『 FOREST OF DEATH — Heaven Scroll, Age 10』
『 Kid Itachi Uchiha』
On the first day, Itachi was suddenly attacked by the enemy, the Kirigakure ninja before him.
Rather than making the foolish move of searching for the matching scroll, Itachi was heading straight for the tower. Just like he wanted the Earth scroll, his opponents wanted the Heaven scroll. If he moved toward the tower, his opponent would certainly come to him. It was just as he planned.
The Kirigakure ninja had already confirmed that Itachi held the Heaven scroll—he had deliberately held the scroll open as he walked toward the tower for that purpose. These three were the ones who had fallen into Itachi’s trap.
Leader:
“So, three against one. Be good, and—”
Itachi:
“There’s an item in the examinee qualifications for this test,” Itachi cut off the boy in front of him, “that you have to participate in a three-person cell. So why am I here alone like this?”
Girl:
“Maybe your teammates ditched you,” the girl called out from the left, like she was making fun of him. The boy in the back laughed.
Turning his head the slightest bit towards the girl, Itachi noted,
“The other two are waiting in ambush. Can’t you anticipate that much, at least?”
Careless smile still on her lips, the girl’s face grew pale.
Itachi:
“Relax. I was alone right from the start, Itachi said, and turned his gaze back to the leader. “The only conclusion you can come to from this three-against-one situation is that it’s to your advantage. As a leader and as a chunin, you’re a failure.”
Leader:
“Y-you watch your mou—”
Itachi:
“You’re even using my childish appearance as fuel for your carelessness.”
“Hey, Kiruru, let’s just finish him already,” the boy in the rear called, sounding uneasy.
The leader, Kiruru, swallowed with a gulp the saliva building up in his mouth, sweat running down his forehead.
Itachi:
“Why doesn’t it make you uncomfortable that I’m here alone? Why don’t you consider the possibility that I was allowed to take the test alone? Don’t you think there’s some meaning behind the fact that I’m taking the test alone, when the basis for the test is the three-person cell?”
Girl:
“Kiruru!”
The opposing team was starting to lose themselves in an unfathomable fear.
Kiruru (breaking):
“G-get him!”
Shuriken were launched at Itachi from three different directions.
The girl leapt up, aiming for the top of his head. He was caught in an attack from both sides, and if he fled upward, the girl would catch him.
Physical Fundamentals for the Three-Person Cell, Chapter 1, Paragraph 3. Such a childish strategy.
Itachi didn’t move.
The shuriken dug into Itachi. Countless shuriken stabbed every part of his body.
Without pausing, the two boys racing at him from in front and behind tried to catch him in a pincer attack, and drove kunai into his belly and his back.
Blood jetted out of Itachi’s mouth. The two boys didn’t have the luxury of watching this; as they yanked their kunai out, they took a half step back.
Immediately, the girl landed on Itachi’s shoulders, and plunged a dagger through the crown of his head.
Girl:
“Got him!” she cried out, happily.
Itachi burst open.
Each and every one of the black fragments scattering in all directions transformed into crows. In a cacophony of caws, they started to peck at the heads of the three ninja.
Itachi watched for a while from the top of a remarkably tall tree nearby, observing the silly way his enemies were being taken down, all three frantically trying to beat the crows back, while covering their faces with their arms.
Eventually, he dropped down in front of them.
Itachi:
“Release!”
The crows disappeared at his cry.
Not understanding what was happening, the three ninja stood dumbfounded, their eyes finding Itachi all at once.
Itachi:
“Be good and hand over the scroll.” “If you do, I’ll let you go.”
He already notices you hiding. Ofc