Before Uchiha Tomoki encountered the Root ninja, Xia Li, who had already finished school, was walking on the road with Naruto.
At this time, a Root ninja was approaching.
"Ninja in front, report your team number and personal code name."
The Anbu ninja suddenly appeared and blocked the Root ninja's way.
"Root, codenamed 'Owl', is taking Uchiha Kari away on the orders of Lord Danzo."
"Not yet. Wait until your target is separated from the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki before taking action. Otherwise, I will kill you without mercy!"
The Anbu ninja looked at the three Root ninjas in front of him and had no desire to communicate. He directly stated his request and prepared for battle.
Following his movements, the other Anbu hiding around him also revealed themselves and took up fighting stances.
The three Root ninjas confronted the Anbu ninjas without fear. After a while, the leading Root ninja codenamed 'Owl' made a few hand gestures, and the three ninjas immediately restrained their momentum and followed the Anbu ninjas silently.
Xia Li and Naruto came to a fork in the road without realizing it.
"We'll go our separate ways from now on. Goodbye, Naruto."
"See you tomorrow, Boss Xia Li!" Naruto waved goodbye to Xia Li vigorously.
After they parted, he kept looking back every three steps to see Xia Li's receding figure.
After making sure that the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki and the Anbu had gone far away, three Root ninjas appeared in front of Xia Li.
"Uchiha Xia Li, come with us!"
"Who are you and why should I follow you? Do you know who my brother is? Do you know who my grandfather is? Get out of the way! I want to go home."
Uchiha Xia Li remembered his brother's teachings and ignored any unfamiliar ninja who concealed their appearance.
The three Root Ninjas said nothing, but just looked at Uchiha Xia Li quietly.
Uchiha Xia Li was a little flustered, and although he didn't show it, he still chose to change direction and planned to take a detour to go home.
Seeing that Xia Li was not cooperating, the three Root Ninjas did not say anything. The leader just made a gesture, and the two behind him rushed towards Xia Li.
"Fire Style: Great Fireball Technique" x3
Three massive fireballs were launched towards the two advancing Root ninjas, but they reacted quickly and dodged in time.
At this time, three Uchiha clan ninjas appeared nearby. When Xia Li saw the leader, he immediately ran to the three of them.
Pulling the corner of the leader's clothes, he said, "Uncle Xuanyue, these three people are the ones who wanted to kidnap me. Uncle Xuanyue will teach them a lesson."
As he spoke, he clenched his fist with his other hand and waved it downward.
"Okay, Miss Xia Li, it's okay. Stand behind us."
Uchiha Xuanyue, who knew Xia Li's personality well, did not talk much, but gave a serious explanation.
Then, he looked at the three Root Ninjas and asked in a stern tone, "What does the village mean by this? Are they planning to openly deal with our Uchiha clan?"
The three Root Ninjas were completely unaware of the accusation leveled against Uchiha Xuanyue, and simply mechanically replied, "We are following the orders of Lord Danzo to take Uchiha Xiali away."
"Humph! Since when did the Root dare to act arrogantly in front of our Security Department? Does that rat Shimura Danzo dare to come out on his own?"
Uchiha Xuanyue spoke sarcastically, and the three Root Ninjas were finally stimulated by his words.
"Anyone who slanders Danzo-sama will die!"
The three Root Ninjas launched their respective killing moves without hesitation.
Uchiha Xuanyue didn't take the three people seriously and said directly.
"Zhenhuo, Chiyan, let's go and capture these three guys and take them to the security department's prison."
Then the six of them started fighting, leaving Xia Li alone watching in amazement.
Xia Li, who had never seen a real ninja fight, was amazed.
"It turns out that ninja battles are so exciting." Xia Li stared at the battle in front of him with wide eyes, but as time went on, the battle became more and more intense.
Xia Li could only see some vague shadows.
"Damn it! I can't see anything."
