Naruto: Perfect Copy System

Land of Fire.

BANG!! BANG!!!

"Damn! Damn!!"

Torifu slammed his fists against the dome walls and cursed, but the more he struggled, the weaker he became. His strength was being drained by this dome that had enclosed him.

Finally understanding that brute force would not yield any positive result, Torifu with sweat rolling down his brows took a deep breath and sat down on the ground. Taking a deep ragged breath, he reached into his ninja pouch and took out three pills, one green, one yellow and one red.

After a momentary thought Torifu put away the green and red one and swallowed the yellow one, muttering with rage in his eyes. "Just hold on for a while longer"

Outside.

Swoosh!! Swoosh!

The masked shinobi with burning intent to kill surged toward Squad 8.

"Gah"

Renzo moved first, sidestepping an incoming kunai strike before delivering a brutal counter, his fist slamming into the enemy's chest and coming out from the back, the shinobi letting out a muffled groan before collapsing.

"Thwack"

Reika moved like a ghost, her kunai flashing in the dim light. She dodged a strike, grabbed the attacker's wrist, and twisted—driving her blade deep into their throat. Blood sprayed onto the ground as the shinobi holding his bleeding neck fell down.

Sakumo moved with deadly precision, his blade carving through the air. His movements were sharp, calculated—each slash aimed to kill.

Renzo weaved through the attacks with an eerie calm, his movements fluid, precise.

CLANG!

A kunai barely missed his throat as he tilted his head to the side, his foot shifting just enough to avoid a sweeping kick. Four shinobi surrounded him, their blades flashing like vipers striking at his flesh. But he was faster.

Swoosh!

Aghh!! Thud!!

He slipped between them, delivering a crushing elbow into one shinobi's ribs. The enemy choked, his chest caving in from the sheer force before he crumpled.

"Gah!"

Another lunged at him. Renzo twisted, his hand snapping up—CRACK! —fingers digging into the man's throat, crushing his windpipe. A gurgled breath later, he was down.

But despite his effortless slaughter, Renzo's gaze flickered toward his teammates.

"Clang!"

Sakumo's blade trembled in his grip, his swings losing their lethal sharpness. Cuts littered his arms and shoulders, crimson streaking down his skin.

Thud!

"Tch!" He clicked his tongue, blocking a kunai with his blade, but the force of the strike sent him stumbling.

Reika wasn't faring any better. Her breath came in shallow gasps, her movements slower, sloppier. A shinobi slashed at her side—she twisted, but not fast enough.

SLASH!

"Khh!!" A sharp cry escaped her lips as blood splattered the ground, the ninja gear on her shoulder torn revealing a deep gruesome wound.

Renzo's pupils contracted at the sight. He couldn't wait anymore and had to do something otherwise two of his teammates would lose their lives right before him. For a moment there was silence on the battlefield as even time seemed to have stopped, Renzo battling with two options.

One to let his teammates die and be the last one surviving or the other to save them with his hidden strength but that will surely cause endless trouble for him.

Under a second Renzo's mind went through countless possibilities and finally he decided on one, slightly having a risk of exposing him but way better than other two.

"Let me show you what you could have lost" Said Renzo while gazing at the struggling Sakumo and dodging an incoming strike, he leaped back, his fingers forming a covert hand seal. His chakra pulsed, drilling silently into the earth beneath him.

Beneath the battlefield, three Earth Clones came to life moving underground like a snake and making hand signs. Within moments, they had taken on the form of a silver-haired man, his lower face obscured by a dark blue mask.

Aboveground, the chaos continued.

BOOM!

A shinobi's body hit the dirt, lifeless.

"HA!!"

"There are just too many… today might truly be the end…

Muttered Sakumo with a helpless look in his dark eyes, panting, forcing his aching arms to keep moving. Another enemy lunged at him—

BOOM!!!

But at this moment a silver-haired figure erupted from the ground behind him. Sakumo's breath hitched. His body tensed as he caught sight of the unknown man in his peripheral vision.

At the same time, Reika's red eyes widened. Another identical figure had burst from behind her.

They both turned—only to witness the other getting struck in the neck.

Thud! Thud!

"Sakumo!" Reika's voice was sharp with panic.

"Reika!!" Sakumo cursed, seeing her fall.

But before they could react further—

BOOM!

A smoke bomb exploded, swallowing the battlefield in a thick, swirling haze.

The shinobi paused, taken aback by the sudden intrusion.

The leader who had watching till now narrowed his eyes, his smirk faltering slightly. "Who?"

The smoke cleared just as quickly as it had appeared—

And the battlefield was empty.

Only one silver-haired figure remained, his single exposed eye locked onto them with a cold, unreadable gaze.

The bodies of Sakumo, Reika, and Renzo had vanished.