Swish!
A sharp blade sliced across a throat, and blood sprayed from the severed artery.
Thud.
The Cloud Chūnin clutched his neck and fell to his knees, but blood still gushed out through his fingers.
Clang!
On the third flash-step strike, Uchiha Yun's blade was intercepted by a lightning-infused longsword.
Uchiha Yun looked up slightly. "Looks like I guessed wrong. You're a Jōnin from the Hidden Cloud? You wield chakra enhancement quite well."
As his words fell, Yun's blade suddenly burst into flames. Flame Leap, an advanced form of chakra infusion, surged forth.
Boom!
Fire clashed with lightning. After two heavy impacts, Yun's flaming blade pierced through the Cloud Jōnin's chest.
Flames burst from the man's back, incinerating his internal organs to ash.
Yun withdrew his sword and turned toward the forest in the distance.
"Eight-Tails' sensory abilities, huh… Looks like I've been discovered."
With that thought, Yun looked back at Kakashi. "Moeka, take Kakashi and retreat. Tekkkahi and Isamu, cover them."
As he spoke, the three tomoe in his Sharingan spun, then morphed into the pattern of the Mangekyō Sharingan.
Kakashi was completely spent. They had to reduce enemy numbers before Killer B arrived.
Swish!
In an instant, Uchiha Yun vanished from sight.
The next second, eight versions of Yun surrounded the Cloud ninja and began running in a perfect circle.
"Shadow clones?" one Cloud Jōnin said.
But Samui suddenly shouted in alarm, "That's Shisui's Body Flicker technique!"
Boom!
All eight figures attacked. One blade was blocked by a Cloud-nin, while Samui threw a lightning-infused shuriken in defense, only for it to pass through Yun's form and hit the ground.
'So it was true.'
Samui's expression turned grim. 'None of the clones were real, yet every attack was.'
This was the legendary technique that made Shisui famous during the Third Great Ninja War, Shunshin no Shisui (Body Flicker Shisui).
Splat!
Blood sprayed again.
The eight Yuns drew their blades. "That's the first one."
…..
Very soon, a massacre unfolded in the forest.
Contact meant death for Chūnin, and even Jōnin were little more than a nuisance.
With Mangekyō Sharingan, illusions, Body Flicker, and the two-second foresight of Kotodama, the Cloud ninja were slaughtered one after another.
"So… so fast!" Uchiha Isamu exclaimed, stunned.
Beside him, Tekkahi nodded. "Yun's flicker technique is already close to the clan head's level. With those special eyes, only the Eight-Tails' Jinchūriki poses a threat. The rest are just trash."
Boom!!
The last Rasengan struck a Cloud ninja in the face. Yun turned to face Samui, who stood ready, panting.
"You're quick. If it weren't for those oversized… things slowing you down, your short blades would be even faster."
Yun casually flicked the blood from his blade and pointed at her. "You barely escaped earlier, but this time you won't be so lucky."
Samui met his gaze cautiously, avoiding eye contact. 'If I can just hold out until Lord B gets here, it'll be your end.'
"Oh?"
Yun glanced toward the forest. "Looks like your luck's not bad."
Just as he spoke, a figure shot through the trees at incredible speed.
Killer B appeared, surrounded by black-red chakra, and slashed down at Yun with massive claws.
Boom!!
The ground shattered. Yun flash-stepped to a nearby clearing.
"That's quite the greeting, don't you think?"
Killer B, now partially tailed-beast transformed, surveyed the area and saw over ten Cloud ninja corpses, all lifeless. His rage caused the tailed-beast cloak to expand wildly.
"Uchiha Yun! You bastard!"
Yun shook his head slightly. "This is war. Just as you can kill Konoha's shinobi, we can kill yours."
"Don't be angry. Wasn't it you Cloud-nin who started this war in the first place?"
Killer B was momentarily at a loss for words. Yun was right.
But, as he'd said before, he was a Cloud ninja. He had to obey the Raikage.
Your seat determines your stance. Whether you want to fight or not, you have to.
"Uchiha Yun! Let me show you my real power!"
As he spoke, Killer B opened his mouth. A small Tailed Beast Ball began to form and launched, not at Yun, but at Uchiha Tekka behind him.
Attack what your enemy must protect. No way to dodge it.
'Susanoo!'
In an instant, blue Yin-attributed chakra formed a massive upper-body warrior: Susanoo.
Boom!!
The violent explosion shattered Susanoo's armor. In Yun's eye sockets, the Mangekyō spun rapidly.
In a flash, the blue armor regenerated and blocked the Tailed Beast Bomb entirely.
"Killer B! This is the war your Hidden Cloud wanted!!"
With a roar, Susanoo's blade, formed from blue chakra, came crashing down.
Boom!!
The already cratered ground cracked even further. Killer B used eight crimson tails and his claws to block the attack, but he was clearly struggling.
'Kotodama!'
With foresight, Susanoo's other hand summoned a magatama and smashed it down toward Killer B's head.
Boom!!
The explosion cracked the tailed-beast cloak. Killer B, unable to maintain it, retreated.
Swish!
As if anticipating this, Yun flash-stepped to his landing spot, blade poised.
Slash!
A diagonal gash appeared from Killer B's shoulder to his abdomen.
Blood sprayed.
Shocked, Killer B stared at Yun. "That ability again… like last time?"
Yun shook his head. "If you're my enemy, you should confirm your guesses at the cost of your own wounds, or your life. Don't ask your enemy for answers. They won't tell you."
"You avoided my killing blow by a hair's breadth. Impressive reaction speed, Killer B."
As Yun finished, the illusion of his Sharingan activated.
Killer B suddenly found himself plummeting through an abyss, unable to move.
Yun's voice echoed in his ears: "If the brother of the Raikage dies here, maybe that musclehead 4th Raikage will finally regret starting this war."
But Killer B ignored him. He screamed internally: "Gyūki!!"
Eight-Tails chakra surged through Killer B's meridians, disrupting his chakra flow, and shattering the illusion.