Xia Li complained in her heart, her eyes opened wider, and suddenly she felt a chill in her eyes. The battle that she could only see as a blurry shadow before became clear in her eyes.
At the same time, her eyes had turned red, and a solitary magatama was spinning beside her pupils.
Suddenly, at this moment, an extremely fast golden figure carrying a heat wave came above the sky where several people were fighting.
Looking at the people fighting in front of him, Uchiha Tomoki felt relieved.
But in a flash he saw the Sharingan in his sister Xia Li's eyes, and was surprised at her talent.
Uchiha Tomoki, who knew clearly how the Sharingan was opened, was filled with anger. Although he did not go to check his sister's body, he was sure that Xia Li had suffered a great mental shock.
In the original work, Itachi opened his Sharingan after watching his teammates and teacher being slaughtered by Obito, and Sasuke also opened his Magatama Sharingan in anger after Itachi slaughtered his entire clan.
Not wanting to imagine what kind of mental shock Xia Li had suffered, he planned to burn the three Root ninjas in front of him to ashes. At the same time, he did not intend to let go of either Danzo or the Third Generation behind the scenes.
"Xuan Yue, Zhen Huo, Chi Yan, thank you for your hard work. Leave the rest to me."
Uchiha Tomoki hovered in the air, and although he expressed his gratitude, his tone was cold.
"Yes, Master Tomoki!" ×3
Upon hearing this, the three of them withdrew from the battle in time and retreated to Xia Li's side.
"Fire barrier!"
Uchiha Tomoki didn't waste any time and directly used his own combination of ninjutsu and template ability to develop one of the strongest abilities, which can be called a ultimate skill.
Uchiha Tomoki was seen flying around the three Root Ninjas at high speed, his speed already exceeding the speed of sound. The huge roar caused by breaking the sound barrier was like thunder in the open area of Konoha.
At the same time, the accumulated heat in his body was released. The four people who had already retreated a hundred meters away still felt the huge heat wave coming towards them.
After the flames formed a barrier-like shield that completely enveloped the three people, Uchiha Tomoki returned to the front of the three people.
Taking into account that in Konoha Village, Uchiha Tomoki did not use the Fire Barrier at its maximum output power, and ultimately did not detonate it directly after the barrier was formed, but chose to let it dissipate.
After a while, the barrier disappeared, revealing three people inside. One of them was carbonized all over, obviously trying to break out of the barrier, and died the moment he touched the flames.
The other two had wide-open eyes and bloodshot eyeballs.
Uchiha Tomoki was very clear about the power of his fire barrier. Usually before it exploded, although the temperature was high, the ninja could still endure it by relying on chakra.
As the barrier is formed, there is almost no oxygen left inside the barrier. The enemy can only choose to inhale large gulps of extremely high-temperature gas. These gases will directly damage the lungs when they enter the lungs. However, when the oxygen intake is insufficient, the enemy will inhale even larger gulps of high-temperature gas, but will eventually die from suffocation.
As a ninja, Uchiha Tomoki knew very well that although ninjas were powerful, their strength lay in their skills. Except for a very small number of people, ninjas' bodies were similar to those of ordinary people and were extremely fragile. In the extremely high temperature environment of the Fire Barrier, even the most powerful ninjas could not endure not breathing for 30 seconds.
Although Uchiha Tomoki did not detonate the fire barrier in the end, the huge momentum of the fire barrier from flying all the way almost dyed the sky red.
Soon many ninjas and Anbu guards arrived.
Many ninjas looked at the situation in front of them, but no one took the initiative to ask questions. Instead, they looked at Uchiha Tomoki vigilantly.
After a long silence, a cold voice sounded from behind the crowd.
"Uchiha Youshu, you killed fellow ninjas in the village without permission. Are you planning to betray the village?"
A one-eyed old man with half of his body wrapped in bandages and a cross scar on his chin asked while leaning on a cane.
The person who came was none other than the elder of Konoha Village, the leader of the Root, Danzo Shimura.