Narration system starting from Konoha

Red Bean ground its little sharp teeth, feeling an urge to bite.

That kid Kong is so hateful.

Despite failing to extract any useful information from Kong, Hongdou turned back.

As darkness fell again, the group stopped at a high point not far from the border.

In a dimly lit corner, a pitcher plant emerged.

Uchiha Sora's relaxed expression immediately turned serious; he had discovered the trail of Black and White Zetsu as soon as he left the village.

The other party was just too secretive, only showing their face at the very beginning of the journey, and only now have they finally come out.

The Akatsuki organization is tracking what they do.

The system space switches rapidly, constantly flashing the surrounding scenery.

Soon, several familiar figures came into view.

He revealed a slight smile; it really was a case of enemies meeting on a narrow road.

Itachi's team, Kakuzu's team.

This was premeditated and aimed at them.

The Akatsuki organization primarily operates in pairs; they almost never operate in pairs.

These S-rank rogue ninjas all have their own pride and will not easily join forces with others.

Especially with a guy like Kakuzu who has a habit of killing his comrades, Itachi and Kisame aren't worried about being ambushed by Kakuzu during battles and using their heads for bounties.

Kong calmly got up, stretched, walked up to Kakashi, and whispered:

"Teacher, something's wrong. We might be being watched. I keep feeling like someone is watching me. You should know that I have a very keen sense of things."

Kakashi frowned. He trusted Sora; Sora had never joked about such matters.

Kakashi nodded and subtly relayed the information to the other Jonin.

In just a moment, all the Konoha ninjas knew the information, but they still pretended to be resting in place.

At the border, four figures moved unhurriedly through the forest, unaware that their every move was being watched by Kong.

Chapter 292 Taking the Initiative

The empty body moved around the camp unnoticed.

As he passed a large tree, a clone appeared beside him and leaned against the tree.

Hidden in the shadows, Black and White could only see the hem of a figure leaning against a large tree, but not the whole figure.

Uchiha Sora made a hand gesture to Kakashi and disappeared into the forest in the blink of an eye.

Separated by a vast forest and in the darkness of night, Kong was unaware, but Hei Bai Jue could detect the clone he had left behind from a corner of his clothing.

There is absolutely no white eye in black and white.

They moved swiftly through the forest, their feet barely touching the ground, leaping between the trees like agile monkeys.

In the forest, Kakashi and the other Konoha ninjas roused themselves.

Several ninjas inadvertently left clones behind the surveillance line pointed out by Uchiha Sora, while their main bodies headed straight for the route Sora had disappeared down.

Uchiha Sora remained on a large tree, waiting quietly.

Soon, light footsteps could be heard.

Shikamaru, Shino, Neji, and Might Guy appeared at his side.

Sora nodded to the four of them. Shikamaru and the other two were sometimes even more effective than before in the dim forest.

It seems Kakashi is well aware of the three's strength.

The special rank members of the team participating in this Chunin Exam are not all skilled in combat.

On the contrary, clan ninjas like Shikamaru are better able to demonstrate their strength, and there's also Guy-sensei to back them up.

"Teacher Kai, the enemy is in the forest ahead, moving in our direction. They are very strong; there are four of them."

Neji nodded, his eyes instantly bulging with veins, and he activated his Byakugan.

Passing through layers of trees, four figures came into view.

One of them seemed to sense that they were being watched and glanced in Neji's direction.

Three rotating Sharingan eyes instantly appeared in Neji's vision and occupied his mind.

"Ok!"

Neji leaned back quickly, his Byakugan closed, cold sweat pouring down his forehead, still shaken.

"How are you, Neji?" Guy-sensei asked with concern.

Neji wiped the cold sweat from his forehead: "I'm fine, Guy-sensei. The enemy was very strong. I only glanced at them with my Byakugan, which seems to have alerted them."

Neji glanced at Sora and said, "The enemy was also from the Uchiha clan. At that time, my head was filled with three spinning tomoe. If I hadn't been so far away and reacted in time, I probably would have fallen for their genjutsu."

Sora chuckled and said, "I was wondering why I felt so familiar. It turns out it's Itachi. The other one should be Kisame Hoshigaki."

The Akatsuki usually operates in pairs, but this time they've formed a four-person team. It seems the Akatsuki has an important operation that requires the two teams to work together.

[Uchiha Sora's guess was correct. Iwagakure and Akatsuki have reached an agreement: whoever kills Uchiha Sora will not only receive a bounty of 100 million, but also some scarce resources in the ninja world.]

