Megumi walked up to the girl, tilting his head like an owl.
His Hollow Eye picked up eight people in the surrounding area. The strongest was hiding behind a tree.
"Will you come out now, or will I fetch you myself?" Megumi said.
The girl froze, shock on her face. How did he know they were hiding?
Megumi was unpredictable under the moonlight.
He went back to where the deer lay. With a single touch he stored it in his Shadow Box, preparing for an inevitable fight he could not afford to lose.
"You spotted me well for someone your height," the Nara guardian said with a mocking tone.
The man stepped out, hand in his pocket.
"Captain Yami," the girl called in surprise.
Megumi frowned. He started doubting that this man was the real threat.
"Hey, System, I think your eye technique is malfunctioning," he muttered.
[The eye is perfectly fine,] the System replied.
"If the Uchiha are known for their Sharingan and there are still civilians with it, then that means the Nara clan, known for their IQ, can produce people with no IQ," Megumi said, provoking the guardian into greater alertness.
[Of course the Nara clan produces idiots in their bloodline,] the System added. [You are one of them.]
Megumi could not afford to argue with the System now.
"This place is set with a barrier. Nobody can leave unless the outside releases it," the Nara guardian said, watching the short figure carefully, unsure if this was a transformation jutsu or a dwarf.
"Why would you use a barrier without knowing who you are fighting? Your clan must be rich to waste resources like this," Megumi said, now facing Captain Yami. Seven guards were arrayed behind him.
"You should submit now rather than wait for the Uchiha officer to arrive," Yami said, drawing his hand from his pocket.
"Relax. I only came for fresh meat," Megumi replied.
"Now I will just knock you out like I did the others," Yami said.
He threw a kunai straight at Megumi, who ducked before attempting a ninjutsu.
"Shadow neck binding technique," Yami intoned.
Shadows detached and coiled, trying to control Megumi, who stood motionless. Yami wanted to take advantage of the opportunity. He forced Megumi's hand to pick up his own kunai, pressing it toward his own neck.
Before Yami could increase the pressure and finish him, a blow landed.
Bang.
Yami was punched in the face with such force that he slammed into a nearby tree.
"Cough, cough," Yami spat, blood filling his mouth. He looked at Megumi, who still stood where he had been.
How was he knocked away? Yami scanned for his squad and found them collapsed on the ground, groaning.
"Sorry, I came with a backup plan as well," Megumi said, stepping out from behind the tree.
Yami turned his head and saw Megumi sitting on a branch above him.
Megumi had been lucky to create a clone when he had been dealing with the deer before the girl showed up.
"That was close," he muttered behind his mask, Hollow Eye covering any sign of panic.
"Any last requests before you sleep?" Megumi asked as he jumped down and walked toward the clone that had done the dirty work.
"I thought you wanted to face me, one on one, as a shinobi with honor," Yami said, leaning against the tree.
"Honor?" Megumi scoffed. He was speechless that Yami expected a fair fight while his squad tried to ambush him. "Sorry, I am not a ninja foolish enough to ignore danger. I am the only one who should do the jumping."
The clone approached Yami and dissolved behind him, absorbed into Megumi. He did not want to reveal his technique the way he had years ago.
"Any last wi—" Megumi began, but a blonde-haired man attacked him, launching a blue sphere of energy that slammed toward him.
Bam.
Megumi blocked the strike with a boxing-style guard. The blast threw him several meters back with tremendous force.
"Damn," he hissed.
"What the hell move is that?" he swore, furious at himself for not leaving earlier and letting the clone distract them.
He staggered to his feet and fell back, coughing blood. The upper part of his mask was cracked, exposing a dark eye.
A man stood in front of him. "You have harmed the people of Konoha. I must take you in for questioning," the man said.
Megumi looked up in shock. His eyes nearly popped out.
"Minato Namikaze?" he whispered.
"Hey System, I think you were right about this operation," Megumi laughed, half in disbelief. "First Kakashi, now Minato. Who knows who will show up next."
More people kept appearing around him. What angered him most was the thugs who were now flashing their Sharingan.
"Captain, that is the trespasser we told you about. He entered the Uchiha grounds to hunt," one of the officers said.
"Perfect. He will not escape with the Fourth Hokage here," the captain said with a smirk.
"Attack him before he regains his strength," a Sarutobi ninja shouted, eager to gain favor from the situation.
"Be careful. That guy is very smart and fast," warned one of the officers who had chased Megumi. He did not want the Sarutobi ninja to do anything reckless.
Minato knelt beside Yami, who was in bad shape. A medical ninja attended to him.
Minato could see that Yami had two broken ribs. He would be out of action for at least two months.
"captain yami will need rest to help with his treatment," the medical ninja told Minato and Shikaku, who had rushed over after leaving his wife, who had just given birth that evening. Shikaku nodded, but his face was serious as he looked at the boy who had caused the damage. He knew a kid was not capable of doing it and a dwarf rely surprise him that will put Yami in that position.
Megumi's mouth twitched. Hearing that the captain needed rest sounded like an insult, as if the medical ninja thought the captain had been defeated easily. Even as an accused suspect, Megumi deserved medical attention if he had been hurt. "I need medical treatment too, Fourth Hokage," he said shamelessly.
Everyone stared.
A Sarutobi ninja formed hand seals. "Fireball Jutsu," he announced.
In his current condition, with one arm broken and the other half-broken, Megumi struggled. He formed a toad shikigami from a distance.
"Now," he shouted.
A long sticky tongue came out from behind a ninja and had grabbed Megumi up.