CHAPTER 15: The Clash
Right after exiting the hospital, he got attacked. The first ninja lunged forward, summoning water from the air. "Water Style: Water Dragon Jutsu!" A serpentine dragon of water surged towards Hiro. He dodged, forming hand signs quickly. "Fire Style: Great Fireball Jutsu!" A massive fireball countered the water dragon, hissing and steaming as the elements clashed violently.
The lead figure, summoning his insects, commanded them to attack. "Insect Jamming Technique!" The ground filled with a swarm of venomous insects, buzzing ominously. Hiro leapt into the air, evading the swarm, and landed behind a pillar, momentarily safe.
From the shadows, another ninja emerged, weaving signs. "Mist Technique!" A thick fog rolled into the room, reducing visibility to almost nothing. Hiro's eyes narrowed. He needed to end this quickly before they overwhelmed him.
He dashed out of the mist, forming more hand signs. "Fire Style: Phoenix Flower Jutsu!" A volley of small fireballs spread out, forcing the ninjas to dodge. The ground became a chaotic mix of fire, water, and mist, each element battling for dominance.
Hiro thoughts still lingering on ending the battle quickly before causing more damage. Using the darkness of the night as cover, reaching into his system inventory, he pulled out the Ope Ope no Mi, a peculiar fruit. He hesitated for a moment, then took a bite. "Damn, this thing tastes like shit," he murmured, understanding why One Piece characters reacted so violently after eating a Devil Fruit.
He asked the system why he wasn't feeling anything when suddenly, a surge of knowledge filled his mind, revealing how to use the fruit's power and its abilities. This all happened in seconds as the Root shinobis attacked from various directions, using techniques disguised as those from enemy villages.
"Room!" Hiro shouted, creating a spherical space around him. The ninjas paused, unsure of what he had done. They threw explosive talismans at him, but Hiro smirked, using "Shambles" to exchange himself with one of the Root shinobis. The unfortunate ninja was torn apart by the explosion, his flesh scattering around the ground.
The Root ninjas, seeing this, thought they had eliminated Hiro, causing them to panic slightly. From Danzo's orders, they were to bring a full body, either alive or dead. Hiro used the distraction and smoke from the explosion to his advantage. "Gamma Knife!" he declared, his hand glowing with energy. He cut down the elite Root shinobis as swiftly as possible using his fruit and sharigan power with the help of the smoke and dust, leaving only himself and the lead figure, who looked around him and seeing torn apart bodies of the struggling and heavily injured root ninjas and dead root comrades.
He glances at the dead and injured bodies of the root ninjas who were laying on them ground, looking at them as if they were nothing but dead ants.He ends their miserable lives using Rinkaichū so as the bodies doesn't become a burden during and after the fight.
Hiro looking at him with interests in his eyes doesn't stop the lead figure's actions.
"Now, now, I have to hurry. You're wasting my time. Let's end this quickly," Hiro said, a smile playing on his lips. He used "Shambles" again, instantly appearing near the lead figure. "Radio Knife!" With a swift motion, he decapitated the lead figure. The lead figure realized something was wrong when he felt his head was no longer on his body but in something soft and a bit rough.
Hiro turned the lead figure's head to face him, which scared the lead figure shitless. It was like a horror movie-one moment your head is on your body, the next it's in someone's hand. Anybody might pee themselves seeing such a sight. Hiro then took the mask off the lead figure and, lo and behold, it was Torune Aburame, Danzo's right-hand loyal dog.
Hiro wasn't too surprised because he had his suspicions. The lead figure was using the insect technique that produced nano-sized, venomous insects called Rinkaichū, a specialty of Torune. Thankfully, Hiro had the Eternal Sharingan; otherwise, he might have been doomed. He vowed never to underestimate his opponents again, no matter what future knowledge he had about the person.
Hiro looked into Torune's eyes with his active sharigan, which stared at him as if he were a demon. "You were already doomed when you attacked me," Hiro said, and then crushed the head, blood flowing to the ground and dirtying his hands.
Ninjas who were patrolling heard the clash of kunai and hurriedly moved toward the sound. By the time they arrived, they saw devastation- pieces of flesh and blood lying everywhere. Hiro, covered in blood, was sitting in a cultivation position, which put the other ninjas on guard against him.
The place was silent for a moment, the air thick with tension and the metallic scent of blood. Hiro opened his eyes, the Eternal Sharingan gleaming. He rose slowly, the knowledge of his new power still fresh in his mind. The patrolling ninjas who had no idea of what was going on took a step backwards.
Hiro glanced at the carnage around him, the bodies of the Root operatives a stark reminder of the night's violence. He knew this was just a prelude. Confronting Danzo would be the true test, but for now, he had to deal with the current situation. The ninjas hesitated to step forward because Hiro was covered in thick blood making him look quite fearsome to approach. One of the ninja leaving the crowd of people approached Hiro and said, " Who are you?"
Hiro with a helpless smile on his face responded, " It's me, Hiro Uchiha I got attacked by unknown shinobis when I was in the hospital recovering." Hiro was quite careful of not bringing up which people exactly caused this commotion otherwise there might be the possibility of he being branded as a traitor when Danzo uses this situation to his advantage.
His words caused quite a steer as civilians had also gathered around, with them and shinobis murmuring amongst themselves.
Shusui who was walking towards the hospital heard alot of noise going on, which got him worried about what exactly is happening.Using the body flicker, he got inside Hiro's room but he didn't find Hiro making him more worried. He suddenly hears Hiro's voice somewhere near the hospital, tracing the sound he came to a place where alot of people had gathered. He saw Hiro covered in blood, making Shisui's face which had a smile now a frown.
Before Hiro could speak, Shisui appears next to him, "Hiro what happened, are you injured and what's with all this blood". Shisui asked. Shishui continues asking questions making Hiro speechless for awhile while looking at Shisui with a helpless face.
Hiro sighs, telling Shisui that he'll talk to him later about what happened but he had someone he had to warn someone, someone who had stretched his hands on the wrong person this time. Before Shisui could speak, Hiro disappears using body flicker as he headed towards root base.