Naruto:The System's Shadow

Kaito had lost track of how long he had been moving with the Flying Thunder God Technique. Those two elite jonin were truly full of energy, chasing after him without stopping. If he hadn't been from the Uchiha clan with a large chakra reserve, he might have collapsed long ago.

After flashing a few more times, he took the opportunity to glance at Hyuga Tamamo on the distant hill. Seeing that the elite jonin beside her had no intention of joining the battle, he couldn't help but frown and had thoughts of retreating.

"It seems like there's no chance to capture that girl. I might as well retreat first and try again next time. You dare to plot against me, I'll make you pay the price."

Dodging the encirclement of the two elite jonin again, Kaito, while evading the two, used the special connection of the Flying Thunder God Technique to find the kunai he had left at the Fujiwara Mine outpost.

Just then, the elite jonin who had been guarding in front of Hyuga Tamamo suddenly moved, leaping down the hill and heading straight for him.

And there was no guard in front of Hyuga Tamamo at this time. Not far from her feet was one of his Flying Thunder God kunai.

"An enticement, a trap, carelessness...?"

In an instant, countless thoughts flashed through Kaito's mind, but there wasn't enough time for him to sort out these thoughts, and his body had already reacted naturally.

With a flash of light, he had appeared on the hill. Opportunities were fleeting, and ninja had to seize any opportunity that appeared before them. This was one of the educations that ninja in this world received, and Kaito had been receiving this education since he crossed over, almost forming an instinct.

The three-tomoe Sharingan slowly rotated, taking in the positions of everyone. Instantly, he analyzed the current situation.

"I'm two meters away from Hyuga Tamamo, I can get close in 0.2 seconds. Taking advantage of her reaction time, I can directly control her. The two elite jonin chasing me are 50 meters away from the hill. Based on their speed when chasing me, even if they use the Body Flicker Technique with all their might, the 50-meter distance would take about 0.7 seconds. The elite jonin rushing towards me will need at least 1 second to arrive, considering the impact and turning time. It can be done!"

Almost in a split second, Kaito had calculated the time. The whole person pounced towards Hyuga Tamamo like a pitch-black leopard. The kunai in his hand reflected a cold light under the moonlight, directly placed against her neck. Even now, her face was still a blank, as if she hadn't understood what had happened.

"I've got you!" Kaito said coldly.

Swish... Swish...

Two figures landed on the hill, and it was the two elite jonin who had been chasing him. They were looking at him with anxious faces. One of them shouted, "Release the princess!"

Kaito tightened the kunai in his hand and sneered, "Release her? Are you kidding me? I finally managed to catch her. On the contrary, if you two want her to live, you have to seal the flow of chakra in your bodies first, otherwise, there's no discussion!"

Kaito felt that he was increasingly showing the potential of being a villainous boss. It was obviously the first time he had done something like kidnapping a hostage, but he was so familiar with it. Alas... he had fallen after crossing over. It was all the system's fault!

While thinking about these irrelevant things in his mind, he could still stare at the two elite jonin with his eyes, watching the anxiety on their faces, silently thinking about how to threaten them next.

Suddenly, he felt something was wrong. Logically speaking, the one who was rushing towards him on the hill was also an elite jonin-level powerhouse. The time he had been talking should have been enough for him to catch up. Why was he still nowhere to be seen? Moreover, Hyuga Tamamo in his arms was too quiet, unnaturally quiet.

You know, even the calmest person, when facing being held hostage, with a knife on their neck, even if they could forcibly maintain calm, their body would emit a very slight tremor, which was a human instinct, and had nothing to do with anything else. But the person in front of him didn't have this situation at all, and even his heartbeat didn't speed up by a single point.

"Not good, it's a trap!"

By the time Kaito realized it, it was already too late. He only had time to turn the three tomoe in his eyes.

"It's me who caught you."

"Hyuga Tamamo" suddenly spoke, but the voice was not the loli voice that an eight-year-old girl should have, but an adult man's voice. Before these words came out, a kunai had already pierced through Uchiha Kaito's chest.

As a cloud of white smoke rose, "Hyuga Tamamo" turned into an adult man from the Hyuga clan. It was the third elite jonin, Hyuga Kazahana.

And the "Hyuga Kazahana" who had rushed down the distance was slowly walking up at this time, standing next to the two elite jonin. A cloud of white smoke floated by, turning into Hyuga Tamamo's appearance.

The two elite jonin looked at this change in astonishment, but they obviously breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Princess, I'm glad you're okay, you scared us to death!"

Kaito, who had his chest pierced, also looked at this change in astonishment, and smiled bitterly, "It's actually a Transformation Technique. I was actually tricked by this basic D-rank ninjutsu, cough... cough..."