Kong immediately laughed.

"I didn't expect I was so valuable. I even want to hand myself over for the bounty. Onoki is too stingy. I killed a Konoha rogue ninja."

Onoki sheltered a rogue ninja, and Konoha hasn't even demanded an explanation from him yet, and he still has the nerve to issue a bounty.

The three remained silent.

Teacher Kai said with a serious expression, "Uchiha Itachi is no ordinary person. He was a squad leader of the Anbu when he left Konoha."

When fighting Itachi, don't look into his eyes; judge his movements by his feet.

Sora said, "Kai-sensei's method is indeed very good. Shikamaru, Shino, Neji, the three of you wait for the right opportunity to act, but don't reveal yourselves yet."

Teacher Kai, there's no need to rush into action. Let me engage with them first and see who these four are and what their trump cards are.

With smoke screens around, the Akatsuki are a long way from killing me.

"Okay, this is youth, full of passion. Let me show you."

Sora nodded and glanced around: "Be careful of the Kaleidoscope. Itachi's Kaleidoscope has two skills that are unsolvable for us."

Being hit by it results in severe injury. A full moon is a genjutsu that directly damages a person's spirit, and those with weak willpower may even become idiots.

One is Amaterasu, whose gaze is the focal point, and black flames appear out of thin air, inextinguishable by anything, burning the target to ashes before extinguishing.

The group nodded.

It moved forward silently.

Not far away, four people were walking at a leisurely pace.

"Mr. Itachi, did you spot an enemy earlier? I noticed you activated your Sharingan."

As Itachi's partner, Kisame knew Itachi's habits and behaviors all too well.

"I sensed that they were being watched, but I can't be sure yet."

Itachi was being modest; his gaze vanished so quickly that Itachi didn't have time to confirm, but he was already certain in his heart.

Kisame revealed a playful expression: "This is getting more and more interesting. It seems we've been exposed. White Zetsu hasn't sent a message yet. These guys are really useless."

Kisame is clever; he immediately guessed the truth. Uchiha Sora had already sensed their movements and was setting a trap ahead to capture them all.

The four looked at each other in dismay. The plan had failed halfway before it even began. There was nothing more frustrating than this.

Kakuzu sneered: "Since we've been exposed, we might as well kill them outright. Kill any Konoha ninja who try to stop us as well."

The leader doesn't think that if we lure Uchiha Sora out, the other Konoha ninja will remain indifferent.

"Killing Uchiha Sora is less effective than keeping the entire team here, so there's no way to prove anything."

Kakuzu is overthinking things. He's forgotten that he never gained the upper hand in his battles against Uchiha Sora, and even when Uchiha Itachi and Kisame teamed up for many battles, they couldn't even touch a hair on Uchiha Sora's head.

Kisame and Kakuzu's expressions immediately turned ugly.

Being openly mocked by the narrator and having no way to refute it is the most painful thing.

"Shh."

A dark figure flashed by in the distance, standing atop a large tree and looking down at the four people.

"Heh, the narrator's voice was so loud, I could hear it from far away. The four of you are so careless, it's not like the style of an excellent ninja."

The air swept past the four people, especially Kurosuki Raiga.

"This is a new member. If I'm not mistaken, it should be Kurosuki Raiga, the rogue ninja from Kirigakure and the wielder of the Raito (lightning blade)."

Kongwan said, "The Akatsuki and Kirigakure really have a connection. But let me remind you, be careful of your partner Kakuzu. This guy loves to kill his comrades after completing a mission."

"Using their companion's corpse for a bounty"

Kakuzu suddenly threw a punch, his fist instantly extending, with countless threads of earth resentment connecting them, heading straight for Uchiha Kū.

"Kid, enough nonsense. You might as well die here. How dare you face the four of us all by yourself? Who gave you the guts?"

"boom."

The tree was snapped in half, and Uchiha Sora appeared on the tree next to him as if he had teleported.

"As expected of a hot-tempered guy. I'll say the same thing back to you. Who gave you the guts to show up in front of me with just four people?"

Two black pellets appeared in Uchiha's hand, exactly the same shape as poison gas bullets.

"Try the power of poison gas."

With a flick of his finger, two black bullets flew towards the four of them.

Uchiha Itachi quickly raised his hand, sending out two kunai, while simultaneously retreating rapidly.

The other three followed closely behind, no slower than Itachi.