Naruto: I wrote in my diary that I exposed the Otsutsuki's arrival.

Chapter 8 Taking Control of the Situation, Teammates' Shock

Although the wandering ninja did his best to avoid the most fatal spots, he was still hit by several shuriken and collapsed to the ground with a scream.

Hyuga Keiko, who was standing nearby, reacted almost immediately and plunged her shuriken into the throat of the wandering ninja, killing him instantly. Only then did she finally breathe a sigh of relief.

Then she looked at Kitahara Kaede, who was standing on the high wall not far away, and was shocked. How could his strength have increased so much all of a sudden?

Can a shuriken kill someone? Of course it can, especially against a fragile class like a ninja with high attack and low defense.

However, for Chunin or even elite Chunin, the threat level is greatly reduced. Their reactions are too fast, making it difficult to lock onto them completely.

However, Kitahara Kaede's series of shuriken attacks just now were nothing short of miraculous, almost as if he had foreseen all of the opponent's possible actions and shot him to the ground.

Even without his own finishing blow, Kitahara Kaede could easily finish off the enemy with a single shuriken.

Sure enough, she saw that Kitahara Kaede was holding a shuriken in his hand. If she hadn't made a move, that shuriken would probably be at his throat.

To kill an elite Chunin with just a few shuriken, his shuriken skills are probably no less than those of the Uchiha clan back in the day.

The key question is, how could Kitahara Kaede possibly have the ability to predict all of the opponent's actions?

This is something even I, with my white eyes, couldn't do.

Hyuga Keiko knew all too well the strength of this wandering ninja; his strength far surpassed theirs. If it weren't for the dynamic vision boost provided by her Byakugan, she probably would have been cut down long ago.

After all, having a dojutsu and bloodline limit doesn't make one invincible. Her eyes could barely keep up, but her body speed couldn't. She could only barely hold on by relying on the Byakugan's enhancement to anticipate some of the opponent's attacks.

At this moment, Kitahara Kaede had already quietly closed his Sharingan, so Hyuga Keiko didn't know how Kitahara Kaede had done it. However, she immediately noticed the terrifying amount of chakra in Kitahara Kaede's body.

Originally, she had the most chakra among the three, after all, she had the bloodline of the Hyuga clan to enhance her chakra. The chakra of Genryu Abe and Kaede Kitahara was about the same, with Kaede Kitahara having slightly more.

However, Kitahara Kaede's chakra level has now reached an astonishing level, at least several times that of hers, and at least ten times higher than the chakra level observed before.

She is already comparable to some Jonin from her clan's branch families.

It's only been a few days!

What made her even more convinced that she must be seeing things was that she clearly observed that the amount of chakra in Kitahara Kaede's body was increasing at an astonishing rate, an increase that was visible to the naked eye.

However, she immediately looked away. Although she didn't know how Kitahara Kaede had improved so ridiculously in just a few days, she also knew that everyone had their own secrets, especially ninjas.

She didn't want to know what she shouldn't know.

She then used her White Eye to survey the entire bandit den. After finding no remaining bandits, she closed her White Eye, ran to Xiang Tianyuanlong's side, bandaged him up, and used her still-unskilled Palm Immortal Technique to stop the bleeding and treat Xiang Tianyuanlong.

Meanwhile, Kitahara Kaede was also observing Hyuga Keiko's movements. She knew that Keiko had probably seen something. She probably hadn't seen that he had awakened the Sharingan, but the massive amount of chakra within him probably couldn't have escaped her notice.

To his surprise, after awakening his Sharingan, his chakra, which had been growing slowly, suddenly increased by 30% in a short period of time. At this rate, it wouldn't be long before he had the power of one katakana, which is comparable to the level of an elite Jonin.

Is this the bonus brought by the Sharingan?

No wonder the Uchiha clan was able to make such a great name back then, and there was even a saying that they would run away in a one-on-one fight.

These ninja clans with bloodline limits are far stronger than ordinary civilian ninjas. Once they awaken their bloodline limits, their strength will rapidly increase.

Those were truly miserable days.

Take Hyuga Keiko, for example. Although she was a mediocre branch family member of the Hyuga clan, her ninja talent was about the same as that of Kitahara Kaede and Aite Genryu. However, her chakra reserves were more than double those of the two of them. This is the advantage of bloodline.

In addition, with the secret ninjutsu of the Hyuga clan, Kitahara Kaede may be the only Chunin in terms of combat power, but in a real fight, he might not be a match for Hyuga Keiko.

"Are you alright?" Kitahara Kaede appeared in front of Ayato Genryu in an instant and asked with concern.

"It's alright, much better." Xiang Tianyuanlong's face was a little pale, but thanks to Hyuga Keiko's unfamiliar Healing Palm Technique, the bleeding had at least stopped. All that was left was for him to rest and recuperate for a while.

Their squad is already considered high-end, after all, not every squad can have a support medical ninja who can use Healing Jutsu.

The Palm Healing Technique is very practical, but it has a high learning curve and is not something that ordinary ninjas can master.

At this point, a typical ninja could only apply some ointment and then slowly rest.

"That bastard is too insidious. He actually pretended to be asleep and launched a sneak attack. He has no sense of martial ethics at all," Xiang Tianyuanlong said.

"How many times have I told you to be careful? That's the nature of being a ninja." Hyuga Keiko slapped Ayumu Genryu on the head and said, "If you keep acting so recklessly, one day I won't be able to save you."

Kitahara Kaede nodded. Of the three, Ayato Genryu was the most impulsive and had suffered a lot in the past. However, back then, the main enemy was the team leader, Akai Akimoto, who dealt with them. They didn't have the opportunity to deal with such a strong opponent.

They were not much worse than their original team leader, Akai Akimoto.

"You rest for a bit, I'll go set some traps and wait to see if any more bandits return," Kitahara Kaede said.

Hmm, he plans to hide and ambush any bandits who might be venturing out.

Ninjas are such a profession, insidious? What does insidious mean?

The three waited another day, and Xiang Tianyuanlong's injuries were basically healed. After confirming that there were no other bandits who had escaped, the three set off back to Konoha Village to hand in their mission.

Because this mission involves an elite Chunin-level individual, the mission level has been upgraded from C-rank to B-rank. Konoha will send Anbu to confirm whether this rogue ninja is a genuine rogue or an undercover agent sent by another ninja village to cause trouble.