inside Sunagakure!

"Enough! Saki, Asato, I don't care whose orders you two took, but if you want to kill him in front of me—"

As he spoke, four orange-red fireballs began to swirl and dance around Yekura's figure, radiating intense heat.

This forced Sha Gui and Ma Dou to move away.

"Rasa really thinks highly of this kid from Konoha, actually sending you here to carry out this mission~"

Upon seeing this, Sha Gui's face turned so gloomy it seemed like water could drip from it.

"In that case, you should understand that you cannot kill him without my consent!"

As she spoke, Yekura also manipulated a Blazing Release fireball to surround Saki and Asato, preventing them from launching any further attacks.

"Yakura, you need to think this through. The other person is from Konoha. Are you really going to fight your own comrades for someone from Konoha?"

Seeing Yekura's resolute attitude, Sha Gui didn't give up. Instead, he tried to reason with her and appeal to her emotions, hoping to bring Yekura into their camp and work together to eliminate the Konoha ninja.

The other party is quite strong; if we can bring her into our camp...

It's worth it!

"Sand Demon, Asato, you'd better think this through! Do you really want to disobey the Fourth Kazekage's orders? If so, I don't mind wiping you both out, along with the guy hiding in the shadows!"

Before Sha Gui could continue to use his silver tongue to persuade Ye Cang, another voice interrupted him, and the tone was quite impolite from the start.

Clearly, he was quite dissatisfied with Sha Gui's direct address of Luo Sha by his given name.

"It's you, Yashamaru!"

"I never expected Rasa would send you out!"

Sha Gui was somewhat surprised to see the person who had suddenly interrupted him.

At that moment, a Sand Ninja of average height emerged from the outpost. He wore a standard combat uniform, had light blond hair, and a delicate, gentle face.

It was Yashamaru, the brother-in-law of the Fourth Kazekage and Gaara's maternal uncle.

"Let's go!"

Upon seeing this person, Sha Gui did not linger there any longer, but instead left with his companions.

Since Yashamaru is here, it's clear that the Kazekage takes this matter seriously. It's not something that can be easily resolved by just a few of them; it requires careful consideration from the 'master' behind them.

"I apologize for the messenger from Konoha's embarrassment!"

After seeing Sha Gui and his group off, Yashamaru approached Toshiro with a smile and said...

If those people hadn't gone so far, he really wouldn't have wanted to expose the inner workings of Sunagakure to the Leaf Village ninjas.

"No! No! I imagine there are plenty of emotionally charged companions like this in every village."

Faced with Yashamaru's goodwill, Toshiro didn't hesitate to return a smile and chuckled.

Just as he said, ninjas like Sha Gui, who are more emotional and are known as the pro-war faction, are common in every village.

They are either radical thinkers who rejoice at the prospect of war, or hopelessly addicted to hatred.

As he spoke, Toshiro also observed Yashamaru opposite him. This guy really did have a feminine appearance, somewhat like a delicate, demure young lady.

It's fair to say that Rasa took Toshiro's arrival very seriously. He not only dispatched the powerful Yoruichiro as his bodyguard to prevent Toshiro from being assassinated by those with ulterior motives.

Even his brother-in-law was sent out.

(End of this chapter)