Hyuga Tamamo chuckled and said, "Ninjutsu doesn't have grades. The best ninjutsu is the one that can defeat the enemy. You're right. But the degree of trouble you bring is really beyond my expectations. That set of space-traversing ninjutsu is the first time I've seen it. If you weren't too greedy, I'm afraid we wouldn't have been able to do anything to you today.

Perhaps there is perfect ninjutsu in the world, but only the person using ninjutsu is still a human, then it must be imperfect, because the human heart always has flaws. I just hope you can be more cautious in your next life.

But I also paid a great price for you. Do you know how much pressure a chunin has to bear on their body when they pretend to be an elite jonin and forcibly use the Body Flicker Technique? My whole body is aching now!"

A trail of blood overflowed from the corner of Kaito's mouth, and he nodded seriously, "I've been taught, but you don't have to wait until the next life. I'll be careful next time. Also, you're called Hyuga Tamamo, right? I'm suddenly very interested in you. You better not leave the Hyuga clan in the future, but even if you don't come out, I'll kill my way in one day. You just wait."

Kaito was obviously at the end of his rope now, but for some reason, Hyuga Tamamo suddenly felt a palpitation, and she involuntarily took a step back.

"Hmph, what are you talking about? Your heart has been pierced by me, and no one in the world can save you." Hyuga Kazahana had been maintaining the action of inserting the kunai, his arm inserted into Uchiha Kaito's body, and the blood from the wound dripped down drop by drop.

Kaito had a strange smile on the corner of his mouth and said, "I generally like to leave a way out for myself. If I wasn't sure that I could retreat completely even if it was a trap, I wouldn't have risked rushing up. Ninja should seize any opportunity in front of them, fearless and undaunted, but I'm very afraid of death, so it's estimated that it will be difficult for me to become a good ninja in this life. But being a good ninja is not my goal anyway, so it doesn't matter.

Finally, it's true that you will die if your heart is broken, but are you really sure you pierced my heart?"

With Kaito's words, his body underwent an amazing change...

Caw... Caw... Caw...

A flock of crows swirled and flew up, and Uchiha Kaito's body completely split into crows and flew in all directions.

"Sometimes the line between reality and illusion may not be clear. Tonight's events have benefited me a lot. Hyuga clan, we'll meet again. And Tamamo little girl, I've remembered you."

Several crows gathered together on a tree trunk to form Kaito's body. He dared not stay for an instant and directly activated the Flying Thunder God to jump away.

"Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm!"

"Eight Trigrams Mountain Crusher!"

"Gentle Fist Art: Lion's Roar!"

Three powerful streams of energy struck the tree Kaito was standing on one after another. With a bang, a hundred-year-old giant tree was torn apart.

"He got away!" An elite jonin beside Hyuga Tamamo said.

Hyuga Kazahana put the kunai in front of his eyes, looked at the blood dripping on it, and said in a deep voice, "He didn't completely dodge my attack. He's already injured."

Hyuga Tamamo was silent, looking into the distance, not knowing what she was thinking. After a while, she said, "We're going back to the clan!"

"Oh dear, you're leaving like this? It's rare to come to our Uchiha clan, and you didn't even enter the gate. Isn't that a little impolite? If word gets out, others will think that our Uchiha family doesn't know how to entertain guests!"

Suddenly, a voice rang out in the shadows of the forest. The three elite jonin were shocked at the same time and instantly surrounded Hyuga Tamamo in the middle. Hyuga Kazahana said in a deep voice, "Who is it? Come out!"

"Hehe, aren't I right here." A figure in a wide robe appeared on a tree trunk, with a single tomoe clearly visible in his eyes, looking down at them with a condescending gaze.

"Uchiha Madara?" Hyuga Tamamo's expression changed. At the same time, five figures emerged from the shadows, surrounding them in the center. The five people all had three tomoe in their eyes, which was extremely chilling under the moonlight.

"Four elite jonin, one peak jonin!" Hyuga Kazahana judged the strength of the five people, and his heart kept sinking.

Hyuga Tamamo's face was pale, not knowing which part of her plan had gone wrong, and she asked unwillingly, "When did you arrive?"

Uchiha Madara raised his head high and sneered, "When? Of course, it was from the beginning."

"Then why didn't you appear when we were encircling and killing Uchiha Kaito?" Hyuga Tamamo bit her lower lip and asked.

Regarding this question, Uchiha Madara raised his head and looked at the bright moon in the sky, heh heh laughed twice and didn't answer.

Speaking of which, that kid Kaito told me to hold them off for five more minutes last time... Hmm, it seems that's what he said...