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Chapter 83: Attack! Wait, Where Are the People?

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In the silent night, under the leadership of C, the ninjas of the Hidden Cloud Village moved swiftly through the trees, heading toward the wooden house where the Uchiha clan was temporarily residing.

They stopped a fair distance away from the house.

This was due to their wariness of the Sharingan.

Though the Hidden Cloud Village did not possess the Sharingan, it didn't mean they were unfamiliar with it. During the past Ninja World Wars, they had encountered this powerful kekkei genkai more than once and had developed a significant understanding of its abilities.

They were well aware of the Sharingan's heightened perception.

Often, a user could detect disturbances around them before the enemy even entered close range.

However, even the Sharingan's insight had its limits.

Based on this knowledge, they halted just outside what they believed to be the detection range and remained still.

C narrowed his eyes, staring at the silent wooden house cloaked in darkness. His expression was icy and filled with killing intent.

"Aren't we going to move a little closer?" Samui asked.

This distance was well beyond what they estimated to be the Sharingan's perceptual range.

"The Sharingan's power varies greatly depending on the user," C replied. "It's said that once it evolves into the Mangekyō Sharingan, all its capabilities are drastically enhanced. We don't have any intel confirming that Uchiha Haru has reached that level... but we must proceed with caution."

He continued, "Even if Uchiha Haru hasn't awakened the Mangekyō, we can't afford to underestimate him. He possesses both the Sharingan and Wood Release—two formidable bloodline abilities."

"Understood," Samui nodded.

He respected C's caution. This wasn't the time for arrogance. Uchiha Haru—a wielder of two advanced kekkei genkai—was no ordinary opponent.

"Move out!" C commanded, raising his hand.

Behind him, over a dozen Cloud ninjas surged forward.

They approached swiftly and, upon entering range, unleashed their jutsu in unison. Their movements were clean and practiced, a sign of rigorous coordination and training.

"Lightning Style: Multiple Thunder Orbs!"

In the dark night, balls of electric light surged forward at blinding speed, aimed directly at the wooden house where the Uchiha clan rested.

This ninjutsu wasn't particularly powerful, but it required little chakra and could be cast almost instantly.

In mere seconds, each ninja had formed their second wave of lightning orbs. The first wave was still mid-air.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

As the third wave was being formed, the first finally made contact.

A brilliant white light exploded in the night, shaking the earth and deafening the air.

Still, the Cloud ninjas didn't let up.

One orb after another formed and detonated.

Chunks of wood and earth blasted into the air.

Even from a distance, the tremors were fierce.

The attack continued for nearly a full minute.

When they finally halted, the houses had been reduced to rubble.

Dust and smoke filled the area, making it impossible to see clearly.

From all appearances, the mission had gone off without a hitch. There was no visible resistance. The buildings where the Uchiha clan had been staying were destroyed.

But Samui frowned. Something wasn't right.

Despite the destruction, there hadn't been a single scream.

Had they been facing ordinary enemies, that wouldn't have been strange. Caught off guard, it would make sense for no one to react.

But this was the Uchiha clan.

Even if the average Uchiha didn't react in time, there was still Uchiha Haru to consider.

A ninja with both Sharingan and Wood Release wouldn't go down so easily. If anything, Haru should've countered instantly.

"No!" Samui said, his voice low and tense.

C expression darkened. Things weren't unfolding the way he had expected.

If Uchiha Haru were truly taken down so simply, there would have been no need to bring their backup weapon.

"Stay on alert!" C ordered sharply.

The Cloud ninjas were stunned.

The plan had gone off flawlessly. Why stay cautious now? The Uchiha should be dead—why act like danger was still present?

They didn't understand, but they didn't question the command either.

They were veterans, disciplined and trained to follow orders without hesitation—especially in a mission of this magnitude.

If their commander said there was danger, then danger there was.

Immediately, the ninjas fell into formation, standing back to back in a tight circle.

Each one was highly alert, eyes scanning the darkness around them.

But the night was dense and impenetrable.

The black sky swallowed their vision like a void.

All that could be heard was the gentle rustle of wind through the trees.

Slowly, the dust stirred up by the bombing began to settle, revealing a massive crater in the ground.

The sheer destructive force of the previous attack was evident.

But what terrified everyone even more was the unexpected discovery:

No bodies.

Not a single corpse remained.

No blood. No limbs. Nothing.

Despite the sheer force of their bombardment, there was no trace of the Uchiha clan members. Not even a shred of flesh or bone.

Only fragments of scorched wood and scorched soil remained.

Where were the Uchiha?

If they weren't here... then where had they gone?

The ninjas of the Hidden Cloud Village felt a growing panic gnawing at their nerves.

Victory had seemed so certain. Their ambush had gone off without a hitch.

Yet something had gone terribly wrong.

It wasn't the obvious dangers that terrified them now, but the unknown—the lingering silence, the absence of any evidence that their enemies had even been present.

The Uchiha were not before them, but it suddenly felt like they were everywhere.

Watching.

Stalking.

Ready to strike back at any moment.

Just like how the Hidden Cloud had tried to wipe them out.

Only C and Samui managed to maintain their composure amid the unsettling quiet.

"Don't panic. We're pulling back," C said grimly.

If the Uchiha weren't here, it meant they had foreseen the attack. Perhaps they were already observing from the shadows. Or worse, laying a trap.

In any case, they couldn't remain exposed.

They had to retreat to a more defensible position.

But then—

A voice rang out in the still night.

"Oh? Now that you're here, why leave so soon?"

It wasn't loud, but it was unnervingly clear—calm, confident, as if the speaker had already seized control of the entire battlefield.

C and Samui instantly turned toward the source.

There, in the pitch-black sky, a pair of glowing crimson eyes pierced through the darkness.

Sharingan.

"Light the torches!" Samui barked.

The order was obeyed immediately, and within moments, flames cast dancing shadows through the forest clearing.

And there he was.

Uchiha Haru.

The seventeen-year-old shinobi hovered in the air, standing atop a massive wooden dragon that coiled tens of meters below him.

The creature's carved maw bared fangs of sharpened bark, its wooden scales glinting with unnatural luster in the firelight.

One man. One beast.

Yet the presence of the two was overwhelming.

Even seasoned Cloud shinobi could feel the crushing weight of Haru's chakra.

"Uchiha Haru..." Samui muttered.

Her normally impassive face tightened with disbelief.

In the Hidden Cloud, she was considered a prodigy—a peerless kunoichi among her generation. Except for a handful of the village's elite, few could match her.

But as she looked up at Haru, floating effortlessly above them on his summoned beast, she realized something that shattered her pride.

She wasn't even in his league.

The difference between them was a canyon, and she was on the wrong side of it.

Even before the battle began, she had already accepted her defeat.

Her confidence crumbled like ash in the wind.

The sheer disparity was too great.

C, however, remained composed.

He was an experienced tactician. Haru's sudden appearance was shocking, yes, but it brought a strange sense of relief.

What he had feared most was the Uchiha hiding in the shadows, setting unseen traps or launching unpredictable guerrilla strikes.

But with Haru standing in plain sight, the battlefield was suddenly much simpler.

An enemy you could see was easier to fight than one you couldn't.

Besides, they had come prepared for this.

That person was here for one reason: to deal with Uchiha Haru.

If Haru could be defeated, the remaining Uchiha would be nothing more than scattered fish in a net.

"Who is that?" C asked Samui in a hushed tone.

Samui's expression shifted—a subtle change, but revealing.

Right. She couldn't defeat Uchiha Haru. But they had someone who could.

That person wouldn't lose.

Not to anyone.

But... where was he?

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