“Of course I do — I’m your guinea pig again, aren’t I?”
Ryuu shook his head with a mock sigh, though he was smiling.
They had spent months exchanging insights and sparring with genjutsu.
Every time Kurenai mastered a new technique, she would come running to test it on him.
“This time… I will get you!” Kurenai puffed out her cheeks, shaking a small fist.
“Very well then.
Come — show me what this Triple Blossom Illusion can do.”
Ryuu stood still, slid off his sunglasses, and gestured for her to begin.
He wielded the Rinnegan.
A genjutsu from Kurenai was never going to work.
“Don’t look so relaxed!” Kurenai huffed.
“This one is truly powerful!”
“Right.
I’m totally calm because I’m terrified — I’ve been trembling this whole time.”
“Cheater!
Take this!”
At her shout, cherry blossoms cascaded down all around him like a sudden, fragrant storm.
Ryuu gave his Sharingan the faintest turn — and the illusion vanished instantly.
But he stayed perfectly still, letting her circle and prod him, pretending to be completely caught in her spell.
“Hah!
Got you at last, Ryuu!
Even an Uchiha fell for it!
I’ve never felt so proud!”
Kurenai beamed in delight.
Ryuu, meanwhile, made funny faces and gestures at Might Guy while she wasn’t looking.
“Poor girl,” Guy muttered, shaking his head.
“Falling for it again.”
“Finally — one that worked!
Once I release the jutsu, I’m going to gloat so much…”
“You could gloat right now…”
…Ryuu!
You rotten thing!”
Her shriek of outrage echoed across the training grounds.
“HA HA HA!
Don’t worry — I won’t tell a soul!” Guy laughed loudly.
Kurenai turned a glare of pure fury on him.
Guy held up his hands instantly.
“Nothing!
I saw nothing!
I was busy training!”
“Better that you didn’t.
My genjutsu may not work on him… but yours?” Kurenai grinned with distinctly menacing cheer.
“Uchiha… Ryuu…”
Not far away, Asuma watched them laughing together, his hand tightening into a fist.
“Alright Guy — I’m heading home.
See you tomorrow!”
Three hours of training complete, Ryuu took his leave.
Instead of returning to the Uchiha compound, he slipped into the shadows and used the Flying Raijin to vanish — reappearing moments later deep within the village’s western hills.
Silent, unseen.
Whoosh — whoosh.
After shifting positions a few more times, he came to a halt.
“System — check in outside Orochimaru’s laboratory!”
Beneath his feet lay Orochimaru’s secret underground facility.
Ryuu had discovered it after earning the Telescope Technique and watching Orochimaru’s movements for weeks.
He had no intention of reporting him — he simply needed new check‑in locations.
Every other notable spot in Konoha had already been claimed.
Ding!
Check‑in successful!
Reward granted: Forbidden Jutsu — Impure World Reincarnation!
If he summoned back Hashirama Senju or Madara Uchiha… who below the Six Paths level could stand against them?
In the era he lived in, it would be enough to sweep across the entire shinobi world.
“Someone’s here.”
His expression shifted.
Without a sound, he activated the Flying Raijin and vanished.
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
Moments later, two figures appeared — Root operatives.
One was a sensor‑type ninja.
“Strange.
I sensed someone here only moments ago… yet they are gone.
And look — chakra residue is still fresh!”
“Perhaps they sensed us coming and left ahead of time?” the other operative suggested.
“Unlikely.
Even fleeing with Body Flicker leaves a trail I could follow.
But this… it’s as if they simply ceased to exist.
No chakra flow outward, no direction… just gone.”
The sensor frowned in confusion.
The Flying Raijin was a space‑time technique — it left no trail to track.
“Still… no one remains.
Kimura — go fetch Lord Danzō.”
Kimura nodded and vanished.
Minutes later, he returned with Danzō — one‑eyed, leaning on his staff.
Danzō waited in silence.
Presently, a third figure emerged from the shadows — cold, serpentine, and silent.
Orochimaru.
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